Floyd Sam Nunis (December 16, 1903 – February 1, 1980) was a pioneering figure in American

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, being involved in both the

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and the

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Career

Nunis worked with the

to promote stock car racing in the late 1940s, encouraging the group to promote the sport, which they had previously written off, in addition to AAA's traditional sanctioning of

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races. He primarily promoted races at

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near

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, both under AAA sanction and under the aegis of the

, which he co-operated along with Weyman Milam between 1946 and 1951.Thompson 2006, p. 214

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