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April 2, 1961- USAC stockers make Southern debut
In January 2016, Curtis Turner and Bruton Smith were deservedly inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Their racing accomplishments earned them a spot in the Hall, but their selection for the same...
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April 4, 1971 - Atlanta 500
NASCAR's 1971 season got underway in January at the road course in Riverside, California. West coast regular Ray Elder won the first NASCAR Grand National race branded as a Winston Cup Series race by...
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April 8, 1979 - A legendary Darlington battle
The eighth race of the 1979 Winston Cup season was the CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 at Darlington. The storylines of the season to that point? Well, they were real and they were spectacular:The Daytona 500...
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April 9, 1966 - Greenville 200
Richard Petty and David Pearson were sidelined from NASCAR racing for much of the 1965 season because of a Chrysler boycott. With the suits from Mopar calling the shots (and controlling the flow of...
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April 13, 1969 - Richmond 500
Richmond's spring race has bounced around a good bit over the decades. Throughout the 1970s and most of the 1980s, the race was scheduled for late February or early March. At the opposite end of the...
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April 16, 1972 - Rebel 400
Though R.J. Reynolds joined forces with NASCAR to re-brand the Grand National Division as the Winston Cup Series in 1971, most point to 1972 as the start of the modern era. A number of tracks and races...
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April 16, 1978 - Gwyn Staley 400
NASCAR's Winston Cup drivers arrived in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina for the eighth race of the 1978 season - the Gwyn Staley 400.A number of story lines existed as the teams prepared to race for...
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Oldsmobile: Old School & New Life for Pettys
Twelve years ago - April 29, 2004 - the last Oldsmobile rolled off GM's assembly line. Oldsmobile was America's oldest automotive brand, and it was the second brand to roll into General Motors. Over...
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May 15, 1966 - Richmond 250
NASCAR's Grand National drivers rolled into Richmond's half-mile, fairgrounds dirt track on May 15, 1966 for a 250-lap race. The storylines of the season after about a third of it had been completed...
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May 26, 1974 - World 600
As OPEC came on the scene, the U.S. population was scared into the first of several energy crises. NASCAR quickly fell into the crosshairs of many who believed (and still do) auto racing is a needless...
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May 30, 1976 - World 600
THE storyline of the 1976 Winston Cup season was the instant classic finish of the Daytona 500. The titans of NASCAR - Richard Petty and David Pearson - separated themselves from the field, battled...
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June 15, 1975 - Motor State 400
Michigan International Speedway hosted the midpoint of the 1975 Winston Cup season. The Motor State 400 was the 15th of the season's 30-race schedule.Source: Motor Racing Programme CoversOn the track,...
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June 19, 1964 - Chattanooga's All-American 300
Tennessee has a pretty rich history with respect to NASCAR GN/Cup racing. Bristol has been a mainstay on the schedule since 1961 and really took off when the summer night race was introduced in 1978....
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June 26, 1969 - Raleigh's North State 200
With the state of North Carolina being such a hot bed of NASCAR racing since its formation in the late 1940s, one would think the capital of the state be the site of several races. As it turns out,...
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July 4, 1972 - Firecracker 400 - That's 1
David Pearson started the 1972 Winston Cup season without a guaranteed, solid ride. He finished 26th in the season opener at Riverside, California's road course and fourth in the season's sixth race,...
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July 4, 1973 - Firecracker 400 - That's 2
The 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup season consisted of only 28 races. The total tied with 1985 as the fewest number of races in the modern era (1972 to present) and third overall behind the first two seasons...
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July 4, 1974 - Firecracker 400 - That's 3!
I've historically thought of snooker as a billiards game. The word, however, can also sometimes be skillfully applied to motorsports.Daytona's annual Firecracker 400 in 1974 was scheduled as it had...
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July 21, 1964 - Pennsylvania 200
From the late 1950s through the late 1960s, NASCAR's Grand National division supplemented its largely Southern-based schedule with a trip through states such as Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, and New...
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Michael Waltrip fan base has changed. Right?
On July 24, 1993, Schaefer co-founder Philly and I headed for a weekend of camping and racing at Talladega. The headline event was Sunday's DieHard 500. In tow was one of Philly's co-workers headed to...
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July 27, 1968 - Nashville 400
Music City USA. The Ryman Auditorium. Chet Atkins' and Owen Bradley's Nashville Sound. Printers Alley. And the Nashville fairgrounds - home of the Tennessee State Fair and Fairgrounds...
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