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Winston Crooke
Winston may refer to: People * Winston (name), both a given name and surname; includes lists of notable people with the name Places Antarctica * Winston Glacier Australia * Winston, Queensland, a suburb of the City of Mount Isa United Kingdom * Winston, County Durham, England, a village * Winston, Suffolk, England, a village and civil parish United States * Winston, Florida, a former census-designated place * Winston, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Winston, Missouri, a village * Winston, Montana, a census-designated place * Winston, New Mexico, a census-designated place * Winston, Oregon, a city * Winston County, Alabama * Winston County, Mississippi * Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a city * Winstonville, Mississippi, a town Buildings *Winston Manor (other), several houses in England *Winston Theatre, at the University of Bristol in England *Winston Tower, a skyscraper in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Business *Winston (cigarette), an American cigarette i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston (name)
Winston may be a family name of English origin, or a masculine given name. People with the surname *Arthur Winston (1906–2006), American centenarian, "Employee of the Century" *Brian Winston (1941–2022), British journalist *Cassius Winston (born 1998), American basketball player *Charles Winston (1814–1864), English historian *Charlie Winston (born 1978), English singer and songwriter *Dallas Winston, fictional character from S. E. Hinton's ''The Outsiders'' *Easop Winston (born 1996), American football player *Eric Winston (born 1983), American football player *Francis D. Winston (1857–1941), Lt. Governor of North Carolina *George Winston (1949–2023), American pianist *George T. Winston (1852–1932), American educator *Harry Winston (1896–1978), American jeweller *Henry Winston, (1911–1986), American civil rights activist *Hattie Winston (born 1945), American actress *Jameis Winston (born 1994), American football quarterback *James Brown Winston (1820–1884), first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston Tower
The Winston Tower (formerly Wachovia Building) is a 410 ft (125 m) tall skyscraper in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, completed in 1966 with 29 floors. It was the tallest building in North Carolina, succeeding the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, until it was passed by Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte's Two Wells Fargo Center, Jefferson First Union Tower in 1971. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. After a 2003 renovation in which all 6,033 windows were replaced with tinted glass to save energy, the building received its current name. It has 436,000 square feet (40,500 square meters) of office space. As of 2009, Winston Tower is the second tallest office building in the city, behind 100 North Main Street; both have previously served as the corporate headquarters for Wachovia, Wachovia Bank. On December 10, 2021, Truliant Federal Credit Union confirmed it had acquired naming rights to the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston (yacht)
Winston may refer to: People * Winston (name), both a given name and surname; includes lists of notable people with the name Places Antarctica * Winston Glacier Australia * Winston, Queensland, a suburb of the City of Mount Isa United Kingdom * Winston, County Durham, England, a village * Winston, Suffolk, England, a village and civil parish United States * Winston, Florida, a former census-designated place * Winston, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Winston, Missouri, a village * Winston, Montana, a census-designated place * Winston, New Mexico, a census-designated place * Winston, Oregon, a city * Winston County, Alabama * Winston County, Mississippi * Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a city * Winstonville, Mississippi, a town Buildings * Winston Manor (other), several houses in England * Winston Theatre, at the University of Bristol in England *Winston Tower The Winston Tower (formerly Wachovia Building) is a 410 ft (125 m) tall skyscra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Winston
USS ''Winston'' (AKA-94/LKA-94) was an in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1957 and from 1961 to 1969. She was scrapped in 1979. History ''Winston'' (AKA-94) was named after counties in Alabama and Mississippi. She was laid down on 10 July 1944 at Kearny, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 216), launched on 30 November 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Benjamin Fairless, delivered to the Navy on 18 January 1945, and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 19 January 1945. World War II, 1945 ''Winston'' completed her fitting-out at New York and then departed on 3 February, bound for the Virginia Capes. She reached Hampton Roads the following day and, for the next nine days, conducted shakedown training in the Chesapeake Bay. Following post-shakedown availability at the Norfolk Navy Yard, she put to sea once again on 1 March, bound for Hawaii. En route, the vessel transited the Panama Canal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston Cup
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, when the series began leasing its naming rights to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, it was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (1971–2003). A similar deal was made with Nextel Communications, Nextel in 2003, and it became the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (2004–2007). Sprint Corporation, Sprint acquired Nextel in 2005, and in 2008 the series was renamed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (2008–2016). In December 2016, it was announced that Monster Energy would become the new title sponsor, and the series was renamed the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (2017–2019). In 2019, NASCAR rejected Monster's offer to extend the naming rights deal beyond the end of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston 500 (other)
Winston 500 may refer to the following NASCAR Sprint Cup races: * Winston 500 (Spring), held at Talladega Superspeedway from 1971 to 1993 and in 1997 * Winston 500 (Fall), held at Talladega Superspeedway from 1998 to 2000 See also * The Winston, a former name of the annual NASCAR All-Star Race {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
All-Star events are annually held in the NASCAR Cup Series at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Beginning in 2008, NASCAR began the practice of using Roman numerals to identify each race, but ended one year later. History The first running of the race was held in 1985 at NASCAR's longest and fastest non-restrictor-plate superspeedway Charlotte Motor Speedway (briefly renamed Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999, before reverting to the original in 2009) and was run there every year until 2019, except in 1986 when it was run at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Michael Waltrip became the first driver to win the All-Star race after transferring in from a qualifying race in 1996. Until 2001, the rule restricted only champions of the past five All Star Challenge events, but in 2005, the rule became the winners in the past ten years of either the NASCAR Cup Series or the All-Star Race. For 2015, the full-time drivers who have won a NASCAR Cup Series or All-Star Race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
