Billy Carden

Who was Billy Carden?

Billy Carden was a NASCAR Grand National driver from Mableton, Georgia, USA. He was a stock car racing pioneer and an early NASCAR competitor. Carden was also an occasional competitor on NASCAR’s famed convertible circuit in the late 1950s. There, he recorded one win in 1958 at Columbia, South Carolina. That was the race where he outdistanced a NASCAR champion by the name of Lee Petty for the victory.

Carden out-dueled another NASCAR champion by the name of Red Byron for the win in a race that lasted well over three hours.