Ronnie Sox (born c. 1938, died April 22, 2006 in Richmond, Virginia) was a United States drag racer. His family ran an Esso service station near Burlington, North Carolina, where got his start in drag racing in the 1950s when the Police Club of Burlington began hosting races at an airport. He raced at tracks throughout North Carolina and became a national sensation in the 1960s and early '70s. Sox won five National Hot Rod Association championships and more than 59 events. Wikipedia
Ronnie SoxRonnie Sox, long regarded as one of the greatest four-speed drivers ever and voted No. 15 on NHRA's list of Top 50 drivers, died April 22 after a long battle with cancer. www.nhra.com/apcm/templates/news_template.asp?articleid=1...
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Ronnie Sox. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Sox
There are no absolutes in life, but the claim that Ronnie Sox was the greatest four-speed driver that ever lived comes pretty close. www.nhra.com/50th/top50/R_Sox15.html
