Marv Acton

Marv Acton (born February 3, 1944 in Porterville, California) is a former NASCAR driver. He made 14 Winston Cup starts in his career. He had a best finish of 11th place. Among the racing Acton did before NASCAR was racing stock cars at Kearney Bowl Speedway in Fresno, California and midgets in Southern California.

Marv Acton
Born (1944-02-03) February 3, 1944
Porterville, California, United States
NASCAR Cup Series career
14 races run over 3 years
First race1971 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race1977 Delaware 500 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 23, 2011.

Winston Cup Series career

Acton made his debut in 1971, running eleven races for fellow Porterville, California driver Dick Brooks. His first start came in the Daytona 500, where he had a nice run of 18th after an 11th place start. In eleven starts in 1971, Acton never cracked the top-10, but had a best finish of 11th at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and a pair of 12ths. He also started in the top-10 three times, the best being a 7th at Greenville-Pickens.

Acton disappeared until 1974, when he made one start at N. Wilkesboro in a personally owned car. He started 29th in the thirty-car field, but finished 26th after engine troubles.

Acton made two starts in his final season, 1977, both for Rod Osterlund. He was 23rd at Richmond and 38th at Dover.

Racing career results

Winston Cup Series
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team/Owner No. Manufacturer 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 NWCC Pts Ref
1971 Brooks Racing 40 Plymouth DAY

18

 DAY

19

 ONT

12

 ROC

32

 44th 627 [1]
32 COL

16

 GRE

25

 GRE

11

 MCH

12

 TAL

30

 COL

29

 DAR

27
1974 Acton Racing 91 Chevrolet NWI

26

 N/A N/A [2]
1977 Osterlund Motorsports 98 RCH

23

 DOV

38

 92nd 94 [3]

Present day

Acton owns and operates Action Engineering in Denver, NC. He primarily restores classic hot rods, builds NASCAR show car racing simulators, and has a complete fabrication shop.

References
  1. "Driver Marv Acton 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  2. "Driver Marv Acton 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  3. "Driver Marv Acton 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
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