Marvin Oren Acton[1] (born February 3, 1944, in Porterville, California) is a former NASCAR driver. He made 14 Winston Cup starts in his career. He had a best finish of 11th place. Among the racing Acton did before NASCAR was racing stock cars at Kearney Bowl Speedway in Fresno, California, and midgets in Southern California.
| Marv Acton | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | February 3, 1944 Porterville, California, United States | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 14 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| First race | 1971 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 1977 Delaware 500 (Dover) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Statistics current as of December 23, 2011. | |||||||
Winston Cup Series career
editActon made his debut in 1971, running eleven races for fellow Porterville, California, driver Dick Brooks. His first start came in the Daytona 500, where he had a nice run of 18th after an 11th place start. In eleven starts in 1971, Acton never cracked the top-10, but had a best finish of 11th at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and a pair of 12ths. He also started in the top-10 three times, the best being a 7th at Greenville-Pickens.
Acton disappeared until 1974, when he made one start at N. Wilkesboro in a personally owned car. He started 29th in the thirty-car field, but finished 26th after engine troubles.
Acton made two starts in his final season, 1977, both for Rod Osterlund. He was 23rd at Richmond and 38th at Dover.
Racing career results
editWinston Cup Series
edit| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team/Owner | No. | Manufacturer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | NWCC | Pts | Ref |
| 1971 | Brooks Racing | 40 | Plymouth | DAY
18 |
DAY
19 |
ONT
12 |
ROC
32 |
44th | 627 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | COL
16 |
GRE
25 |
GRE
11 |
MCH
12 |
TAL
30 |
COL
29 |
DAR
27 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Acton Racing | 91 | Chevrolet | NWI
26 |
N/A | N/A | [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Osterlund Motorsports | 98 | RCH
23 |
DOV
38 |
92nd | 94 | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Present day
editActon owns and operates Action Engineering in Denver, NC. He primarily restores classic hot rods, builds NASCAR show car racing simulators, and has a complete fabrication shop.
References
edit- ^ "Marvin Oren Acton from Denver, NC". Radaris.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Driver Marv Acton 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Driver Marv Acton 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Driver Marv Acton 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
External links
edit- Marv Acton driver statistics at Racing-Reference