NASCAR's deep history is surprisingly not very well known, even for avid fans; this article is meant to get fans in the know of the most notable NASCAR history that happened throughout this week.
September 14th, 1947 - Marshall Teague wins the 160-lap race at North Wilkesboro. The NCSCC event attracts more than 20,000 race fans, and more than 1000 more carloads of people are turned away because of no parking spaces left.
September 14th, 1952 - Lee Petty wins the NASCAR Grand National Series race at Langhorne Speedway. Larry Mann flips on the 211th lap and is killed; the rookie had painted his racecar green, which defied a long-standing racing taboo.
September 16th, 1962 - Fred Lorenzen drives to victory in the NASCAR Grand National event at Augusta Speedway, giving the car owner - 19-year-old Mamie Reynolds - the honor of being the first female car owner to win a race.
September 17th, 2000 - Jeff Burton wins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after leading all 300 laps of the race, becoming the first driver to do so since Fireball Roberts in 1961.
September 15th, 2002 - Ryan Newman notches his first NASCAR Winston Cup Series career win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Newman holds off Kurt Busch to win by a car-length when rain shortens the race to 207 laps.
September 13th, 2003 - Bill France, Jr. steps down as chief executive officer and chairman of NASCAR; his named successor named is his 41-year-old son, Brian France.
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