NASCAR History

  1956: Curtis Turner edges teammate Joe Weatherly to win in NASCAR’s Convertible Series at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Turner, the pole-starter, and Weatherly were the only […]

  1997: Jeff Burton posts a dominant victory in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Darlington Raceway, outrunning Mike McLaughlin by 5.011 seconds at the end […]

  1921: Wendell Scott, the first African-American to win a race in NASCAR’s top series, is born. Scott, a NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee, competed […]

  1971: Tiny Lund surges in front when Dave Marcis’ rear gearing fails, leading the rest of the way in the Buddy Shuman 276, the […]

  1961: Junior Johnson takes the lead in the 33rd lap and storms to victory in a 200-lap main event at South Boston (Va.) Speedway. […]

  1934: James Hylton, one of NASCAR’s longest-running independent drivers, is born. The Inman, S.C., native made 601 starts from 1964 to 1993 in NASCAR’s […]

  1967: Richard Petty rolls from the pole position and leads wire-to-wire in a 200-lap main event at Savannah (Ga.) Speedway, one of 27 victories […]

  1996: Rusty Wallace leads 353 of 500 laps in a dominating performance to win the Goody’s 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The .533-mile track […]

  1980: Pole-winner Cale Yarborough wards off Dale Earnhardt’s charge by two car-lengths to win the Volunteer 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Yarborough led 379 […]

  1956: Billy Myers scores the last of his two victories in NASCAR’s premier series, lapping the field in a 250-lap feature at Norfolk Speedway. […]