Ed Negre (July 16, 1927 – June 4, 2014) was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1955 to 1979.

Career

Negre led 202 laps out of the 64,857 laps that he raced in his career – the equivalent of 6545.7 mi. His total career earnings were US$344,180. While his average starting position was 23.9, 21.7 was Negre's average finishing position. #8 was the number that he would use the most during his career. He is famous for fielding the first Cup ride for Dale Earnhardt in the No. 8 car at the 1975 World 600. However, he would also get the most DNFs (37) while competing in the No. 8 machine. Negre got 44 top-twenty finishes while competing in the No. 8 car.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) ( Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. )

Grand National Series

Winston Cup Series

Daytona 500