NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock...

by 1949, and the Strictly Stock division was able to debut with a 20-mile (32 km) exhibition in February near Miami. The first NASCAR "Strictly Stock" race...

2023. "NASCAR Strictly Stock standings for 1949". Racing-reference.info. Retrieved June 20, 2013. Campbell, Angela (June 3, 2013). "NASCAR Champions...

the first NASCAR Modified Championship. (The Strictly Stock Division, which evolved into today's premier Cup Series, did not race until 1949.) Post-World...

qualifying, NASCAR would not approve Cobb to compete in it with her lack of prior Cup Series experience. Formerly Strictly Stock Series (1949), Grand National...

16, 1964) was an American stock car racer. He qualified on the pole position for NASCAR's first Strictly Stock (now NASCAR Cup Series) race and, along...

1972. "Fonty Flock – 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 1, 2022. "Fonty Flock – 1950 NASCAR Grand National Results"...

NASCAR was founded by Bill France, Sr. on February 21, 1948, with the help of several other drivers of the time. The first NASCAR "Strictly Stock" race...

24, 1923 – October 17, 2001) was an American stock car racer. He raced in the first NASCAR race, in 1949, and is a member of the NMPA Hall of Fame in...

as Buck Baker, was an American stock car racer. Born in Richburg, South Carolina, Baker began his NASCAR career in 1949 and won his first race three years...