I may have stolen Tim Leeming's racing history minute momentum a bit with this extra blog post today. Its focus is the July 10th, 1949 Daytona Beach and Road course race won by Red Byron. Dawson County, Georgia's Gober Sosebee won the pole - but cigar-chomping Byron took home the victory's trophy.
The event was the first B&R race sanctioned by NASCAR for its new strictly stock car series, and it was the second overall race for the series. Byron of course is a legend of the sport who deserves his spot in the NASCAR Hall of Fame for his early contributions, his 1949 Strictly Stock championship, his modified wins, and his creation of the name that was adopted by Bill France's new racing organization.
I also wanted to tie in the race to the birthday of Schaefer Hall of Famer entrant no. 5, Uncle Dave (formerly of the Cleveland OH chapter, now of the south Florida chapter).
Read on for more.
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-10-uncle-dave-and-winning-red.html
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updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
