Sammy Beavers
| Sammy Beavers | |
|---|---|
| Born | Samuel P. Beavers June 2, 1940 |
| Retired | 1996 |
| Modified racing career | |
| Years active | 1958-1996 |
| Car number | 43, 81 ,121 |
| Championships | 4 |
| Wins | 113[1] |
| Previous series | |
| 1972 1992 Championships | Sprint car Late model 1 |
| Championship titles | |
| 1974 New Jersey State Modified Champion[2] | |
Sammy Beavers (born June 2, 1940) is a retired American Dirt Modified racing driver. Beavers is known for his philanthropic work and annual holiday party for the children at the Matheny School in Peapack, New Jersey.[3][4]
Racing career
[edit]Sammy Beavers began racing in the novice division at the Nazareth Speedway, Pennsylvania, in 1958 with a 1939 Ford coupe powered by a 1953 Mercury flathead engine. He later joined the Sportsman ranks, winning the 1961-1962 title at Flemington Speedway, New Jersey. Beavers' first Modified victory was the inaugural feature race at the Harmony Speedway, New Jersey, in 1963.
Beavers went on to compete successfully at the renowned tracks of the Mid-Atlantic, including Albany-Saratoga, Five Mile Point, Fonda, Syracuse and Orange County Fair Speedways in New York, Langhorne, Nazareth, and Reading Fairgrounds Speedways in Pennsylvania, and the East Windsor and Trenton Speedways in New Jersey.[3][5][6]
Sammy Beavers was inducted into the Eastern Motorsports Press Association and the Northeast Dirt Modified Halls of fame.[3][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sammy Beavers Wins by Track". Auto Racing Research Associates. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- ^ Blain, Eddy (October 17, 1974). "Let's go racing". The Intelligencer. Doylestown PA. p. 18. Retrieved March 25, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ a b c "EMPA Hall of Fame-Sammy Beavers". Eastern Motorsport Press Association. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Auto racing Christmas Party to Matheny in Peapack". The Messenger-Gazette. Sommerville NJ. December 1, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Beavers consistent in modified races". Reading Eagle. PA. May 20, 1971. p. 41. Retrieved March 25, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ Boggie, Tom (August 22, 1980). "The 4th turn". Schenectady Gazette. NY. p. 32. Retrieved March 25, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hill, John (May 26, 1999). "Hall of Fame Weekend". Syracuse Herald-Journal. NY. p. D3. Retrieved March 25, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.