NASCAR History

  1953: Lee Petty prevails in the first race in NASCAR’s top series at Richmond (Va.) Fairgrounds’ half-mile dirt track. Dick Rathman finishes second in […]

  1992: Tommy Houston starts last in the 30-car field and overcomes a record 26 cautions to win the Mountain Dew 300 at Hickory (N.C.) […]

1966: Jim Paschal completes a dominant performance at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway, winning the Gwyn Staley 400 by six laps over runner-up G.C. Spencer. Paschal, […]

1918: Stock-car racing pioneer Bob Flock is born. The oldest of the racing Flock brothers — with Fonty and Tim — started on the pole […]

  1951: Fonty Flock posts a wire-to-wire victory from the pole position at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsborough, N.C., in a race shortened from 150 to […]

  1984: Ron Bouchard edges Geoff Bodine by half a car-length for his first victory in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Darlington Raceway in the […]

  1958: Bob Welborn starts from the pole and rolls to victory in the NASCAR Convertible Series at Asheville-Weaverville (N.C.) Speedway. Banjo Matthews starts and […]

  1924: NASCAR legend Curtis Turner is born. One of the sport’s most charismatic personalities and determined drivers, Turner won 17 races in NASCAR’s premier […]

  1958: Bob Welborn starts from the pole and rolls to victory in the NASCAR Convertible Series at Asheville-Weaverville (N.C.) Speedway. Banjo Matthews starts and […]

  1983: Harry Gant sweeps to the lead when Darrell Waltrip’s car develops ignition trouble with two laps left, scoring his third win in NASCAR’s […]