NASCAR History

  1953: Dick Rathman lands his 10th victory in NASCAR’s top series, outrunning Herb Thomas to win at Langhorne (Pa.) Speedway. Rathman finished one lap […]

  1993: Pole-starter Rusty Wallace holds off Ken Schrader by .41 seconds at the finish to win the SplitFire Spark Plug 500 at Dover International […]

  1918: Johnny Mantz, best known for his victory in the first Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1950, is born. The Indiana-born Mantz, who […]

  1988: Michael Waltrip bypasses Tommy Ellis with 12 laps left and leads the rest of his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, prevailing in the […]

  1973: David Pearson rolls to one of his series-high 11 wins of the season, holding off Bobby Allison by 1.8 seconds at the finish […]

  1991: Harry Gant turns in a dominant second half of the race to win the Peak Antifreeze 500 at Dover International Speedway, lapping the […]

  1969: Richard Brickhouse prevails in the first Talladega 500, a race marked by a boycott of around 30 drivers because of safety concerns and […]

  1968: Bobby Isaac takes advantage of pole-starter Cale Yarborough’s crash near the midway point to win the Maryland 300 at Beltsville Speedway. Isaac, who […]

  1987: Mark Martin rises up from 16th starting position to win the Freedlander 200, the final race for the NASCAR Nationwide Series on the […]

  1962: Pole-starter Ned Jarrett leads all 250 laps to prevail in an attrition-filled race, the first for NASCAR’s top series at Dog Track Speedway […]