NASCAR was a well-kept southern secret until a massive snowstorm trapped the Eastern Seaboard indoors on Feb. 18, 1979 — the day of the first-ever live, flag-to-flag national broadcast. As over 15 ...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Today marks the 51st running of the Daytona 500. But for most Americans, NASCAR's green flag really dropped 30 years ago in the 1979 Daytona 500 when television carried ...