Fun Facts from 1950

[Clutch]

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1950s/1950-nascar.htm

How about 15 days of qualifying at Darlington?

 

[ztevans]

Imagining how folks would have reacted to the stuff in that post. Renaming the strictly stock division to establish its superiority? Taking away Lee Petty's and Red Byron's points for running non-NASCAR races? The points Petty lost would have given him the title that year.

 

[Clutch]

Imagining how folks would have reacted to the stuff in that post. Renaming the strictly stock division to establish its superiority? Taking away Lee Petty's and Red Byron's points for running non-NASCAR races? The points Petty lost would have given him the title that year.

Exactly.....thats why I posted it...some crazy stuff happened in 1950

 

[BobbyFord]

Jeez, 15 days of qualifying!

 

[VaDirt]

Imagining how folks would have reacted to the stuff in that post. Renaming the strictly stock division to establish its superiority? Taking away Lee Petty's and Red Byron's points for running non-NASCAR races? The points Petty lost would have given him the title that year.

World of Outlaws sprint car series has a rule against drivers running tracks that aren't on the WoO schedule. Freakin crazy.