RIDGEWAY, Va. — 75 seasons ago in the fall of 1949, Red Byron won the inaugural NASCAR Strictly Stock race at Martinsville Speedway on his way to becoming the very first driver to be crowned champion of what is now the NASCAR Cup Series. Some three quarters of a century…Read More
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