Fair began racing in 1949, competing for 40 years, winning multiple championships at the
Flat Rock Speedway in
Flat Rock, Michigan, the
NASCAR sanctioned track at the
Mount Clemens Race Track in
Mount Clemens, Michigan and the
Toledo Speedway in
Toledo, Ohio, winning 10
late model championships at Flat Rock, seven at Toledo, and another seven in Mount Clemens. Known as "The Fair One" due to his cooperative spirit in the racing community, Fair was dominant in the Midwest for several decades, winning the 1965 Baer Field in
Ft. Wayne, Indiana, was champion for six years running at the Toledo Speedway (1967–1972), won the inaugural Glass City 200 in Toledo in 1968, won nine out of 14 features at Flat Rock Speedway in 1969, including a 100 lap invitational where he lapped the entire field, won two
ARCA Supercar Series races at Toledo and at
SunValley Speedway in Indiana in 1972, and was champion at Mount Clemens from 1974 to 1977. Fair had two
NASCAR Cup Series starts, both coming in 1956. His best finish was ninth at the
1956 NASCAR Grand National Series race at Soldier Field in
Chicago, and his other start was on the
Daytona Beach and Road Course where he experienced a DNF (clutch). Fair also won a dirt all-star race inside the
Pontiac Silverdome (former home of the
Detroit Lions of the
NFL) in 1982, beating NASCAR greats
David Pearson (second place),
Neil Bonnett,
Kyle Petty and short track ace
Bob Senneker. ==Legacy==