Lloyd (Shorty) Rollins 1998 Deaths

Lloyd (Shorty) Rollins

won the first NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award in 1958; had one victory in 22 top-10 finishes that year; won the first stock car race at the Daytona International Speedway, a 100-lap preliminary run to the first Daytona 500 in 1959; left racing in 1960; made 43 starts in three professional seasons and earned $17,019; of a brief illness