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16-452: As a Grand National driver, Staley had three wins in addition to twenty-three finishes in the "top 5" and forty-one finishes in the "top 10." Out of 10218 laps, he officially led 299 laps and accumulated a grand total of $ 23,284 ($ 245,891.93 when adjusted for inflation) in his seven-year career. Notable appearances for Staley have been at Hickory Motor Speedway (where he won the first race ever held there) and Langhorne Speedway (where he won

32-529: A 0.4-mile (644 meters) dirt track in 1955, which was paved for the first time during the 1967 season. In 1970, the Hickory track was shortened to a length of 0.363 miles (584 meters). Hickory was dropped from the Grand National schedule after the 1971 season when R. J. Reynolds began sponsoring the newly christened NASCAR Winston Cup Series and dropped all races under 250 miles (402 kilometers) from

48-700: A race in 1957 using a Chevrolet Bel Air vehicle). Staley won three races driving the Julian-Petty-prepared 1957 Chevy Bel Air. The first win was on August 26, 1957 at the Coastal Speedway in Myrtle Beach , South Carolina . It was a 200-lap race and he had lapped the field. The second win came a few weeks later on September the 5th. It was at the New York State Fairgrounds and once again he had lapped

64-618: Is a short track located in Hickory, North Carolina . It is one of stock car racing 's most storied venues, and is often referred to as the "World's Most Famous Short Track" and the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars". The track first opened in 1951 as a 1 ⁄ 2 -mile (0.80 km) dirt track. Gwyn Staley won the first race at the speedway and later became the first track champion. Drivers such as Junior Johnson , Ned Jarrett , and Ralph Earnhardt also became track champions in

80-547: Is a stock car racing governing body active in the United States of America and Canada . The series started in 2001 and now sanctions various series including North, South, and National Super Late Model tours and a New England Modified tour. The Pro All Stars Series started with the PASS North Pro Stock in 2001. The class was founded by former stockcar racer Tom Mayberry. The series was a successor to

96-484: The Northeast Pro Stock Association and International Pro Stock Challenge . The first race was held on 20 May 2001 at Lee USA Speedway . Jim McCallum qualified his car on pole position. Dale Shaw beat his 32 rivals that qualified for the race over 150 laps, with 45 total cars attempting. Ben Rowe won six out of ten races in the season. But due to steady top five finishes Sam Sessions

112-567: The 1950s, with Earnhardt winning five of them. In 1953, NASCAR's Grand National Series (later the NASCAR Cup Series ) visited the track for the first time. Tim Flock won the first race at the speedway, which became a regular part of the Grand National schedule. After winning his track championship in 1952, Junior Johnson became the most successful Grand National driver at Hickory, winning there seven times. The track has been re-configured three times in its history. The track became

128-552: The Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, Carolina Pro Late Model Series, Carolina Crate Modified Series, Pro All Stars Series South Super Late Models and the CARS Tour featuring Late Model Stocks and Pro Late Model touring series cars. 35°41′45″N 81°16′10″W  /  35.69583°N 81.26944°W  / 35.69583; -81.26944 Pro All Stars Series The Pro All Stars Series

144-588: The Super Late Models. The 2008 season saw very small grids. Nine drivers started the race at Speedway 95 , twelve drivers started the race at Riverside Speedway . Mayberry stated that the economic situation and the fact that other local tracks added the outlaw late model class contributed to the small field in the PASS Outlaw Late Models. Therefore Mayberry decided to cancel the season after two races. The PASS Late Model Truck Series

160-598: The field driving the Petty prepared 1957 Chevy . His third and last win came on September the 15th in the same car at the Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania. He had the field lapped twice this time. North Wilkesboro Speedway named the race after him during the early 1970s. Staley's greatest successes came at road courses where his average finishes would be in ninth place. His racing performance would be

176-648: The schedule. It remained in use as a popular NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Series venue. When the series was reformed as the Budweiser Late Model Series (later the Busch Grand National Series and currently the Xfinity Series ) in 1982, Hickory played a prominent part of its first season, hosting six of the series' 28 races. Drivers Jack Ingram and Tommy Houston , two former track champions, each won eight times at

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192-538: The track in the Busch Series. As more tracks began hosting Busch Series races, Hickory's involvement was progressively reduced to two races a year by 1987, and then just the Easter weekend by 1995. By 1998, the Busch Grand National Series began adding more races at Winston Cup Series tracks, and Hickory was dropped from the schedule after 17 years. Hickory is still used as a venue for NASCAR's club racing division,

208-675: The worst on intermediate tracks where he would finish in a paltry 39th place. Eight days after scoring a second-place finish in the 150-lap Grand National race at Champion Speedway in Fayetteville , North Carolina Staley was killed in a NASCAR Convertible Division 100-mile race held at the Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds in Richmond , Virginia in March 1958. Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory Motor Speedway

224-592: Was also short lived. The trucks were a support category to the PASS South Super Late Models on short tracks throughout North Carolina. With only six drivers at Southern National Raceway Park the PASS organisation decided to cancel the series with one round at Greenville-Pickens Speedway remaining. In late 2012 Mayberry bought the historic Oxford Plains Speedway . The track changed its focus from American Canadian Tour Late Model sanctioning to

240-642: Was based in North Carolina but also raced on tracks in South Carolina , Virginia and other southern states . This series kept SLM/PLM racing alive through these years in the mid south until it was disbanded in 2018. Not all ventures of the Pro All Stars Series were highly successful. The PASS Outlaw Late Model series existed for three seasons. The championship was introduced as a breeding ground for new drivers before growing into

256-571: Was the first series champion. Rowe won the next two titles in the series. For 2004 a new raceclass was introduced. A 'touring style' modified racing series started at White Mountain Motorsports Park with ten drivers starting the race. PASS regular Ben Rowe won the first race of the series. A further two years later PASS founded the Super Late Model Touring Series South. The series, founded in 2006,

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