Greg Sacks
- January 5, 2024
- Race Car Driver
Quick Facts
Full Name | Greg Sacks |
Occupation | Race Car Driver |
Date Of Birth | Nov 3, 1952(1952-11-03) |
Age | 72 |
Birthplace | Mattituck |
Country | United States |
Birth City | New York |
Horoscope | Scorpio |
Greg Sacks Biography
Name | Greg Sacks |
Birthday | Nov 3 |
Birth Year | 1952 |
Place Of Birth | Mattituck |
Home Town | New York |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Greg Sacks is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on November 3, 1952 in Mattituck, New York, United States. American racecar driver from the United States who started his NASCAR career in 1983.
He drove He drove the Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s #88 car in the Nationwide Series Subway Jalapeño 250 at Daytona in 2010.’s #88 car in the Nationwide Series Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona in 2010.
Seven races later, Sacks was able to drive the No. 49 car owned by 1966 NASCAR Rookie of the Year James Hylton. Before the Firecracker 400, DiGard Motorsports asked Sacks to drive their R&D car. Sacks qualified ninth and defeated pole-sitter Bill Elliott to earn his only NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory. The win was considered to be one of NASCAR’s biggest upsets, as Sacks’s car was only scheduled to run a set number of laps before going behind the wall to make changes, but his car kept competing for the win, therefore DiGard decided to let Sacks race as normal. After DiGard’s regular driver Bobby Allison quit the team days after the race, the team let Sacks finish the season in their regular car. The next year, Sacks found himself running a limited schedule as DiGard slowly went bankrupt.
Early in his racing career, Sacks was a successful driver in what is now the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Competing from 1980 to 1983, he won 17 races at Stafford Motor Speedway. Nineteen-eighty two was an especially good year for him, as he won the track championship that year, as well as the Spring Sizzler, The Ferrera 100 and the Fall Final]. Greg also won the Dogwood Classic at Martinsville Speedway, the Bud Classic at Oswego Speedway, the Thompson 300 at Thompson International Speedway, the World Series of Asphalt at Thompson Speedway and the Race of Champions at Pocono Raceway.
Three children were born to him: Paul, Brian, and Rachel together alongside his spouse Vicky.
Greg Sacks Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Race Car Driver |
House | Living in own house. |
Greg Sacks is one of the richest Race Car Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Greg Sacks 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was the winner of 17 races on the track at Stafford Motor Speedway from 1980 until 1983.
He was the winner of his single NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in 1985 at the Firecracker 400 at Daytona.
Greg Sacks (born November 3, 1952) is an American former stock car racing driver. He is married and has three children. He lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. He and his sons are partners in Grand Touring Vodka.
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Sacks drove the No. 88 car owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the Nationwide Series Subway Jalapeño 250 on July 2 at Daytona. Sacks finished 21st after qualifying 7th.
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Greg Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Greg Sacks celebrates birthday on November 3 of every year.
Sacks started off 1991 at the Daytona 500 driving his own No. 18 car, but crashed early in the race. He ran ten more races that year in the No. 47 Oldsmobile for Derick Close, posting two top-twenty finishes. He started 1992 with Larry Hedrick Motorsports, but suffered injuries in a lap five crash at the Champion Spark Plug 400, and only drove one race for the rest of the season. He moved on to Tri-Star Motorsports in 1993, and finished sixth at the DieHard 500. In 1994, Sacks set the track record at Atlanta when he won the pole. Nineteen-ninety four also marked the second time in his Cup career that he completed the full schedule, piloting the No. 77 Ford owned by D.K. Ulrich. Sacks raced part-time in the Cup and Busch series over the next two years, winning a Busch Series event in a one-race deal for Diamond Ridge Motorsports at Talladega Superspeedway in 1996. The next year, he started out driving the No. 20 Ford for championship owner Harry Ranier, but was soon released as sponsorship funding ended; following his release, he sued the team, claiming breach of contract. Later in the season, he filled in for rookie driver Robby Gordon, who had suffered burns in the Indianapolis 500. After Gordon was released later in the year, Sacks finished the season for the team.