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Francis Archibald Affleck (March 4, 1950 – February 7, 1985) was a Canadian race car driver.
Career Affleck raced late model NASCAR as a hobby when he was living in the Montreal, Quebec suburb of Greenfield Park. He continued racing in NASCAR late models at local tracks and ARCA when he moved to Charlotte in 1977.
In practice for the ARCA 200 race at Daytona International Speedway on February 7, 1985 while travelling at an estimated 195 miles per hour, Affleck got his car sideways between turns 1 and 2, went airborne, and barrel-rolled end-over-end at least seven or eight times. The protective window netting on his car failed and Affleck was thrown partially out of his car and sustained head and neck injuries after being pinned under his Ford. Affleck's crash also changed the way that the protective window nettings are constructed on both NASCAR and ARCA cars to this day. Affleck became the first ARCA driver to be fatally injured at the Daytona International Speedway in its then 26-year history, and the first driver to be killed at the track since Ricky Knotts in 1980.
Affleck was the eldest of five children of Bill and Velma Affleck. He was survived by Kathleen, his wife of 15 years, and two sons.
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.)
Busch Series NASCAR Busch 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 Pts Ref 1984 Caspro Racing 09 Mercury DAY31 RCH CAR21 HCY MAR DAR18 ROU NSV LGY MLW DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU SBO ROU HCY IRP LGY SBO BRI DAR RCH NWS CLT HCY CAR MAR 66th 179
ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 1985 Caspro Racing 09 Mercury ATL DAYDNQ ATL TAL ATL SSP IRP CSP FRS IRP OEF ISF DSF TOL NA -
See also List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities
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