Nicknamed by friends as "Stretch", Nolan Johncock was the seven-year older cousin of Gordon Johncock, the double Indy victor in 1973 and 1982.
Since the mid-1950s Nolan Johncock competed in most of the race tracks of that era in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and also crossed the Canada border to race on Ontario tracks. Among his achievements were the Grand Rapids Speedrome season championship in 1959 and in the Kalamazoo Speedway feature in 1960. The next year he achieved almost 40 feature wins, along with the Tri-State championship. Johncock won the mid-season sprint car championship at Hartford Speedway in 1963, then he won the Oswego Speedway Supermodified classic race in 1964. He competed in the USAC Sprint Car series in 1966, driving the Casey Newberry Special and in 1969 with the Varney Brothers' car. Johncock also won the 300-lap Supermodified championship race at Nashville Motor Speedway in 1968. Driving for Max Dowker in the fatal red #7, Nolan Johncock scored many feature wins between 1970 and 1971.
An U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict, Nolan Joncock was a resident of 1577 N. Broadway, Hastings, Michigan at the time of his death. An electrician for the E. W. Bliss Co. of Hastings, he was survived by his widow, the former Jane Kenfield; his three daughters, Debra, Nancy and Sheri; his son, Kenneth who was at the track and witnessed his fatal accident; his father, Earl, and his siblings, Edward and Janet. Burial was at Hastings Township Cemetery in Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. After his death, he was inducted in the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame.
Since the mid-1950s Nolan Johncock competed in most of the race tracks of that era in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and also crossed the Canada border to race on Ontario tracks. Among his achievements were the Grand Rapids Speedrome season championship in 1959 and in the Kalamazoo Speedway feature in 1960. The next year he achieved almost 40 feature wins, along with the Tri-State championship. Johncock won the mid-season sprint car championship at Hartford Speedway in 1963, then he won the Oswego Speedway Supermodified classic race in 1964. He competed in the USAC Sprint Car series in 1966, driving the Casey Newberry Special and in 1969 with the Varney Brothers' car. Johncock also won the 300-lap Supermodified championship race at Nashville Motor Speedway in 1968. Driving for Max Dowker in the fatal red #7, Nolan Johncock scored many feature wins between 1970 and 1971.
An U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict, Nolan Joncock was a resident of 1577 N. Broadway, Hastings, Michigan at the time of his death. An electrician for the E. W. Bliss Co. of Hastings, he was survived by his widow, the former Jane Kenfield; his three daughters, Debra, Nancy and Sheri; his son, Kenneth who was at the track and witnessed his fatal accident; his father, Earl, and his siblings, Edward and Janet. Burial was at Hastings Township Cemetery in Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. After his death, he was inducted in the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame.
Nicknamed by friends as "Stretch", Nolan Johncock was the seven-year older cousin of Gordon Johncock, the double Indy victor in 1973 and 1982.
Since the mid-1950s Nolan Johncock competed in most of the race tracks of that era in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and also crossed the Canada border to race on Ontario tracks. Among his achievements were the Grand Rapids Speedrome season championship in 1959 and in the Kalamazoo Speedway feature in 1960. The next year he achieved almost 40 feature wins, along with the Tri-State championship. Johncock won the mid-season sprint car championship at Hartford Speedway in 1963, then he won the Oswego Speedway Supermodified classic race in 1964. He competed in the USAC Sprint Car series in 1966, driving the Casey Newberry Special and in 1969 with the Varney Brothers' car. Johncock also won the 300-lap Supermodified championship race at Nashville Motor Speedway in 1968. Driving for Max Dowker in the fatal red #7, Nolan Johncock scored many feature wins between 1970 and 1971.
An U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict, Nolan Joncock was a resident of 1577 N. Broadway, Hastings, Michigan at the time of his death. An electrician for the E. W. Bliss Co. of Hastings, he was survived by his widow, the former Jane Kenfield; his three daughters, Debra, Nancy and Sheri; his son, Kenneth who was at the track and witnessed his fatal accident; his father, Earl, and his siblings, Edward and Janet. Burial was at Hastings Township Cemetery in Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. After his death, he was inducted in the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame.
Since the mid-1950s Nolan Johncock competed in most of the race tracks of that era in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and also crossed the Canada border to race on Ontario tracks. Among his achievements were the Grand Rapids Speedrome season championship in 1959 and in the Kalamazoo Speedway feature in 1960. The next year he achieved almost 40 feature wins, along with the Tri-State championship. Johncock won the mid-season sprint car championship at Hartford Speedway in 1963, then he won the Oswego Speedway Supermodified classic race in 1964. He competed in the USAC Sprint Car series in 1966, driving the Casey Newberry Special and in 1969 with the Varney Brothers' car. Johncock also won the 300-lap Supermodified championship race at Nashville Motor Speedway in 1968. Driving for Max Dowker in the fatal red #7, Nolan Johncock scored many feature wins between 1970 and 1971.
An U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict, Nolan Joncock was a resident of 1577 N. Broadway, Hastings, Michigan at the time of his death. An electrician for the E. W. Bliss Co. of Hastings, he was survived by his widow, the former Jane Kenfield; his three daughters, Debra, Nancy and Sheri; his son, Kenneth who was at the track and witnessed his fatal accident; his father, Earl, and his siblings, Edward and Janet. Burial was at Hastings Township Cemetery in Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. After his death, he was inducted in the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame.
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