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- ↑ Career statistics of David Sosebee at Racing Reference
- ↑ NASCAR statistics on David Sosebee Archived 2012-06-17 at the Wayback Machine at Driver Averages
- ↑ "David Sosebee – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ↑ "David Sosebee – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ↑ "David Sosebee – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ↑ "David Sosebee – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
