NASCAR History

  1969: Pole-sitter Bobby Isaac dominates at Greenville (S.C.)-Pickens Speedway, leading all but three laps of the Pickens 200. David Pearson, the race’s only other […]

  1976: David Pearson outruns Cale Yarborough for win No. 94 in NASCAR’s top series, prevailing by three car-lengths in the Cam 2 Motor Oil […]

  1949: Jim Roper makes history, winning the first race in NASCAR’s Strictly Stock division — now Sprint Cup Series — at 3/4-mile Charlotte Speedway. […]

  1955: Junior Johnson bypasses Tim Flock near the midway point at Fonda (N.Y.) Speedway to score his fourth victory in NASCAR’s premier series. Johnson […]

  1955: Tim Flock laps the field to post a dominant wire-to-wire win at the Monroe County Fairgrounds in Rochester, N.Y. Flock was one lap […]

  1968: Donnie Allison roars to his first triumph in NASCAR’s premier series, finishing two laps ahead of his brother Bobby at North Carolina Motor […]

  1980: Benny Parsons drives from the pole position at Michigan International Speedway to win the Gabriel 400. Parsons, who led 75 of the 200 […]

  1959: Richard Petty takes the checkered flag at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta for his apparent first victory in NASCAR’s premier series, but his win […]

  1954: Al Keller makes history in the first road-course event in NASCAR’s top series, notching the only win for Jaguar at the Linden, N.J., […]

  1988: Rusty Wallace starts second and holds off Terry Labonte to score the last victory in NASCAR’s top series at Riverside (Calif.) International Raceway’s […]