Today in NASCAR History
Motor Sport Topics: Drivers - Formula One - Motor Races
Events in Sport
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1947-12-14 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1948-02-21 - NASCAR is incorporated.
1950-09-04 - Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1987-04-03 - Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega
2004-10-24 - 10 people, including 4 family members of Rick Hendrick, are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway. The plane was owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports.
Birthdays in Sport
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1931-06-28 - Junior Johnson, American NASCAR driver
1933-04-04 - Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer (d. 2007)
1940-01-10 - Harry Gant, NASCAR driver
1941-07-23 - Richie Evans, 9 time NASCAR Modified Champion (died at Martinsville in 1985)
1945-09-21 - Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner
1949-07-12 - Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner, and car dealer.
1954-12-14 - Alan Kulwicki, Greenfield Wisc, NASCAR racer (Winston Cup)
1956-11-16 - Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver
1957-03-04 - Rick Mast, American NASCAR driver
1957-06-30 - Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR)
1961-09-24 - Allen Bestwick, Nascar broadcaster
1963-06-27 - Johnny Benson, American NASCAR driver
1966-05-24 - Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver
1970-03-12 - John Nemechek, American NASCAR driver (d. 1997)
1970-11-07 - Andy Houston, American NASCAR driver
1974-10-10 - Dale Earnhardt Jr, American NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver
1975-12-08 - Kevin Harvick, American NASCAR driver
1976-06-03 - Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver
1977-12-08 - Ryan Newman, American NASCAR driver
1979-06-05 - Jason White, American NASCAR driver
1979-08-15 - Carl Edwards, American NASCAR driver
1980-04-02 - Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)
1980-08-21 - Paul Menard, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver
1981-02-26 - Kertus Davis, American NASCAR driver
1981-03-23 - Erin Crocker, American NASCAR driver
1984-02-12 - Brad Keselowski, NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver
Deaths in Sport
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1964-07-02 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash
1984-12-07 - Lee Roy Yarbrough, American race car (Nascar) driver (b. 1938)
1985-10-24 - Richie Evans, American NASCAR driver (b. 1941)
1989-08-13 - Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS
1991-08-11 - J. D. McDuffie, American NASCAR driver (b. 1939)
2007-01-02 - Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. 1950)
2007-01-07 - Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner (b. 1957)
2007-06-04 - Bill France Jr., NASCAR pioneer (b. 1933)
2009-05-06 - Kevin Grubb, former NASCAR driver (b. 1978)
2009-06-09 - Dick May, Former NASCAR racecar driver
