Published: Sunday, June 15, 2014 at 5:39 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, June 15, 2014 at 5:43 p.m.
DAYTONA BEACH Ray Fox, 98, who was one of NASCAR's top engine builders, car owners and crew chiefs in the 1950s and 1960s, died Sunday afternoon at Halifax Health Medical Center.
A spokeswoman for the family said Fox, who moved to this area in the 1940s, was hospitalized a few days ago and was battling a pneumonia. Two of his daughters were at his side during his passing.
Fox, who had a birthday in May, won several big races with some of the sport's premier drivers behind the wheel of his stock cars.
NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers Junior Johnson, David Pearson and Buck Baker all took Fox cars to wins in big races.
Fox and Johnson teamed to win the 1960 Daytona 500 in a car that he built from scratch in his Daytona Beach race shop.
Pearson won the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway while Baker captured a Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Fox worked into his 80s, ending his storied career working as a technical inspector for NASCAR
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