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National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC Sport Auto racing Category Stock car racing Sports car racing (IMSA) Abbreviation NASCAR Founded February 21, 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-02-21) Affiliation ACCUS-FIA Headquarters Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. (main) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Concord, North Carolina, U.S. President Steve Phelps Peter Jung (Vice President, CMO) Chairman Jim ...
Longtime NASCAR mechanic Smokey Yunick criticized the location, remarking, "a giant mistake. If they'd have searched North Carolina for the worst possible place to build a racetrack, that's where they built it." [35] Smith blamed Turner for many of the delays, claiming Turner often hired workers while intoxicated, requiring Smith to dismiss ...
Bowman Gray Stadium is officially a NASCAR sanctioned quarter-mile asphalt flat oval short track and longstanding football stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track".
The NASCAR Hall of Fame, is a Hall of Fame and Museum located in Charlotte, North Carolina that honors NASCAR and its history. Inductees to the Hall of Fame are drivers who have shown expert skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, broadcasters and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body.
Weaverville, North Carolina: Western North Carolina 500 (1958–1969) 1957–1969: Held races from 1951 to 1957 as a dirt oval. Now the site of North Buncombe High School Augusta International Raceway: 0.500-mile paved oval Augusta, Georgia: Georgia Cracker 300 (1966) Augusta 300 (1967) Dixie 250 (1968) Augusta 200 (1968) Cracker 200 (1969 ...
Hickory Motor Speedway is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina.It is one of stock car racing's most storied venues, and is often referred to as the "World's Most Famous Short Track" and the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars".
NASCAR's Cup Series started in Charlotte as the Strictly Stock division in 1949. Here's a look at Fayetteville drivers who are part of that history.
Charlotte Speedway was the site of NASCAR's first Strictly Stock Series (now NASCAR Cup Series) race on June 19, 1949. The Daytona Beach Road Course held the first race sanctioned by NASCAR in 1948. The track was a few miles west of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, on Little Rock Road. It was owned by Carl C. Allison Sr. and his wife, Catherine ...