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	Before	None
	After	1950 In NASCAR
	Title	NASCAR Seasons

1949-01

The very first NASCAR race was held June 19 at Charlotte Speedway , a 3/4 mile dirt track in Charlotte, North Carolina . Bob Flock won the pole. Glenn Dunnaway was declared the original winner, but a post-race inspection revealed that his car was fitted with illegal springs, causing NASCAR to disqualify him.

Top Ten Results

# Jim Roper
# Fonty Flock
# Red Byron
# Sam Rice
# Tim Flock
# Archie Smith
# Sterling Long
# Slick Smith
# Curtis Turner
# Jimmy Thompson

1949-02

The second race of the Strictly Stock season was held July 10 at the Daytona Beach Road Course . Gober Sosebee won the pole.

Top Ten Results

# Red Byron
# Tim Flock
# Frank Mundy
# Joe Littlejohn
# Bill Blair
# Frank Christian
# Bill Snowden
# Gober Sosebee
# Jimmy Thompson
# Jack Etheridge

1949-03

The third race of the Strictly Stock season was held August 6 at Occoneechee Speedway .

Top Ten Results

# Bob Flock
# Gober Sosebee
# Glenn Dunnaway
# Fonty Flock
# Bill Snowden
# Bill Blair
# Tim Flock
# Otis Martin
# Lee Petty
# Buddy Helms

1949-04

The fourth race of the Strictly Stock season was held September 11 at Langhorne Speedway . Red Byron won the pole.

Top Ten Results

# Curtis Turner
# Bob Flock
# Red Byron
# Frank Mundy
# Bill Blair
# Sara Christian
# Lee Petty
# Al Keller
# Al Bonnell
# Lou Volk

1949-05

The fifth race of the Strictly Stock season was held September 18 at Hamburg Speedway .

Top Ten Results

# Jack White
# Ray Erickson
# Billy Rafter
# Mike Eagen
# Bill Rexford
# Frankie Schneider
# Jack Russell
# Charles Muscatel
# Glenn Dunnaway
# Ellis Pearce

1949-06

The sixth race of the Strictly Stock season was held September 25 at Martinsville Speedway . Curtis Turner won the pole.

Top Ten Results

# Red Byron
# Lee Petty
# Ray Erickson
# Clyde Minter
# Bill Blair
# Bill Snowden
# Glenn Dunnaway
# Al Wagoner
# Curtis Turner
# Archie Smith

1949-07

The seventh race of the Strictly Stock season was held October 2 at Heidelberg Raceway . Al Bonnell won the pole.

Top Ten Results

# Lee Petty
# Dick Linder
# Bill Rexford
# Sam Rice
# Sara Christian
# Lloyd Moore
# John Wright
# Jack Russell
# Skip Lewis
# Don Rogala

WILKES 200

The Wilkes 200 , the eighth and final race of the Strictly Stock season, was held October 16 at North Wilkesboro Speedway . Kenneth Wagner won the pole.

Top Ten Results

# Bob Flock
# Lee Petty
# Fonty Flock
# Clyde Minter
# Herb Thomas
# Roy Hall
# Ray Erickson
# Raymond Lewis
# Curtis Turner
# Bill Blair

FINAL POINTS STANDINGS

# Red Byron -842.5
# Lee Petty -725.0
# Bob Flock -704.0
# Bill Blair -567.5
# Fonty Flock -554.5
# Curtis Turner -430.0
# Ray Erickson -442.0
# Tim Flock -421.0
# Glenn Dunnaway -384.0
# Frank Mundy -370.0
# Bill Snowden -315.0
# Bill Rexford -286.0
# Sara Christian -282.0
# Clyde Minter -280.0
# Gober Sosebee -265.0
# Jim Roper -253.0
# Sam Rice -231.0
# Jack White -200.0
# Dick Linder -180.5
# Billy Rafter -160.0

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	After	1950 In NASCAR
	Title	NASCAR Seasons

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