Frog Fagan

Harold "Frog" Fagan
Harold "Frog" Fagan
Born	November 3, 1940; Willowdale, Ontario
Died	August 6, 1993 (aged 52)
NASCAR Cup Series career
	20 races run over 4 years
Best finish	89th - 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
First race	1967 Capital City 300 (Virginia State Fairgrounds)
Last race	1971 Islip 250 (Islip Speedway)

Harold "Frog" Fagan (November 3, 1940 – August 6, 1993) was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver from the Toronto subdivision of Willowdale, Ontario, Canada.^[1]

History

Harold Fagan is the son of Mrs. Yvonne Fagan (who was the owner of the Northway Restaurant on Yonge Street north of Sheppard).^[2] Fagan served his country in the Royal Canadian Navy and would go to his mother's restaurant while on shore leave.^[3] His mother's 1957 Dodge Custom Royal would be Fagan's first ride; he would punch some holes in the muffler to make it sound better.^[3] Pinecrest Speedway was Fagan's first ever experience racing stock cars at any level.^[3]

He had one top-ten finish (eighth at the 1968 Fireball 300 race that took place at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina).^[4] Fagan also accomplished 2297 laps of racing experience; the equivalent of 2,018.8 miles or 3,248.9 kilometres.^[1] His monetary achievement was earning $6,305 ($47,435.15 when adjusted for inflation) in total career earnings.^[1] On average, Fagan started his races in 28th place and finished them in 23rd place.^[1] Fagan's career stretched for four years and twenty races.^[1] The majority of Fagan's races were driven in Ford vehicles; most notably in the #95 entry owned by Neil Castles while also racing in the #77 entry driven during his rookie season in 1967. Other manufacturers that Fagan raced for included Dodge (with the #06 entry)^{[citation needed]}