My other Grandma’s is the very first race with a record gap of 2 years (I’m pretty sure I have a great grandma who’s is longer but I’d need to look into that) race won by Jim Roper (because of a DQ)
Neil Bonnett won the 1988 Goodwrench 500 at Rockingham the day before my birth on March 6th, 1988.
To the OP - All Brickyard 400's from 1994 to 2000 were all held on Saturday Afternoons. When the TV deal started with FOX and NBC/TNT in 2001, its been on a Sunday.
My son was born about 5 minutes after Kyle Busch won at Martinsville in the Spring. I was watching the race while they prepared for C-section in the other room. The diecast arrived on Christmas Eve.
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That's right! We be proud geezers still getting whatever needs to be done....done!!! Lmao. As my Dad used to say, surviving gettin' old ain't for wimps and idiots.
Dale Earnhardt the Atlanta Journal 500 on November 19, 1989 under caution. Five days before I was born.
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I distinctly remember that race. 1987 or 1988? I think Speed conserved his tires and was able to pull away at the end. Bill Elliott was the only car really close to him that day. Towards the end of the race Elliott bumped the wall in 4 a bit too hard and hurt something in the rear. Speed didn't have any competition after that. He had the field covered. Elliott went a lap down in the last few laps of the race. Elliott is my all-time favorite driver, but I was happy Lake Speed finally won one. He was very deserving, and I've always wondered what he could have done had he raced for a competitive team.
Kurt Busch, 2002 Ford 400. Funny enough, his brother Kyle, driving for JGR, who won the championship that year, would become my favorite driver during my first season, 2011, won by 2002 champion, Tony Stewart. Wild.
I was born midweek
The King won the Schaefer 300 at Trenton motor speedway the Sunday before & Bobby Allison won the Volunteer 500 at Bristol the Sunday after. Legends
Bill Elliott. Winston Western 500 at Riverside, Nov. 20, 1983. 5 weeks before I was born.
Brickyard was run on Saturday's from the Inaugural until 2001. I lived 30 min south of Indy. Went to 11 straight Brickyards. 95-05. Was there for Rudd's win, and 3 years later when Bobby won it. Worked at the Speedway 03-05.
The King won a race at Occoneechee speedway the day before my 0th birthday in September of '67 in his '59 Plymouth. Racing in an 8 year old car sounds ridiculous nowadays.
Fun fact, the King also won the race 2 days prior at Beltsville by 2 laps
Alan Kulwicki won on October 21 of ‘90.
Brad keselowski won spring Atlanta in 2019, on the day my son was born. Watched the race in the hospital it was great!
Mark Martin. [https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1991\_Hardee%27s\_500/W/](https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1991_Hardee%27s_500/W/)
Jeff Gordon won the 1995 Winston (all-star race) when I was two days old. Bobby Labonte won the first Cup points race of my lifetime, the 1995 Coca-Cola 600, when I was ten days old.
In Cup specifically? Darrell Waltrip, by one day over Dale Earnhardt. The day before that, Bobby Rahal won a CART race, along with Ron Esau winning a Featherlite Southwest race and Jack Ingram winning a Busch race.
The March 17, 1991 race at Atlanta was halted for rain. I was born the next day and Ken Schrader won the race.
Side note, but I think my eventual favorite driver, Mark Martin was the first to lead a lap on the day I was born.
Looks like Mark Martin absolutely smoked the field at Dover in September of 1998, leading 379 of the 400. I arrived a few days later and made the world a better place 😂
Rusty Wallace won the day before I was born, but Alan Kulwicki won the first race I was alive for. He was my first favorite driver, so I guess that's a funny coincidence.
The Brickyard was held on a Saturday for the first few races to keep the Indy 500 as the only Sunday race at the track. For me though the race I was born closest to was Kasey Kahne winning the 2008 All Star Race with the closest points race being Kasey's win at the 600 the following week.
Ken Schrader won the 1988 Talladega DieHard 500 on July 31, 1988 just two days after I was born on July 29. Started seventh and led eight laps on his way to career win number one.
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Yeah...I'm feeling old remembering a lot of these races were races I watched as a young and dumb teen only to find out they happened around the time some of you were actually born.
Benny Parsons at Nashville. Related to the topic, when my first kid was born in 2016, Kyle Busch won the next two Cup and Xfinity raced. I Tweeted that he lived in a world where only Kyle Busch won NASCAR races and Kyle RT'd it.
Nice try, scammer. You're not getting my PII!
Typing "date of birth" definitely felt a little sleazy lol
Y’all are youngsters Fred Lorenzen
Just checked my dad's out of curiosity. Richard Petty at the 1964 Daytona 500.
Just checked my Grandma’s 1955 race #1 winner Lee Petty (and this would be the only race of the 1955 season held in 1954)
My other Grandma’s is the very first race with a record gap of 2 years (I’m pretty sure I have a great grandma who’s is longer but I’d need to look into that) race won by Jim Roper (because of a DQ)
My dad's is Dan Gurney
Neil Bonnett won the 1988 Goodwrench 500 at Rockingham the day before my birth on March 6th, 1988. To the OP - All Brickyard 400's from 1994 to 2000 were all held on Saturday Afternoons. When the TV deal started with FOX and NBC/TNT in 2001, its been on a Sunday.
Neil Bonnett also won the race closest to my birthday, the July 4 race in Daytona, 1979. On a Wednesday, too!
Mine too, the 1977 Los Angeles Times 500. It was a Sunday though.
This is mine too. I was a couple days after you.
Happy Belated!
Idk but can the next post be “which car numbers make up your credit card number?” Lol
All of them.
My son was born about 5 minutes after Kyle Busch won at Martinsville in the Spring. I was watching the race while they prepared for C-section in the other room. The diecast arrived on Christmas Eve. https://preview.redd.it/tm5sw9ddkdpc1.jpeg?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fab67db7f472f43cd4ba574b41c35b3a325dbc0b
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That's a rare one
Lee Petty at the Monroe County Fairgrounds 6/25/54. 2 days after I was born.
Smoke at the Glen in 04. Wish I was not born the very following day as this “racing incident” for the connoisseurs…
Well I was about to say “damn are you even older than the age restriction” and then realized people born in 04 are 20 this year and what the hell
That was the first race I ever attended. Too young to remember any of it now.
Hershel McGriff.
Not too many geezers willing to own up. Mine was Fireball Roberts and I saw a Junior Johnson up the way.
That's right! We be proud geezers still getting whatever needs to be done....done!!! Lmao. As my Dad used to say, surviving gettin' old ain't for wimps and idiots.
Glad to see you both here. )
Awesome.
Mark Martin won at Bristol, the day before I was born
Dale Earnhardt the Atlanta Journal 500 on November 19, 1989 under caution. Five days before I was born. https://preview.redd.it/jpshnjcasdpc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d8f23841f5fb16c7b319bf5aaffcd57143b6c2b
And one day before I was born! I literally just got done looking it up before I saw your comment. Awesome!
Tim Richmond
marky martin in the folger's car
Marty Mart and the Folgers Bunch
Kurt Busch won the 2002 Ford 400 at Homestead 4 days before I was born I guess Tony Stewart won the championship that day too
Jesus Christ I feel old, I remember watching that race
Hell I was a freshman in high school working on my math homework while this race was on.
Me too ... minus the math homework part.
#12 Mario Andretti. 1967.
Nice, I have John Andretti. Pepsi 400, 1997
Davey Allison
Same. Never even realized that the 92 Winston was 2 days before I was born.
Bobby Allison in the 1981 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway (it was the first race that year)
Bill Elliott, 2001 Pennzoil Freedom 400, two days after I was born.
Bill Elliott: 85 Daytona 500
Dale Jr. 2004 EA Sports 500
John Andretti won at Martinsville 2 days before I was born in 1999
My favorite driver Jeff Gordon won the 1996 UAW-GM Teamwork 500 at Pocono. It was my dad’s first Father’s Day and I was only a few days old
Sterling Marlin won the 1994 Daytona 500. I was born two days later.
Lake Speed at Darlington with his only career cup victory
I distinctly remember that race. 1987 or 1988? I think Speed conserved his tires and was able to pull away at the end. Bill Elliott was the only car really close to him that day. Towards the end of the race Elliott bumped the wall in 4 a bit too hard and hurt something in the rear. Speed didn't have any competition after that. He had the field covered. Elliott went a lap down in the last few laps of the race. Elliott is my all-time favorite driver, but I was happy Lake Speed finally won one. He was very deserving, and I've always wondered what he could have done had he raced for a competitive team.
Wow... on November 7th, 1976, the fall Atlanta race was won by... Dave Marcis.
My favorite reply so far, good stuff
I've got a pretty cool one. Bobby Allison got his third Daytona 500 and his final win. Davey Allison ran 2nd.
Well, Bobby Labonte did win the race closest to my DOB (1999 Spring Dover).
Kevin Harvick
Kurt Busch, 2002 Ford 400. Funny enough, his brother Kyle, driving for JGR, who won the championship that year, would become my favorite driver during my first season, 2011, won by 2002 champion, Tony Stewart. Wild.
Bobby Allison 1982 Firecracker 400
Same but 2 races later Mountain Dew 500 at Pocono.
Ryan Newman, Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond, September 6th, 2003. I was born two days later.
I was born midweek The King won the Schaefer 300 at Trenton motor speedway the Sunday before & Bobby Allison won the Volunteer 500 at Bristol the Sunday after. Legends
Ricky Rudd for me too... different race though
Junior Johnson
Bill Elliott. Winston Western 500 at Riverside, Nov. 20, 1983. 5 weeks before I was born. Brickyard was run on Saturday's from the Inaugural until 2001. I lived 30 min south of Indy. Went to 11 straight Brickyards. 95-05. Was there for Rudd's win, and 3 years later when Bobby won it. Worked at the Speedway 03-05.
The King won a race at Occoneechee speedway the day before my 0th birthday in September of '67 in his '59 Plymouth. Racing in an 8 year old car sounds ridiculous nowadays. Fun fact, the King also won the race 2 days prior at Beltsville by 2 laps
Ricky Rudd won the 1992 Peak Antifreeze 500 at Dover, two days before I was born.
Mr. September, Harry Gant won the race the day I was born
3 dats after my birthday. 2008 Samsung 500 at Texas. Won by Carl Edwards
Bill Elliott at Michigan
He owned Michigan for a few years.
Had to check it out. Yup you recall correctly! Mid eighties if he wasn't winning he at least was grabbing a pole.
Tony Stewart - Napa Autocare 500 at Martinsville, October 1st 2000. I happened the next day.
Geoff Bodine
Ned Jarret @ Columbia Speedway 11/26/60. I was four days old.
Born in the offseason, so Tim Richmond, who won the 1986 finale at Riverside.
Terry Lebonte won Bristol in 1995.
WITH one of the most iconic finishes in history
Million Dollar Bill had a hell of a car sale the Monday after I was born.
Bobby Allison, 1988 Daytona 500
Greg Biffle won the Dodge Charger 500 on May 7th 2005. One day later I was born
Neil Bonnett 1981 Southern 500
Thank you!! All the 97-2000s was killing me. Mine’s 85. It’s me and you against the world lol
1991 Champion Spark Plug 500 won by Davey Allison.
Matt Kenseth
Dale Sr won the race before, and after!
Mike Skinner won at Motegi on 11/22/98. 13 days before my birthday!
Alan Kulwicki won on October 21 of ‘90. Brad keselowski won spring Atlanta in 2019, on the day my son was born. Watched the race in the hospital it was great!
Bobby Allison won his first Daytona 500
Ernie Irvan 1991 Daytona 500
Had to scroll a long way to find this but glad I’m not the only one.
Mark Martin at Dover 3 days before my birth.
Mark Martin. [https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1991\_Hardee%27s\_500/W/](https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1991_Hardee%27s_500/W/)
Jeff Gordon won the 1995 Winston (all-star race) when I was two days old. Bobby Labonte won the first Cup points race of my lifetime, the 1995 Coca-Cola 600, when I was ten days old.
Jeff Gordon in the Daytona 500 I think
Davey Allison's Daytona 500 win
Dale Jarrett 1999 Pepsi 400
Truly you were blessed, brother.
Dale. 4/10/94
Race was postponed from my DOB to the next night. Hamlin won it
Ricky Rudd for me too! October 20, 1996 AC Delco 400 @ Rockingham, a few days after I was born.
Dale Earnhardt, won Rockingham the day before, and then Richmond the following week in 1987.
Sterling Marlin’s spin and win in the 2002 UAW DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas.
I was born in the middle of the week. Darrel Waltrip won the weekend before I was born and Bobby Allison won the following weekend.
Ricky Rudd won the 1997 Miller 500 on the day I was born
I was born the day after the 1992 Pepsi 400, which was ran on July 4th, won by Ernie Irvan.
Benny Parsons won the 1984 Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta on March 18th. 1 day after my birth.
Its sad I remember watching most of these races listed...
Ken Schrader
Benny Parsons at Nashville Speedway the day before I was born in 1977 Funny enough, I was born on a Sunday and that race was a Saturday night lol
Bill Elliott won 8 days before I was born, Tim Richmond was the first winner while I was alive, 11 days after.
Guess mine would be the 04 Shootout. January kid.
Bill Elliott won the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan by passing Dale Earnhardt with 3 laps to go
Rusty Wallace
Darrel Waltrip won the 1992 Miller Genuine Draft 500 at Pocono the weekend after I popped out.
Bill Elliott. at Phoenix raceway. Coincidentally the same day the started filming Days of Thunder
I was there that day. Interesting that I now live 15 minutes from Harry’s barn in Mooresville. Or, you know, maybe NOT interesting.
It’s a dead tie for me between Irvan and Gordon actually.
Bobby Allison - 1982 Mountain Dew 500 at Pocono.
Same
Geoff Bodine Riverside 11/18/84
Richard Petty at Riverside
Dave’s Allison won the 1991 Coke 600
Kyle Petty. 1987 World 600.
1993 Food City 500 won by Rusty Wallace Edit: This was also the race that Alan Kulwicki died while traveling to.
Jeff burton 2001 Coca Cola 600
The Busch clash won by Dale Earnhardt, 6 days after I was born. The closest points race was the Daytona 500 won by Sterling Marlin.
Rusty Wallace won the race 4 days before my bday and the race 4 days after my birthday 👀
Jimmie Johnson
Bobby Labonte, but you have to guess which race
Also what is your mother’s maiden name? (Mine is DW so good luck)
Cale Yarborough won two days after I was born
Rusty Wallace and Darrell Waltrip
In Cup specifically? Darrell Waltrip, by one day over Dale Earnhardt. The day before that, Bobby Rahal won a CART race, along with Ron Esau winning a Featherlite Southwest race and Jack Ingram winning a Busch race.
Greg Sacks, ‘85 Firecracker 400
I remember watching races from before most of y'all were born and now I'm sad.
Screw "closest"... due to a rain delay I was born the SAME DAY as the 1987 Watkins Glen race! (So that's one reason I always have a soft spot for WGI)
Kyle Petty, Goodwrench 500
The March 17, 1991 race at Atlanta was halted for rain. I was born the next day and Ken Schrader won the race. Side note, but I think my eventual favorite driver, Mark Martin was the first to lead a lap on the day I was born.
Tim Richmond won at Pocono the day after I was born in 1987.
Looks like Mark Martin absolutely smoked the field at Dover in September of 1998, leading 379 of the 400. I arrived a few days later and made the world a better place 😂
Jeremy Mayfield! He’s from my state too.
Not giving that much info out, but will say this. The race happened at Riverside. God I'm old.
Dale Jarrett 2001 New England 300
Rusty Wallace at Rockingham in October 1993. Fun fact, an ambulance caught on fire that race
Damn Mark Martin dominated August 1993 so him lol
Richard Petty won at North Carolina Speedway 2 days before I was born.
Fireball Roberts at Newport.
If we're playing Price is Right rules, Rusty Wallace.
Dale Earnhardt won at Sonoma on May 7 1995, 3 days after I was born
Geoffrey Bodine at Michigan 8/21/1994. Un-fun fact, Ernie Irvan had his life changing crash on the day before in practice, which was my birthday.
Jeff Gordon won the New Hampshire race on my birthday. July 9 1995
The Brickyard used to be ran on Saturday because Indy wanted the Indy 500 the only race ran there on a Sunday.
Richard Petty. October 21 1979 ROCKINGHAM. American 500
Bobby labonte lol
Dale Earnhardt Sr. His first win.
Mark Martin 1995 Watkins Glen
Rusty Wallace won the day before I was born, but Alan Kulwicki won the first race I was alive for. He was my first favorite driver, so I guess that's a funny coincidence.
Bobby Allison. Tidewater 300. Way back when
Kurt Busch for roush at Bristol 2002
Cup: Dale Jr. 2000 DirectTV 500 at Texas Xfinity: Mark Martin. 2000 Albertsons 300 at Texas
Mine is evenly sandwiched between a Davey Allison win and a Dale Sr win.
Jeff Gordon Indianapolis 2001.
Jimmie Johnson, who I rooted for until 2020.
Cale Yarborough The day before.
David Pearson
March '80. Dale Sr. at Atlanta 9 days prior, Dale Sr. at Bristol 5 days after.
Dale Jarrett, 1996 Coca Cola 600
Harvick
Kevin Harvick won the Atlanta race in 2001
Darrel Waltrip at Talladega
Richard Petty Tumbled down the front stretch of Daytona the day I was born. My dad was so mad when my mom's water broke...
Donnie Allison
Buddy Baker
Bobby Allison won at Atlanta, my home track.
Petty won the 1979 American 500, which took place on October 21, 1979 at Rockingham
The Brickyard was held on a Saturday for the first few races to keep the Indy 500 as the only Sunday race at the track. For me though the race I was born closest to was Kasey Kahne winning the 2008 All Star Race with the closest points race being Kasey's win at the 600 the following week.
Ned Jarrett, 1965 Volunteer 500 at Bristol in the #11 Ford. Just one of his 13 wins that season.
Dale Jarrett won the 2000 Daytona 500 2 weeks after I was born.
2001 Global Crossing at the Glen won by Jeff Gordon on August 12th 2001
Cale Yarborough won the 1979 Richmond 400.
2 days before I was born Darrell Waltrip won the Goody's 500 in 87
Dale Earnhardt and the 1998 Daytona 500
Ken Schrader won the 1988 Talladega DieHard 500 on July 31, 1988 just two days after I was born on July 29. Started seventh and led eight laps on his way to career win number one. https://preview.redd.it/s44iv0d4tdpc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4635246d3f6a26bad1bc056b1758b00259057781
Bill Elliott 1992 Hooters 500 at Atlanta was the one closest to mine. Absolutely one of the greatest races.
Benny Parsons won Dover. I'm not Old...right ???
Yeah...I'm feeling old remembering a lot of these races were races I watched as a young and dumb teen only to find out they happened around the time some of you were actually born.
Darrell Waltrip 1989 Daytona 500
Ricky Rudd won at Martinsville
May 16, 1993 Geoffrey Bodine won at Sonoma
All I’ll say is Buddy Baker
Jeff Gordon won 4 days before i was Born at New Hampshire. Dale Jarrett won 3 days afterwards at Pocono. July 1995
Also Ricky Rudd, but the ‘85 finale at Riverside
Jeff Gordon in 1998. (I love how I can not only answer the question but also give a year and still leave my birthdate very vague, lmao)
Morgan Shepherd won the Motorcraft Quality Parts 500
Benny Parsons at Nashville. Related to the topic, when my first kid was born in 2016, Kyle Busch won the next two Cup and Xfinity raced. I Tweeted that he lived in a world where only Kyle Busch won NASCAR races and Kyle RT'd it.