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{{short description|American Dirt Modified racing driver (1929-1999)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Buck Holliday
| image =
| birth_name = Sterling H. Holliday
| birth_date = October 24, 1929
| birth_place = [[Waddington, New York]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|10|21|1929|10|21|mf=y}}
| first year = 1952
| car number = C-38
| championships =
| wins = ≈100
| last finish = 1975
| titles =
| awards=
| updated=
}}
'''Sterling "Buck" Holliday''' (October 24, 1929 – October 21, 1999) was a pioneering American [[Modified racing|Modified]] racing driver from Waddington, New York. Equally adept on both dirt and asphalt surfaces, he competed successfully at race venues on either side of the St. Lawrence River.<ref name="PS1">{{cite news|last=Hill|first=John|title=Auto Racing |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/new-york/syracuse/syracuse-post-standard/1999/10-29/page-43 |newspaper=[[The Post-Standard]]| location=Syracuse NY|page=D7 |date= October 29, 1999 |via=[[Heritage Microfilm, Inc.#NewspaperArchive|NewspaperArchive]] |accessdate=April 26, 2024}}</ref>
==Racing career==
Buck Holliday began racing in the early 1950's in New York's [[North Country (New York)|Northern Region]] including [[:fr:Airborne Park Speedway|Airborne Park Speedway]] in Plattsburg and Fort Covington Speedway, along with Colchester Speedway in Milton VT, [[Riverside Park Speedway]] MA, and occasionally the annual National Open at [[Langhorne Speedway#Langhorne National Open|Langhorne]] PA.<ref >{{cite news|title= Buck Holiday to represent Airborne at Langhorne championship |url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?...aper=[[Press-Republican]]|location=Plattsburg NY |page=8|date=September 10, 1956|via=NYS Historic Newspapers|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Speedway results |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_78tAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20&article_id=4822,4842446|newspaper=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |location= Montreal QC |date=July 27, 1959|page=20|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date = April 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ladabouche |first=William|title=What made Milton a racing town|url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/04/16/made-milton-racing-town/100490126/| newspaper=[[The Burlington Free Press]] |location=VT|date=April 16, 2017 |accessdate=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
In 1959 Holliday started competing at the [[Fonda Speedway]] and other stops on the NASCAR [[NASCAR Xfinity Series|Sportsman circuit]] (predecessor of the Xfinity Series), before stepping back to build up his trucking business.<ref name="DG1">{{cite news|last=Boggie|first=Tom|title= Gahan, Holliday honored |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55AkAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA26&article_id=6622,5279459|newspaper=Stock Car Racing Guide|publisher=[[The Daily Gazette]] |location= Schenectady NY |date=April 21, 1995|page=RG5|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date = April 27, 2024}}</ref> By 1965, he was regularly competing on the asphalt circuit at [[Capital City Speedway]] in Ottawa ON, Evans Mills Speedway NY, and [[Fulton Speedway]] NY.<ref>{{cite news|title=Holiday to race C-38 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BMkyAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA30&article_id=2205,324885|newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |location=ON |date=April 24, 1965|page=21|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date = April 27, 2024}}</ref><ref >{{cite news|title= Buck Holliday qualifies for the race of champions |url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?...t-txIN-"buck+holliday"---------|newspaper=The Journal|location=Ogdensburg NY|page=14|date=August 6, 1975| via=NYS Historic Newspapers |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fulton Speedway – Touring Series and Major Events |url=https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/Fulton_Speedway |publisher=The Third Turn|access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
Buck Holliday was inducted into the [[Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame]] in 1995 and the [[Saratoga Automobile Museum|New York State Stock Car Association]] Hall of Fame in 2004<ref name="PS1"/><ref name="DG1"/><ref>{{cite web|title=NYSSCA unveils new Hall of Fame display |url= https://www.nyssca.com/news/05/227fonda.html |publisher= New York State Stock Car Association |date=February 7, 2005 |accessdate=April 13, 2024}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16797477/sterling-hurst-holliday/ Sterling Hurst "Buck" Holliday (1929-1999) - Find a Grave Memorial]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holiday, Buck}}
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:1999 deaths]]
[[Category:Racing drivers from New York (state)]]
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{{short description|American Dirt Modified racing driver (1929-1999)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Buck Holliday
| image =
| birth_name = Sterling H. Holliday
| birth_date = October 24, 1929
| birth_place = [[Waddington, New York]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|10|21|1929|10|21|mf=y}}
| first year = 1952
| car number = C-38
| championships =
| wins = ≈100
| last finish = 1975
| titles =
| awards=
| updated=
}}
'''Sterling "Buck" Holliday''' (October 24, 1929 – October 21, 1999) was a pioneering American [[Modified racing|Modified]] racing driver from Waddington, New York. Equally adept on both dirt and asphalt surfaces, he competed successfully at race venues on either side of the St. Lawrence River.<ref name="PS1">{{cite news|last=Hill|first=John|title=Auto Racing |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/new-york/syracuse/syracuse-post-standard/1999/10-29/page-43 |newspaper=[[The Post-Standard]]| location=Syracuse NY|page=D7 |date= October 29, 1999 |via=[[Heritage Microfilm, Inc.#NewspaperArchive|NewspaperArchive]] |accessdate=April 26, 2024}}</ref>
==Racing career==
Buck Holliday began racing in the early 1950's in New York's [[North Country (New York)|Northern Region]] including [[:fr:Airborne Park Speedway|Airborne Park Speedway]] in Plattsburg and Fort Covington Speedway, along with Colchester Speedway in Milton VT, [[Riverside Park Speedway]] MA, and occasionally the annual National Open at [[Langhorne Speedway#Langhorne National Open|Langhorne]] PA.<ref >{{cite news|title= Buck Holiday to represent Airborne at Langhorne championship |url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?...aper=[[Press-Republican]]|location=Plattsburg NY |page=8|date=September 10, 1956|via=NYS Historic Newspapers|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Speedway results |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_78tAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20&article_id=4822,4842446|newspaper=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |location= Montreal QC |date=July 27, 1959|page=20|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date = April 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ladabouche |first=William|title=What made Milton a racing town|url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/04/16/made-milton-racing-town/100490126/| newspaper=[[The Burlington Free Press]] |location=VT|date=April 16, 2017 |accessdate=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
In 1959 Holliday started competing at the [[Fonda Speedway]] and other stops on the NASCAR [[NASCAR Xfinity Series|Sportsman circuit]] (predecessor of the Xfinity Series), before stepping back to build up his trucking business.<ref name="DG1">{{cite news|last=Boggie|first=Tom|title= Gahan, Holliday honored |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55AkAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA26&article_id=6622,5279459|newspaper=Stock Car Racing Guide|publisher=[[The Daily Gazette]] |location= Schenectady NY |date=April 21, 1995|page=RG5|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date = April 27, 2024}}</ref> By 1965, he was regularly competing on the asphalt circuit at [[Capital City Speedway]] in Ottawa ON, Evans Mills Speedway NY, and [[Fulton Speedway]] NY.<ref>{{cite news|title=Holiday to race C-38 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BMkyAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA30&article_id=2205,324885|newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |location=ON |date=April 24, 1965|page=21|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date = April 27, 2024}}</ref><ref >{{cite news|title= Buck Holliday qualifies for the race of champions |url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?...t-txIN-"buck+holliday"---------|newspaper=The Journal|location=Ogdensburg NY|page=14|date=August 6, 1975| via=NYS Historic Newspapers |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fulton Speedway – Touring Series and Major Events |url=https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/Fulton_Speedway |publisher=The Third Turn|access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>
Buck Holliday was inducted into the [[Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame]] in 1995 and the [[Saratoga Automobile Museum|New York State Stock Car Association]] Hall of Fame in 2004<ref name="PS1"/><ref name="DG1"/><ref>{{cite web|title=NYSSCA unveils new Hall of Fame display |url= https://www.nyssca.com/news/05/227fonda.html |publisher= New York State Stock Car Association |date=February 7, 2005 |accessdate=April 13, 2024}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16797477/sterling-hurst-holliday/ Sterling Hurst "Buck" Holliday (1929-1999) - Find a Grave Memorial]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holiday, Buck}}
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:1999 deaths]]
[[Category:Racing drivers from New York (state)]]
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