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The very first race in NASCAR history is held at the beach road course in Daytona.
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Stock car racing had become a huge thing in the early 1900's till the 1940's and Bill France Sr. calls a meeting in Daytona beach mainly about stock car racing and its future but NASCAR was brought up and formed this day.
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The first sponsor of NASCAR was the Nash Motor Company. The company invested their time and money into NASCAR. They offered money at many different race and for the National Grand champion they would receive a Nash car.
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NASCAR's first 500 mile race was called The Southern 500, and was held at the Darlington Raceway in 1950.
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On September 14th,1969, the now known today as the Talladega Superspeedway opened with the name of The Alabama International Speedway.
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The first driver to ever hit over 200 miles per hour was Buddy Baker on this day in NASCAR history.
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The MRN, also know as the Motor Racing Network broadcasted their first Daytona 500 on this day.
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On this date ESPN broadcasted their first race. This race was from the North Carolina Motor Speedway. Very soon after this broadcast ESPN did their first live race at the Atlanta International Raceway.
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The new fastest speed record is 212.809 miles per hour at Talladega set by Bill Elliott.
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On this day NASCAR celebrated their 50th anniversary.
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NASCAR signs big partnerships with Fox, NBC, and Turner sports.
