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| Series Overview | |
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| Series Founded: 1968 | Series active! |
| Car Style: Multiple Divisions | Region: New Smyrna Speedway |
| Quick Stats | |
| Most Wins: Junior Hanley (50 - all divisions) | Most Titles: TBD |
| Number of Races: | Number of Drivers: |
| Project Status: IN PROGRESS | |
| In February 2021, our site hit a major milestone as every single night of this event’s history is now in the database along with the corresponding Tour-Type Modified and Super Late Model winners. In terms of full data, we have 2001-present results complete as well as full results for the Tour-Type Modifieds in 2000 and for the headline divisions (Tour-Type Modifieds and Super Late Models) for 1978-1989 and 1991. For helping us attain a full night-by-night listing, we’d like to thank two historians and longtime friends of the site - Elgin Traylor and Thomas Schmeh. Traylor has been collecting World Series information for years and been the main booster of this project. Schmeh was kind enough to do detailed research to fill in the missing nights during the event’s early years and crosscheck our data against multiple sources. There is some dispute about when this event officially began. The 2021 World Series was billed as the 55th annual, meaning the first should have taken place in 1967. However, this appears to not have been the case - the speedway did not open until July 1967, racing for its first half-season as a dirt oval entitled “Daytona Raceway”. No mention of anything that year like the World Series is found in any source. The 1968 February running was supposed to run as a four night event but only ran one due to cold weather. By 1969, the event was being contested as a proper mini-series. Schmeh has speculated that a two night event on July 3rd and July 4th, 1968 might have been the missing event included in the track’s officially recognized number (i.e. 55 runnings versus 55th annual). It was run by the same special promoters who ran the World Series in its first years. Larry Rogero won the July 3rd race - no mention of the July 4th race has been found. While Schmeh’s theory is credible, the simplest explanation is that the number was inflated by one in error at some point during the event’s growth. As such, we include only the February event in 1968 and consider that the start of a sequential annual event. | |
