Today in Nascar History September

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Today in Nascar History September 29th:

Winners on this date: Buck Baker, Marvin Panch, Richard Petty, Earl Ross, Harry Gant, Dale Earnhardt, and Jeff Gordon (2 times).

September 29th, 1963: Marvin Panch completes his comeback from serious injuries suffered in February at Daytona by winning the 250 miler at North Wilkesboro for the Wood Brothers. It is Panch's first win since the 1961 Daytona 500.



September 29th, 1974: Canadian rookie driver Earl Ross beats Richard Petty to win the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville. Ross is the first Canadian driver to win a Nascar Grand National (Cup) Series race.



September 29th, 1991: Dale Earnhardt takes advantage of Harry Gant's brake failure to win at North Wilkesboro. Gant was attempting to become the first driver to win 5 straight races since 1971 and was well on his way before the brakes faded.



September 29th, 1996: Jeff Gordon takes his 10th win of the year by winning at North Wilkesboro. It is the last Nascar Cup Series race in the iconic short track's history. North Wilkesboro's dates go to New Hampshire and Texas Motor Speedway.



September 29th, 2002: Jeff Gordon doubles up by making it 2 for 2 at Kansas Speedway. Gordon had won the inaugural event the previous year as well.

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Today in Nascar History September 30th:

Winners on this date: Fonty Flock, Fireball Roberts, Richard Petty (3 times), Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, and Greg Biffle.

September 30th, 1956: Curtis Turner is declared the winner of the 100 mile convertable race at Asheville after a 14 car crash takes out the whole field except for Turner-Nascar calls the race and declares Turner the winner since there is no one for him to race



September 30th, 1970: The final dirt track race in Cup Series history is run. Richard Petty wins the race at Raleigh in his Plymouth.



September 30th, 1990: Mark Martin wins at North Wilkesboro. Rookie driver Rob Moroso finishes 21st in the event. A few hours after the race, Moroso is killed in a traffic accident on the highway :(



September 30th, 2001: Jeff Gordon beats Ryan Newman to win the inaugural race at the new Kansas Speedway.



September 30th, 2007: In one of the more odd and drawn out races in Nascar history, Greg Biffle takes the win at Kansas as the race ends under caution due to darkness. Biffle coasts across the line on fumes and finishers behind him argue that Biffle didnt maintain pace speed and shouldnt have been given the win. Tony Stewart dominates the first half of the race and the race is stopped due to a massive thunderstorm. When the race resumes a big crash on the restart hurts Stewart's fender and he eventually crashes as a result.

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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.

my favorite race EVER! I will NEVER forget it. i have it on dvd.