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May 25, 1985
Amidst great hype and hoopla, Darrell Waltrip wins the inaugural The Winston all-star race at the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, blowing his Chevrolet Monte Carlo's engine at the finish line.









May 27, 1984
Bobby Allison becomes the first driver to sweep a NASCAR Busch Series/NASCAR Winston Cup doubleheader at the same track. He won the Mello Yello 300 NBS race the day before, then the Coca-Cola World 600 the next afternoon at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.









May 28, 1961
David Pearson , finishing with a flat tire on the Ray Fox-prepared Dodge, gets the first of his 105 NASCAR Grand National victories in the World 600 at the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.









Did you know?
Darrell Waltrip was the first Winston Cup driver to surpass $10 million in career earnings.









Did you know?
It took Darrell Waltrip 17 years to earn $10 million on the Winston Cup circuit, Jeff Gordon won more than $10 million between 1997-1999.









May 29, 1994
John Andretti makes history by competing in the Indianapolis 500 Indy car race in the afternoon and the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Winston Cup stock car race later that day.









May 30, 1953
Reigning series champion Tim Flock drops from second to third during an unscheduled late-race pit stop in the 300-lap NASCAR Grand National race at Raleigh (N.C.) Speedway. He pitted because his pet monkey, "Jocko Flocko," escaped from his seat in the race car and began running around the cockpit of Flock's No. 91 Hudson.









May 31, 1970
After being postponed twice by rain, the Virginia 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway is finally run -- but rain-shortened to 377 instead of 500 laps. Bobby Isaac leads all but a handful of laps and wins ahead of Bobby Allison (the only other driver on the lead lap), Cale Yarborough, David Pearson and Dick Brooks.









June 1, 1958
Eddie Gray wins the first NASCAR Grand National race at the Riverside (Calif.) International Raceway.









Did you know?
Legendary mechanic and car owner Smokey Yunick drove in his first NASCAR Grand National race November 30, 1952 at Palm Beach Speedway in West Palm Beach, Florida where he started 19th and ended the race in 18th position driving a 1952 Hudson. For his efforts, Smokey took home $25.









June 4, 1966
Elmo Langley, who will later become famous as NASCAR's pace car driver, gets the first of his two NASCAR Grand National career victories in a 200-lap, 100-mile race at the half-mile dirt Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds in Spartanburg, S.C.









June 5, 1983
Ricky Rudd , one of NASCAR Winston Cup racing's most consistent winners, gets his first career victory in the Budweiser 400 at Riverside (Calif.) International Raceway. It's also the first victory for driver-turned-owner Richard Childress.









June 6, 1994
Team owner and decorated World War II veteran Bud Moore is honored by NASCAR on the 50th anniversary of the allies' historic D-Day landing at Normandy.









Did you Know?
That 1974 was the first year a Winston Cup race was held at Pocono Raceway.









June 11, 1989
Ricky Rudd wins the first NASCAR Winston Cup race at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., in a Buick owned by drag racer Kenny Bernstein.









Did you know?
Dover Downs is credited with being the first superspeedway in NASCAR to use concrete as a racing surface.









June 12, 1988
Rusty Wallace wins the last NASCAR Winston Cup race at Riverside (Calif.) International Raceway, taking the Budweiser 400 ahead of Terry Labonte and pole-sitter Ricky Rudd.









June 13, 1954
Al Keller, driving a Jaguar, wins NASCAR's first Grand National road race on a 2-mile paved circuit around the Linden (N.J.) Airport.









June 14, 1959
After thinking he'd won his first NASCAR Grand National race, Richard Petty discovers the runner-up has protested the scoring. After a two-hour recheck, officials at Lakewood Speedway near Atlanta rule that father Lee Petty, not his son, is the rightful winner.









June 18, 1972
Ray Elder, a fixture on the NASCAR Winston West tour, beats Benny Parsons by one lap and Donnie Allison by three laps in the Golden State 400 at the Riverside (Calif.) International Raceway. It's the second and last of Elder's









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