Today in Nascar History September

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Before today's Nascar History I want to take a moment to remember all of those lost on September 11th, 2001-13 years ago today.

Today in Nascar History September 11th:

Winners on this date: Curtis Turner, Tim Flock, Lee Petty, Jim Cook, Ned Jarrett, David Pearson (2 times), Bobby Isaac, Neil Bonnett, Bobby Allison, Davey Allison, Rusty Wallace, Tony Stewart, Jeremy Mayfield, and Denny Hamlin.

September 11th, 1949: Curtis Turner wins the 200 mile event at Langhorne Speedway with more than 20000 in attendance to watch. Female driver Sara Christian finishes 6th out of the 45 entrants in the event.



September 11th, 1977: Neil Bonnett takes the first Cup Series victory of his career by winning at Richmond.



September 11th, 1999: Rookie Tony Stewart wins his first career Cup Series event in dominant fashion-leading 333 of the 400 laps at Richmond.



September 11th, 2004: In the last race to decide who gets into Nascar's new playoff system, the Chase-Jeremy Mayfield pulls out a clutch performance and wins at Richmond-ensuring a birth in Nascar's inaugural Chase for the Championship.



September 11th, 2010: Denny Hamlin holds off teammate Kyle Busch as 3 JGR cars finish in the top 4 spots at Richmond. Hamlin secures the #1 seed in the chase with his 6th win of the year.

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Today in Nascar History September 12th:

Winners on this date: Curtis Turner, Buddy Shuman, Hershel McGriff, Ralph Moody, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, Rusty Wallace, Jeff Burton, and Denny Hamlin.

September 12th, 2009: Denny Hamlin finally pulls off the win at his hometown track by dominating and winning in convincing fashion at Richmond. Brian Vickers and Kyle Busch have a great battle for the final Chase position throughout the event, with Vickers beating Busch by a mere 8 points for the final position in the Chase-the closest in the playoff system's short history.

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Today in Nascar History September 13th:

Winners on this date: Speedy Thompson, Cotton Owens, Eddie Gray, Fred Lorenzen, Bobby Isaac, Richard Petty, Benny Parsons, and Dale Earnhardt.

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Today in Nascar History September 14th:

Winners on this date: Lee Petty, Speedy Thompson, Cotton Owens, Dick Hutcherson, Richard Brickhouse, Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, and Brad Keselowski.

September 14th, 1947: A crowd of 20,000 spectators watches the 160 lap event at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Marshall Teague wins the popular event.

September 14th, 1952: Lee Petty takes the win in the 250 mile event at Langhorne Speedway. The race is a tragic event as rookie competitor Larry Mann, crashes and rolls over on the 211th lap, resulting in fatal injuries. Mann's car was painted green, something long thought to be bad luck in racing.



September 14th, 1964: Team owner Cotton Owens ends his retirement as a driver and promptly wins the 300 mile race at Richmond, beating his hired driver David Pearson.



September 14th, 1969: Unknown driver Richard Brickhouse wins the inaugural race at the brand new 2.66 mile monster known as the Alabama International Motor Speedway (you might know it now as Talladega). Due to the high speeds and worries about blowing tires, the race is boycotted by almost every top Nascar driver opening the door for unknowns like Brickhouse.

Brickhouse in #59-I know this isn’t a right year picture or of Dega-kind of hard to find picturess of Richard Brickhouse.



September 14th, 1975: After breaking a tie rod midway through the race, Richard Petty rallies from an astonishing 6 lap deficit to win at Dover, edging Dick Brooks and Benny Parsons for the win.



September 14th, 1986: Ricky Rudd beats Neil Bonnett to win the Delaware 500 at Dover. It is Rudd's first speedway victory.



September 14th, 2008: Points leader Kyle Busch falters early in the first race of the Chase at New Hampshire allowing others to vie for the top spot in the points. Greg Biffle outruns Jimmie Johnson and teammate Carl Edwards to score the win.



September 14th, 2014: Brad Keselowski makes a daring 3 wide pass in the middle of race leaders Kevin Harvick and Kyle Larson and holds off the charge to score the victory in the opening chase race at Chicago, BK's 5th win of the year and his 2nd in 3 years at the Illinois track.

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Today in Nascar History September 15th:

Winners on this date: Herb Thomas, Marvin Porter, Gwyn Staley, Ned Jarrett, Richard Petty (3 times), Harry Gant (2 times), Jeff Gordon, and Ryan Newman.

September 15th, 1968: Richard Petty wins by 7 laps in the 150 mile race at Orange Speedway in North Carolina. It would be the final race at the track.

September 15th, 2002: Rookie Ryan Newman holds off a hard charging Kurt Busch right before a rain shower hits the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, ending the race and giving Newman his first career Cup series victory.

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Today in Nascar History September 16th:

Winners on this date: David Pearson, Richard Petty, Harry Gant, Bill Elliott, Clint Bowyer, and Brad Keselowski.

September 16th, 2007: Clint Bowyer shows why he got into the chase by dominating the field in the first chase event at New Hampshire to score his first career Cup series victory.

September 16^th, 2012: Using a quick last pit stop, Brad Keselowski gets out ahead of the dominant car of Jimmie Johnson and pulls away in the final run of the race to score the victory at Chicagoland.

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Today in Nascar History September 17th:

Winners on this date: Fonty Flock, David Pearson (2 times), Richard Petty (2 times), Bobby Allison, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, and Kevin Harvick.

September 17th, 1939: Roy Hall, a notorious moonshine driver, wins a 150 mile race held at Salisbury, NC. Bill France finishes 2nd.

September 17th, 2000: In a move in response of the recent tragic accidents of both Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin at New Hampshire International Speedway, Nascar chooses to run restrictor plates at the track for this race. The event turns into a follow the leader debacle with no passing and Jeff Burton leads all 300 laps en route to the win, a first since Fireball Roberts in 1961 at Hanford, CA.



September 17th, 2006: Kevin Harvick continues his hot streak, winning his second race in a row and starting the Chase off right by dominating at New Hampshire en route to victory.

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Today in Nascar History September 18th:

Winners on this date: Jack White, Tim Flock, Richard Petty, Ned Jarrett, David Pearson, Dick Hutcherson, Bobby Isaac, Benny Parsons, Bobby Allison, Bill Elliott, Rusty Wallace, and Ryan Newman.

September 18th, 2005: The first race of the 2005 Chase at Loudon turns into a wreck fest with many a heated temper-Nascar parks the cars and drivers for a "cool down" period midway through the race. Ryan Newman wins by beating Tony Stewart in a great late race battle.

This was the Robby Gordon vs. Michael Waltrip race-very memorable.

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Today in Nascar History September 19th:

Winners on this date: Fonty Flock (2 times), Buck Baker, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Rusty Wallace, Joe Nemechek, Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer, and Tony Stewart.

September 19th, 1953: Nascar's first night time race at a superspeedway ends in tragedy as Bill Blevins and Jesse Midkiff are both killed on an opening lap crash of the 220 mile Modified Sportsman race at Raleigh. Blevins’ car stalls on the backstretch before the green flag, unbeknownst to race officials-who give the field the green. Midkiff plows straight into the helpless car on the backstetch once they get there. Buddy Shuman wins the race.

September 19th, 1999: Joe Nemechek pulls off a huge upset at Loudon to score his first career Cup Series victory. It is the first for Felix Sabates Racing since 1995.



September 19th, 2004: Kurt Busch starts Nascar's inaugural Chase Playoffs by winning at New Hampshire in dominating fashion.



September 19th, 2010: Tony Stewart runs out of gas coming to the white flag enabling Clint Bowyer to take the win in a wild first race of the Chase at Loudon. Bowyer, who entered the chase 12th in points, jumps to 2nd with his first win in 88 races as other chase contenders including 4-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson flounder and get involved in wrecks.



September 19th, 2011: Tony Stewart wins a fuel mileage derby at Chicagoland to take his first win of the year and his 40th overall in his career. A plethora of Chase competitors run dry on the final lap of the event, shuffling up the running order significantly.

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Today in Nascar History September 20th:


Winners on this date: Dick Rathmann, Lee Petty, Ned Jarrett, Richard Petty, Neil Bonnett, Ricky Rudd (2 times), and Mark Martin (2 times).


September 20th, 1964: Jimmy Pardue, ranked 4th in the current Nascar point standings and considered to be a future golden boy of the sport, dies in a tire test crash at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Pardue is the 3rd Nascar driver to lose his life due to an accident on track in the 1964 season.




September 20th, 1992: Ricky Rudd beats Bill Elliott to win the 500 mile race at Dover. Alan Kulwicki crashes early in the race, putting him 278 points behind in the points race. Kulwicki says in his interview "this probably finishes us off in the championship deal"



September 20th, 2009: Sentimental favorite Mark Martin starts the Chase by winning for the first time in his career at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Martin holds off Denny Hamlin and Juan Pablo Montoya on a late race restart for his 5th win of the season.