History of the Stock Car Part IV: 1950's and the New Regulations for Professional Racing

By the 1950's stock car racing was becoming very popular across the country. Most of the tracks at the time were dirt tracks and the cars were so stock that some would race in their daily drivers from home directly to the starting line.   ...
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