John Choquette (December 28, 1928 – February 23, 2013) was an American stock car and modified stock car racing driver. He was the winner of the 1954 NASCAR Modified Division championship and was the grandfather of ASA Midwest Tour driver Jeff Choquette.
Career Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Choquette made his name in racing in southern Florida, having moved from New Jersey to make his home in Lake Worth. He was a regular competitor at Palm Beach Speedway and Medley Speedway during the 1950s, in addition to competing at other Florida tracks. Competing in NASCAR's Modified division, he won the series' 1953 Southeastern regional championship, and in 1954 was awarded the national NASCAR Modified championship,Menke 1960, p.45 beating Tommy Elliott, Banjo Matthews and Cotton Owens for the title.
In 1955 and 1956, Choquette made six starts in the NASCAR Grand National Division, now known as the Cup Series; his best finish in the series was second, which he achieved in his first race in the series in February 1955 at Palm Beach Speedway.Gunnell 1994, p.98. His final race in the Grand National Division was on the Daytona Beach Road Course in February 1956; he started seventh in the event, but finished 68th in a field of 76 cars. He remained a regular Modified driver into the 1960s, as well as competing in the Micro division at Boynton Speedway.
Choquette's son, John, and grandson, Jeff, both followed him into racing careers; Jack assisted his grandson's racing efforts in ASA and NASCAR competition.
Choquette died on February 23, 2013; he was buried in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, leaving four children, seventeen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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.) 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 Pts Ref 1955 George Miller 23 Hudson TCS PBS2 JSP13 DAB12 OSP13 CLB HBO NWS MGY 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 DAR MGY LAN RSP GPS MAS CLB MAR LVP NWS HBO 54th - 1956 91 Olds HCY CLT WSS PBS9 ASF 164th - Bob Osiecki 290 Dodge DAB68 PBS WIL ATL NWS LAN RCH CLB CON GPS HCY HBO MAR LIN CLT POR EUR NYF MER MAS CLT MCF POR AWS RSP PIF CSF CHI CCF MGY OKL ROA OBS SAN NOR PIF MYB POR DAR CSH CLT LAN POR CLB HBO NWP CLT CCF MAR HCY WIL
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Bibliography
Gunnell, John (1994). Race Car Flashback. Iola, WI: Krause Publications. Menke, Frank Grant (1960). The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Sports. Glenview, IL: Progress Research Corp.
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