[kerribear17]

Aug 1, 1998 - Jeff Gordon became the first two-time winner of the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis on August 1st 1998! Winning that race also put him in the record books for being the first driver to win the No-Bull Bonus and claiming the largest single 1st place pay out in NASCAR history! (At that time)

[kerribear17]

August 2, 2008 - Rain tires were used for the first time ever in a NASCAR event during the Nationwide race in Montreal. Ron Fellows ended up in victory lane. YouTube - 2008 Nascar Nationwide Montreal Rain!!!

August 3rd, 1960 at Birmingham, AL, #42-Lee Petty raced his sons #43-Richard and #44-Maurice. Richard was 2nd, Lee was 3rd and Maurice was 8th in a 50 mile event with 16 cars starting


Aug 4, 1974 - The first 500-mile NASCAR race, the Purolator 500, was held on August 4, 1974. With a 144.122 mph lap in the Bud Moore No. 15 Ford, Buddy Baker qualified on the pole to lead the 35-car field. He led 11 laps and finished 2nd. Richard Petty started his No. 43 STP Dodge 3rd on the grid, led 152 laps and took the win in the rain-shortened (480 miles) inaugural event.

August 4th 1971 - Happy Birthday Jeff Gordon

[kerribear17]

August 5th - 1979: Teenager Kyle Petty makes his Cup debut in the
Talladega 500 and finishes ninth. Darrell Waltrip gets the win and
Kyle's dad, Richard Petty, finishes fourth. The Talladega 500 is one
of five starts in 1979 for the 19-year-old. Kyle goes full time in
1981.

August 6th 1994- Inaugural Indianapolis Brickyard 400, NASCAR gets to race at Indy! The first running of the Brickyard 400 in 1994 saw the largest crowd to-date to witness a NASCAR event, and the single-largest race purse to-date. Rick Mast won the pole position. Young second-year driver Jeff Gordon took the lead late in the race after Ernie Irvan suffered a flat tire. Gordon drove on to a historic win in NASCAR's debut at the Brickyard.

[kerribear17]

August 24, 1975, His Royal Fastness picked up the second of his four career Michigan wins. It was the ninth win of the season for Petty, en route to 13 total victories. It was more than three times any other driver, and the largest romp in NASCAR history — a 722-point victory over Cup runner-up Dave Marcis.


History was made in August 1992 when Bristol Motor Speedway became the first NASCAR track to go to an all-concrete racing surface.


August 31st, 2003 - the last time the Southern 500 held at Darlington for Labor Day weekend

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by kerribear17

August 31st, 2003 - the last time the Southern 500 held at Darlington for Labor Day weekend

I could've done without seein this one

[moon]

Originally Posted by kerribear17

Aug 4, 1974 - The first 500-mile NASCAR race, the Purolator 500, was held on August 4, 1974. With a 144.122 mph lap in the Bud Moore No. 15 Ford, Buddy Baker qualified on the pole to lead the 35-car field. He led 11 laps and finished 2nd. Richard Petty started his No. 43 STP Dodge 3rd on the grid, led 152 laps and took the win in the rain-shortened (480 miles) inaugural event.

That doesn't sound quite right, we had been running many 500 mile races before then.

[kerribear17]

Originally Posted by Quality88

I could've done without seein this one

I know such a shame

[kerribear17]

Originally Posted by moon

That doesn't sound quite right, we had been running many 500 mile races before then.

I don't really know. I got it from here ...
Mid-Pack Attack: Long Pond-Part Two
I wasn't around then so maybe another fan can recall that far back.

[moon]

Originally Posted by kerribear17

August 2, 2008 - Rain tires were used for the first time ever in a NASCAR event during the Nationwide race in Montreal. Ron Fellows ended up in victory lane. YouTube - 2008 Nascar Nationwide Montreal Rain!!!

August 3rd, 1960 at Birmingham, AL, #42-Lee Petty raced his sons #43-Richard and #44-Maurice. Richard was 2nd, Lee was 3rd and Maurice was 8th in a 50 mile event with 16 cars starting


Aug 4, 1974 - The first 500-mile NASCAR race, the Purolator 500, was held on August 4, 1974. With a 144.122 mph lap in the Bud Moore No. 15 Ford, Buddy Baker qualified on the pole to lead the 35-car field. He led 11 laps and finished 2nd. Richard Petty started his No. 43 STP Dodge 3rd on the grid, led 152 laps and took the win in the rain-shortened (480 miles) inaugural event.

August 4th 1971 - Happy Birthday Jeff Gordon

Maybe it should have prefaced Pocono in the snippet.
It reads like 74 was the first 500 mile race for a NASCAR event.

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by moon

Maybe it should have prefaced Pocono in the snippet.
It reads like 74 was the first 500 mile race for a NASCAR event.

In 1973 Petty won the Daytona "500" ... a 500 mile race. Looks like some bad info. Interesting snippet about the '73 Daytona 500. Petty won the race. He lead only 17 laps but was the only one on the lead lap. Next car was 2 laps down. Pretty impressive to lap the field twice in just 17 laps on a 2.5 mile track.

[kerribear17]

Ah I see. The problems of not being around the sport as long (or even alive ) But yes it was Pocono according to the web site. I don't know much about racing in the 70's but ya learn something new every day.


The fact that Petty won Daytona and was the only one on the lead lap takes me back to the other conversation going on about how RJR changed the sport. Can you imagine if that happened today?

[moon]

Yeah, NASCAR was running 500 mile races in the 50's.

[Racer Duck]

The first 500 mile race in NASCAR was held Sept 4, 1950 at Darlington (400 laps on 1.250 mile track) and was won by Johnny Mantz in a '50 Plymouth starting in 43rd position (there were 75 cars starting the race.) Fireball Roberts finished 2nd, 9 laps down, in a '50 Oldsmobile followed by Red Byron, one lap behind Roberts, in a '50 Cadillac.

Did ya notice that none of those brands are in racing today and only the Cadillac brand is still alive?

[Team Yates]

NASCAR History: Sept. 6 -- 1992: Darrell Waltrip wins his only Labor Day weekend Cup race at Darlington Raceway, finishing ahead of Mark Martin and Bill Elliott in the rain-shortened Mountain Dew Southern 500. Waltrip leads only the final six laps before the race is called after 298 of 367 laps.(NASCAR.com)

[kerribear17]

Sept. 7 -- 1986: Tim Richmond wins the Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400 at Richmond (Va.) Fairgrounds Raceway. The field is 29 cars, the last time fewer than 30 cars start a Cup race. Dale Earnhardt finishes second and Morgan Shepherd is third.



September 6, 2003 - Ricky Rudd vs. Kevin Harvick SI.com - Racing - Race melee overshadows Newman's victory - Sunday September 7, 2003 5:36PM
YouTube - RIR 2003- Kevin Harvick and Ricky Rudd post race fight
YouTube - Harvick Vs. Rudd

I loved that one