Early Life
Fox grew up in Pelham, New Hampshire. He was first introduced to racing at the 2-mile (3.2 km) board track at Rockingham Park in nearby Salem, New Hampshire. He left the area in 1946 after serving in the United States Army. He moved to Daytona Beach, Florida to work at various automobile repair shops before he moved to Daytona, Florida to work for Robert Fish's Fish Carburetor. He drove Modified racecars in Florida and southern Georgia against drivers like Fireball Roberts and Marshall Teague.
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