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Martinsville: Laps 1-77… Truman was president. A gallon gas cost just 26 cents. And Red Byron won that the first race before 6000 fans. And we have. Almost ..... NASCAR came along. In their first season two years later. Red Byron won the open. They disjointed there's still time and it …
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Red Byron has NASCAR Hall of Fame credentials
Robert “ Red ” Byron , who passed away in 1960 at the age of 45, was a part of NASCAR ..... winning the 24 Hours of LeMans. Here’s a look at five reasons Red Byron could be a NASCAR Hall of Famer. Byron, a native of Anniston, Ala …
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NASCAR Hall of Fame must include sport's founders
… in next year's voting. That doesn't leave much room for deserving pillars of the sport like Parks, inaugural champion Red Byron , Rex White or Cotton Owens, to name a few. The solution is obvious. The NASCAR Hall of Fame needs a founders' committee …
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Waltrip, Yarborough among nominees for third NASCAR Hall of Fame class
… from 1987 to 1999. -Buck Baker, the first driver to win consecutive Cup championships (1956-57); won 46 Cup races. - Red Byron , the first Cup champion (1949). -Richard Childress, car owner with 11 championships in NASCAR's three national series …
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Raymond Parks has NASCAR Hall of Fame credentials
… was – from the very start. Parks put World War II veteran Red Byron in his car for that first NASCAR season – and they found success ..... fives, in 18 series races. His cars were driven by men like Red Byron , Bob Flock and Roy Hall in 1949. In 1954, Fonty Flock took …
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Failed inspection costly for K. Busch
… NASCAR strongly believe that pioneers should be elected, particularly while they are still alive. Parks, owner of the car Red Byron drove to the first NASCAR championship in 1949, died a month after the inaugural induction ceremony and many of the "old-timers …
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Results take front seat in Hall vote;2012 class' resume includes 933 wins, 23 championships
… get NASCAR off the ground in 1948, Parks fielded the car that won the first championship in NASCAR's premier series with Red Byron in 1949. The Georgia native began racing cars in 1938 with drivers Lloyd Seay and Roy Hall. 5. Curtis Turner: Often called …
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Does HOF need to open up? - NASCAR News | FOX Sports on MSN
… a case for the Wood Brothers, Ray Fox, Cotton Owens and Parks, NASCAR’s first championship owner who fielded cars for Red Byron in 1959. Although Parks stayed connected to the sport throughout his lifetime, he passed away less than a month after the …
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Nominees for 2011 NASCAR HoF class revealed
… first driver to win consecutive Cup titles (1956-57). Red Byron - first Cup champion in 1949. Richard Childress - team owner ..... Parks - team owner who won NASCAR's first title with driver Red Byron . Benny Parsons - 1973 Cup champion and first driver to qualify …
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Earles nominated for NASCAR hall
… T. Wayne Robertson (Winston-Salem) and Herb Thomas (Sanford). The rest of the 25 who have been nominated are: Red Byron , Jerry Cook, Richie Evans, Fred Lorenzen, Raymond Parks, Benny Parsons, Fireball Roberts, Darrell Waltrip and Cale Yarborough …
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Lee Spencer recalls her last one-on-one interview with Dale Earnhardt - NASCAR News | FOX Sports on MSN
… Racing will go on ... the history, the years, the background, the people who are in it. From champions of yesterday — Red Byron to Bobby Labonte today, my son has come into it, Richard Petty's son (Kyle) came into it, Bobby Allison's (Davey …