NASCAR History

  1991: Davey Allison starts from the pole position and routs the field at Charlotte Motor Speedway, leading all 70 laps of NASCAR’s All-Star race […]

  1958: Junior Johnson posts a popular hometown victory at North Wilkesboro Speedway, holding off pole-winner Jack Smith by six seconds in the Wilkes County […]

  1987: Dale Earnhardt wins the third running of NASCAR’s All-Star Race, executing the famed “Pass in the Grass” after clashing with Geoffrey Bodine and […]

  1958: Hall of Famer Lee Petty scores his first victory in NASCAR’s Convertible Division, winning in a runaway by seven laps at Charlotte Fairgrounds’ […]

  1970: Bobby Isaac dominates, leading 271 of 300 laps to win the Beltsville 300, the final race for NASCAR’s top series on Beltsville (Md.) […]

  1983: Ricky Rudd slips by Bobby Allison on the last lap to score his only NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, winning the Sportsman 200 at […]

  1966: Darel Dieringer leads 178 of 250 laps to cruise to victory in the Independent 250, the only race for NASCAR’s premier series at […]

    1962: Nelson Stacy executes a last-lap pass of Marvin Panch to win a 300-miler at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway by two car-lengths. It was […]

  1934: Bugs Stevens, a three-time champion in NASCAR Modified competition, is born. As legend has it, Carl Bergman began racing under the fictitious name […]

  1969: LeeRoy Yarbrough inherits victory when Bobby Allison crashes four laps from the end in a 400-mile main event at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. Yarbrough […]