1936 Historic 1st Stock Car Racing Ticket Daytona Beach Auto Race Rare VintageHistoric ticket of stock car racing's first major event a National Championship which established Daytona as the home of Stock Car Racing On Sunday March 8th, 1936, the first organized stock car race was held at Daytona Beach Road Course, Promoted by local racer Sid Haugdahl. The race was 78 laps long (distance 250 miles) for street legal family sedans sanctioned by the American Automobile Association (AAA) for cars built in 1935 1936. The city posted