Ray Fox, a NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee as an engine builder, car owner and crew chief, died Sunday at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., according to a report in the Daytona Beach News-Journal. A spokeswoman for the family told the newspaper that Fox was hospitalized with pneumonia a few days ago, and two of his daughters were by his side when he passed away. Fox, 98, was a New England native who saw his first automobile race at a 2-mile board track at Rockingham Park near Salem, N.H. He relocated to Daytona Beach to work as an auto mechanic following service in the U.S. Army in World War II. His engine won the 1955 Daytona Road & Beach Course race for NASCAR Hall of Famer Fireball Roberts, but the win was disqualified for modified pushrods. More...