Gober Sosebee 10/15/15 – 11/11/96, Dawson County, Georgia, began his racing career in 1940 at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway. Known to many as the "Wild Injun", more so because of his hard charging style than because of his heritage, Georgia's Gober Sosebee, competed in seventy-one NASCAR events in his career, spanning from 1949, when he drove for Atlanta's Cherokee Garage, to 1959. Sosebee had a solid career, earning two victories, thirty-three top-tens, four poles and four top-seventeen points finishes. Although 1953 was his best year points wise (14th), Sosebee's victories came at Augusta in 1952 and Macon in 1954. Poles came in 1949, 1951, 1954, and 1958 and led. at least 503 laps in his career. Gober died from injuries suffered in a 1966 agricultural accident. One of NASCAR’s early racers, he won races on the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1949, 1950 and 1951. He competed in seventy-one NASCAR events, both in modified and then Grand National, in his career, spanning from 1949 to 1959. Sosebee had a solid career, earning two victories, thirty-three top-tens, four poles and four top-seventeen points finishes. Although 1953 was his best year points wise (14th), Sosebee's victories came at Augusta in 1952 and Macon in 1954. Poles came in 1949, 1951, 1954, and 1958 and led at least 503 laps in his career. Sosebee also won 2 Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) races, one in 1952 and another in 1954. He also had 4 pole positions (including his first NASCAR race at Daytona Beach) and 33 top 10 finishes during his Cup career, and also ran five races in the NASCAR Convertible Division.
