| rdfs:comment | - Charles Gattalia is a former NASCAR driver from New Haven, CT. He competed in fourteen Sprint Cup Series events in his career, garnering four top-tens. Gattalia's debut came in 1951, when the driver finished 54th in points following six starts. Gattalia was quick to prove his talent, making his first start a successful one at Rochester. Starting positions in the field of twenty-four are unknown, but Gattalia drove to a career-best second place finish behind Lee Petty. He also ran well the rest of the year, recording three top-fifteen finishes (including a soild 11th place in a deep field at Thompson), though having some good runs offset by late woes that left him 23rd at Langhorne and 26th at Dayton.
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| abstract | - Charles Gattalia is a former NASCAR driver from New Haven, CT. He competed in fourteen Sprint Cup Series events in his career, garnering four top-tens. Gattalia's debut came in 1951, when the driver finished 54th in points following six starts. Gattalia was quick to prove his talent, making his first start a successful one at Rochester. Starting positions in the field of twenty-four are unknown, but Gattalia drove to a career-best second place finish behind Lee Petty. He also ran well the rest of the year, recording three top-fifteen finishes (including a soild 11th place in a deep field at Thompson), though having some good runs offset by late woes that left him 23rd at Langhorne and 26th at Dayton. Gattalia's other eight races all came during the 1952 season when, despite finishing lower in the points, Gattalia snatched three more top-ten finishes. In fact, Gattalia would never finish worse than 17th (at Martinsville and Langhorne) during the year, finding his way to a 6th place finish at Atlanta, a 10th at Macon and an 8th place finish at Dayton in his career finale.
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