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NASCAR Past Events - Memory Lane

Past Events
From the February, 2009 issue of Stock Car Racing
Photography by SCR archives
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Nascar Past Events David Pearson Number 21 Ford

Years Ago
On April 8, 1951, NASCAR holds its first Grand National (now Nextel Cup) race west of the Mississippi River, with Marshall Teague winning at Carrell Speedway, a half-mile dirt track in Gardena, California.

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