NASCAR

The "Pace Car" is the lighted safety car that leads the field of cars before the race and during caution periods.

There are several reasons. First, time constraints. Teams have to move between tracks in a week and usually do not go back to their shops between tracks. It is not convenient for the teams to do so either. Also, drivers have little time to get to the next track and test a car - sometimes as little as 2 days. Making major changes to a vehicle isn't practical. Teams run many different cars which are tested and set up for the various tracks around the NASCAR circuit. It's simply easier to switch to another car than to make all of the necessary changes to a single car when going to the next track. Plus, they usually have a back up car in case of a crash as well. Tracks don't change as often as the cars do, so once you get one "dialed in", you keep it that way and build another for the next track.

Bill France's family owns the majority of the sport.

Richard Petty won the most races in one season with 27 in 1967.

No, they do not. Manual transmissions are used in Nascar race cars.

Most teams use what's known as a "Cool Helmet", which is essentially an air-conditioned helmet.

They also stay cool by drinking plenty of fluids and putting flat ice packs in their driver suits.

The Daytona International Speedway opened in the year 1959.

Since NASCAR's inception in 1949, Chevrolet has the most wins by manufacturer, with 625 (as of 3/9/11). The second-most wins belong to Ford with 580, followed by 199 for Dodge, 191 for Plymouth and 154 for Pontiac.

The least amount of wins per manufacturer are 1 each for Jaguar and Nash.

The sponsors pick up the travel expenses for the teams. Different teams have different deals, but, a team like Hendrick, probably gets fuel, tires, and just about everything else paid for by sponsorship.

A driver wins the pole in Nascar for having the quickest time on qualifying day.

If qualifying is rained out, the driver who is leading the point standings going into that race will start in the first position. But it will not count as a pole award win.

1. Scott Baker - June 23, 2000 (Arca race at Toledo Speedway)
2. Kenny Irwin Jr. - July 7, 2000 (Winston Cup practice at New Hampshire International Speedway)
3. Adam Petty - May 12, 2000 (Busch Grand National practice at New Hampshire International Speedway)
4. Tony Roper - October 14, 2000 (Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway)

The most important thing they get is points toward the championship.

They receive a trophy.

They get to go to Victory Lane.

They get more post-race television time than any other driver.

Up until the date of the next race, nascar.com features their licensed merchandise on the front page of the website. The driver gets a percentage of all souvenir sales.

And at the next year's installment of that race, they are announced as the "defending winner" of the race.

No. There are currently no cigarette manufacturers sponsoring Nascar race cars. Following the 2003 season, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company dropped their series sponsorship with Nascar.

It was #44 and UPS was his sponsor.

That was just before his retirement when he drove a partial schedule in 2007-2008. He drove the #88 with UPS sponsorship from 2001-2006. Prior to 2001, it was the #88 Quality Care/Ford Credit car.

there are a lot, but a few of the more notable ones are:

Richard petty, former driver of the 43 car

Dale Earnhardt Sr. deceased driver of the #3 car (there is no current #3)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. driver of the 88 car

bobby Allison former driver of the 28 car, and the 21 car

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Daytona Motor Speedway, but at that time the track was on the beach and was 3 miles long, 1.5 of the miles were on a national highway (the highway was roped off).

Kerry Earnhardt's first Nascar race was on July 11, 1998 in the Busch Series (now known as the Nationwide Series). It was the Myrtle Beach 250 at Myrtle Beach Speedway. He has competed in seven Nascar Cup Series races during his career.

Yeah! Quite a few. Have you never heard of Dale Earnhardt? HE was nascar's greatest driver and a legend in the sport and he died on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on Feburary 18, 2001. Some others since 1971 are: * Friday Hassler, Daytona, February 1972 * Larry Smith, Talladega, May 1973 * Tiny Lund, Talladega, August 1975 * Ricky Knotts, Daytona, February 1980 (qualifying race) * Bruce Jacobi, injuries suffered in a 1983 wreck at the 125-mile qualifying races at Daytona (he would remain in a coma until he died in 1987) * Terry Schoonover, Atlanta, November 1984 * Rick Baldwin, injured during qualifying attempt at Michigan in 1986, succumbing in 1997. * Grant Adcox, Atlanta, November 1989 * J. D. McDuffie, Watkins Glen, August 1991 * Neil Bonnett, Daytona, February, 1994 (in practice) * Rodney Orr, Daytona, February, 1994 (in practice) * Kenny Irwin, Loudon, July 2000 (in practice)

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.

Nascar Started in 1949 . The data I have found is..

Dodge has won 85 races between 1972 and 2007..

Still looking for data for the years 1949-1971 and 2008-2012

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Junior Johnson won the 1960 Daytona 500.

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.

Yes, he was. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second in the 2001 Daytona 500.

No one, except on the rare occasions when the number is brought onto the track for Dale, Jr to drive. It was retired after Dale Sr's death. This applies to Sprint Cup only. In the NASCAR Nationwide series, Austin Dillon, Richard Childress grandson drives the #3.