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Known as "the Monk" to his fans, Lou Lazzaro started racing in 1952 at the Columbia Speedway near Utica, New York, when the driver of a Hobby class car he was crewing refused to help fix the car after a wreck. Lazzaro claimed his first Hobby class feature event win in 1955 at the Brewerton Speedway NY, and by 1959 had joined with 3 other ...
Lou Lazzaro was declared the first winner, although fellow Hall of Fame driver Bob Rossell was first to cross the finish line in the1963 New Yorker 400. Rossell’s win was reversed when NASCAR determined fellow driver Rene Charland had pushed Rossell across the line when he ran out of gas. Legend is that Lazzaro and Rossell eventually split ...
The race was run in 1955, 1963–1964, 1966–1970, 1983–1995, 1997–2002, 2019, and 2021 to the present. The 1955, 1966, 1967, and 1968 races were sanctioned by NASCAR. Notable drivers have included Junior Johnson, David Pearson, Richard Petty, and Bobby Allison. Brett Hearn has won the race four times, which is more than any other driver. [2]
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B. Andy Bachetti; Eddie Bald; Tom Baldwin (racing driver) Tommy Baldwin Jr. John Beatty Jr. Tim Bender; Tiny Benson; J. R. Bertuccio; Brett Bodine; Eric Bodine
He quit before the season to focus on driving cars, and both of Lou's sons won titles at the grassroots racing level. Dave then made his way to NASCAR for 473 Cup Series starts over 17 seasons. He ...
Stock car racing officially began at the speedway on September 18, 1948 as Rocky Dinatale is credited with the first-ever stock car win. The first fully contested championship season began on April 16, 1950 [10] and the first race of the season was won by Tex Enright driving # 407 Modified coupe. Enright would later go on to be one of the most ...
Xavier Mestelan, the FIA’s chief technical and safety officer, explains what was changed to make the Garage 56 NASCAR safe for all involved. Making NASCAR's Garage 56 Stock Car Safe to Race Le ...