Biography

Henry Neil "Soapy" Castles was a driver in NASCAR's Grand National (now Winston Cup) Series in the 1950s through the 70s. He started 497 races in NASCAR's top division. In 1972 he won the Grand National East division championship and was voted the series most popular driver. In 1973 he finished 2nd in points in the Grand National East division.
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Started 497 NASCAR Grand National Series (now Winston Cup) races without a win. This currently (2002) ranks third on the all-time list of winless drivers.

Was one of the drivers of the famed Dodge Daytona "winged warriors" in the late 1960s.

He and wife Jean filed suit against Exxon in 1995 claiming that a petroleum leak contaminated the ground water under their Paw Creek, NC business. A jury awarded $500,000 damage to the couple, but the judge declared that the evidence did not support the jury's reward. The Castles appealed and the settlement was reinstated in early 2000.