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The big triumph at Heidelberg was the largest winning margin of any NASCAR Strictly Stock race in 1949. Dick Linder's Kaiser finished second, but was in no position to challenge the fleet Petty. Bill Rexford finished third, Sam Rice's Chevrolet was fourth with relief driver Glenn Dunanway at the helm.
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The NASCAR Strictly Stock Series inaugural race was the first stock car race sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). Held on June 19, 1949 at the Charlotte Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina , the race comprised 200 laps on a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) dirt oval.
1949 Strictly Stock Champion [a] 1948 NASCAR Modified Champion [b] 1949 Daytona Beach Road Course Winner (Inaugural race) Strictly Stock in wins leader : Awards: National Motorsports Hall of Fame (1966) Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) NASCAR Hall of Fame (2018) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) NASCAR Cup Series ...
The 1949 Wilkes 200 was a NASCAR Strictly Stock Series racing event that took place on October 16, 1949. [where?] [3]Ten thousand people would attend this live racing event where Kenneth Wagner qualified for the race with a pole position speed of 57.563 miles per hour (92.639 km/h) – the equivalent of 31.27 seconds.
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 ...
Taiwan's defence ministry raised the alarm on Thursday about a renewed surge of Chinese military activity around the island and live fire drills, accusing Beijing of policy instability that ...
500cc World Championship: Leslie Graham: 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season: Constructors: AJS: 350cc World Championship: Freddie Frith: 250cc World Championship: Bruno Ruffo: 125cc World Championship: Nello Pagani: Constructors: Mondial: Speedway World Championship: Tommy Price: 1949 Individual Speedway World Championship