NASCAR 75: No. 52 in a series of 75 stories that helped define the first three quarters of a century of NASCAR.
In 1951, NASCAR truly went “coast to coast” with the addition of Carrell Speedway, a half-mile dirt track in Gardena, Calif., for a pair of races.
When Bill France Sr. pulled together a web of drivers, car owners, racing officials and track operators to form NASCAR in 1947, one of his goals was to create a truly national stock car series. But it wasn’t until 1951 that NASCAR truly went “coast to coast” with the addition of Carrell Speedway, a half-mile dirt track in Gardena, Calif. On April 8 of that year, Marshall Teague, one of the top drivers in the sport’s early years, won a 200-lap race at Carrell.
The event was significant because of the location and because of NASCAR’s stretch to California, an offensive that would continue across the years. When France began building the giant Daytona International Speedway late in the 1950s, Teague showed interest in the revolutionary track near his home and worked toward re-establishing himself within France’s circle.
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