EVERYTHING ABOUT RACING JUST GOT COOLER WHEN ON FEBRUARY 22, 1948 IS THE DATE WHEN NASCAR OFFICIALLY WAS INCORPORATED.THE FIRST INAUGURAL YEAR OF NASCAR AND RACE WAS HELD AT CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA ON JUNE 19, 1949. NASCAR’S FIRST YEAR HAD AN EIGHT RACES AND TWO EXHIBITION RACES IN THE STOCK CAR DIVISION CLASS.

STOCK CAR RACING ROOTS GO FAR BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS OF CARS WITH MEN COMPETING ON OVALS ON FARMERS FIELDS AND COUNTRY BACK ROADS DURING THE LATE 1920S. BY THE MID 1930S THE CARS KEEP GOING FASTER SO A RACING BECAME A MAINSTREAM WITH ORGANIZED EVENTS TO SEE WHO CAN OUT DUEL EACH OTHER OR RUN AWAY FROM A HANDFUL OF OTHER CARS. THE EARLY CARS WERE TAXIS, MECHANICS CARS AND BOOTLEGGER CARS MODIFIED AND LIGHTENED UP TO GO AS FAST AS THEY CAN. SHORTLY AFTER MORE AND MORE CAR RACING TRACKS STARTED TO OPEN AS THE DARE DEVIL CAR DRIVERS WOULD RUN THEIR HOT RODS AGAINST EACH OTHER. THE CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH IN FLORIDA CHANGED IT ALL FOR YEARS TO COME. A RACE TRACK THAT WAS ON THE BEACH THAT WAS ALREADY 3.2 MILES INCREASED TO 4.2 MILES SO THE CARS ON THIS SIZE OF TRACK WOULD REACH INCREDIBLE SPEEDS. THIS ATTRACTED A LOT OF ATTENTION WITH SPECTATORS, CAR CLUBS AND ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER MONTHS THE TEAMS WOULD COME FROM AS FAR AS WASHINGTON STATE AND THE NORTHERN PARTS OF CANADA. IN 1947 A DRIVER OWNER BILL FRANCE SR CAME UP WITH AN IDEA FOR SEPARATION FOR THE HOBBYISTS AND PEOPLE THAT WERE SERIOUS ABOUT AUTO CAR RACING. BILL NOTICED THAT CAR RACING WAS GROWING AS COMPETITIVE COMPETITION EVEN THE CAR MANUFACTURERS WERE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR NEW IDEAS AND PEOPLE TO WORK FOR THEM TO HELP WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS. BILL FRANCE’S IDEA WAS TO RACE AT AN ORGANIZED RACES AGAINST OTHER DRIVERS AT DIFFERENT TRACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIKE ANY OTHER ATHLETIC SPORT.

THE NCSCC WAS FOUNDED IN 1946 AND AFTER THE FIRST SEASON THE OVERALL WINNING DRIVER OR TEAM OWNER GOT A TROPHY AND $1000 PLACING FIRST FOR A BETTER OVERALL FINISH AGAINST OTHER DRIVERS. ANOTHER $3000 WAS SPLIT UP FOR THE OTHER DRIVERS POSTINGS THAT RACED IN THE NCSCC. AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NCSCC BILL FRANCE SR HELD SOME MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF AUTO RACING AND ON DECEMBER 14,1947 WITH GROUP OF 35 OTHER DRIVERS AT COCKTAIL PARTY AT THE STEAMLINE HOTEL IN FLORIDA A NEW ORGANIZATION WAS NEEDED TO HELP WITH ADVERTISING,PROMOTING  AND THE RENTING OF TRACKS AND HELP TO FUND THE CAR RACING SPORT. A MECHANIC RED VOGT SUGGESTED THE NAME NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR STOCK CAR AUTO RACING. THE NAME NATIONAL STOCK CAR ASSOCIATION WAS ALREADY TAKEN BY A RIVAL CAR ENTHUSIAST RACING CLUB AND THIS BECAME THE NAME OF THE RACING ORGANIZATION ON DECEMBER 14,1947 ABBREVIATED FOR THE NAME NASCAR.