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Everything About the Only NASCAR Race That Was Run on Leap Day

Summary by The SportsRush
Richard Petty and his counterparts rolled into Rockingham fifty years ago for a race date that rarely appears on the calendar. Leap Day comes around only once every four years, and in NASCAR’s 77-year history, the Cup Series has contested a Leap Day race just once. That rare occasion came on February 29, 1976, with the Carolina 500 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, which Richard Petty won in his No. 43 Dodge. Petty crossed the finish line two fu…
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The SportsRush broke the news in on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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