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The 1958 Jim Mideon 500 (known officially as 1958-31) was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on Saturday, July 18, 1958, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Children were entertained with a jigsaw puzzle of the Royal Family before the race began. [3] Most of the cars in the race were either Chevrolet or Ford. [2]
The race was scheduled for 500 laps; taking three hours and forty-two minutes to complete. [4] Fred Lorenzen defeated Marvin Panch by a single lap and two seconds. [4] Twenty thousand people came to witness three lead changes and five cautions for eighteen laps. [4]
The 1967 National 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series stock car race that was held on October 15, 1967, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.. The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade.
The 1969 Richmond 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on April 13, 1969, at Richmond Fairgrounds (now Richmond Raceway) in Richmond, Virginia.. The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade.
Darlington Raceway, nicknamed by many NASCAR fans and drivers as "The Lady in Black" or "The Track Too Tough to Tame" and advertised as a "NASCAR Tradition", is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a ...
Five lead changes were made (consisting of Ned Jarrett, Darel Dieringer, Billy Wade, and Ned Jarrett). [2] After one hour and thirty-two minutes of racing, Billy Wade managed to defeat LeeRoy Yarbrough by six seconds in front of 10,000 live spectators (approximately 24% of the racetrack's modern capacity). [2]
The 1997 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 10, 1997, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama.Heavy rain and prior NASCAR commitments forced this race to be rescheduled from April 27, 1997.
The 1964 Savannah 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on May 1, 1964, at Savannah Speedway in Savannah, Georgia.. Andy Buffington's top-10 finish would eventually become his swan song.