Events in Sport
- 1949-10-16 Red Byron in an Oldsmobile finishes 16th in the Wilkes 200 at North Wilkesboro Speedway to win NASCAR Strictly Stock C'ship in the inaugural season of pro stock car racing in the United States
- 1950-10-29 Bill Rexford in an Oldsmobile finishes 26th in the season finale at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, North Carolina to win the NASCAR Grand National Series Championship
- 1951-11-25 3rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Herb Thomas wins
- 1952-10-30 4th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
- 1953-11-01 Herb Thomas, driving his own No. 92 Hudson Hornet wraps up the NASCAR Grand National Championship with 14th-place in 100-mile finale at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway; Thomas first repeat champion of the series
- 1954-11-01 Lee Petty with 32 top-10 finishes from 34 races wins NASCAR Grand National Championship by 283 points from Herb Thomas; Petty fails to finish season ending Wilkes 160
- 1955-10-30 7th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
- 1960-10-30 12th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rex White wins
- 1961-10-29 13th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Ned Jarrett wins
- 1962-10-28 Jo Weatherly in a Pontiac finishes 2nd to Rex White in season-ending Dixie 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to clinch his 1st of 2 consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championships
Sports History
1963-11-03 Joe Weatherly finishes 7th in the season ending Golden State 400 at Riverside International Raceway; retains NASCAR Sprint Cup by 2,228 points from 14-time winner Richard Petty
Sports History
1966-10-30 16th NASCAR Sprint Cup: David Pearson wins
- 1970-11-22 20th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bobby Isaac wins
- 1971-11-20 21st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
- 1972-11-12 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
- 1973-10-21 23rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Benny Parsons wins
- 1974-11-24 24th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
- 1975-11-12 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
Yarborough Wins Sprint Cup
1976-11-21 26th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
- 1977-11-20 27th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
- 1978-11-19 28th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
- 1979-11-18 29th NASCAR Series Cup: Richard Petty is the first person to win seven times
NASCAR Sprint Cup
1980-11-15 30th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
Waltrip Wins NASCAR
1981-11-22 31st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins
- 1982-11-21 32nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins
NASCAR Cup
1983-11-20 33rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bobby Allison wins
- 1984-11-18 34th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
- 1985-11-17 35th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Darrell Waltrip wins
- 1986-11-16 36th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
- 1987-11-22 37th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
NASCAR CUP
1988-11-20 38th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bill Elliott wins
- 1989-11-19 39th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rusty Wallace wins
- 1990-11-18 40th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
- 1991-11-17 41st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
- 1992-11-15 42nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Alan Kulwicki wins
- 1993-11-14 43rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
- 1994-11-13 44th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
Sports History
1995-11-12 45th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
- 1996-11-10 46th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
- 1997-11-16 47th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
- 1998-11-22 48th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
Sports History
1999-11-21 51st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Jarrett wins
- 2000-11-20 52nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bobby Labonte wins
- 2001-11-23 53rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
- 2002-11-17 54th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tony Stewart wins
- 2003-11-16 55th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Matt Kenseth wins
- 2004-11-21 56th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Kurt Busch wins
- 2005-11-20 57th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tony Stewart wins
- 2006-11-20 58th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
- 2007-07-07 Sprint-Nextel and NASCAR announce NASCAR Nextel Cup Series renamed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2008
- 2007-11-18 59th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
- 2008-11-16 60th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
- 2012-11-18 Brad Keselowski driving for Penske Racing finishes 5th in the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead Miami Speedway to clinch the Nascar Sprint Cup
- 2013-11-17 Jimmie Johnson wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup for the sixth time
- 2014-11-16 Kevin Harvick driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by 1 point from Ryan Newman
Busch's First NASCAR Win
2015-11-22 Kyle Busch driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
- 2016-11-20 Jimmie Johnson driving for Hendrick Motorsports, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim record equalling 7th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series; Richard Petty & Dale Earnhardt, 7 titles
Birthdays in Sport
- 1922-05-29 Joe Weatherly, American auto racer (NASCAR Sprint Cup champion 1962-63), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1964)
- 1974-10-10 Dale Earnhardt Jr., American auto racer, team owner and broadcaster (Daytona 500 2004, 14; Busch Series 1998-99), born in Kannapolis, North Carolina
- 1980-08-21 Paul Menard, American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Deaths in Sport
- 1964-01-19 Joe Weatherly, American auto racer (NASCAR Sprint Cup champion 1962-63), dies of head injuries in race crash at 41