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David Mote

American racing car driver

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 12, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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David Mote was a NASCAR Grand National driver who competed only in the 1968 season with 396 laps accumulated and 376.3 miles (605.6 km) of racing completed. His first race was the 1968 Ashville 300 and his final race was the 1968 Northern 300. Mote's total winnings are $1,150.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1968—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where David, Mote and American can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “David Mote” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.