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'Howard Augustine "Humpy" Wheeler, Jr.' (born 1938 in Belmont, North Carolina, U.S.A) is the President and General Manager of NASCAR's Lowe's Motor Speedway. Better known as 'H.A.' or '"Humpy" Wheeler', he is known as one of the foremost promoters of NASCAR auto racing.
Wheeler played college football for the University of South Carolina in the late 1950's as a defensive lineman. His teammates included future NASCAR communications director Jim Hunter (a running back), and Jim Duncan (later known as a marketing executive at Lowe's Motor Speedway).
Since becoming the president of Charlotte (now Lowe's) Motor Speedway, Wheeler has earned the reputation for organizing publicity stunts. A few weeks after driver Cale Yarborough gave the less-than-complimentary nickname 'Jaws' to rival driver Darrell Waltrip, Wheeler bought a giant dead shark, placed a dead chicken in the shark's mouth, and had it driven around the track on a flatbed truck before a race at Charlotte (Yarborough's sponsor at the time was Holly Farms Poultry). In 2007, Wheeler announced that the Bank of America 500 would feature an "all-you-can-eat grandstands," where fans would pay a set ticket price, and would then get to eat as much of the grandstand's food before, during, and after the race.
Wheeler provided the voice for Tex, a 1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, in the 2006 Pixar film ''Cars''.
In an appearance on the National Public Radio quiz show ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' in July 2006, Wheeler explained the origin of his nickname. He said that when his father had played football at the University of Illinois, he was caught once smoking Camel cigarettes, earning the name "Humpy" for the camel's hump. His father's friends then began calling him Humpy Jr. Growing up through high school, college football, and then racing, the name "Humpy" has stuck with him.
Wheeler was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame on April 27 2006. [1]
Wheeler has a personal record of picking the correct winner of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup All-Star Challenge three years in a row. In 2005, he picked Mark Martin and Martin won the race. In 2006, he picked Carl Edwards to win, but he finished fourth (behind winner Jimmie Johnson). He picked Johnson to win the 2007 event, but finished second to Kevin Harvick.
1. Biography at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Retrieved May 19 2007
'Howard Augustine "Humpy" Wheeler, Jr.' (born 1938 in Belmont, North Carolina, U.S.A) is the President and General Manager of NASCAR's Lowe's Motor Speedway. Better known as 'H.A.' or '"Humpy" Wheeler', he is known as one of the foremost promoters of NASCAR auto racing.
Wheeler played college football for the University of South Carolina in the late 1950's as a defensive lineman. His teammates included future NASCAR communications director Jim Hunter (a running back), and Jim Duncan (later known as a marketing executive at Lowe's Motor Speedway).
Since becoming the president of Charlotte (now Lowe's) Motor Speedway, Wheeler has earned the reputation for organizing publicity stunts. A few weeks after driver Cale Yarborough gave the less-than-complimentary nickname 'Jaws' to rival driver Darrell Waltrip, Wheeler bought a giant dead shark, placed a dead chicken in the shark's mouth, and had it driven around the track on a flatbed truck before a race at Charlotte (Yarborough's sponsor at the time was Holly Farms Poultry). In 2007, Wheeler announced that the Bank of America 500 would feature an "all-you-can-eat grandstands," where fans would pay a set ticket price, and would then get to eat as much of the grandstand's food before, during, and after the race.
Wheeler provided the voice for Tex, a 1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, in the 2006 Pixar film ''Cars''.
In an appearance on the National Public Radio quiz show ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' in July 2006, Wheeler explained the origin of his nickname. He said that when his father had played football at the University of Illinois, he was caught once smoking Camel cigarettes, earning the name "Humpy" for the camel's hump. His father's friends then began calling him Humpy Jr. Growing up through high school, college football, and then racing, the name "Humpy" has stuck with him.
Wheeler was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame on April 27 2006. [1]
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All-Star Challenge Record
Wheeler has a personal record of picking the correct winner of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup All-Star Challenge three years in a row. In 2005, he picked Mark Martin and Martin won the race. In 2006, he picked Carl Edwards to win, but he finished fourth (behind winner Jimmie Johnson). He picked Johnson to win the 2007 event, but finished second to Kevin Harvick.
References
1. Biography at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Retrieved May 19 2007
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