| Stan Barrett | |||||||
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 Barrett (right) with Chuck Yeager | |||||||
| Born | June 26, 1943 St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 19 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 38th (1981) | ||||||
| First race | 1980 American 500 (North Carolina) | ||||||
| Last race | 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 (Sears Point) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 116th (2008) | ||||||
| First race | 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal) | ||||||
| Last race | 2008 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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Stan Barrett (born June 26, 1943) is a Hollywood stuntman, stunt coordinator actor, and former stock car racing driver. His biggest act was however outside the movie world. On December 17, 1979, he attempted to break the land speed record, and the sound barrier in the Budweiser Rocket rocket-powered three-wheel vehicle. His calculated speed was 739.666 miles per hour, (Mach 1.01), which would have made Barrett the first man to break the sound barrier in a land vehicle. The attempt was surrounded by controversy and the speed was never officially recorded. Barrett also raced in 19 Winston Cup Series races between 1980 and 1990, posting two top ten finishes.