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A typical V8 Supercar costs above $600,000

There was a study done in Portland, Oregon to find the average length of a car. They wanted to see what size parking spaces would be needed to accommodate people.


They measured 390 vehicles (Front bumper of the body to the rear bumper) and found the average length of 13.51706036745407 feet (4.12 meters). This is the average size for midsized sedans/coupes (combustion engines).
A vehicle over 16.40419947506562 (5.0 meters) would be considered a large sized truck or SUV (Usually Commercial sized heavy duty diesels, like the Ford F-350-450).

20 at Bristol, 3 times is a good start. Actually, the Coca Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC had 22 cautions on May 29, 2005.

The 1998 Nascar Winston Cup Rookie of the Year was the late Kenny Irwin Jr.

Bill Elliott has been racing in NASCAR since 1976.

Restrictor plates debuted in August 1970 at Michigan International Speedway and were used for all tracks. They were phased out in 1974 as teams went to smaller engines but returned in 1988 for Daytona and Talladega after speeds overtook ability to keep the cars on the ground.

It depends on the track. Since different tracks have different pit road speeds, the pace car will drive about ten mph faster than the pit road speed under caution laps. At the beginning of the race, however, the laps that the cars do before the green flash drops (also called parade laps) are done at pit road speed. This is so the cars can match their rpms with the pit road speed, as NASCAR does not allow any kind of speed monitoring devices in the vehicles.

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Wings provide aerodynamics, to both improve handling and make the car faster.

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Wings provide what is commonly known as downforce. This form of drag forces the cars into the ground when the car is traveling at significant speed, and increases as a function of speed. This downward force allows much more grip in turns due to the car "weighing" more as it is pushed into the car, because friction is equal to the coeficient of friction multiplied by the weight of the object (Or force adhering the surfaces together). So, although they do indeed make the cars go faster around turns, these wings significantly reduce top speed as well as acceleration due to the tremendous drag that they produce.

The second fastest car in the world is the Bugatti Veyron, at 253 miles per hour, it falls second losing to the SSC Ultimate aero topping out at 255 miles per hour. in 2010 bugatti realsed the bugatti veyron ss (super sport) which can go to 264 I think.

The smallest Nascar track in the Sprint Cup Series is Martinsville Speedway. The track measures 0.526 miles in length.

Live streaming on 2014 Auto Club NHRA Finals Nov. 13-16 Live streaming The Automobile Club of Southern California 2014 NHRA Finals is an annual four-day drag racing event held in November at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Built in 1951. The Auto Club Raceway at Pomona is a racing facility with a 40,000-person capacity and home to one of the most well known drag strips in North America.

Beginning in 1965, the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA features four different classes of drag racing including pro stock motorcycle races. Part of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals is the culmination of the twenty-two race circuit and offers the last opportunity to win the titles of both event and season champion, along with over $100,000 in prize money. Past Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals winners include Del Worsham, Andrew Hines, and Tony Schumacher"

YES. His father was a closeted homosexual and his son had his first gay experience with his dad's lover at the age of 16. It is documented here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt

NO! They are two completely different things. Firstly a NASCAR is like a stock car, but faster. A formula one car is and open wheel racer. NASCAR also race around a oval of track, in formula one they race around differntly designed tracks for around 60-70 laps, while NASCAR race up to 300 or more laps, but not often

• 1975-1979: David Pearson
• 1979-1982: Neil Bonnett
• 1983-1984: Buddy Baker
• 1984: Bobby Rahal
• 1985: David Pearson & Rick Wilson
• 1986: David Pearson & Larry Pearson
• 1987-1988: Kyle Petty
• 1989: Tommy Ellis & Neil Bonnett
• 1990: Dale Jarrett & Neil Bonnett
• 1991: Dale Jarrett
• 1992-1995: Morgan Shepherd
• 1996-1998: Michael Waltrip
• 1999-2002: Elliott Sadler
• 2003-2005: Ricky Rudd
• 2006: Ken Schrader
• 2007: Jon Wood, Boris Said, Ken Schrader & Bill Elliott
• 2008: Jon Wood, Marcos Ambrose & Bill Elliott
• 2009: Bill Elliott & David Gilliland
• 2010: Bill Elliott & Trevor Bayne
• 2011: Trevor Bayne

Yes, nascar race cars have a reverse. They are standard 4-speed Manual transmissions, in a not-so-standard car.

They are anything but standard four-speeds. Everyone uses Jerico transmissions, which are made for ease of changing the gear cluster. If you want a different gear ratio in the car, you open the little door in the floorplan, open the top of the transmission, and do your work. Very simple and direct. They also definitely have reverse.

Although NASCAR means stock car racing, the cars now do not represent the car on the label on the grill.

Before this "car of tomorrow" NASCAR teams were required to make a car body that kept certain dimensions of the car it was representing. Windshields had to be the same shape and angle, roof lines, hoods.. and so forth. body lines could be flattened out and lowered and other variants.

Now-every car is identical in shape which has no relation to the badge on the grill.

There have only been two German F1 World Champions - Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. Neither of these drivers have burned in a crash.

However, Niki Lauda is an Austrian triple World Champion who crashed at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring and was caught in a fire and had his ear burned off. He returned to F1 later that year, despite being badly injured. He has always worn a hat since, and currently presents the Austrian F1 coverage.

Also, German driver Wolfgang von Trips probably would have become F1 champion had he not died in a dreadful crash in Monza in 1961, which also killed 14 spectators.

A third person you could be thinking of is the other Austrian World Champ, Jochen Rindt. He died while practicing for the 1970 Italian Grand Prix, also at Monza. He later won the drivers' championship of that same year postumously, when no-one could surpass his points total.

Buck Baker did it in 1956-7.

Lee Petty did it 1958-9.

Joe Weatherly did it 1962-3.

David Pearson did it in 1968-9.

Richard Petty did it twice - 1971-2 and 1974-5.

Cale Yarborough won three straight - 1976-8.

Darrell Waltrip did it in 1981-2.

Dale Earnhardt did it three times - 1986-7, 1990-1, and 1993-4.

Jeff Gordon did it in 1997-8.

Jimmie Johnson won four in a row - 2006-9.

NASCAR does race in New Hampshire. NASCAR comes to New Hampshire twice in their season. One time during the regular season and one time during the Chase. They also hold one Nationwide Series and one Camping World Truck Series race each year.

SUPPORT - Hans stands for Head And Neck Support device

Yes, Nicole Sherzinger from the band "The Pussycat Dolls"

A Sprint Cup car's horse power is relative. If you are driving the car, there's about 9,000 bhp. If you're in the stands, it develops about 1,000 bhp. If you are watching on TV, it looks to be about 500 bhp. Listening on the radio, it is not the same.