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.
November 25th, 1951 - Frank Mundy wins the NASCAR Grand National finale race at Mobile, Ala., while Herb Thomas wraps up the '51 title, ending the season 146.2 points ahead of Fonty Flock. Bob Flock is involved in a early race crash, suffering a broken neck because of the wreck.
November 27th, 1953 - It is announced that NASCAR will have both driver and owner points standings starting in 1954, and points money for the owners and drivers are to be identical. That erased the issue of some drivers who were not willing to split the points money, since NASCAR gave the money directly to the drivers.
November 27th, 1957 - The opening ceremonies are held for the beginning of a new racetrack that will become the Daytona International Speedway after nearly five years of waiting to be approved.
November 25th, 1968 - Richard Petty announces that he will be leaving Plymouth, where he has scores all 92 career wins (so far), instead opting to drive Fords in the 1969 season.
November 21st, 1971 - Tiny Lund wins the Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, marking only the third win for the Smaller NASCAR Grand American cars since they were officially allowed to compete in NASCAR short-track events.
November 24th, 1974 - Bobby Allison wins the 500-mile event at Ontario Motor Speedway, but gets busted during inspection when NASCAR officials discover illegal roller tappet camshafts in his engine. He gets to keep the win, but gets fined $9,100.
November 21st, 1976 - David Pearson wins the season finale at Ontario Motor Speedway, bagging his 10th win of the season; Cale Yarborough notches his first NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National championship, coming out 195 points ahead of runner-up Richard Petty.
November 22nd, 1981 - Bobby Allison wins at Riverside in the season finale as Darrell Waltrip finishes sixth, clinching his first NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National championship.
November 23rd, 2001 - Robby Gordon wins his first NASCAR Winston Cup career victory in the season finale race at New Hampshire International Speedway; The race had originally been scheduled for September 16th, but was postponed due to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
November 21st, 2004 - Greg Biffle wins the Ford 400 finale race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, as his Roush Racing teammate, Kurt Busch, clinches the "Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup" championship. Busch finishes fifth in the race and ends up only eight points ahead of runner-up Jimmie Johnson, the closest championship points finish in all 56 years of NASCAR Cup Series racing.
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