Neil Castles Sr.

Actor

Date of birth : 10/01/1934

Date of death : 08/04/2022

City of birth : Marion, North Carolina, USA

Henry Neil "Soapy" Castles was a driver in NASCAR's Grand National (now Winston Cup) Series in the 1950s through the 70s. He started 497 races in NASCAR's top division. In 1972 he won the Grand National East division championship and was voted the series most popular driver. In 1973 he finished 2nd in points in the Grand National East division.