who won the first offical NASCAR race and how much money did he earn?

Answer 1

Jim Roper. The race was at Charlotte Speedway a .75-mile dirt track He won $2000 dollars.Fonty Flock ,Red Byron,Sam Rice and Tim Flock finnished 2 through 5.

Answer 2

Cale11 is correct. The first "strictly stock" NASCAR sanctioned event did take place in Charlotte, NC on June 19,1949 and although NASCAR had held events prior to Charlotte, they were not Stock Car races. Modifications were allowed.

The "Strictly Stock" class became "Grand National" which became Winston Cup and is currently Nextel Cup.

Charlotte Speedway was a .75 mile dirt oval. Crowd estimates were 22,500 although France officially claimed only 13,000 or so. I believe the IRS still trys to count heads today.

The purse was 5,000 dollars with the winner to recieve 2,000 dollars. That purse was huge, even for 1949 and way out of the norm for other races of the day. That probably has something to do with the "war" between "Big Bill" France and a young upstart named Bruton Smith, who had formed a competing sanctioning body. The purse was big to draw racers from Bruton's league. Bruton's league eventually folded. The France family and Smith are still at "war".

Bruton is majority owner of Speedway Motorsports Corp and the France family owns International Speedway Inc. They compete with each other over markets in which to build or acquire speedways. I know SMI or SMC is a publicly traded company and maybe ISC, too. I didn't check!

Jim Roper, behind by 3 laps at the end, was declared the official winner after the First Place car driven by Glenn Dunaway was DQ'd for running illegal suspension parts. Some say the rear leaf springs were spread and some say he wrapped a chain around the rear axle and secured it to the frame, thereby limiting wheel hop when he cornered and accelerated off.

Both were common practices used by "shine" haulers to stabilize their cars if being chased by the "revenoors" along narrow 2-lane blacktops. "Thunder Road" starring Robert Mitchum is a classic old black and white movie about "shine" haulers. Haulers specialized in delivery of the product from moonshiners to bootleggers. Junior Johnson was a more rare breed who both distilled and hauled.

The owner of Dunaways car sued NASCAR but the Federal courts ruled that as a privately owned company or entity, they could set and enforce the rules anyway they saw fit.

NASCAR is still a privately owned organization, entirely owned by the France family.



By the way, there was a racetrack in Charlotte before the old Charlotte Speedway was built. It was banked and was not dirt. It wasn't paved either. The racing surface was wood. Thats right, planking. Not too uncommon in the day as a lot of roads were wood.

Lowes Motor Speedway, formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway came 20 years later.

It was built in 1959 about 3/4 of a mile from where I grew up.
I was 7 years old and I still remember my excitement about a NASCAR track in my back yard.

The link provides more info and background.

Answer 3

it relatively relies upon on the group theycontinual for and what place they arrive in. each and every motive force has their very own contract that instruments a definite quantity consistent with race and then they acquire a proportion from each and each race. to no longer point out what they get from sponsors..and relatively, Jeff Gordon has won thus far, $fifty 8,566,a hundred and twenty.00 for the reason that his first actual race in 1992. i might wager something fitty4ex won't in any respect come close to to since form of income. i'm undecided as to why some easily everyone seems to be so ignorant approximately Nascar. It began interior the south yet has grown to be the biggest wearing experience interior the worldwide. Does that make easily everyone who enjoys it a "redneck"? purely lack of information might think of that.

Answer 4

Edsel Ford, 1910, Daytona Beach. He beat a millionaire eccentric named...? Also came back to win it in 1911, where he earned enough money to start the Ford Motor Company. In 1934 a group of philanthropists organized and incorporated and changed the name to NASCAR.

Answer 5

Lee Petty, $40,000
techincally this was the first official NASCAR race.

Answer 6

Red Byron and I think he won like $110. I know he won the championship that year and got paid $3500.

Answer 7

"Flyin" Flloyd Flynn.He flipped his ford five times,finally fooled Frank Foonman and finished first.France forked over fifty-four franklins.Fine finish.

Answer 8

CALE11..... IS CORRECT