Robert Vance Isaac (August 1, 1932 – August 14, 1977) was an American stock car racing driver. Isaac made his first NASCAR appearance in 1961, and quickly forged a reputation of one of the toughest competitors of the 1960s and 1970s. He was most famously associated with driving Nord Krauskopf's red No. 71 K&K Insurance Dodge Charger.

Apr 23, 2021 · On lap 90, seemingly out of nowhere, Bobby Isaac hit pit road, got out of his No. 15 Ford, and walked off as Coo Coo Marlin stepped in and took over, finishing 13th. So where did Bobby Isaac go? Apparently to the telephone to call his wife, Patsy, to …

Jan 24, 2016 · According to NASCAR lore, Isaac said a “strange voice” told him to get out of his car or something bad would happen to him. Isaac told team owner Bud Moore to get a relief driver ready, came into the pits, climbed out of the car and went home.

Bobby Isaac, a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2016, was born into adversity in Catawba, North Carolina, and died way too young. But for a brief moment, his star shone brightly as he dominated NASCAR in 1969-70, winning 28 races and earning 61 top-five finishes and 32 poles in just two seasons.

May 21, 2015 · The car Bobby Isaac drove to his 1970 championship, a bright-red, winged Dodge Daytona bearing the number 71 and K&K Insurance sponsorship, is one of the most recognizable in all of NASCAR...

Jun 7, 2011 · Bobby Isaac was the champion of NASCAR in 1970, but he is little-known today. He disliked giving interviews to the press and he died in 1977.

May 20, 2015 · Isaac won 37 races in NASCAR’s top series, ranking him 19th on the all-time wins list. In 1998, Isaac was named one NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers.

Apr 30, 2015 · Born in 1932 (or 1934, since accounts vary) in the heart of dirt-track country in the foothills of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Isaac was one of nine children who at age 6 had to cope...

In his breakthrough season, 1970, Isaac won the championship posting 11 victories, 32 top fives and 38 top 10s in 47 starts. A year later, in September 1971, he set 28 world-class records on the Bonneville Salt Flats in his Dodge.

Isaac drove Nord Krauskopf’s K&K Insurance Dodge to the Winston Cup title in 1970. He won 11 races, and his car accounted for nearly 54 percent of the total points which earned Dodge the manufacturers championship, breaking a seven-year stranglehold by Ford.