NASCAR History

  1963: Fred Lorenzen posts a dominant victory in the Western North Carolina 500 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, landing the ninth of his 26 career wins […]

  1968: David Pearson sidesteps Richard Petty near the midway point and leads the rest of the Myers Brothers 250 at Bowman Gray Stadium in […]

  1987: Canadian Larry Pollard prevails in the Busch 200 at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Va., becoming the first foreign-born winner in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series. […]

  1976: Pole-starter Dave Marcis takes the lead from Buddy Baker with 15 laps left and outruns him to win the Talladega 500 at Talladega […]

  1949: Bob Flock rolls from the pole position to win the third-ever race in NASCAR’s premier series, a 200-lap main event at Occoneechee Speedway […]

  1961: Jim Paschal benefits from Richard Petty’s engine misfortune in the later stages to win the Nashville 500 at the half-mile Nashville Speedway fairgrounds […]

  1962: Jim Paschal rolls to victory in the Nashville 500, leading 307 of the 500 laps on the half-mile asphalt track at the state […]

  1956: Curtis Turner survives a race of attrition to score a win in the NASCAR Convertible Series at Columbia (S.C.) Speedway. Turner started second […]

  1975: David Pearson drives a Wood Brothers Mercury to a dominant victory in the Purolator 500 at Pocono Raceway, leading 107 of the 200 […]

  1953: Herb Thomas prevails in a 200-lap main event in the only race for NASCAR’s top series at Davenport (Iowa) Speedway. Thomas drove a […]