{"id":1327421,"date":"2021-02-27T17:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T22:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1327421"},"modified":"2021-02-27T17:28:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T22:28:51","slug":"dale-earnhardt-jr-reveals-amazing-artifact-recently-discovered-details-how-nascar-different-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/dale-earnhardt-jr-reveals-amazing-artifact-recently-discovered-details-how-nascar-different-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Dale Earnhardt Jr. Reveals an Amazing Artifact He Recently Discovered That Details How NASCAR Almost Had a Different Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/motorsports\/\">NASCAR<\/a> generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue annually. Each season \u2014 not in the middle of a pandemic \u2014 millions of fans attend races at tracks around the country. It's a far cry from where it all started back in the late 1940s.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a special episode of the\u00a0<em>Dale Jr. Download<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/dale-earnhardt-jr-in-complete-disbelief-after-jerry-glanville-surprisingly-admits-he-still-has-a-beef-with-joe-gibbs-years-later\/\">Dale Earnhardt Jr.<\/a> revisited those early days of <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/nascar-sends-serious-message-levying-large-fine-suspending-big-name-covid-violations\/\">NASCAR<\/a>, and in particular, the organization's formation. He reviewed historical documents he accidentally unearthed recently that included the minutes from the first meeting where NASCAR all started and how it almost had a different name.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of NASCAR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"History of NASCAR\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_r8ujNYij4Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/dale-earnhardt-jr-kept-a-federal-crime-he-committed-secret-because-he-was-more-afraid-of-his-fathers-reaction-than-going-to-jail\/\">Dale Earnhardt Jr. Kept a Federal Crime He Committed Secret Because He Was More Afraid of His Father\u2019s Reaction Than Going to Jail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The history of NASCAR is an interesting one. It all came together in 1947 when Bill France Sr., who was a race car driver, organized a meeting at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida. He invited many of the major players of the sport who had been participating in the various regional circuits.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group met over the course of three days to decide on numerous things, including the rules, a schedule, and the organization's headquarters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it was all said and done, the group created a specific set of rules to be applied universally, adopted a schedule, and agreed the headquarters would be located in Daytona Beach. One of the final orders of business was deciding on a name. Interestingly, it turned out to be much more challenging than you would imagine and NASCAR wasn't the first choice.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dale Earnhardt Jr. reads through the minutes of first meeting to form NASCAR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dale Jr. Download: Uncovering NASCAR History\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SUEGJbPbPaI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/emotional-dale-earnhardt-jr-reads-letter-to-ken-schrader-thanking-him-for-holding-the-secrets-on-the-dark-final-moments-of-his-fathers-life\/\">Emotional Dale Earnhardt Jr. Reads Letter to Ken Schrader Thanking Him for Holding the Secrets on the Dark Final Moments of His Father\u2019s Life<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dale Earnhardt Jr. revealed on a recent special episode of the <em>Dale Jr. Download<\/em> podcast, in going through his collection of NASCAR-related items, he stumbled on to the minutes from the first meetings held at the Streamline Hotel in 1947, which he said were at least 30 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Earnhardt, one of the most interesting things found in the minutes was how the organization came up with its name. He said Bill France Sr. tasked the nearly two dozen attending on the second day of meetings to consider ideas for an association name.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;On Wednesday morning, the third day, they all meet at 10am and driver Red Byron made a motion to adopt NSCRA, National Stock Car Racing Association as the name of the association for the present time. Buddy Schuman, who was also a driver, seconded the motion.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the minutes, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said the motion was not voted on. The organization did not have an official name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dale Earnhardt Jr. reveals the interesting reason why NASCAR got its official name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dale-Earnhardt-Jr.-explores-NASCAR-History.jpg?strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"Dale Earnhardt Jr. visit how NASCAR got its name\" class=\"wp-image-1327430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dale-Earnhardt-Jr.-explores-NASCAR-History.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dale-Earnhardt-Jr.-explores-NASCAR-History.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dale-Earnhardt-Jr.-explores-NASCAR-History.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dale-Earnhardt-Jr.-explores-NASCAR-History.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=682 1024w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dale-Earnhardt-Jr.-explores-NASCAR-History.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800 1200w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dale-Earnhardt-Jr.-explores-NASCAR-History.jpg?w=90&amp;h=60 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><figcaption>Dale Earnhardt Jr. revealed on his podcast an amazing artifact he recently discovered and how it provides all the details on why NASCAR almost had a different name when it formed in 1947.  \n| Photo by ISC Images; Archives via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/dale-earnhardt-jr-sends-nascar-a-warning-about-the-return-of-kyle-larson-in-2021\/\">Dale Earnhardt Jr. Sends NASCAR a Warning About the Return of Kyle Larson in 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dale Earnhardt Jr. said the minutes later show that Bill France Sr. asked those in the room to come up with their own ideas for a name. They declined. After a break, they returned that afternoon to vote on a name.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The choices were, National Stock Car Racing Association, NSCRA. Or, National Association of Stock Car Racing, NASCAR. Those two were the options. The results of the voting were 7 to 4, NSCRA,&#8221; Earnhardt said surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earnhardt said someone attending then raised the issue that there was another sanctioning body in Georgia with that same name. The group wondered what steps would be necessary to take over and form a new corporation under this name since it was already incorporated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ed Bruce made a motion that the voting of the name by ballot be disregarded and that the association start from scratch, incorporate here in Florida, and the name National Association of Stock Car Racing be used. Jack Peters second the motion. It was voted on and carried.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And just like that, the racing association became known as NASCAR. More than 70 years later, the name rolls off the tongue. It was the right choice because NSCRA just doesn't have the same ring to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Like Sports7 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sports7dotcom\/\">Facebook<\/a>. 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