1001 NASCAR Facts. John Close

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СКАЧАТЬ also ran events at Macon (Georgia), Danville (Virginia), and Dover (New Jersey), on May 23, 1948. All three races awarded points toward the 1948 NASCAR Modified Championship. Gober Sosebee grabbed the win and points at Macon while Bill Blair rolled to the win at Danville. Johnny Rogers completed the NASCAR tripleheader by coming in first at Dover.

      136 In addition to staging events in multiple locations on the same day, NASCAR also featured doubleheaders at some of its 1948 Modified Series events. At the September 5 race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Curtis Turner won a pair of 30-lap feature events. Driving a Ford for team owner Bob Smith, Curtis captured the pole and beat Jimmy Ingram to win the first 30-lapper. In the second race, Turner started 14th (shotgun on the field after a full-field inversion) and raced through the field to win the second race of the day. This marks the first time in NASCAR history that one driver won two sanctioned races in the same day. Two weeks later, September 19, Fonty Flock repeated the achievement winning both 30-lap NASCAR Modified Series races at Occoneechee Speedway.

      137 In 1948, an outbreak of polio gripped the United States. One of the hardest hit areas was North Carolina where more than 2,500 cases were reported, more than 10 times the number reported the year before. With children most vulnerable to the contagious disease, physicians across North Carolina urged cities to close public playgrounds, recreation centers, and pools while discouraging other public venues such as movie theaters, ballparks, and even churches from opening. In keeping with the times, Bill France Sr. and NASCAR canceled several 1948 events in an effort to help contain the outbreak. It is the only time in NASCAR history that races were canceled due to a public epidemic.

       Drivers lined up to get their starting positions; official Alvin Hawkins holds a hat while an unidentified person seated in the car draws a number for each competitor. (Photo Courtesy Ed Samples Jr. Collection)

      138 NASCAR’s first championship battle (the 1948 Modified title) remains one of the most hotly contested in racing history. Red Byron won four races in a row taking an early points lead in April, but Fonty Flock roared back by grabbing 6 of his division-high 15 season victories late in the 1948 campaign. Byron and Flock ended up winning the final eight races of the year between them with Byron taking the lead for good by winning the 49th race in North Wilkesboro. A week later, Byron won at Charlotte with Flock rallying back with a victory at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Byron wouldn’t be denied the championship (and the final race of the season) at Columbus Speedway (Georgia) in mid-November. His championship-winning margin was just 32.75 points. Tim Flock finished third in standings with seven-time winner Curtis Turner fourth and Buddy Shuman, a two-time victor, fifth.

      139 Bill France Sr. promised a NASCAR drivers’ point fund and delivered at the end of the 1948 season. In all, France paid the top-20 drivers a total of $5,000 out of the $64,000 collected in ticket sales. Champion Red Byron got the lion’s share of the kitty taking home a $1,250 check signed by NASCAR treasurer Bill Tuthill. Byron gave $834 of the winnings to the car owner, Raymond Parks.

      140 The idea of racing showroom stock cars was good, if it worked. The only way to find out was to hold an experimental race. The first one (a 10-mile Novice race for Strictly Stock late-model cars) was held January 23, 1949 as part of a NASCAR tripleheader at Broward Speedway in Florida. The 2-mile speedway used taxiways at the Ft. Lauderdale-Davie Airport. Lloyd Christopher won the event with little fanfare. France then staged a second experimental 10-mile Strictly Stock race February 27, 1949, pairing it with a 100-mile National Gran Prix Roadster event and a 25-mile Sports Car clash. After Bob Flock won the Roadster race and Tom DeMetry the Sports Car event, local driver Benny Georgeson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, wheeled his Buick to the win. Eddie Mitchell, a Mercury driver from Defiance, Ohio, was second.

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