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Marv Acton

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Marv Acton
Born (1944-02-03) February 3, 1944 (age 80)
Porterville, California, United States
NASCAR Cup Series career
14 races run over 3 years
First race1971 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race1977 Delaware 500 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 23, 2011.

Marvin Oren Acton[1] (born February 3, 1944, in Porterville, California) is a former NASCAR driver. He made 14 Winston Cup starts in his career. He had a best finish of 11th place. Among the racing Acton did before NASCAR was racing stock cars at Kearney Bowl Speedway in Fresno, California, and midgets in Southern California.

Winston Cup Series career

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Acton made his debut in 1971, running eleven races for fellow Porterville, California, driver Dick Brooks. His first start came in the Daytona 500, where he had a nice run of 18th after an 11th place start. In eleven starts in 1971, Acton never cracked the top-10, but had a best finish of 11th at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and a pair of 12ths. He also started in the top-10 three times, the best being a 7th at Greenville-Pickens.

Acton disappeared until 1974, when he made one start at N. Wilkesboro in a personally owned car. He started 29th in the thirty-car field, but finished 26th after engine troubles.

Acton made two starts in his final season, 1977, both for Rod Osterlund. He was 23rd at Richmond and 38th at Dover.

Racing career results

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Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team/Owner No. Manufacturer 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 NWCC Pts Ref
1971 Brooks Racing 40 Plymouth DAY

18

DAY

19

ONT

12

ROC

32

44th 627 [2]
32 COL

16

GRE

25

GRE

11

MCH

12

TAL

30

COL

29

DAR

27

1974 Acton Racing 91 Chevrolet NWI

26

N/A N/A [3]
1977 Osterlund Motorsports 98 RCH

23

DOV

38

92nd 94 [4]

Present day

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Acton owns and operates Action Engineering in Denver, NC. He primarily restores classic hot rods, builds NASCAR show car racing simulators, and has a complete fabrication shop.

References

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  1. ^ "Marvin Oren Acton from Denver, NC". Radaris.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Driver Marv Acton 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  3. ^ "Driver Marv Acton 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  4. ^ "Driver Marv Acton 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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