| rdfs:comment | - Ed Samples (January 31, 1921 - June 10, 1991) was a NASCAR driver from Atlanta, GA. He competed in thirteen Sprint Cup Series events in his career, earning six top-tens. Samples' debut came in 1951, when he competed at the famed Daytona Beach Road Course. Samples wowed the field early, qualifying 4th but fading to 44th in the race. The same happened for Samples at Charlotte (started 5th, faded to 39th) but luckily found a lot of success in his final races that year, finishing 6th at Lakewood and 8th at Mobile.
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| abstract | - Ed Samples (January 31, 1921 - June 10, 1991) was a NASCAR driver from Atlanta, GA. He competed in thirteen Sprint Cup Series events in his career, earning six top-tens. Samples' debut came in 1951, when he competed at the famed Daytona Beach Road Course. Samples wowed the field early, qualifying 4th but fading to 44th in the race. The same happened for Samples at Charlotte (started 5th, faded to 39th) but luckily found a lot of success in his final races that year, finishing 6th at Lakewood and 8th at Mobile. Samples' busiest year was in 1952, when he finished 30th in points. It was a good year for Samples, recording four top-tens in eight starts. He was the runner-up at Atlanta, 3rd at Macon, 9th at Palm Beach and 10th at Augusta. Even when he wasn't in the top-ten, Samples had a solid year anyway, finishing no worse than 27th at Daytona Beach and Jacksonville. Samples' final career race came in 1954, when he competed at Daytona Beach again. Starting 12th in the field of sixty-two, Samples just kept out of trouble and wound up with a solid 17th place effort, three laps off the pace.
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