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leg, he returned to racing in February 1946 at Seminole Speedway near Orlando, FL. He drove with his left leg in a steel stirrup bolted to the clutch in a car owned by Raymond Parks - and won, beating the likes of Roy Hall, Mad Marion McDonald, Bob and Fonty Flock and Bill France. Byron then turned to the Daytona beach-road course in April and ran to victory. He won the NASCAR Modified national championship in 1947 and the following year, became the first NASCAR Strictly Stock champion. In that 1948 season, he won 11 races, finished in the top three 11 times. Poor
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