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  2. 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series - Wikipedia

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    Byron won the 166-mile NASCAR Strictly Stock race on the sands of the 4.15-mile Daytona Beach and Road Course. There were 21 of the 28 starters running at the finish. Byron won the caution free race with an average speed of 80.883 mph and won with a gap of 1:51 lead over second-place finisher Tim Flock.

  3. NASCAR Cup Series - Wikipedia

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    In 1949, NASCAR introduced the Strictly Stock division, after sanctioning Modified and Roadster division races in 1948. Eight races were run on seven dirt ovals and on the Daytona Beach beach/street course. [5] The first NASCAR "Strictly Stock" race was held at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949.

  4. Daytona Beach and Road Course - Wikipedia

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    The course started on the pavement of highway A1A (at 4511 South Atlantic Avenue, Ponce Inlet A restaurant named "Racing's North Turn" now stands at that location. It went south 2 mi (3.2 km) parallel to the ocean on A1A (S. Atlantic Ave) to the end of the road, where the drivers accessed the beach at the south turn at the Beach Street approach , returned 2 miles (3.2 km) north on the sandy ...

  5. Charlotte Speedway - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Is NASCAR’s true ‘home’ in Charlotte or in Daytona? It ...

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    While NASCAR staged its first race on Daytona Beach in 1948, what has become known as the Cup Series didn’t start until 1949, on a track near the Charlotte Airport.

  7. Bill Blair (racing driver) - Wikipedia

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    In 1939, he began racing at the newly-constructed High Point Speedway, and he opened his own track Tri-City Speedway after World War II. [1] [2] Blair won three NASCAR Strictly Stock/Grand National races: June 18, 1950 – Blair piloted a 1950 Mercury owned by Sam Rice to victory in a race at Vernon Fairgrounds in Vernon, NY.

  8. 1950 NASCAR Grand National Series - Wikipedia

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    The first race of the 1950 season was run on February 5 at the Daytona Beach Road Course in Daytona Beach, Florida. Joe Littlejohn won the pole. Harold Kite of East Point, Georgia, a former tank driver who began racing on the short tracks after World War II, drove past Red Byron in the 25th lap and went on to score a victory in the 200-mile Grand National opener of the 1950 season.

  9. Marshall Teague (racing driver) - Wikipedia

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    Marshall Pleasant Teague [1] (February 22, 1921 – February 11, 1959) was an American race car driver nicknamed by NASCAR fans as the "King of the Beach" for his performances at the Daytona Beach Road Course. He walked into fellow Daytona Beach resident Smokey Yunick's "Best Damned Garage in Town", and launched Yunick's NASCAR mechanic career.

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