Auto Racing

The 2009 driver's world championship was won by Jenson Button driving for the Brawn GP Team. He won a total of 6 races that season. The 2009 constructor's title was won by the Brawn GP team. Their cars won a total of 8 races that season (6 by Button and 2 by his teammate Rubens Barrichello)

Richard Petty, in 1967, driving a Plymouth won 27 races with car Owner, and Crew Chief Dale Inman. In 1971 Richard Petty won 21 races, this time owning his car, but still having Dale Inman as his Crew Chief. Interesting fact: In 1967 Seasons earning was $130,275.00, in 1971, Season earnings was $ 309,225.00 (6 less wins...cost of living/racing).

At any track that Nascar has an event, Nascar brings millions into that community and surrounding communities, in a short period of time.

It's called "Turbulence".

The air currents made by all cars is the same (and all moving objects for that matter). However, race car drivers use a technique called "Drafting" to gain speed by hiding in the low-density air behind another car, decreasing air-resistance and allowing the car to accelerate faster. Some people use it to save gass by following in the low-density air current behind semi-trucks. Making it so that their engines don't need to work as hard to maintain speed.

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The most common reason for a carburetor not to receive fuel is a plugged fuel line. The fuel filter can also be plugged.

Nascar has two tracks located in California. Auto Club Speedway is in Fontana and Infineon Raceway is in Sonoma.

The highest speed is 115 mph (71.5 metres per second).

Nascar celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1998.

The winning cars are kept in the "closed park" for further inspection. The FIA officials check the weight of the car, they perform chemical analysis of the remaining fuel (that's why F1 driver must save a bit of fuel even after the race.) They also perform random mechanical inspection. The cars are relased later the same day.

Correct me if I am wrong but I think you are looking for what we used to call a " line lock ". The unit fits in the brake line for the front brakes at or near the master cylinder and locks the front brakes only for preloading at the start line of a drag race or performing burn outs when a little braking is needed and you dont want to heat up the rears. It is remote activated so anywhere in the line before it splits in two is fine and for ease of release the lock/unlock button should be on the shifter or steering wheel. It really helps when you have a manual shift vehicle and only two feet to work the controls.

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- There are many other combinations out there of "18-wheelers" that do not have 18 wheels. Basically, an "18-wheeler" is the slang term for any truck-trailer combination that is over 26,000# and uses a 5th wheel setup for attaching the trailer to the tractor (truck).

- A typical, standard, five axle tractor-trailer combination in North America has 18 wheels. Always has, always will.

- In some instances, companies may replace the dual wheels with what are known as 'Super Singles' - a single, very wide tire and rim which replace a dual wheel. There are several companies out there that think that this is a more efficient way to run tires on their rigs.

- Of course, there are combinations which may have more or less road wheels - a tractor-trailer which has less or more than 18 wheels is still a tractor-trailer, for which the term "18 wheeler" has become synonymous (due to 18 wheels being the norm).

- The term "18-wheeler" is just like Vice-Grips (locking-jaw pliers), or Channel-Locks (slip-jaw pliers), or Kleenex (tissue paper).

- They are all "improper" names synonomously used for a given item.

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David Pearson, a.k.a., "The Silver Fox", finished in the top five 42 times in 1969.

In 1967 and 1971, Richard Petty had 38 top 5 finishes. Petty also won 27 races in 1967, including ten in a row!

in the movie the drift king drives a Nissan 350z but the real life drift king who is also in the movie is only a fisherman.

Marlboro is Ferrari's main F1 sponsor, but cigarette advertising is illegal. The barcode is Marlboro's "undercover" logo.

The barcode on the car is the same barcode you would find on a pack of Marlboro cigarettes. A clever way around the advertising ban.

The Formula One series has its roots in the European Grand Prix Motor Racing of the 1920s and 1930s. The "formula" is a set of rules which all participants and cars must meet. Formula One was a new formula agreed after World War II in 1946, with the first non-championship races being held that year. A number of Grand Prix racing organizations had laid out rules for a World Championship before the war, but due to the suspension of racing during the conflict, the World Drivers' Championship was not formalized until 1947. The first world championship race was held at Silverstone, United Kingdom in 1950.

Norman Graham Hill (15 February 1929 - 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He was born in Hampstead, London. He was a citizen of the United Kingdom by nationality. He drove for a team called BRM - British Racing Motors. 1962 was the only year they won the world championship but that year they won both the drivers and constructors championship.

yes currently but in the old days as in the 50's and 60's there was a 3 hour time limit

First of All, Travis's cousin is Special Greg, and he was born on March 19, 1984. So...Let me do the math...He should be Twenty-Six this year.

Wilson retired from racing in 2000 and he became a consultant for Jerico Performance Products.

Juan Pablo Montoya is listed at 159 lbs.

The Gatorade Duels at Daytona started at 2:00PM on Thursday, February 23, 2012. They were televised on the SPEED channel.

No. Earphones are not mandatory at a Nascar race.