Lennie Wayne Pond (1940-08-11)August 11, 1940 Ettrick, Virginia, U.S.
Died
February 10, 2016(2016-02-10) (aged 75) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Cause of death
Cancer
Awards
1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
234 races run over 17 years
Best finish
5th (1976)
First race
1969 American 500 (Rockingham)
Last race
1989 Miller High Life 400 (Richmond)
First win
1978 Talladega 500 (Talladega)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
1
88
5
Lennie Wayne Pond (August 11, 1940 – February 10, 2016) was an American NASCAR driver. He won NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors in 1973, and won his only race at Talladega Superspeedway in 1978 for Ronnie Elder and Harry Ranier. Pond set a then world record speed of 174.700 miles per hour (281.152 km/h) in winning the 500-mile race.
Lennie Wayne Pond (August 11, 1940 – February 10, 2016) was an American NASCAR driver. He won NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors in 1973, and...
Parsons spun out after blowing a tire while A. J. Foyt was drop-kicked by LenniePond and tumbled through the infield grass; he was cut from the car and hospitalized...
2–Dale Earnhardt 44–Terry Labonte 27–Benny Parsons 72–Joe Millikan 12–LenniePond 67–Buddy Arrington Neil Bonnett was supposed to attempt to qualify for...
in 1978 with driver LenniePond and later Buddy Baker. In 1978, Ranier's team won its first race at the Talladega 500 with Pond after other key leading...
slow leaking tire and resultant green flag stop. A late caution for LenniePond's engine failure set up a one-lap duel between Petty and Buddy Baker;...
Joe Millikan 3 John Anderson 7 Chuck Bown 1 Harry Gant 3 Kyle Petty 1 LenniePond 2 Jim Sauter 1 Ranier-Lundy Racing Oldsmobile Cutlass 28 Buddy Baker...
Racing Ford Thunderbird 64 Tommy Gale Elmo Langley LenniePond Racing Buick Regal 68 LenniePondLenniePond M. C. Anderson Racing Buick Regal 27 Cale Yarborough...
finished last due to a transmission issue on the first lap of 188 laps. LenniePond became the third driver whose only career victory was at the summer Talladega...
The Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500 was run on June 9 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Bill Elliott won the pole. Top Ten Results 9 – Bill Elliott...
Marvin Panch Benny Parsons David Pearson Henri Pescarolo Tom Pistone LenniePond Jim Rathmann Brian Redman Jody Ridley Lloyd Ruby Johnny Rutherford Troy...
won their first race at Talladega. Richard Brickhouse* Dick Brooks* LenniePond* Ron Bouchard* Bobby Hillin Jr.* Davey Allison Phil Parsons* Ken Schrader...
returned to the No. 83 at Richmond after sitting out 5 races due to injury. LenniePond retired after this race. The Peak Performance 500 was held September...
The lead changed a then-record 67 times as LenniePond stole the win over Allison and Yarborough; it was Pond's only career win and the first win for Ranier...
NASCAR after this race while LenniePond would never earn another pole position start after this race. Herb Nab was Pond's chief mechanic for the sole...
part-time schedule for the rest of the season, with Stan Barrett and LenniePond running selected races for him. In 1990, Donlavey signed True Cure as...
Marcis Auto Racing Oldsmobile Cutlass 71 Mike Alexander 19 Dave Marcis LenniePond 7 McDuffie Racing Pontiac Grand Prix 70 J. D. McDuffie J. D. McDuffie...
drove the car to a 28th-place finish. Garrett Smithley then raced a LenniePond throwback-paint-job at Darlington and finished 35th. Yeley returned to...
Alexander (1980) J. D. McDuffie (1980) Tommy Gale (1980, 1981, 1983) LenniePond (1980) Sterling Marlin (1980, 1981) Tim Richmond (1980–1981) Harry Dinwiddie...
Dick May 1974 Earl Ross Richie Panch, Jackie Rogers, Ramo Stott 1973 LenniePond Darrell Waltrip, Johnny Barnes 1972 Larry Smith David Sisco, Doc Faustina...
Adams (#65), and Elmo Langley (#64). Section reference: Start of race: LenniePond officially began the event with the pole position. Lap 14: Randy Bethea...