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For the current NASCAR track in Charlotte, North Carolina, see Lowe's Motor Speedway
Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway is a Oval track in Concord, North Carolina, north of Charlotte. It features a long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield....
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Charlotte Speedway was the site of NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
's first Strictly Stock (now Sprint Cup) series race on June 19, 1949. The Daytona Beach Road Course
Daytona Beach Road Course

Daytona Beach Road Course was a race track that was instrumental in the formation of NASCAR. It originally became famous as the location where fifteen land speed record were set....
 held the first race sanctioned by NASCAR in 1948. The track was a few miles east of the proposed NASCAR Hall of Fame
NASCAR Hall of Fame

The NASCAR Hall of Fame will honor drivers who have shown exceptional skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, and other major contributors to the sport....
 site.

lotte Speedway was a three-quarter mile long dirt track
Dirt track racing

----Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on Oval racing. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s....
. The first event in 1949 was a race.






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For the current NASCAR track in Charlotte, North Carolina, see Lowe's Motor Speedway
Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway is a Oval track in Concord, North Carolina, north of Charlotte. It features a long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield....
.

Charlotte Speedway was the site of NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
's first Strictly Stock (now Sprint Cup) series race on June 19, 1949. The Daytona Beach Road Course
Daytona Beach Road Course

Daytona Beach Road Course was a race track that was instrumental in the formation of NASCAR. It originally became famous as the location where fifteen land speed record were set....
 held the first race sanctioned by NASCAR in 1948. The track was a few miles east of the proposed NASCAR Hall of Fame
NASCAR Hall of Fame

The NASCAR Hall of Fame will honor drivers who have shown exceptional skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, and other major contributors to the sport....
 site.

Event details

Charlotte Speedway was a three-quarter mile long dirt track
Dirt track racing

----Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on Oval racing. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s....
. The first event in 1949 was a race. Other events were 100, 113, or long.

NASCAR history

Twelve events were held at the track between 1949 and 1956. Winners at the track include: Jim Roper
Jim Roper

Christian David "Jim" Roper was a NASCAR driver. He lived in Halstead, Kansas, Kansas. He is most known as the winner of the first NASCAR Strictly Stock race....
 (1), Tim Flock
Tim Flock

Julius Timothy "Tim" Flock was one of NASCAR's early pioneers, and a two time series champion. He was a brother to NASCAR's second female driver Ethel Mobley and NASCAR pioneers Bob Flock and Fonty Flock....
 (1), Curtis Turner
Curtis Turner

Curtis Turner was an early NASCAR driver. In addition to his success in racing, he made a fortune, lost it, and remade it buying and selling timberlands....
 (2), Herb Thomas
Herb Thomas

----Herbert Watson Thomas was a NASCAR pioneer who was one of the series' most successful drivers in the 1950s....
 (2), Dick Passwater
Dick Passwater

Dick Passwater was an American racecar driver who raced in NASCAR and United States Automobile Club.He started racing after World War II, and was active in the 1950s and 1960s....
 (1), Buck Baker
Buck Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker Sr. better known as Buck Baker was an United States racecar driver....
 (3), Fonty Flock
Fonty Flock

Truman Fontell "Fonty" Flock of Fort Payne, Alabama was an early NASCAR driver....
 (1), and Speedy Thompson
Speedy Thompson

Alfred "Speedy" Thompson was a NASCAR pioneer and driver in the Nextel Cup [now Sprint Cup] series from 1950 to 1971, capturing 20 wins along the way....
 (1).

1949

Bob Flock
Bob Flock

Robert "Bob" Newman Flock of Fort Payne, Alabama was an early NASCAR driver. He qualified first for NASCAR's first race....
 won the pole. Glenn Dunnaway
Glenn Dunnaway

Henry Glenn Dunnaway was an American auto racer noted for initially winning, and then being disqualified from, what is today recognized as NASCAR's first-ever race....
 was declared the original winner, but a post-race inspection revealed that his car was fitted with illegal springs, causing NASCAR to disqualify him. Jim Roper
Jim Roper

Christian David "Jim" Roper was a NASCAR driver. He lived in Halstead, Kansas, Kansas. He is most known as the winner of the first NASCAR Strictly Stock race....
 was declared the official winner of the event. Roper would only compete in one more NASCAR event in his career. Other famous drivers to finish in the Top 10 include: Fonty Flock
Fonty Flock

Truman Fontell "Fonty" Flock of Fort Payne, Alabama was an early NASCAR driver....
, Red Byron
Red Byron

Robert "Red" Byron was a NASCAR driver who was successful in the sanctioning body's first years. He was NASCAR's first Modified champion in 1948 and its first Strictly Stock champion in 1949....
, Tim Flock
Tim Flock

Julius Timothy "Tim" Flock was one of NASCAR's early pioneers, and a two time series champion. He was a brother to NASCAR's second female driver Ethel Mobley and NASCAR pioneers Bob Flock and Fonty Flock....
, and Curtis Turner
Curtis Turner

Curtis Turner was an early NASCAR driver. In addition to his success in racing, he made a fortune, lost it, and remade it buying and selling timberlands....
. Famous drivers to finish outside of the Top 10 include: Buck Baker
Buck Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker Sr. better known as Buck Baker was an United States racecar driver....
, Jack Smith
Jack Smith (NASCAR)

Jack Smith , was a NASCAR driver....
, Lee Petty
Lee Petty

Lee Arnold Petty was an American stock car driver in the 1950s and 60s. He was one of the pioneers of NASCAR, and one of its first superstars....
, Herb Thomas
Herb Thomas

----Herbert Watson Thomas was a NASCAR pioneer who was one of the series' most successful drivers in the 1950s....
, and Bob Flock
Bob Flock

Robert "Bob" Newman Flock of Fort Payne, Alabama was an early NASCAR driver. He qualified first for NASCAR's first race....
. Sara Christian
Sara Christian

Sara Christian was the first woman driver in NASCAR history....
 finished 14th to become the first female to start in a NASCAR race.

Past Winners


1949-02

  • 1950 Tim Flock


1949-01

  • 1949 Jim Roper
    Jim Roper

    Christian David "Jim" Roper was a NASCAR driver. He lived in Halstead, Kansas, Kansas. He is most known as the winner of the first NASCAR Strictly Stock race....


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