Red Byron
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Robert "Red" Byron (March 12, 1915 – November 11, 1960) was an American stock car racer who competed in NASCAR qualifying in the sanctioning body's first years.
In 1948, he became NASCAR's first Modified champion (and first champion in any division) and its first Strictly Stock (predecessor to Monster Energy Cup Series) champion in 1949.
He and Bob Flock are considered one of the finest catalysts of the modern age.
He won the inaugural NASCAR Strictly Stock driver's championship at Daytona Beach and Road Course in the first NASCAR race.
Life after driving
In 1951, he was forced to give up his goggles because of his declining health, but he continued to compete. He worked with Briggs Cunningham, who was attempting to produce an American sports car that could win Grand Prix races, and then became the head of a Corvette team with the same aim. Neither project was successful, but Byron loved sports cars.
Byron was inducted into the NASC Hall of Fame's Class of 2018.
Racing career
Byron competed in the AAA Indy series, mainly in Sprint Cars and Midgets, before World War II. He won his first Stock Car in July 1941, but he did not return to racing for five years because of the war's intervening.
When he returned from war, Byron, limp and all, returned to racing, and with the help of race engineer Red Vogt, he was also successful. In 1946, he took his first run after the war at Seminole Speedway, near Orlando, defeating Roy Hall and Bill France. With Raymond Parks' crew, Byron became a part of the newly formed NASC Modified Series racing.
Byron began racing in NASCAR's newly established Strictly Stock series, which included the Grand National Series, Winston Cup, and the modern-day NASCAR Cup Series. In the inaugural eight-race season, Byron was just as good in Parks as they were. He won at Daytona Beach in 1948 and later won on a dirt track in Martinsville. Byron, who returned to a modified version of his year, ended the year as the series's first champion.
After his two championships, Byron sparingly. For the most part of the 1950s, he operated a sports car racing team.
Motorsports career results
(Bold): (Bold): (Bold) – Pole position was given at qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points stands or practice time. * (Most laps led.)