Charlotte Speedway - Cup Series Race Winners

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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Charlotte Speedway - Cup Series Race Winners

Charlotte Speedway was the site of NASCAR's first Strictly Stock Series (now NASCAR Cup Series) race on June 19, 1949. The Daytona Beach Road Course held the first race sanctioned by NASCAR in 1948. The track was a few miles west of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, on Little Rock Road. The track was forced to close when construction of Interstate 85 took its parking area. Charlotte Speedway was a three-quarter mile long dirt track which hosted 12 NASCAR races between 1949 and 1956.

Charlotte Speedway - Information

Charlotte Speedway

Charlotte North Carolina

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Track Shape: Oval
Track Length: 0.75 miles miles
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NASCAR Cup Series Races Held at Charlotte Speedway

Date	Race Name	Winner	Start Pos	Car Man	Avg Speed (mph)	Laps Run
11/20/1955	2	Fonty Flock	1	55 Chrysler	61.825	101
5/27/1956	20	Speedy Thompson	1	56 Chrysler	64.866	100
10/17/1956	52	Buck Baker	2	56 Chrysler	72.268	100
5/1/1955	11	Buck Baker	16	55 Buick	52.63	100
5/30/1954	15	Buck Baker	2	53 Oldsmobile	49.805	100
4/5/1953	5	Dick Passwater	9	53 Oldsmobile	0	113
6/15/1952	16	Herb Thomas	2	52 Hudson	64.82	113
4/1/1951	2	Curtis Turner	7	51 Nash	70.545	113
9/23/1951	28	Herb Thomas	0	51 Hudson	0	150
4/2/1950	2	Tim Flock	5	49 Lincoln	0	150
7/23/1950	9	Curtis Turner	1	50 Oldsmobile	0	150
6/19/1949	1	Jim Roper	12	49 Lincoln	0	148