Grand National East Series

Competition

The Grand National East Series used a mixture of former Grand National/Winston Cup cars, as well as cars from NASCAR's Grand American series, which had also folded after its 1971 season. The cars raced in the series were allowed to be up to four years old. A significant number of events in the series' 1973 season took place outside NASCAR's traditional southeastern stronghold. In addition, eight of the season's fifteen races were co-sanctioned with the Automobile Racing Club of America. Over the series' two seasons, the majority of winners of its events were Winston Cup Series regulars. Neil "Soapy" Castles won the 1972 Grand National East Series championship, winning two of the series' 15 races. Tiny Lund was the 1973 champion of the series, scoring five wins in 15 events.