| Lloyd Holt | |
| Birth Name: | Lloyd G. Holt |
| Birth Date: | December 31, 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Nova Scotia Cananda |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Current Series: | Modified racing |
| First Year: | 1957 |
| Car Number: | 15 |
| Championships: | 3 |
| Retired: | 1980 |
Lloyd Holt (December 31, 1937 – June 4, 2022) was a pioneering driver of dirt modified stock cars on the Niagara Frontier.[2] In 1970, he became the inaugural track champion at the Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge, New York.[3] [4]
Holt got his start in 1957, when he entered a stock Hudson with a big six-cylinder engine in the jalopy class at Merrittville Speedway ON. He soon moved up to the modified class where he also competed and was victorious at Five Mile Point Speedway NY, Ransomville Speedway NY, Skyline Raceway NY, Speedway Park ON and Weedsport Speedway NY.[2] [5]
Holt claimed the 1967 Humberstone Speedway ON track title as well as 1969 track championship at the Maple Grove Speedway in Waterloo, New York.[4] He was inducted into Merrittville Wall of Fame in 2013 and into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame 2014.[2] [4] [6]