THROWBACK
let’s call it a 46
POLE POSITION 2022
RED BYRON – NO. 22 ON THE BEACH AND ROAD
1949 COURSE AT DAYTONA
IN 1949, ROBERT “RED” BYRON BEGAN RACING IN NASCAR’S NEW Strictly Stock series, which eventually became the NASCAR Cup Series. Driving for team owner Raymond Parks, Byron won the inaugural eight-race Strictly Stock championship. Byron drove in several races on the 4.3-mile Beach and Road Course in Daytona Beach, Florida, and won there in July of that year. In this photo, Byron is wheeling a 1939 Ford owned by Parks.
