 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 TYPE
| TRACK | RACES | POLES | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | AVG ST. | AVG FIN. | LED | LAPS | LLF | RAF | DNQ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirt | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 0 | 675 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Short Track | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 33.0 | 130 | 355 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Superspeedway | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18.8 | 10.5 | 16 | 846 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9.7 | 15.7 | 146 | 1876 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
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