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Don Biederman

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

Racing career[edit]

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.^[2][3][4]

Biederman won the IWK 250atRiverside International SpeedwayinJames River, Nova Scotia on three consecutive occasions from 1979–1981.^[5]

Death and legacy[edit]

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 SpeedwayinMillgrove, Ontario.^[7]

Awards[edit]

• He was posthumously inducted Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2001^{[citation needed]}
• He was posthumously enshrined on the Riverside International Speedway Wall of Fame^[8]

Motorsports results[edit]

NASCAR[edit]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series[edit]

Daytona 500 results[edit]

See also[edit]

• Frog Fagan

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Photo gallery at Canadian Racing Archives