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Lennie Pond
1985 racecar
Born	Lennie Wayne Pond (1940-08-11)August 11, 1940 Ettrick, Virginia, U.S.
Died	February 10, 2016(2016-02-10) (aged 75) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Cause of death	Cancer
Awards	1973NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCARCup Series career
234 races run over 17 years
Best finish	5th (1976)
First race	1969American 500 (Rockingham)
Last race	1989Miller High Life 400 (Richmond)
First win	1978Talladega 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 88 5

Lennie Wayne Pond (August 11, 1940 – February 10, 2016) was an AmericanNASCAR driver. He wonNASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors in 1973, and won his only race atTalladega Superspeedway in 1978 for Ronnie Elder andHarry Ranier. Pond set a then world record speed of 174.700 miles per hour (281.152 km/h) in winning the 500-mile race.

Lennie W. Pond grew up in the Village ofEttrick, Virginia, racing on his parents' farm, which Ettrick was home to Pond all his life. In the mid-1950s. Pond started racing modifieds on dirt tracks, then went to asphalt tracks, then to late-model tracks. In 1973, Pond started to run Winston Cup races; his last race with Winston Cup was in 1989 atRichmond International Raceway forJunie Donlavey. Pond got to run all three tracks here—dirt, asphalt and the new track.

His career totals include 234 career starts, one win, 39 top-fives, 88 top-tens, five poles, and a best championship finish of 5th in 1976. He beat outDarrell Waltrip for rookie of the year honors in 1973. Five years later, Pond won his first career race atTalladega Superspeedway.^[1] Before retiring Pond raced his last race on September 10, 1989, at Richmond International Raceway in the Miller High Life 400 where he finished in eleventh place.

Pond later became a car salesman at Heritage Chevrolet in Chester, Virginia.

Pond died February 10, 2016, from complications of cancer.^[2]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

• Pond Interview with John Sealy
• Heritage Chevrolet, Chester, Virginia
• Lennie Pond driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• 1940 births
• 2016 deaths
• NASCAR drivers
• People from Ettrick, Virginia
• Racing drivers from Virginia
• Daytona 500 drivers
• Coca-Cola 600 drivers

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