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International Speedway Corporation owns Talladega Superspeedway. ISC was founded by Nascar founder Bill France Sr. in 1953. ISC also owns 11 other tracks that are on the Nascar circuit.

Formula One cars run at very low ground clearance levels. They are less than a few centimetres away from the actual race track and sometimes when drivers take turns in an aggressive fashion, the bottom plank even hits the ground at times. Since they are aerodynamically superior they can run at such low ground clearance levels.

The first race at the Alabama International Motor Speedway (now known as the Talladega Superspeedway), was held on September 14, 1969 and was won by Richard Brickhouse.

• 200 wins- Richard Petty - (all in the Cup Series), he never drove in the Nationwide or Truck Series.
• 106 wins - David Pearson - 105 (Cup), 1 (Nationwide)
• 104 wins - Kyle Busch - 23 (Cup), 51 (Nationwide), 30 (Truck)

mazarati, Porsche, and lhamborgini come to mind

It's totally up to the owner's taste and preferences. RED cars do get ticketed by Police Officers more than other colors... The color yellow runs a close second...

The current shortest F1 driver is Felipe Massa, who measures 1.66m (5 feet, 5 1/2 inches).

Because they have high rpm. 17000-19000, that equals to about 300bhp per litre.

I don't have his personal income data, but his brother earned $4,200,330.00 in 2004 winning the championship. Keep in mind what a driver earns by winning or placing is not what he actually makes a year, you have to include personal appearances, commercials, adds, promotions, memorabilia, even games in some cases. A sports figure can double, triple or more His/her income by these latter factors, so stated income can be deceiving unless you can get a copy of his income tax return statement. (Kurt Busch won 3 races in 2004, Jimmie Johnson won 5 races in 2006 and earned $8,909,140.00, Jimmie Johnson won 10 races in 2007 and earned $7,646,420.00, Jimmie made more money winning 5 races then he did winning 10 races, so you see its how well you finish all the races that determines what you make and that goes for any driver.

UPDATE: In Nascar, to date he has won $46,854,158.00, in Nationwide he has won $13,247,964.00, in Camping World truck he has won $3,256,818.00.

The Nascar Cup Series fields 43 drivers at every race they go to on the schedule.

Some idiot named Cherry Bolt started it

it was very ODD

it all started in Antartica

K BYE PEACE OUT

it got started in the south when all the moonshine runners got together to see who had the fastest car it all evolved from there.

Yes, NASCAR Drivers do receive the majority of the winnings. Regardless if you win the race or not, a driver still gets paid. The amount is lower the further back you finish. So even if you finish 43 out of a 43 team race you still get paid.

It depends on the car, because different manufacturers will build different cars and use different designs. A car has to weigh at least 605kg to enter a race, including the driver, fluids and on-board cameras. The overall weight will be determined by the starting weight, fuel and the drivers weight.

Probably the Canadian Grand Prix, seeing as there were many crashes, a red flag and lots of rain, also the unlickely sight of Sebastian Vettel making a mistake came and Button took advantage and won.

Furthermore, the most boring race was obviously the European Grand Prix (Valencia) as it always is :)

Ayrton Senna 1st May 1994 at San Marino GP

Day before Roland Ratzenburger died.

Day before that, Rubens Barrichello had a nasty accident.

Probably Formula One's darkest weekend.

Yes. Every driver earns money for each race they compete in, no matter if they win or end up in last place.

For example, the Nascar Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway on June 30, 2012:

1st place - Brad Keselowski ($176,470.)

43rd place - Scott Riggs ($69,317.)

You CAN, but most people don't. Tony Stewart is an owner-driver; he owns the cars he races. Dale Earnhardt was an owner-driver too, but he owned cars that other people drove, and drove cars other people owned. Darrell Waltrip and Bill Elliott were also owner-drivers, as was Richard Petty.

If by "his own car" you mean the one in his driveway...no, street cars are very different from racing cars.

Essentially F1 car brakes are the same as on your road car, they are discs clamped hydraulically by calipers which squeeze brake pads onto the rotating disc surface. The driver pushes the brake pedal which forces a piston in and pushes brake fluid down the brake pipes to the caliper where the larger surface area of the pistons there creates a hydraulic leverage effect whereby a large movement by the driver is converted to a small but powerful movement in the brake calipers. The main difference with F1 brakes is the materials used for the friction material and calipers. The discs and pads are made of carbon reinforced carbon which can cope with massive temperatures without fading and produce huge amounts of friction to slow the car down. The pistons in the caliper are made from titanium because its strong and resists heat well as well as having low heat conduction properties that stop the heat boiling the brake fluid. Modern F1 cars use 4 or 6 piston calipers at the front, the discs are suprisingly small at 278mm diameter, which is smaller than many road cars. This is not suprising though when you consider they are made from cheaper materials and have to stop 4 or 5 times the weight, albeit from slower speeds less frequently. Interestingly F1 brakes take some time to bite after the pedal is pressed. This is because the carbon needs to heat up before it displays good friction properties. This takes 1/10th of a second where the driver feels little retardation while the brakes heat up, once they do its like hitting a wall as the brakes reach 1000's degrees and stop the 500kg cars with 4g or more of deceleration.

Porsche GT3

It is basically easy. It is called the Daytona 500 for a reason. It is 500 miles long!!

31 degrees in the corners, 18 degrees at the start/finish line.

Here you go...

1. 2007 S7 Saleen Twin Turbo 7.0L V8 750hp 1/4 mi... 10.6@139.8 mph

2. 2006 Corvette Z06 7.0L V8 505hp 1/4 mi...10.85@129.5 mph

3. 2005 Ford GT 5.4L supercharged V8 550hp 1/4 mi...11.2@131.2 mph

4. 2005 Corvette Z51 6.0L V8 400hp 1/4 mi...12.6@114 mph

5. 2007 Shelby GT500 5.4L supercharged V8 500hp 1/4 mi...12.7@114mph

6. 2006 Cadillac XLR-V 4.4L supercharged V8 443hp 1/4 mi...13.0@110 mph

7. 2005 Corvette Roadster 6.0L V8 400hp 1/4 mi...13.1@110.4 mph

8. 2005 Cadillac CTS-V 348ci V8 400hp 1/4 mi...13.1@109.8 mph

9. 2006 Dodge Magnum SRT8 6.1L Hemi V8 425hp 1/4 mi...13.1@108.2 mph

10. 2005 Chrysler 300C SRT8 6.1L Hemi V8 425hp 1/4 mi...13.2@108.1

11. 2006 Jeep SRT8 6.1L Hemi V8 425hp 1/4 mi...13.2@104 mph

12. 2005 Pontiac GTO 6.0L V8 400hp 1/4 mi...13.3@107.5 mph

13. 2005 Chrysler Crossfire SRT6 3.2L supercharged V6 330hp 1/4 mi...13.3@107.4 mph

14. 2006 Cadillac STS-V 4.4L supercharged V8 469hp 1/4 mi...13.3@105.7 mph

15. 2005 Mustang GT 4.6L V8 300hp 1/4 mi...13.5@103.6 mph

16. 2005 Dodge Ram SRT10 Quad 8.3L V10 500hp 1/4 mi...13.7@103 mph

17. 2005 Chevrolet SSR 6.0L V8 390hp 1/4 mi...13.9@102.2 mph

18. 2005 Mustang GT conv. 4.6L V8 300hp 1/4 mi...13.9@100.8 mph

1. 1968 426 Hemi Dart 10.5 1/4 mile @ 140

Temperatures often exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit in a Nascar race car, sometimes between 120-140. It can be as high as "170" degrees by the floorboards.

It realy depends on what team this engineer works for. Obviously, low financed teams will pay less and vice versa. Typically, a normal control system engineer could earn around £40 000 - £50 000 per annum.