Curtis Turner

Curtis Turner
Turner's 1967 Daytona 500 racecar
Born	(1924-04-12)April 12, 1924 Floyd, Virginia, U.S.
Died	October 4, 1970(1970-10-04) (aged 46) Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Cause of death	Airplane crash
Achievements	1956 Southern 500 Winner 1967 Daytona 500 Polesitter Inaugural winner at Rockingham Speedway (1965) Led Grand National Series in wins (1950) Holds record for most career NASCAR Convertible Division wins (38) Holds record for most career NASCAR Convertible Division poles (23) Holds record for most NASCAR Convertible Division wins in a season (22, 1956) Holds record for most NASCAR Convertible Division poles in a season (16, 1956)
Awards	1949 and 1956 Grand National Series Most Popular Driver Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1992) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2006) NASCAR Hall of Fame (2016) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)
NASCAR Cup Series career
184 races run over 17 years
Best finish	5th (1950)
First race	1949 Race No. 1 (Charlotte)
Last race	1968 Hillsboro 150 (Hillsboro)
First win	1949 untitled race (Langhorne)
Last win	1965 American 500 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles 17 73 16
NASCAR Convertible Division career
79 races run over 4 years
Best finish	2nd (1956)
First race	1956 Race #1 (Daytona Beach & Road Course)
Last race	1959 Rebel 300 (Darlington)
First win	1956 Race #1 (Daytona Beach & Road Course)
Last win	1959 Catawba 250 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles 38 53 23
Statistics current as of February 22, 2013.

Curtis Morton Turner (April 12, 1924 – October 4, 1970) was an American stock car racer who won 17 NASCAR Grand National Division races and 38 NASCAR Convertible Division races. Throughout his life, he developed a reputation for drinking and partying. He also fought to form a drivers union, which got him banned by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. for four years.

History

He was born in Floyd, Virginia, to Morton and Minnie Turner on April 12, 1924. Curtis grew up with a brother and two sisters. His father, Morton Turner, was into the moonshine business and had a productive still. Curtis was responsible for delivering his father's moonshine to the customers. From a very early age, long before he was old enough for a driver's license, Curtis developed his driving talents by running moonshine through the mountains from the law.

Curtis was never caught with alcohol, yet came to grief with a 500 lb bag of stolen sugar (for making alcohol) in the post-WWII ration days. After a gunfight escape from the Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek where numerous bullet holes pierced the chassis and the lead lodged in the sugar, his more than 300-mile trip under police dragnet to Floyd, Virginia, was successfully achieved by using back roads. However, his father's house was under surveillance, and he was caught with the sugar and incriminating bullet-riddled car. Under oath, Curtis convincingly stated a lie of conspiring to produce apple butter, and the judge let him off with a 1,000 dollar fine and a 2-year suspended sentence.^[1] Locals spoke of how Curtis would drive away from the hot pursuit of revenuers and lawmen, and his legendary ability to turn a car 180 degrees in a very small space.

He began his racing career in 1946 when he finished 18th in a field of 18 contestants in a race at Mount Airy, North Carolina. However, he rebounded and won his next race. He also was one of the founding members in the original group that met in Daytona Beach at the Streamline Hotel to discuss and support the formation of NASCAR. During his career, he won 360 races in several different racing series, including 22 in the NASCAR Convertible Division in 1956, and 17 wins in the NASCAR Grand National Series. From 1950 to 1954, he drove for Oldsmobile being billed as the Blond Blizzard of Virginia. He switched to driving Fords in 1954. He eventually acquired the nickname of Pops, allegedly because of the way he would "pop" other drivers on the track.

Turner drove a Holman Moody-prepared Studebaker Lark in the 2-hour compact car race accompanying the inaugural United States Grand Prix at Sebring, Florida, on December 12, 1959. He finished second overall, trailing the disc-brake-equipped Jaguar 3.4 of Walt Hansgen.^[2]

Turner frequently stayed out partying until the early hours, usually with a friend and fellow driver, Joe Weatherly.

Accomplishments

He is noted for several other racing accomplishments:[1] Archived 2006-02-21 at the Wayback Machine

• The only NASCAR driver to win two Grand National races in a row from the pole by leading every lap (Rochester, New York, and Charlotte, North Carolina in July 1950)
• The only win in NASCAR for Nash — Charlotte 150 — April 1, 1951
• The only driver to win 25 major NASCAR races in one season driving the same car in each of them (in 1956 — 22 were won as the #26 car in the convertible division, the other three, including the 1956 Southern 500, were with a top welded on.)
• The only driver to win a major NASCAR race that was red-flagged because his car was the only one still running (at the Asheville-Weaverville, North Carolina track on September 30, 1956.)
• Turner conceptualized, secured financing for, and built Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1960 before being forced out by his business partners.
• The first driver to climb Pikes Peak in less than 15 minutes (in a 1962 Ralph Moody Ford — the actual time was 14 minutes 37 seconds for the 12.42-mile course.)
• The first winner of the American 500 at the Rockingham Speedway (in a 1965 Woods Brothers Ford.)
• The first driver to qualify for a NASCAR Grand National race at a speed greater than 180 miles per hour (1967 Daytona 500, driving #13, a 1967 Smokey Yunick Chevrolet.)
• Turner's 1967 Daytona 500 car designed by Smokey Yunick, seen to the right, was the inspiration for the car driven by the Talladega Nights character Reese Bobby. The car was banned by NASCAR thus starting Smokey's tenuous relationship with NASCAR.
• In 1999, he was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
• In 2006, he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.^[3]
• In 2016, he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Labor union

Needing money to support the newly constructed Charlotte Motor Speedway, Turner and his business partner Bruton Smith turned to the Teamsters Union to organize a union for them, the Federation of Professional Athletes, in 1961.^[4] According to The Washington Post: "His aims are for better purses, a share in broadcasting rights and retirement benefits for the drivers."^[5] NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. refused to let any driver who was a part of the union race, and eventually all the drivers except for Turner and Tim Flock sided with France. Turner and Flock were banned for life, and Charlotte Motor Speedway went bankrupt before being saved by its board of directors.

Turner continued to race under other sanctioning bodies, including the Midwest Association for Race Cars (MARC),^[6] even promoting his 100-mile event on the dirt at Lakewood Speedway, Georgia, in October 1961. Tim Flock finished second in that event.^[7] Turner and Flock sued NASCAR and France, "seeking $200,000 punitive damages each and restitution for loss of earnings."^[8] "Attorneys for the drivers claim the ban represents a violation of state right to work laws because test driving contracts involving $150 a day plus expenses were canceled as a result of the action. NASCAR and France's attorneys contended the ban isn't a right-to-work violation because it doesn't involve an employer-employee relationship. They said Flock and Turner are individual contractors and not employees of NASCAR or any track."^[9]

During his NASCAR ban, Turner attempted a few USAC Championship Cars races, in 1962, Turner attempted a race at Illinois State Fairgrounds but failed to qualify. In 1963 Turner competed in the season-opener at Trenton International Speedway and finished 12th. He also attempted the 1963 Indianapolis 500 but failed to qualify.^[10]

NASCAR comeback

Turner's NASCAR ban was lifted after four years in 1965, and Turner returned to racing. Bill France was in a bind and needed to mend some fences. 1962 and 1963 NASCAR-points champion Weatherly was killed driving a Mercury at Riverside, California on January 19, 1964,^[11] and his star driver Fireball Roberts had died following a fiery crash on May 24, 1964, at the World 600 in Charlotte.^[12] The track owners wanted Turner back. "Turner was slated to drive for a newly-organized group, The Grand American Racing Association, organized July 31 in Sumter, S.C. Turner was due to compete in the first of 17 scheduled races at Concord, N.C. Aug 21."^[13] France was also short of cars. The Chrysler factory was boycotting NASCAR over the organizing body's ban of the Hemi engine, and Richard Petty went drag racing in the first half of the 1965 season. The Ford factory was also in dispute with NASCAR over the SOHC engine, which faced a joint NASCAR-USAC ban on December 17, 1965.^[14]

Turner, then 41, soon notched the first victory of his comeback in a Ford at the inaugural American 500, at the North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, North Carolina, on October 31, 1965, winning a purse of $13,090.^[15] Turner lost his Ford ride in 1966 when: "Ford withdrew its factory backed racing teams from competition when the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing and the United States Auto Club ruled April 6 that Fords equipped with an overhead cam engine must carry 427 additional pounds."^[16] Turner started the 1966 season in a Ford, but with the Ford-factory withdrawal, he signed to drive a Chevrolet for Smokey Yunick out of Daytona Beach, Florida.^[17]

In 1968 he was the first NASCAR driver to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Death and legacy

Curtis Turner died in an airplane crash near Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on October 4, 1970; the crash also killed golfer Clarence King.^[18] Police said the Aero Commander 500 piloted by Turner crashed shortly after taking off from the Dubois-Jefferson Airport en route to Roanoke, Virginia.^[19] At the time of the crash, Turner was preparing to compete in that week's National 500 at Charlotte in a special one-off race.^[20]

In December 2017, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved the erection of a historic marker denoting Turner's birthplace in Floyd County and detailing his accomplishments.^[21]

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. ** – All 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	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1949	Curtis Turner	41	Buick	CLT 9	DAB 25	HBO 20																																																						6th	430	[22]
	Hubert Westmoreland		Olds				LAN 1*	HAM	MAR 9	HEI	NWS 9
1950	Paul Roberts		Lincoln	DAB 11																																																								5th	1375.5	[23]
	Eanes Motor Co.		Olds		CLT 15	LAN 1*	MAR 1*	CAN 19*	VER	DSP 4*	MCF 1**	CLT 1**	HBO 2*	DSP 23	HAM 3	DAR 60	LAN 24	NWS 22	VER	MAR 17	WIN	HBO 29
1951	Nash Motors		Nash	DAB 7	CLT 1*	NMO 17	GAR	HBO 27	ASF																																																			NA	-	[24]
	Eanes Motor Co.		Olds							NWS 27	MAR 1	CAN	CLS	CLB	DSP 1*	GAR	GRS	BAI	HEI	AWS	MCF	ALS	MSF 9*	FMS	MOR	ABS 15	DAR 57	CLB	CCS	LAN	CLT 19	DSP	WIL	HBO	TPN	PGS	MAR 14	OAK	NWS	HMS	JSP	ATL	GAR	NMO
1952				PBS	DAB 41	JSP																						DAR 61	CCS	LAN	DSP	WIL	HBO	MAR	NWS	ATL	PBS																							50th	505	[25]
			Hudson				NWS 20	MAR 12	CLB	ATL 13	CCS	LAN 37	DAR	DSP	CAN 5	HAY	FMS	HBO	CLT	MSF	NIF	OSW	MON	MOR	PPS	MCF	AWS
1953			Lincoln	PBS	DAB 7																																																							10th	3373	[26]
			Olds			HAR 30	NWS 22	CLT 24	RCH	CCS	LAN	CLB	HCY	MAR 20	PMS 4	RSP 14	LOU	FIF	LAN	TCS	WIL	MCF	PIF 16	MOR	ATL 14	RVS	LCF	DAV	HBO 1**	AWS 18	PAS 15	HCY		CCS 11	LAN 7	BLF	WIL 11	NWS 22	MAR 24	ATL 16
	Griffin Motors	44	Olds																														DAR 3
1954	Frank Christian	14	Olds	PBS	DAB 3		ATL 7	OSP	OAK	NWS 4	HBO 5	CCS 5	LAN	WIL																																														9th	2994	[27]
	Elmer Brooks	44	Olds			JSP 13											RSP 22	CLT	GAR	CLB 1*	LND	HCY	MCF	WGS	PIF	AWS	SFS	GRS	MOR	OAK	CLT	SAN	COR	DAR 2*	CCS	CLT	LAN	MAS	MAR	NWS
	Carmen Amica	21	Olds												MAR 3	SHA
1955	Raymond Parks	99	Olds	TCS	PBS	JSP	DAB 4	OSP 11	CLB	HBO	NWS 3	MGY 4	LAN	CLT	HCY	ASF	TUS	MAR	RCH	NCF	FOR	LIN	MCF	FON	AIR	CLT	PIF	CLB	AWS	MOR	ALS	NYF	SAN	CLT	FOR	MAS	RSP																							34th	1120	[28]
	Schwam Motors		Ford																																			DAR 58	MGY	LAN	RSP 35	GPS					NWS 20	HBO 2
		95																																									MAS 36	CLB	MAR	LVP
1956		99		HCY 2	CLT 7	WSS	PBS 16	ASF	DAB 52	PBS 20	WIL	ATL	NWS	LAN	RCH	CLB 17	CON	GPS 2	HCY	HBO 26	MAR	LIN	CLT 18	POR	EUR	NYF	MER	MAS	CLT 2	MCF	POR	AWS	RSP	PIF	CSF	CHI	CCF	MGY	OKL								DAR 1*	CSH	CLT	LAN	POR	CLB	HBO	NWP	CLT	CCF				20th	2580	[29]
	DePaolo Engineering	26	Ford																																					ROA 24	OBS	SAN	NOR	PIF	MYB	POR											MAR 28	HCY	WIL
1957		C22		WSS	CON 21	TIC 2																																																						22nd	2356	[30]
		99					DAB 7	CON 18	WIL	HBO	AWS	NWS	LAN	CLT	PIF	GBF	POR	CCF	RCH	MAR	POR	EUR	LIN	LCS	ASP	NWP	CLB	CPS	PIF	JAC
	Holman-Moody	26	Ford																												RSP 14	CLT	MAS 10	POR	HCY 22	NOR	LCS	GLN	KPC	LIN	OBS	MYB
	Smokey Yunick	31	Ford																																								DAR 11	NYF	AWS	CSF	SCF	LAN	CLB	CCF	CLT	MAR	NBR	CON	NWS
	Bob Welborn	49	Chevy																																																					GBF 23
1958	Holman-Moody	26	Ford	FAY	DAB 2								ATL 1*	CLT 1**	MAR 6	ODS	OBS			STR 5	NWS 7	BGS	TRN 12	RSD	CLB	NBS	REF	LIN																DAR 33	CLT	BIR	CSF	GAF	RCH	HBO	SAS	MAR	NWS	ATL						20th	2856	[31]
		21				CON 2*	FAY 1*	WIL 13*	HBO 5
		126								FAY 4	CLB	PIF
		2																GPS 19	GBF
	John Whitford	98	Ford																										HCY 24	AWS	RSP 19	MCC	SLS	TOR	BUF	MCF	BEL	BRR	CLB	NSV	AWS
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford																																							BGS 22	MBS
1959	Doc White	41	Ford	FAY	DAY 29	DAY 13	HBO 1*	CON 1*	ATL	WIL 2*	BGS 22																																																	24th	2088	[32]
	Carl Rupert	59	Ford									CLB 15	NWS 11	REF	HCY	MAR	TRN	CLT	NSV	ASP	PIF	GPS
	W. J. Ridgeway	22	Chevy																				ATL 4	CLB	WIL	RCH	BGS	AWS	DAY	HEI	CLT	MBS	CLT	NSV	AWS	BGS	GPS	CLB	DAR	HCY	RCH	CSF	HBO	MAR	AWS	NWS
	Frank Hayworth	75	Ford																																												CON 24
1960	Holman-Moody	26	Ford	CLT	CLB	DAY	DAY 31	DAY 7	CLT	NWS	PHO	CLB	MAR	HCY	WIL	BGS	GPS 16*	AWS	DAR					CLT 39	BGS	DAY	HEI	MAB	MBS																CLT 32	RCH	ATL													36th	3300	[33]
	W. J. Ridgeway	77	Ford																	PIF 21
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford																		HBO 17	RCH	HMS
	Beau Morgan	15	Ford																											ATL 22	BIR	NSV	AWS	PIF	CLB	SBO	BGS	DAR	HCY	CSF	GSP	HBO	MAR	NWS
1961	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	CLT	JSP	DAY	DAY 26	DAY 55	PIF	AWS	HMS	ATL 20	GPS	HBO	BGS	MAR	NWS 14	CLB				DAR 2	CLT	CLT 11*	RSD	ASP	CLT 44	PIF	BIR	GPS	BGS	NOR	HAS	STR	DAY	ATL	CLB	MBS	BRI	NSV	BGS	AWS	RCH	SBO	DAR	HCY	RCH	CSF	ATL	MAR	NWS	CLT	BRI	GPS	HBO					NA	-	[34]
	Rex Lovette		Pontiac																HCY 10	RCH	MAR
1965	Petty Enterprises	43	Plymouth	RSD	DAY	DAY	DAY	PIF	AWS	RCH	HBO	ATL	GPS	NWS	MAR	CLB	BRI	DAR	LGY	BGS	HCY	CLT	CCF	ASH	HAR	NSV	BIR	ATL	GPS	MBS	VAL	DAY	ODS	OBS	ISP	GLN	BRI	NSV	CCF	AWS	SMR	PIF DNQ	AUG	CLB	DTS	BLV	BGS													39th	5542	[35]
	Sam Fletcher	14	Plymouth																																													DAR 35
	Junior Johnson & Associates	2	Ford																																														HCY 22	LIN	ODS	RCH 36
	Wood Brothers Racing	47	Ford																																																		MAR 31	NWS 5	CLT 3	HBO
		41																																																							CAR 1*	DTS
1966				AUG	RSD 4	DAY 11	DAY	DAY 25	CAR 18	BRI	ATL 13	HCY 2	CLB	GPS	BGS	NWS	MAR																																											24th	12266	[36]
	Smokey Yunick	22	Chevy															DAR 25	LGY	MGR	MON	RCH 23
	Betty Lilly	24	Ford																				CLT 41	DTS	ASH	PIF	SMR	AWS	BLV	GPS
	Smokey Yunick	13	Chevy																												DAY 4	ODS	BRR	OXF	FON	ISP				ATL 24											CLT 36	CAR 34
	Toy Bolton	47	Chevy																																		BRI 30	SMR	NSV			AWS 30	BLV				RCH 4	HBO	MAR 31	NWS 6
	Junior Johnson & Associates	26	Ford																																						CLB 3*			BGS 17	DAR 14	HCY
1967	Bill Stroppe	15	Mercury	AUG	RSD 37																																																							71st	1602	[37]
	Yunick-Rich Racing	13	Chevy			DAY 28	DAY	DAY 25	AWS	BRI	GPS	BGS	ATL	CLB	HCY	NWS	MAR	SVH	RCH	DAR	BLV	LGY
	Turkey Minton	74	Chevy																				CLT DNQ	ASH	MGR	SMR	BIR	CAR	GPS	MGY	DAY	TRN	OXF	FDA	ISP	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	BGS	CLB	SVH	DAR	HCY	RCH	BLV	HBO	MAR	NWS	CLT 34	CAR	AWS
1968	Friedkin Enterprises	14	Plymouth	MGR	MGY	RSD	DAY	BRI	RCH	ATL	HCY	GPS	CLB	NWS	MAR	AUG	AWS	DAR 15	BLV	LGY	CLT 9	ASH	MGR 6	SMR 4	BIR	CAR	GPS	DAY	ISP	OXF	FDA	TRN	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	CLB	BGS	AWS	SBO	LGY	DAR 6	HCY	RCH	BLV															71st	1602	[38]
		15																																												HBO 13	MAR	NWS	AUG	CLT	CAR	JFC

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1959	Doc White	Ford	43	13
1960	Holman-Moody	Ford	53	7
1961	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	33	55
1966	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	21	25
1967	Yunick-Rich Racing	Chevrolet	1	25

See also

• Buck Baker
• Joe Weatherly

References

1. Curtis Turner Bio autohistorypreservationsociety.org
2. Competition Press, December 31, 1959, Page 4 (picture), Page 8 (report).
3. Curtis Turner at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
4. Augusta Chronicle, August 11, 1961, Page 13.
5. The Washington Post and Times-Herald, August 23, 1961, Page D9.
6. Augusta Chronicle, October 25, 1961, Page 8.
7. Augusta Chronicle, October 23, 1961, Page 7.
8. Springfield Union, Sept 13, 1961, Page 27.
9. Augusta Chronicle, October 23, 1961, Page 6.
10. "Curtis Turner Indianapolis 1963". racersreunion.com/. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
11. Plain Dealer, January 20, 1964, Page 32.
12. Dallas Morning News, July 3, 1964, Section 2, Page 3.
13. Competition Press and Autoweek, August 28, 1965, Page 8.
14. Competition Press and Autoweek, January 15, 1966, Pages 1, 11.
15. Oregonian, Nov 1, 1965, Page 43.
16. Springfield Union, April 16, 1966, Page 34.
17. Augusta Chronicle, April 27, 1966, Section A, Page 6.
18. New York Times, October 6, 1970, Page 50.
19. Greensboro Record, October 5, 1970, Page 34.
20. "Flamboyant Curtis Turner Was A Track Showman". Asheville Citizen. AP. October 6, 1970. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
21. "Virginia Department of Historic Resources, 12 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved". dhr.virginia.gov. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
22. "Curtis Turner – 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
23. "Curtis Turner – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
24. "Curtis Turner – 1951 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
25. "Curtis Turner – 1952 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
26. "Curtis Turner – 1953 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
27. "Curtis Turner – 1954 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
28. "Curtis Turner – 1955 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
29. "Curtis Turner – 1956 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
30. "Curtis Turner – 1957 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
31. "Curtis Turner – 1958 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
32. "Curtis Turner – 1959 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
33. "Curtis Turner – 1960 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
34. "Curtis Turner – 1961 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
35. "Curtis Turner – 1965 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
36. "Curtis Turner – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
37. "Curtis Turner – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
38. "Curtis Turner – 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

External links

• Curtis Turner at Nascar.com
• Curtis Turner at International Motorsports Hall of Fame
• Curtis Turner at FireballRoberts.com Archived 2006-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
• Curtis Turner driver statistics at Racing-Reference