 Red Byron 1949-1951 Byron won the sanctioning body's first race in 1948, on the Daytona beach-road course. He went on in '48 to win NASCAR's first season championship -- in the NASCAR Modified Division. The following year he won NASCAR's first Strictly Stock title -- the precursor to today's Cup Series -- driving for car owner Raymond Parks. The Strictly Stock schedule had eight races; Parks won two of them. In 1998 he was named one of NASCAR's "50 Greatest Drivers," recognition of a highly significant career, the relative brevity of it notwithstanding.
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Sprint Cup Series
CAREER STATISTICS BY TRACK
| TRACK | RACES | POLES | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | AVG ST. | AVG FIN. | LED | LAPS | LLF | RAF | DNQ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Speedway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0 | 196 of 400 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Columbus Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 of 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darlington Raceway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30.5 | 14.0 | 0 | 758 of 800 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Daytona Beach & Road Course | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6 | 40 of 79 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Langhorne Speedway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 199 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Martinsville Speedway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 97 | 200 of 200 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Michigan State Fairgrounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 241 of 250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| North Wilkesboro Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 33 | 0 of 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 136 | 1634 of 2329 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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