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Will Albright
Will Albright is an American racecar driver from Graham, North Carolina. He made one start in NASCAR in 1950. He finished 19th at the Daytona Beach Road Course. He finished 43 of 48 laps. Retrieved May 29, 2007 Motorsports career results NASCAR ( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)Grand National Series References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 NASCAR Grand National Series
The 1950 NASCAR Grand National season was the second season of professional stock car racing in the United States. Beginning at the Daytona Beach Road Course on February 5, 1950, the season included 19 races. The season concluded at Occoneechee Speedway on October 29. Bill Rexford won the Drivers' Championship with a 26th-place finish at the final race of the season, racing for Julian Buesink. Schedule 19 different races were held at 14 different circuits, in 8 different states. The Southern 500 had the largest purse and therefore awarded the highest points, whilst race 1950–04, at the Martinsville Speedway, had the smallest purse. Race summaries 1950-01 The first race of the 1950 season was run on February 5 at the Daytona Beach Road Course in Daytona Beach, Florida. Joe Littlejohn won the pole. Harold Kite of East Point, Georgia, a former tank driver who began racing on the short tracks after World War II, drove past Red Byron in the 25th lap and went on to score a vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County Fairgrounds
The Monroe County Fairgrounds in Monroe County, Michigan includes a number of buildings. History The Monroe County Agricultural Society organized its first fair in 1849, but it wasn’t until 1948 that it was moved to this permanent location. All of the 120 acres of property is owned by the county and leased to the fair association on a 99-year agreement. In 1952, a one half mile dirt oval on the premises hosted its only Grand National Series (now NASCAR Cup) event. The race was won by racing pioneer Tim Flock, who went on to win that year’s series championship. Facilities Stock Arena Glenn F. Stock Arena is a 2,000-seat indoor arena located in Monroe, Michigan. It is used for sporting events, concerts, conventions, and trade shows. It is part of the Monroe County Fairgrounds. Stock Arena is also used for graduation ceremonies of Monroe County's high schools. The arena measures wide by long with a -high ceiling. Although the Monroe County Fair's website hails the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Drivers From North Carolina
In sport, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves :wikt:traverse, traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific goal. A race may be run continuously to finish or may be made up of several segments called heats, Race stage, stages or legs. A heat is usually run over the same course at different times. A stage is a shorter section of a much longer course or a Individual time trial, time trial. Early records of races are evident on pottery from ancient Greece, which depicted running men vying for first place. A chariot racing, chariot race is described in Homer's ''Iliad''. Etymology The word ''race'' comes from a Old Norse, Norse word. This Norse word arrived in France during the invading of Normandy and gave the word ''raz'' which means "swift water" in Brittany, as in a mill race; it can be found in "Pointe du Raz" (the most western po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Alamance County, North Carolina
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the el, άθλητὴς, ''athlētēs'', one who participates in a contest; from ἄθλος, ''áthlos'' or ἄθλον, ''áthlon'', a contest or feat. The primary definition of "sportsman" according to Webster's ''Third Unabridged Dictionary'' (1960) is, "a person who is active in sports: as (a): one who engages in the sports of the field and especially in hunting or fishing." Physiology Athletes involved in isotonic exercises have an increased mean left ventricular end-diastolic volume and are less likely to be depressed. Due to their strenuous physical activities, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Graham, North Carolina
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Winchester Speedway
Winchester Speedway is a half-mile paved oval motor racetrack in White River Township, Randolph County, just outside Winchester, Indiana, approximately northeast of Indianapolis. It seats 4000 spectators. It is also known as the "World's Fastest 1/2 mile". The track's 37 degree banking is one of the steepest in motorsports, and the highest-banked active racetrack in the country. Notable drivers that raced at Winchester include Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Sarah Fisher, Chase Briscoe and William "Billy" Hutson. Funk's Speedway The original half-mile clay oval was built in a cornfield by Frank Funk in 1914, and the track opened in 1916 with the name of Funk's Speedway. As owner and operator, Funk pursued a two-pronged strategy to attract spectators. First, he recognized that attendance went up as the clay banks were raised higher and higher, reaching 25 feet by 1932, and the turns were said to be banked at 45° in 1948. In 1932, the trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Wilkes 200
The 1950 Wilkes 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on , at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Due to the mostly informal nature of the NASCAR organization during the early 1950s, certain records like the number of laps completed under a caution flag and the amount of time it took to complete the race were never placed in the league's archives.''1950 Wilkes 200'' information at Racing Reference Lee Petty, and Dick Linder mathematically eliminated themselves from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Southern 500
The inaugural Southern Five-Hundred (Southern 500 since 1951) was an automobile race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina on September 4, 1950, as part of the 1950 NASCAR Grand National. While the 1950 race was co-sanctioned by NASCAR and its rival Central States Racing Association, all subsequent Southern 500 races were hosted exclusively by NASCAR. It is NASCAR's first 500-mile race, and still holds status as one of NASCAR's premier events. Since there had never been a 500-mile stock car race and Darlington was NASCAR’s first superspeedway, drivers and teams came to the event with unique strategies. Darlington set the precedent for race strategies to come at tracks like the Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. Background The track at the time was a four-turn oval. The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg Speedway
The Erie County Fair is a fair held in Hamburg in Erie County, New York every August. Based on 2018 attendance statistics, The Erie County Fair is the second largest fair in New York and the fourth largest county fair in North America, often drawing over one million in attendance. The first Erie County Fair was held in 1820, and was hosted by the Niagara County Agricultural Society. The fair is the fourth largest county fair in the United States, with the 2019 fair setting an attendance record of 1,238,456. The Erie County fair's midway has been operated by Strates Shows for the last years. The exclusive relationship between the Erie County Fair and the Strates Shows, is considered a historical milestone in the modern amusement industry. In 2019, Strates Shows featured the classic double Ferris wheel called the “Sky Wheel” for its 95th anniversary with the Erie County Fair. This was the first time the show featured the Sky Wheel at the Erie County Fair in over 20 years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occoneechee Speedway
Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two NASCAR tracks to open. It closed in 1968 and is the only dirt track remaining from the inaugural 1949 season. It is located just outside the town of Hillsborough, North Carolina. Site history Occoneechee Speedway / Orange Speedway The Occoneechee Farm occupied the land in the late 19th century. The farm was named after the Occaneechi Indians that lived in the area in the late 17th century and late 18th century. The landowner, Julian S. Carr, raced horses, and built a half mile horse racing track on the site. Bill France noticed the horse racing track and expanse of open land while piloting his airplane. On the site of the earlier horse track, he built a 0.9-mile dirt track in September 1947, two months before NASCAR was organized. In its earliest days, Fonty Flock and his brothers Bob and Tim dominated the track. Louise Smith became NASCAR's first female driver at the track in the fall of 1949. The Occoneechee Speedway hosted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton Speedway
Dayton Speedway was a race track in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It has been called the "Fastest 1/2 mile (plus 210 feet) in the world". The track held events for NASCAR, AAA, MARC, ARCA, ASA, and USAC. History The track was opened in June 1934 as a flat "D shaped" 5/8 mile dirt track. The original track was a "copy" of the Legion Ascot Speedway. "Dayton Speedway Lives", 2009, webpage: Dayton Speedway Lives Timeline - The following is a timeline of events from 1933 to the present: * 1933 - A "Kids Race" was held in September 1933. * 1934 - The Official opening of the track was Sunday, June 3, 1934. :: The first race was won by Ken Fowler of Paterson, New Jersey. Future Indy 500 winner Mauri Rose of Dayton was second. * 1934-1935 - The Speedway Manager was Paul Ackerman. * 1936 - On June 4, 1936, the entire track was repaved with asphalt and promised to be the fastest track of its design in the world. * 1937 - Track was purchased by Frank Funk. * 1939 - The track w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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