NASCAR

With roots as regional entertainment in the Southeastern U.S., NASCAR has grown to become the second-most popular professional sport in terms of television ratings inside the U.S., ranking behind only the National Football League.[1] Internationally, NASCAR races are broadcast in over 150 countries. It holds 17 of the top 20 attended sporting events in the U.S.,1 and has 75 million fans[1] who purchase over $3 billion in annual licensed product sales. These fans are considered the most brand-loyal in all of sports and as a result, Fortune 500 companies sponsor NASCAR more than any other governing body. In 2007 NASCAR made a profit of just under $3 billion, and was the second richest motorsport (Formula One was first). * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR

00 David Reutimann- 6'0'' 1 Martin Truex Jr- 5'11'' 2 Kurt Busch- 5'11'' 5 Mark Martin- 5'6'' 6 David Ragan 6'0'' 07 Casey Mears- 5'8'' 7 Robby Gordon- 5'10'' 9 Kasey Kahne- 5'8'' 11 Denny Hamlin- 6'0'' 12 David Stremme- 5'9'' 14 Tony Stewart- 5'9'' 16 Greg Biffle- 5'10'' 17 Matt Kenseth- 5'9'' 18 Kyle Busch- 5'9'' 19 Elliot Sadler- 6'2'' 20 Joey Logano- 6'1'' 24 Jeff Gordon-5'7'' 26 Jamie McMurray- 5'8'' 29 Kevin Harvick- 5'10'' 31 Jeff Burton- 5'7'' 33 Clint Bowyer- 6'0'' 34 John Andretti- 5'5'' 39 Ryan Newman- 5'11'' 42 Juan Pablo Montoya- 5'6'' 43 Reed Sorenson- 5'10'' 44 A.J. Allmendinger- 5'6'' 47 Marcos Ambrose- 5'11'' 48 Jimmie Johnson- 5'11'' 55 Michael Waltrip- 6'5'' 71 David Gilliland- 5'9'' 77 Sam Hornish Jr.-5'11'' 82 Scott Speed 5'10'' 83 Brian Vickers-5'11'' 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.- 6'0'' 96 Bobby Labonte- 5'9'' 98 Paul Menard- 5'10'' 99 Carl Edwards- 6'1''

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Once a race car's engine is started, it's crucial that the car begin to move very soon. Modern engines are designed to operate when moving through air, which provides necessary cooling. When the cars are stationary, however, mechanical stress and heat builds up quickly, so there is little lag time between starting the engines and moving into the single formation lap that precedes the race start.

It's also a rule in the NASCAR handbook, so that nobody could gain an unfair advantage.

Wow! Everyone is an expert! These days the motors are cooled as they always have been! AIR! Those types of motors do not run well at all, at lower temps, and speeds. The warm up process on a race motor is torture. Those motors are designed to run at 230 degrees, at 10,000 rpms, for 500 miles. When metal heats up, it gets bigger. So, to clearance that motor, at temp, at rpm, for distance, it has to be pretty ill fitting when cold, at low rpm. They knock, rattle, and just do not function well under those conditions. Also, to get the air/fuel mixture proper for the expanded version of the motor, you have to make them run extremely rich when cold. So, consequently, the spark plugs foul, carbon builds up rapidly on the pistons, which can cause contact between the chaser valve, (exhaust), and the piston, negating any racing potential. Finally, those cars are so high geared in the rear end, to achieve those high speeds, that you have to fry the clutch to get the car to act at all civilized around pedestrians, that it is just easier to push. I have never heard that Nascar rule, however, I can believe it. You would end up hurting people, and damaging the car. Drag race cars are the opposite. They have real low gears to accelerate quickly, but do not have to sustain speed. They run out of rpm's in a quarter mile, by design, therefore they are really easy to get rolling. Example: get into a stick shift vehicle. Put it into 1st gear, let out the clutch. Nice and smooth. That would be the drag car. Now put it into 4th gear, and let out the clutch. Motor bogs, you have to slip the clutch, it's a real pain, right? That's a stock car. Also, for an engine to make horsepower at 10,000 rpm's, you have to give up elsewhere. A small block Chevy will give you a power band of about 4-5000 rpm. To make power at 10 grand. you can't start making power till about 5,000 rpm. So at idle speed, the motor doesn't even want to run.

In Nascar, an owner is allowed to have a maximum of four cars (teams).

Joey Logano is a professional race car driver. He drives the #22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion for Penske Racing in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.

Hi, my name is Joann Kirby. My grandson has CP. He is in a wheelchair with no use of his limbs. Can say a few words? He is big, big fan of NASCAR. His room is filled with things we have collected. He just went under a 11 hour operation and is recovering. I got a few people to send him get well wishes and some things he thinks it awesome. We try to get him all the support we can. If you could get Richard Petty or anyone to send him a card or picture, I would be ever so grateful. He is just a wonder child. We met someone last year who said they could customize his chair and fly him to a race. Also, to get him into Richard Petty's camp. They took pictures of his chair too. And we never heard a word from them, so I have been trying to make it up to him. And he gets so excited over everything I get him from NASCAR. Thank You, my grandson's name is Christopher Bravette, address, 24 Forest Hill Drive, Voorhees, NJ 08043. You could send an e-mail at joannkirby.com with a simple greeting. I would very thankful. God Bless! Grandma.

Yes. Danica Patrick drives the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevy full-time in the Sprint Cup Series for Stewart-Haas Racing.

She also drives the #34 GoDaddy.com Chevy for Turner Scott Motorsports in the Nascar Nationwide Series.

Currently, there are no plans for either Dale Jr. or RCR to bring the black #3 GM Goodwrench Chevy back to the race track.

Dale Jr. just won the Nationwide Series race at Daytona this year on July 2, driving the #3 Wrangler car in honor of his Dad. Bittersweet victory.

Mike Walthrip owns both the truck and car teams, drivers of both teams have varied, however, David Ruitaman (not sure on the spelling) drives the nascar car, the bush car varies as does the truck. side note: big money & politics play a part in Nascar.

They only wear their underwear under their suits, it's a jumpsuit

• Indianapolis 500 (Indy Racing League)
• Brickyard 400 (Nascar Sprint Cup Series)
• Indianapolis Grand Prix (Grand Prix motorcycle racing)

It's impossible to give an exact number because haulers are custom-built, but the manufacturer, Featherlite, says the base price for the trailer is $250,000. You then need to add $140,000 to $150,000 for a tractor to pull it, and then all the stuff you have to put in it to make it usable at the speedway and legal on the public roads...half a million dollars should cover it.

Charlotte, NC.

Yes Ricky Rudd drove a Wrangler car the same year.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES Rodney Wise (Chief Starter) & Corey Richardson (Asst. Chief Starter)

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES

Kevin Moss (Chief Starter) & Chuck Crouch (Asst. Chief Starter)

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

Kim Lopez (Chief Starter)

NASCAR K&N PRO EAST SERIES

Warren Alston & Sean Houlihan

NASCAR K&N PRO WEST SERIES

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NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES

Sean Gibbs

Adam Petty died on May 12, 2000, he was 19 years old.

Not to my knowledge, he did drive a pink Ford. The k2, which was his first race car.

He drove the pink car for part of 1980 and the other part of 1980 he drove the Oldsmobile owned by Rod Osterlund and it was sponsored by Mike Curb productions.

His first dirt-track car was a 1956 hot-pink Ford Sedan, which he got from his neighbors, David and Ray Oliver. His father had built the engine, and some other friends, Frank and Wayne Dayvault and their cousin Gregg, tuned it. They intended to paint the car avocado green, but a paint mishap resulted in the car being pink. They could not afford to repaint it, and he raced the pink car on dirt tracks around Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dale Earnhardt did drive a Pontiac in 1981 sponsored by Wrangler, but it was not pink

In 1980, Dale Sr. drove 28 races with a Chevrolet and 3 races with an Oldsmobile. He only drove a Pontiac during the 1981 season. The pink car was his first dirt track car and it was a Ford.

Thunder Valley is the nickname for Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

• Strictly Stock Series (1949)
• Grand National Series (1950-1970)
• Winston Cup Series (1971-2003)
• Nextel Cup Series (2004-2007)
• Sprint Cup Series (2008-present)

Around 20,000.

Kevin Harvick lives in Kernersville, North Carolina, which is located in Forsyth County.

128.183mph as of the beginning of the season, however this weekend may change the average.