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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.
The 1950 Wilkes 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 24, 1950 (), [2] at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.. Due to the mostly informal nature of the NASCAR organization during the early 1950s, certain records like the number of laps completed under a caution flag and the amount of time it took to complete the race were never ...
The inaugural Southern Five-Hundred (Southern 500 since 1951) was an automobile race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina on September 4, 1950, as part of the 1950 NASCAR Grand National. While the 1950 race was co-sanctioned by NASCAR and its rival Central States Racing Association, all subsequent Southern 500 races were ...
The race began in 1950, as NASCAR's first 500-mile race, and it was the only race of such distance until the Daytona 500 debuted in 1959. Through most of its history, the race was one of NASCAR's premier events, and was known as one of four majors on the NASCAR circuit.
The Maserati Birdcage is introduced as a competitive racing prototype; The Jaguar D-Type is introduced as a competitive racecar; The Lotus Eleven is introduced for motorsport; The original Mini debuts. It is competitive in touring car racing. The original Volkswagen Beetle debuts, becoming competitive in touring car racing; The Triumph TR is ...
One of the pioneers of the Grand National Series, he competed in 16 races over the first eight years of the sport, with a best finish of second at the Charlotte Speedway in 1950. [1] Mahoney finished 5th in NASCAR's inaugural superspeedway race, the 1950 Southern 500 , and ultimately finished 7th in the driver standings for that year.
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1950 proved to be Rexford's lone full-time campaign in NASCAR's highest division. He moved back to the Northeast and remained a part-time competitor in the Grand National ranks until 1953, when he ran his last race in Rochester, New York. He finished 5th, driving the #60 Chevrolet for long-time car owner Julian Buesink.