Eddie Skinner is a former NASCAR driver from Yerington, NV. He competed in seventy-two Nextel Cup Series events in his career, racing from 1953 to 1958. His best year was in 1955, finishing 7th in points and recording fifteen of his seventeen career top-ten finishes. His best finish was also that year: a quarter of 5th place efforts. Following 1955, however, Skinner failed to finish in the top-ten in a race again and retired after 1958.