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.
October 30th, 1950 - Red Byron, the 1949 NASCAR Champion, is put out of championship contention when NASCAR strips all 1315.5 points from him due to Byron's participation in an event which is non-NASCAR-sanctioned, instead of driving in the NASCAR Grand National standings.
October 24th, 1954 - Californian Lou Figaro is killed in an accident on-track, three laps from the finish of the race. Lee Petty grabs his first NASCAR Grand National championship, even after finishing last in the North Wilkesboro season finale race, finishing 283 points ahead of second-place driver, Herb Thomas.
October 30th, 1955 - Tim Flock wins at Hillsboro N.C., nabbing his record 18th season victory. In just the 1955 season alone, Flock secured 11 victories in which he led every lap, from green flag to checkered flag.
October 27th, 1957 - Buck Baker declares victory at Central Carolina Fairground in Greensboro, N.C., securing his second consecutive NASCAR Grand National championship. Baker records 10 season wins to finish 760 points ahead of Marvin Panch in the standings.
October 30th, 1960 - Bobby Johns wins the Atlanta 500 at Atlanta International Raceway, notching his first NASCAR Grand National career victory. Rex White is declared the 1960 NASCAR Grand National champion.
October 24th, 1965 - Dick Hutcherman wins at Hillsboro, N.C. to grab his 9th victory of the season; Hutcherman, who is a rookie, has the all-time record for race wins during a rookie season.
October 29th, 1995 - Ricky Rudd takes the checkered flag to win the "Dura Lube" 500 at Rockingham, recording his first win of the season. Rudd starts 29th; this is the first time in NASCAR Winston Cup Series that a driver comes all the way from 29th, to win an event.
October 28th, 2003 - Pontiac announces that it will be withdrawing from NASCAR competition; that leaves Chevrolet as the only General Motors make for the 2004 season.
October 24th, 2004 - Moments before the start of the Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway, the Hendrick Motorsports company airplane crashes into a mountainside; none of the 10 passengers survive. Jimmie Johnson, a Hendrick Motorsports driver, wins the race, and is told about the fatal crash after the race.
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