HowStuffWorks "1948 NASCAR Modified Results"

The 1948 NASCAR season was the first offical year for NASCAR, but it contained all of the excitement and drama that has made it one of the most popular sports in the world. In the chart below, you will find the results for all of the 52 races that comprised the 1948 NASCAR Championship Modified Season.

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Number	Date	Site	Race Winner	Car	Speed
1	2/15/48	Daytona Beach, FL	Red Byron	Ford	75.47
2	2/24/48	Jacksonville, FL	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
3	3/27/48	Atlanta, GA	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
4	3/04/48	Macon, GA	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
5	4/11/48	Augusta, GA	Bob Flock	Ford	n/a
6	4/18/48	Jacksonville, FL	Skimp Hersey	Ford	56.524
7	4/18/48	Greensboro, NC	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
8	4/25/48	N. Wilkesboro, NC	Red Byron	Ford	n/a
9	5/02/48	Lexington, NC	Red Byron	Ford	n/a
10	5/09/48	Wadesboron, NC	Red Byron	Ford	n/a
11	5/16/48	Richmond, VA	Red Byron	Ford	n/a
12	5/23/48	Macon, GA	Gober Sosbee	Ford	n/a
13	5/23/48	Danville, VA	Bill Blair	Ford	n/a
14	5/23/48	Dover, NJ	Johnny Rogers	Ford	n/a
15	5/29/48	Greensboro, NC	Bob Flock	Ford	n/a
16	5/30/48	N. Wilkesboro, NC	Marshall Teague	Ford	n/a
17	5/30/48	Jacksonville, FL	Paul Pappy	Ford	n/a
18	6/04/48	Danvile, VA	Bob Flock	Ford	n/a
19	6/05/48	Greensboro, NC	Red Byron	Ford	n/a
20	6/06/48	Lexington, NC	Bob Flock	Ford	n/a
21	6/13/48	Wadesboro, NC	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
22	6/20/48	Birmingham, AL	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
23	6/20/48	Columbus, GA	Bob Flock	Ford	n/a
24	6/20/48	Greensboro, GA	Tim Flock	Ford	n/a
25	6/27/48	Hillsboro, NC	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
26	7/04/48	Martinsville, VA	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
27	7/11/48	Charlotte, NC	Red Byron	Ford	n/a
28	7/18/48	N Wilkesboro, NC	Curtis Turner	Ford	n/a
29	7/25/48	Greensboro, NC	Curtis Turner	Ford	n/a
30	7/25/48	Columbus, GA	Billy Carden	Ford	n/a
31	8/01/48	Lexington, GA	Curtis Turner	Ford	n/a
32	8/08/48	Daytona Beach, FL	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
33	8/15/48	Langhorne, PA	Al Keller	Ford	60.883
34	9/05/48	Columbus, GA	Gober Sosebee	Ford	n/a
35	9/05/48	N. Wilkesboro, NC	Curtis Turner	Ford	n/a
36	9/05/48	N. Wilkesboro, NC	Curtis Turner	Ford	n/a
37	9/12/48	Charlotte, NC	Curtis Turner	Ford	n/a
38	9/12/48	Charlotte, NC	Buddy Shuman	Ford	n/a
39	9/19/48	Hillsboro, NC	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
40	9/19/48	Hillsboro, NC	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
41	9/26/48	Lexington, NC	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
42	9/26/48	Lexington, NC	Gober Sosebee	Ford	n/a
43	10/03/48	Elkin, NC	Buddy Shuman	Ford	n/a
44	10/03/48	Elkin, NC	Curtis Turner	Ford	n/a
45	10/03/48	Macon, GA	Billy Carden	Ford	n/a
46	10/03/48	Macon, GA	Red Byron	Ford	n/a
47	10/10/48	Greensboro, NC	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
48	10/16/48	Greensboro, NC	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
49	10/17/48	N. Wilkesboro, NC	Red Byron	Ford	n/a
50	10/24/48	Charlotte, NC	Red Byron	Ford	n/a
51	10/31/48	Winston-Salem, NC	Fonty Flock	Ford	n/a
52	11/14/48	Columbus, GA	Red Byron	Ford	n/a

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