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 19th, 1953 - Buddy Shuman wins the shortened Modified-Sportsman race at Raleigh Speedway, which is the first night-time superspeedway event in NASCAR history. Unknown to NASCAR Officials, Bill Blevens' race car stalls on the backstretch during the pace lap, and when the rest of the field was shown the green flag, Bill Blevens gets plowed into and killed. Jesse Midkiff is also killed in the same crash, marking two fatalities on the same day.
September 20th, 1964 - Fourth-place driver in the standings, Jimmy Pardue is killed in a crash during tire-testing at Charlotte Motor Speedway, becoming the third NASCAR fatality during the 1964 season.
September 25th, 1966 - Fred Lorenzen is originally declared the winner, but fails to pass post-race inspection due to his gas tank holding 1.1 gallons too many, thus getting his win stripped. Three days afterward NASCAR inverses its decision, saying that since the tank was bought directly from a dealer for Firestone, it was not against the rules, and gives Lorenzen his victory back.
September 19th, 1999 - Joe Nemechek takes the checkered flag to win the Dura Lube/Kmart 300 at New Hampshire Speedway, notching his first NASCAR Winston Cup Series career victory.
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