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Widenhouse, born January 1, 1932, is a former NASCAR driver from
Concord, NC. He competed in twenty-eight Grand National events in his
career, spanning from 1954 to 1956. Widenhouse would earn two
top-fives, eleven top-tens and one pole in his events. His best career
finish was a pair of fourths-one in 1954 at Charlotte Speedway and one
in 1956 at Hickory Speedway. His lone pole came in 1955 at North
Wilkesboro Speedway, the same year he recorded a career best six
top-tens and a 24th place finish in the points. 
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Widenhouse may be best remembered for his final career race. After getting caught up in an early crash at Darlington Speedway, where he finished 54th, Widenhouse began crawling out of the car. But when he sighted his own blood from a cut arm, Widenhouse suddenly fainted. Because he was in the process of climbing out of his car and taking off his harnesses, Widenhouse fell onto the ground head-first. The rest of his body, however, still hung in the cockpit as they were held by seatbelts. Luckily, Widenhouse was ok, but he never raced NASCAR again, but won many times on southern tracks, mostly in modified, the "go-fast" cars.
