Facts:   - gneast poles: 0      - birth date: 15 october 1930    - gneast top tens: 0    - cup top tens: 1    - last cup race: 1978 american 500 -lrb- rockingham -rrb-    - best cup pos: 36th -lrb- 1970 -rrb-    - first gneast race: 1972 greenville 200 -lrb- greenville-pickens -rrb-    - height: 6 6    - death date: 11 october 2013    - name: johnny halford    - death place: spartanburg , south carolina    - cup wins: 0    - birth place: spartanburg , south carolina , u.s.    - years in cup: 5    - first cup race: 1969 sandlapper 200 -lrb- columbia -rrb-    - cup poles: 0    - total cup races: 41    - years in gneast: 1    - gneast wins: 0    - total gneast races: 1   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of johnny halford .
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johnny halford -lrb- october 15 , 1930-october 11 , 2013 -rrb- was an american stock car racing driver .he competed in the nascar winston cup series between 1969 and 1978 .