The sanctioning body hosted its first event at Daytona Beach on February 15, 1948. Red Byron beat Marshall Teague in the Modified division race. Byron won the 1948 national championship. Things had changed dramatically by 1949, and the Strictly Stock division was able to debut with a 20-mile (32 km) exhibition in February near Miami.
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The First NASCAR Sprint Cup Race
The first "strictly stock" series event (strictly stock would eventually go on to become the Sprint Cup Series) was held on June 19th, 1949. This race was held at Charlotte Speedway, a 3/4 mile dirt track in Charlotte, NC.
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The first Nascar "Strictly Stock" race was held on June 19, 1949 at Charlotte Speedway. The race was won by Jim Roper.
The first NASCAR "Strictly Stock" race ever held was at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949.
The first Nascar Cup, Nationwide and Truck Series race is held at Daytona International Speedway each year.