# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/curtis-turner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:50:22.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/curtis-turner"
name: "Curtis Turner"
slug: "curtis-turner"
description: "Curtis Morton Turner was an American stock car racer who won 17 NASCAR Grand National Division races and 38 NASCAR Convertible Division races. Throughout his life, he developed a reputation for drinking and partying. He also fought to form a drivers union, which got him banned by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. for four years."
tagline: "American racing driver (1924–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1967CurtisTurner_SmokeyYunickChevyChevelle.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1924-04-12"
deathDate: "1970-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.37
  momentum:             5.125303152789006
  historical:           5.734022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Turner"
    title: "Curtis Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "كورتيس تورنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "كورتيس تورنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Turner"
    title: "Curtis Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Turner"
    title: "Curtis Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Turner"
    title: "Curtis Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536818"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump