National Championship Stock Car Circuit (NCSCC)

By John Nelson

Bill France established the NCSCC in June 1946 to sanction racing for Modified pre-war coupes and sedans.  This organization was the immediate predecessor of NASCAR.  No complete schedule or list of race results has come to light, and only a few 1946 races were covered by National Speed Sport News (NSSN).  Points were awarded for each race at 500 to the winner, 400 for second, and 300, 200, and 100 for the next three places – 1,500 points per race. In its 1/15/47 issue, NSSN lists 43 drivers earning a total of 49,500 NCSCC points in 1946. Dividing by 1,500 points per race, it appears that 33 races took place.  Ed Samples won eight of these and the 1946 series championship.  He received $1,000, with $500, $350, $300, $200, $150, and $100 going to the next six places. 

         For 1947 the point system was revised, awarding 100 points to the winner and dropping ten points for the next nine places – 550 points per race.  The two Daytona races and the Langhorne 200-lapper carried double points.  Among 150 drivers who raced in 1947, 91 earned points (NSSN, 12/17/47).  Guaranteed minimum race purse was $2,000.  Again, the season champion received $1,000.  NSSN for 12/24/47 indicated there were 34 races, of which Red Byron won 9, Fonty Flock 7, and Ed Samples 2. 

In a meeting at Daytona Beach on December 14, 1947, NCSCC was disbanded and NASCAR founded.  During the brief period between that date and the first official NASCAR race at Daytona Beach on February 15, 1948, drivers formerly affiliated with NCSCC raced without formal sanction in Florida.

Partial Roster of NCSCC and Early NASCAR Modified Drivers

Bill Blair                            High Point, NC

Elzie Wylie “Buck” Baker        Charlotte, NC

Robert “Red” Byron               Anniston, AL

Billy Carden                       Mableton, GA

Doug Cox                         Greenville, SC

William “Pepper” Cunningham Trenton, NJ

Glenn Dunnaway               Charlotte, NC

Bob Durham                      Woodruff, SC

Jack Etheridge                      Atlanta, GA

Joe Eubanks                     Spartanburg, SC

Bob Flock                         Atlanta, GA

Fontello “Fonty” Flock            Atlanta, GA

Tim Flock                         Atlanta, GA

Johnny Grubb                   Greensboro, NC

Roy Hall                                Atlanta, GA

John “Skimp” Hersey             St. Augustine, FL

Jimmy Lewallen                     High Point, NC

George Mantooth                  Concord, NC

Leonard “Pee Wee” Martin     Bassett, VA

Frank Mundy                     Atlanta, GA

Everett “Cotton” Owens          Spartanburg, SC

Jim Paschal                      High Point, NC

Swayne Pritchett               Cornelia, GA

Johnny Rogers                      Paterson, NJ

Ed Samples                      Atlanta, GA

Lewis “Buddy” Shuman          Charlotte, NC

Bill Snowden                     St. Augustine, FL

Jack Smith                        Atlanta, GA

Gober Sosebee                     Atlanta, GA

Marshall Teague                Daytona Beach, FL

Ed Thompson                       Monroe, NC

Bruce “Speedy” Thompson    Monroe, NC

Tommy Thompson                Monroe, NC

Curtis Turner                     Roanoke, VA

Henry Weavil                         Winston-Salem, NC

John C. “Pap” White              High Point, NC

Jack Widenhouse              Concord, NC