Gerald Chamberlain (born April 18, 1941) is an American retired stock car racing driver from Everett, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain won 22 feature events at the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway (Pennsylvania) in 1971. He broke the track record the next year with 31 victories in one year.
Racing career Chamberlain made two appearances in the NASCAR Grand National Series in 1969, with a best finish of tenth. He also competed in three Daytona 300s with a highest finish of 12th.
Chamberlain spent the majority of his career racing in the Modified division, winning championships at nine different tracks: South Penn in Everett, Penn National in Grant, Hesston, Reading, and Jennerstown Speedways, all in Pennsylvania; Potomac Valley Speedway in Fort Ashby, West Virginia; Hagerstown Speedway, Maryland; Winchester Speedway, Virginia; and Flemington Speedway, New Jersey. In 1973, Chamberlain captured the first of two Eastern States 200 events at Orange County Fair Speedway in New York.
Chamberlain was also a respected race car builder, specializing in late models and Ford engines.
Chamberlain was inducted into the Eastern Motorsports Press Association and the Northeast Dirt Modified Halls of Fame.
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 Pts Ref 1969 Lyle Stelter 56 Mercury MGR MGY RSD DAY DAY DAY CAR AUG BRI ATL CLB HCY GPS RCH NWS MAR AWS DAR BLV LGY CLT MGR SMR MCH KPT GPS NCF DAY DOV TPN TRN BLV BRI NSV SMR ATL MCH SBO BGS AWS DAR HCY RCH TAL CLB MAR NWS CLT SVH AUG CAR JFC MGR TWS 89th 452.63
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Lebanon Valley Classics - Gerald Chamberlain