Willard Ronald Sox (December 17, 1938 – April 22, 2006 in Richmond, Virginia) was an American drag racer.
His family ran a Sinclair (SOX SINCLAIR) station on Church St. in 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 1970s. Sox won five National Hot Rod Association championships[clarification needed] and more than 59 events. Together with racing partner Buddy Martin, Sox was the winningest Pro Stock[citation needed] driver (nine victories in 23 events) in the 1970-72 "four-speed era". Initially Martin and Sox were competitors, but Martin approached Sox to drive his car after concluding that he just couldn't beat him.[citation needed]
Sox drove a 1963 Chevrolet and then a factory-sponsored A/FX Mercury Comet in 1964.
In 1965, he drove an altered-Wheelbase Plymouth. He started the 1966 season in an injected, nitro-burning Barracuda Funny Car. [citation needed]
Later he drove Plymouths in Pro Stock and had "Clinic" cars with Plymouths.[citation needed]
Sox went on to drive a Mercury Comet in IHRA Pro Modified for a few years before retiring from drag racing.[citation needed]
Sox was ranked 15th on the National Hot Rod Association Top 50 Drivers, 1951-2000.[citation needed]
He died of prostate cancer at the age of 67.[citation needed]
RonnieSox and Buddy Martin at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America RonnieSox page from the NHRA Top 50 Obituary at NHRA.com MoparWiki on Ronnie Sox...
replaced the NHRA formula, the fastest car reached 6.233 seconds. 1970 - RonnieSox 1971 - Mike Fons 1972 - Bill Jenkins 1973 - Wayne Gapp 1974 - Bob Glidden...
Austin (1915–2004) and Marion Virginia (née Hicks) Van Zant (1929–2000). Ronnie aspired to be many things before finding his love for music. A fan of boxer...
Nationals and competing in many match races against well-known racers such as RonnieSox, Don Nicholson, Phil Bonner, Huston Platt, Hubert Platt and Dave Strickler...
as dominant as the Thunderbolts were in Super Stock. Drivers included RonnieSox, Don Nicholson, and Wild Bill Shrewsberry in conjunction with Jack Chrisman...
1968 season, Nicholson organized a match racing group, along with RonnieSox (of Sox & Martin), Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, and "Dandy Dick" Landy. These Super...
the style of drag racing very popular in the 1960s with drivers like RonnieSox, Dick Landy, Butch Leal and Judy Lilly. NSS's roots go back to the early...
Osborn — — 1968 Bennie Osborn — — 1969 Steve Carbone — — 1970 Ronnie Martin Gene Snow RonnieSox 1971 Gerry Glenn Phil Castronovo Mike Fons 1972 Jim Walther...
(Comp Eliminator) Al Ekstrand - 63 Dodge 426 Maxwedge 1964 Jack Williams RonnieSox (S/X) Danny Ongais Charlie Smith (Comp Eliminator) Tommy Grove - 64 Plymouth...
Foster Don Nicholson 1972 Don Garlits Ed McCulloch Don Carlton 1971 Jimmy King Leroy Goldstein RonnieSox 1970 Dave Chenevert Leonard Hughes Bill Jenkins...
Chevrolet-powered 1923 Model T, over the Chevrolet-powered 1932 Bantam of Ed Weddle. RonnieSox took the S/X win over "Dyno Don" Nicholson, both driving 1964 Mercury...
the 1971 Plymouth Barracuda of #6 qualifier (& ultimate event winner) RonnieSox. She reached the semi-final at the 1971 AHRA Gateway Nationals, being...
race). Zyla's prototype game used statistics for "Dyno Don" Nicholson, RonnieSox, Gas Ronda, Hayden Proffitt, Dick Brannan, Dave Strickler, and some other...
Guyanese Minister of Fisheries, Crops and Livestock. Shot by masked gunmen. RonnieSox, 67, American drag racing pioneer. Alida Valli, 84, Italian actress (The...
Biloxi. "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, Tommy Ivo, Art Arfons, Chris Karamesines, RonnieSox, and Mr. Norm's Grand Spaulding Dodge. Locals, Paul VanderLey, Candies...
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(2007), Squishy in Monsters University (2013), Ciccio in Luca (2021), and Sox in Lightyear (2022). Sohn was born in The Bronx, New York City, the son of...
Dunlap lost to #16 qualifier Dennis Baca. #19 qualifier Ronnie Martin (later partner with RonnieSox) was eliminated by #3 qualifier Henry Harrison in the...
(minors), Ronnie Perry (minors), a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the White Sox to the Minnesota Twins for Jerry Koosman. The White Sox completed...
1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cleveland...
percentage (1st), slugging percentage (3rd) and extra base hits (4th). Ronnie hit his first Major league home run and drove in his first run with a solo...
Chicago White Sox Dustin Peterson, Detroit Tigers Eddie Rosario, Minnesota Twins CC Sabathia, New York Yankees Mike Shawaryn, Boston Red Sox Braden Shipley...
teams based in Chicago, alongside the American League (AL)’s Chicago White Sox. The Cubs, first known as the White Stockings, were a founding member of...
John Schuster 1994–95 Goals: 1,028, Ronnie James 1960–72 Tries: 290, Johnny Freeman 1954–67 Points: 2,191, Ronnie James 1960–72 Career: Stan Kielty 482...
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