# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marvin-burke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:49:03.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marvin-burke"
name: "Marvin Burke"
slug: "marvin-burke"
description: "Marvin Burke was an American NASCAR driver from Pittsburg, California. He ran one Grand National Series race in his career, which he won. His starting position in the thirty-two car field in the 1951 race at Oakland is unknown. Burke drove to the front early and led 156 laps en route to his first career victory in his first career start, Burke never raced again in NASCAR. Burke was the fifth driver to win their NASCAR debut, and is the only driver to have won in their only NASCAR Cup Series race."
tagline: "Racecar driver (1918–1994)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1918-03-15"
deathDate: "1994-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.471526666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Burke"
    title: "Marvin Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "مارفن بيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "مارفن بيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Burke"
    title: "Marvin Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Burke"
    title: "Marvin Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Burke"
    title: "Marvin Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2054909"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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