The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) has been around since its inaugural run down Daytona Beach on February 15, 1948. However, the first ‘Strictly Stock’ race (which is now the current NASCAR Cup Series) wasn’t held until the middle of the following year — June 19, 1949 — at the Charlotte Fairgrounds Speedway. Nine manufacturers entered cars in the race, some you would never guess were ever part of NASCAR: Lincoln, Hudson, Oldsmobile, Ford, Buick, Chrysler, Kaiser, Mercury,
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