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Neil "Soapy" Castles - Born October 1, 1934 in Charlotte, NC, Neil Castles competed in the Grand National and Winston Cup ranks for 19 years before retiring from the sport in l976. He was nicknamed "Soapy" from his boyhood competition in soap-box derbies. Throughout the Sixties "Soapy" was highly competitive, spending four seasons in Buck Baker's cars and finishing eighth in the point standings in l965 and ninth in the final standings in 1966. Other than those years, Castles fielded his own cars and was considered one of the leading "independents" -

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