Busch Qualifying Record :: Matt Kenseth 189.880 - 2001
Truck Qualifying Record :: Scott Riggs 181.953 - 2001
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there have been a few, but not many.
Richard Petty.
The 1979 Daytona 500
Richard Petty was a nascar driver who was and still is called the King.
No , Nascar is bigger no baseball is considers Americas favorite pastime!!
The fastest qualifying lap (in MPH) in NASCAR History took place at Talladega Superspeedway in 1987. Bill Elliott turned in a lap of 212.809 MPH to become the fastest man in NASCAR with a record that will never be broken in NASCAR.
Tony Stewart set the Nascar Cup Series qualifying record (98.084) at Martinsville Speedway in 2005.
The fastest time in NASCAR history was recorded in a Ford Thunderbird in 1988. The car was driven by Bill Elliott during qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway.
Bill Elliott, 212 miles per hour at the Talladega qualifying in 1986. Rusty Wallace also tested at Talladega for NASCAR in 2004 in an unrestricted car (no restrictor plate) and achieved a top speed of 228 MPH, and a one-lap average of 221 MPH.
In 1987, during qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway, Bill Elliott set the Nascar record with a speed of 212.809.
Auto Club Speedway (aka California Speedway)Holds the closed course world record at a racetrack for fastest lap and fastest raceLap - Gil de Ferran - CART - Marlboro Team Penske - 241.428 in 2000Race - Toyota Indy 400 - 2003 - Avg race speed of 207.151
Nascar has two tracks located in California. Auto Club Speedway is in Fontana and Infineon Raceway is in Sonoma.
Yes. There are two speedways that NASCAR comes to each year. One is Daytona International Speedway, and the other is Homestead-Miami Speedway.
NASCAR abandoned North Carolina Speedway to make way for a different track to open. NASCAR will not extend the season by adding more races.
They have to qualify. Only the top 43 fastest cars get in. Usually the SPEED channel shows the qualifying on Thursday, or Friday.
In 1987, at the Talladega Superspeedway, Bill Elliott set the record for the fastest lap with an average speed of 212.809 during qualifying. This was pre-restrictor plate era.
Bill Elliott holds the record for the fastest lap in Nascar, with a speed of 212.809. Bill set the record in qualifying, driving a Ford Thunderbird, at the Talladega Superspeedway in May 1987.