Don Biederman

Don Biederman
Don Biederman
Born	(1940-02-20)February 20, 1940; Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
Died	May 31, 1999(1999-05-31) (aged 59); Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Achievements	1977 Oxford 250 winner
NASCAR Cup Series career
	42 races run over 4 years
Best finish	38th (1967)
First race	1966 Old Dominion 400 (Manassas)
Last race	1969 Texas 500 (College Station)

Don Biederman (February 20, 1940 – May 31, 1999) was a Canadian stock car racer from Port Credit, Ontario.

Racing career

Biederman was the first Canadian ever to campaign for a full season in the NASCAR Cup Series formerly known as the NASCAR Grand National Series.

Biederman won the prestigious Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway, Maine in 1977,¹ one of only four Canadians to do so, with Junior Hanley, Derek Lynch, and Dave Whitlock being the others.²³⁴

Biederman won the IWK 250 at Riverside International Speedway in James River, Nova Scotia on three consecutive occasions from 1979–1981.⁵

Death and legacy

On May 31, 1999, Biederman died suddenly of a brain aneurysm at his home in Brantford, Ontario at the age of 59.⁶

Since 2000, the OSCAAR Racing series has held a race in his honour entitled "The Don Biederman Memorial" at Flamboro Speedway in Millgrove, Ontario.⁷

Awards

Biederman was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2001⁸
Biederman was posthumously enshrined on the Riverside International Speedway Wall of Fame⁹

Motorsports 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

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	49	50	51	52	53	54	NGNC	Pts
1966	Ron Stotten	94	Ford	AUG	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	CAR	BRI	ATL	HCY	CLB	GPS	BGS	NWS	MAR	DAR	LGY	MGR	MON	RCH	CLT	DTS	ASH	PIF	SMR	AWS	BLV	GPS	DAY	ODS 22																										58th	2302
1966			Chevy																														BRR 21	OXF 25	FON 18	ISP 14	BRI	SMR 20	NSV 19	ATL	CLB 19	AWS	BLV 18	BGS 11	DAR	HCY	RCH	HBO 13	MAR 36	NWS 27	CLT	CAR 22						58th	2302
1967				AUG 12	RSD 16																								GPS 17	MGY 17	DAY 34	TRN 25	OXF 24	FDA 18	ISP 16	BRI	SMR 15	NSV 7	ATL 30	BGS	CLB	SVH 20	DAR 20	HCY 20	RCH 27	BLV 28	HBO	MAR 30	NWS 28	CLT DNQ	CAR DNQ	AWS 17						38th	5850
	Don Biederman	09				DAY 23	DAY	DAY DNQ	AWS	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL	CLB	HCY	NWS	MAR	SVH	RCH
	Bill Seifert	45	Ford																	DAR 13	BLV	LGY	CLT	ASH	MGR	SMR	BIR	CAR
1968	Ron Stotten	94	Chevy	MGR	MGY 19	RSD																																																				77	N/A
1968	James Brown	95	Ford				DAY 28	BRI	RCH	ATL	HCY	GPS	CLB	NWS	MAR	AUG	AWS	DAR	BLV	LGY	CLT	ASH	MGR	SMR	BIR	CAR	GPS	DAY	ISP	OXF	FDA	TRN	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	CLB	BGS	AWS	SBO	LGY	DAR	HCY	RCH	BLV	HBO	MAR	NWS	AUG	CLT	CAR	JFC						77	N/A
1969	Dennis Holt	23	Ford	MGR	MGY	RSD	DAY 17	DAY	DAY Wth	CAR																																																88th	43
	Larry Wehrs	00	Chevy								AUG 8	BRI	ATL	CLB	HCY	GPS	RCH	NWS DNQ	MAR	AWS	DAR	BLV	LGY	CLT	MGR	SMR	MCH	KPT	GPS	NCF	DAY	DOV	TPN	TRN	BLV	BRI	NSV	SMR	ATL	MCH	SBO	BGS	AWS	DAR	HCY	RCH	TAL	CLB	MAR	NWS	CLT	SVH	AUG	CAR	JFC
	Bill Champion	70	Ford																																																					MGR 25	TWS 19

Daytona 500 results

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1967	Don Biederman	Chevy	DNQ
1968	James Brown	Ford	50	28
1969	Dennis Holt	Ford	Wth

References

"Canadian racing legend 'Daytona' Don Biederman dies at age 59". The Auto Channel. June 2, 1999. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
"CMHF". Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
"Don Biederman Memorial - OSCAAR". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
"Daytona Don Biederman". Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
"IWK 250 WINNER'S CIRCLE". Riverside International Speedway. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
"Canadian racing legend 'Daytona' Don Biederman dies at age 59". The Auto Channel. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
"Biederman Memorial on the move for 2015". OSCAAR Racing. February 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
"Don Biederman". Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
"Wall of Fame". Riverside International Speedway. Retrieved 2015-09-09.

External links

Photo gallery at Canadian Racing Archives

[1] "Canadian racing legend 'Daytona' Don Biederman dies at age 59". The Auto Channel. June 2, 1999. Retrieved 2013-03-21.

[2] "CMHF". Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2010-09-21.

[3] "Don Biederman Memorial - OSCAAR". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2010-02-15.

[4] "Daytona Don Biederman". Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-02-15.

[5] "IWK 250 WINNER'S CIRCLE". Riverside International Speedway. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-09-09.

[6] "Canadian racing legend 'Daytona' Don Biederman dies at age 59". The Auto Channel. Retrieved 2015-09-09.

[7] "Biederman Memorial on the move for 2015". OSCAAR Racing. February 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-09.

[8] "Don Biederman". Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2025-03-18.

[9] "Wall of Fame". Riverside International Speedway. Retrieved 2015-09-09.

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