Elmo Langley

Elmo Langley
Born	Elmo Harold Langley (1928-08-21)August 21, 1928 Creswell, North Carolina
Died	November 21, 1996(1996-11-21) (aged 68) Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Cause of death	Heart attack
NASCAR Cup Series career
535 races run over 27 years
Best finish	5th (1969, 1971)
First race	1954 Southern 500 (Darlington)
Last race	1981 Mason-Dixon 500 (Dover)
First win	1966 race #23 (Spartanburg)
Last win	1966 Old Dominion 150 (Manassas)
Wins Top tens Poles 2 193 1
NASCAR Grand National East Series career
23 races run over 2 years
Best finish	2nd (1972)
First race	1972 Hickory 276 (Hickory)
Last race	1973 Buddy Shuman 100 (Hickory)
First win	1972 Fun Sun 200 (Myrtle Beach)
Last win	1972 Fun Sun 200 (Myrtle Beach)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 19 2
Statistics current as of October 27, 2013.

Elmo Harold Langley (August 21, 1928 – November 21, 1996) was a NASCAR driver and owner. Langley primarily used the number 64 on his race cars during his NASCAR career.

Racing career

Langley began his racing career racing modified cars in Virginia and Maryland in 1952. Langley came into NASCAR as a Driver/Owner in 1954. In 1966 he partnered with Henry Woodfield and created Langley-Woodfield Racing. That same year Langley won the only two races of his long career. After the second race of the 1969 season, Langley and Woodfield split and Langley continued to run the team on his own returning to the driver/owner role.

Langley finished 5th in season points in 1969 and 1971, 6th in 1968 and 1970, 7th in 1972, 8th in 1975, and 9th in 1967 and 1973. His final full season was as a driver for Langley Racing in 1975.

He continued to drive in a few select races until 1981 when he hung up the helmet for good. Langley began to field his familiar #64 for other drivers to develop their career including Tommy Gale, Joe Millikan, Jimmy Hensley and Ken Schrader. Langley shut down his team after the 1987 season.

On April 15, 1988, Langley was named as the crew chief for Cale Yarborough and Dale Jarrett with his duties in effect after that year's First Union 400 where he attended as an observer.

Elmo's very last race was the Battle of the NASCAR Legends race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1991. The race featured such drivers as Cale Yarborough, Junior Johnson, Pete Hamilton, and Donnie Allison. The winner was Langley, beating Yarborough to the line by about 3 feet on the last lap.

From April 1989 through November 1996, Langley served as the official pace car driver for all Winston Cup events. Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace were well known to bump and draft his car during pace laps.

Personal life

Langley was married to Nancy and had four sons; Elmo Jr., Raymond, William and Steven. He lived in Harrisburg, North Carolina.

Death

On November 21, 1996, Langley was in Suzuka, Japan to drive the pace car in the NASCAR Thunder Special Suzuka exhibition race which was held on November 24. During a test drive, he began to experience chest pains. He was subsequently taken to the Suzuka General Hospital where he was pronounced dead when his heart stopped beating before arrival. NASCAR legend and TBS Superstation analyst Buddy Baker was in the pace car at the time Langley suffered his heart attack, and was one of the last people to see Langley still alive.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1954	Langley Racing	53	Olds	PBS	DAB	JSP	ATL	OSP	OAK	NWS	HBO	CCS	LAN	WIL	MAR	SHA	RSP	CLT	GAR	CLB	LND	HCY	MCF	WGS	PIF	AWS	SFS	GRS	MOR	OAK	CLT	SAN	COR	DAR 12	CCS	CLT	LAN 59	MAS	MAR	NWS																										34th	864
1955				TCS	PBS	JSP	DAB	OSP	CLB	HBO	NWS	MGY	LAN	CLT	HCY	ASF	TUS	MAR	RCH 8	NCF	FOR	LIN	MCF	FON	AIR	CLT	PIF	CLB	AWS								RSP 23																													100th	-
	John Dodd, Sr.	171	Dodge																											MOR 16	ALS	NYF	SAN	CLT	FOR	MAS
	Langley Racing	76	Dodge																																			DAR 59	MGY	LAN	RSP	GPS	MAS	CLB	MAR	LVP	NWS	HBO
1956		81	Chevy	HCY	CLT	WSS	PBS	ASF	DAB	PBS	WIL	ATL	NWS	LAN	RCH	CLB	CON	GPS	HCY	HBO	MAR	LIN	CLT	POR	EUR	NYF	MER	MAS	CLT	MCF	POR	AWS	RSP	PIF	CSF	CHI	CCF	MGY	OKL	ROA	OBS	SAN	NOR	PIF	MYB	POR	DAR 19	CSH	CLT	LAN	POR	CLB	HBO	NWP	CLT	CCF	MAR	HCY	WIL							NA	0
1957		8		WSS	CON	TIC	DAB	CON	WIL	HBO	AWS	NWS	LAN	CLT	PIF	GBF	POR	CCF	RCH	MAR	POR	EUR	LIN 11	LCS	ASP	NWP	CLB	CPS	PIF	JAC	RSP	CLT	MAS	POR	HCY	NOR	LCS	GLN	KPC	LIN	OBS	MYB	DAR	NYF	AWS	CSF	SCF	LAN	CLB	CCF	CLT	MAR	NBR	CON	NWS	GBF										NA	0
1958				FAY	DAB	CON	FAY	WIL	HBO	FAY 24	CLB	PIF	ATL	CLT	MAR 43	ODS 7	OBS 5	GPS	GBF	STR	NWS	BGS	TRN 13	RSD	CLB	NBS	REF	LIN 24	HCY	AWS	RSP	MCC	SLS	TOR	BUF	MCF	BEL	BRR	CLB	NSV	AWS	BGS	MBS	DAR	CLT	BIR	CSF	GAF	RCH 8	HBO	SAS															39th	980
	Ratus Walters	10	Ford																																																	MAR 39	NWS	ATL 23
1959				FAY	DAY 30	DAY 25	HBO 17	CON 8	ATL	WIL 18	BGS	CLB	NWS	REF 22	HCY	MAR														HEI 17	CLT	MBS	CLT																																	28th	1568
		110															TRN 18	CLT	NSV	ASP	PIF	GPS	ATL	CLB	WIL	RCH	BGS	AWS
		10	Buick																										DAY 36					NSV 3	AWS 23	BGS	GPS	CLB	DAR 45	HCY	RCH	CSF	HBO	MAR 40	AWS	NWS	CON
1960				CLT	CLB	DAY	DAY 32	DAY 52	CLT	NWS	PHO	CLB	MAR 27	HCY	WIL	BGS	GPS	AWS	DAR	PIF	HBO	RCH	HMS	CLT	BGS	DAY 32	HEI	MAB	MBS	ATL	BIR	NSV	AWS	PIF	CLB	SBO	BGS																													54th	1534
	Gerald Duke	92	Ford																																			DAR 45	HCY	CSF	GSP
	Doc White	61	Ford																																							HBO 14	MAR 19	NWS 23	CLT 17	RCH 14
	Happy Steigel	16	Pontiac																																												ATL 40
1961	Doc White	61	Ford	CLT 12															HCY 6	RCH 5	MAR	DAR 31	CLT	CLT	RSD	ASP	CLT 17	PIF	BIR	GPS	BGS	NOR	HAS	STR	DAY	ATL	CLB	MBS	BRI	NSV	BGS	AWS	RCH 8	SBO 12			RCH 8	CSF																		30th	5376
		16	Pontiac		JSP 16	DAY
	Happy Steigel	16	Pontiac				DAY 21	DAY 25	PIF	AWS	HMS	ATL 17	GPS	HBO	BGS	MAR	NWS	CLB
	Fred Clark	30	Chevy																																										DAR 13	HCY
	J.L. Cheatham	96	Chevy																																														ATL 28	MAR	NWS
		32	Ford																																																	CLT 24	BRI	GPS	HBO
1962	Ratus Walters	77	Ford	CON	AWS	DAY	DAY 19	DAY 47	CON	AWS	SVH	HBO	RCH	CLB	NWS	GPS	MBS	MAR	BGS	BRI	RCH	HCY	CON																																											40th	2556
	Langley Racing	64	Ford																					DAR 24	PIF	CLT	ATL	BGS	AUG	RCH	SBO	DAY	CLB	ASH	GPS	AUG	SVH	MBS	BRI	CHT	NSV	HUN	AWS	STR	BGS	PIF	VAL			RCH 32	DTS	AUG	MAR	NWS	CLT
		82																																														DAR 16	HCY
	Ratus Walters	66	Ford																																																					ATL 13
1963	Langley Racing	64	Ford	BIR	GGS	THS	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	AWS	HBO 18														ODS 5	RCH 15	CLT	BIR	ATL	DAY	MBS	SVH	DTS 6	BGS 20	ASH 12	OBS 17	BRR																											39th	3982
	Lyle Stelter	55	Mercury											ATL 15	HCY	BRI	AUG	RCH	GPS	SBO	BGS	MAR	NWS	CLB	THS	DAR
	Bob Adams	09	Chevy																																					BRI DNQ	GPS	NSV	CLB	AWS 15	PIF	BGS	ONA	DAR 18	HCY
	Ratus Walters	66	Ford																																															RCH 26	MAR	DTS	NWS	THS	CLT	SBO	HBO	RSD
1964				CON	AUG	JSP	SVH	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	RCH	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL	AWS	HBO 11	PIF	CLB	NWS	MAR	SVH	DAR																																										42nd	4400
	Henry Woodfield	08	Ford																						LGY 6	HCY 8	SBO 16
	John Berejoski	64	Ford																									CLT 42	GPS	ASH	ATL	CON	NSV	CHT	BIR	VAL	PIF	DAY	ODS 6	OBS 7	BRR	ISP	GLN	LIN 14	BRI	NSV	MBS	AWS	DTS	ONA	CLB	BGS	STR	DAR 21	HCY	RCH 16	ODS 8	HBO	MAR 24	SVH	NWS	CLT 11	HAR	AUG	JAC 18
1965	Langley Racing		Ford	RSD	DAY 17	DAY	DAY 21	PIF	AWS	RCH 13	HBO 4	ATL	GPS 18	NWS 29	MAR 6	CLB	BRI 30	DAR	LGY 3	BGS 7	HCY 13	CLT 35	CCF	ASH	HAR	NSV	BIR	ATL	GPS DNQ	MBS	VAL	DAY 21	ODS 6	OBS 17	ISP	GLN 7	BRI 33	NSV 16	CCF	AWS 12	SMR 12	PIF 3	AUG 13	CLB	DTS	BLV 13		DAR 26			ODS 6	RCH 12	MAR 34	NWS 14	CLT 27	HBO	CAR 8	DTS 21								25th	10982
		84																																													BGS 12
	Emory Gilliam	00	Ford																																														HCY 16	LIN 16
1966	Langley Racing	64	Ford	AUG 30	RSD	DAY			CAR 7	BRI 4	ATL 30	HCY 6	CLB 22	GPS 25	BGS 5	NWS 21	MAR 4	DAR 7	LGY 4	MGR 8	MON 9	RCH 17	CLT 25	DTS 16	ASH 11	PIF 1	SMR 4	AWS 11	BLV 16		DAY 13	ODS 1*	BRR 5	OXF 24	FON 15	ISP 5	BRI 6	SMR 26	NSV 17	ATL 30	CLB 6	AWS 22	BLV 2	BGS 15	DAR 18	HCY 12	RCH 5	HBO 6	MAR 33	NWS 29	CLT 30	CAR 19														11th	19116
			Chevy				DAY 13	DAY 45
	Gene Black	74	Ford																											GPS 3
1967	Langley Racing	64	Ford	AUG 8	RSD	DAY 16	DAY	DAY 20	AWS 8	BRI 6	GPS 6	BGS	ATL 26	CLB 8	HCY 13	NWS 18	MAR 7	SVH 4	RCH 14	DAR 9	BLV 13	LGY 4	CLT 15					CAR 24	GPS 3	MGY 5	DAY 22	TRN 5	OXF 9	FDA 23	ISP 8	BRI 7	SMR 8	NSV 31	ATL 24	BGS 7	CLB 3	SVH 2	DAR 34	HCY 5	RCH 12	BLV 15	HBO 6	MAR 20	NWS 23	CLT 30	CAR 9	AWS 22														9th	22286
		4																						ASH 14
	DeWitt Racing		Ford																						MGR 3	SMR 5	BIR
1968	Langley Racing	64	Ford	MGR 6	MGY 12	RSD	DAY 25	BRI 9	RCH 3	ATL 17	HCY 10	GPS 10	CLB 8	NWS 31	MAR 10	AUG 12	AWS 5	DAR 10	BLV 13		CLT 18	ASH 5	MGR 22	SMR 6	BIR 6	CAR 23		DAY 18	ISP 7	OXF 24	FDA 7	TRN 9	BRI 11	SMR 6	NSV 6	ATL 30	CLB 4	BGS 5	AWS 16	SBO 7	LGY 7	DAR 12	HCY 5	RCH 9			MAR 32	NWS 10	AUG 18		CAR 40	JFC 8														6th	2823
	Champion Racing	10	Ford																	LGY 8
	Langley Racing	93	Ford																								GPS 7
	Seifert Racing	45	Ford																																										BLV 17	HBO 9
		47																																																CLT 13
1969	Langley Racing	64	Ford	MGR 4	MGY 21	RSD 19	DAY 14	DAY	DAY 20	CAR 22	AUG 25	BRI 8	ATL 21	CLB 6	HCY 11	GPS 4	RCH 3	NWS 9	MAR 8	AWS 19	DAR 16	BLV 4	LGY 7	CLT 10	MGR 8	SMR 5	MCH 36	KPT 6	GPS 9	NCF 5	DAY 14				BLV 23	BRI 14	NSV 10	SMR 4	ATL 28	MCH 13	SBO 5	BGS 4	AWS 4	DAR 26	HCY 7	RCH 21	TAL DNQ	CLB 6	MAR 9	NWS 16	CLT 13	SVH 5	AUG 5		JFC 6	MGR 20	TWS 27									5th	3383
		84																														DOV 5	TPN 20	TRN 9
	Champion Racing	41	Ford																																																			CAR 22
1970	Langley Racing	64	Ford	RSD 36				RCH 3	CAR 9	SVH 7		BRI 13	TAL 27	NWS 8	CLB 13		BLV 7	LGY 8		SMR 17	MAR 24			HCY 7	KPT 11	GPS 6						SMR 20			CLB 6	ONA 7			BGS 8	SBO 8		HCY 10	RCH 12		NCF 18	NWS 11		MAR 29	MGR 8																	6th	3154
			Mercury		DAY 13	DAY	DAY 28				ATL 11					DAR 31			CLT 35			MCH 11	RSD 17				DAY 28	AST 7	TPN 10	TRN 13			NSV 34	ATL 13			MCH 13	TAL 12			DAR 21			DOV 19			CLT 6			CAR 13	LGY 7
		45	Ford																												BRI 8
1971	Langley Racing	64	Mercury	RSD 17	DAY	DAY 7	DAY 14	ONT 11	RCH 6	CAR 9	HCY 5	BRI 7	ATL 18						DAR 10		TAL 28	ASH 2		CLT 27		MCH 22	RSD 27	HOU 4		DAY 27						ATL 40	BGS 15		MCH 21	TAL 11			DAR 34		CLT 14	DOV 8	CAR 29	MGR																		5th	3356
	Clyde Lynn	20	Ford											CLB 5				MAR 12
			Mercury												GPS 10
	Langley Racing	64	Ford													SMR 4	NWS 15			SBO 24			KPT 2		DOV 7				GPS 4						NSV 17			ONA 25			CLB 7	HCY 2		MAR 7					RCH 5	NWS 10	TWS 41
	Ron Ronacher	67	Ford																												BRI 6	AST 5		TRN 15
			Mercury																														ISP 3

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1972	Langley Racing	64	Ford	RSD 8	DAY 12	RCH 7	ONT 9	CAR 9	ATL 34	BRI 7	DAR 13	NWS 24	MAR 11	TAL 24		DOV 25	MCH 29	RSD	TWS 29	DAY 35	BRI 11	TRN 11	ATL 20	TAL 14	MCH 12	NSV 5	DAR 22	RCH 22	DOV 7	MAR 9	NWS 8	CLT 35	CAR 13	TWS 24	7th	6656.25
			Mercury												CLT 11
1973			Ford	RSD 7	DAY DNQ	RCH 12	CAR 21	BRI 12	ATL 26	NWS 13	DAR 35	MAR 11	TAL 19	NSV 17	CLT 14	DOV 17	TWS 27	RSD 19	MCH 19	DAY 16	BRI 9	ATL 38	TAL 21	NSV 21	DAR 31	RCH 15	DOV 8	NWS 14	MAR 13	CLT 8	CAR 12				9th	5826.85
1974			Mercury	RSD 15																															25th	433.78
			Ford		DAY DNQ	RCH 9	CAR 38	BRI 16	ATL	DAR 38	NWS 13	MAR 27	TAL 23	NSV 12	DOV 18	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	BRI 27	NSV 18	ATL 16	POC 18		MCH 16	DAR 20	RCH 6	DOV 22	NWS 26	MAR 7	CLT DNQ	CAR 25	ONT
	Adams Racing	56	Ford																					TAL 20
	Champion Racing	10	Ford																												CLT 33
1975	Langley Racing	64	Ford	RSD 5	DAY	RCH 5	CAR 12	BRI 17	ATL 17	NWS 27	DAR 20	MAR 11		NSV 15	DOV 12	CLT 24	RSD 12	MCH 14	DAY 25		POC 24	TAL 14	MCH 18	DAR 10	DOV 24	NWS 14	MAR 10	CLT 10	RCH 7	CAR 23	BRI 19		ONT 22		8th	3399
			Dodge										TAL 14
	Champion Racing	10	Ford																	NSV 10
	Handy Racing	33	Chevy																													ATL 15
1976	Langley Racing	64	Ford	RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH 10	BRI 15	ATL	NWS 15	DAR	MAR 13	TAL	NSV 13	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI 25	DAR	RCH 15	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		36th	824
1977				RSD	DAY	RCH 20	CAR	ATL	NWS	DAR	BRI 16	MAR	TAL							NSV 28	POC	TAL						MAR 16	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		42nd	634
	Price Racing	45	Chevy											NSV 23
	Junior Miller Racing	95	Chevy												DOV 31	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY
	Robbins Racing	42	Dodge																				MCH 35	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV
1978	Gray Racing	10	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV 37	CLT	NSV	RSD	MCH	DAY																67th	243
	Langley Racing	64	Ford																	NSV 16	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT
	Gray Racing	19	Chevy																												CAR 29	ATL	ONT
1979	Nelson Malloch Racing	05	Chevy	RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NWS	BRI	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV 28	CLT	TWS																		57th	246
	Langley Racing	64	Ford															RSD 35	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR DNQ	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	ONT
1981	Speed Racing	66	Olds	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV 29	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD	96th	76

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1959	Ratus Walters	Ford	48	25
1960		Buick	55	52
1961	Happy Steigel	Pontiac	38	25
1962	Ratus Walters	Ford	39	47
1965	Langley Racing	Ford	31	21
1966		Chevrolet	26	45
1967		Ford	33	20
1968			17	25
1969			29	20
1970		Mercury	25	28
1971			16	14
1972		Ford	38	12
1973			DNQ
1974			DNQ

External links

• Elmo Langley driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Elmo Langley owner statistics at Racing-Reference
• Photo and Biography