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  2. Generation 6 (NASCAR) - Wikipedia

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    The Generation 6 car, shortened to Gen-6, was the common name for the car that was used in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2013 to 2021. The car was part of a project to make NASCAR stock cars look more like their street-legal counterparts. The cars have used many different aero and downforce packages to improve their racing characteristics as well ...

  3. Stock car racing - Wikipedia

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    Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses measuring approximately 0.25 to 2.66 miles (0.4 to 4.3 km). It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It originated in the southern United States; its largest governing body is ...

  4. NASCAR Cup Series - Wikipedia

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    The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, when the series began leasing its ...

  5. Bill Thomas Cheetah - Wikipedia

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    Cheetah number 002, aluminum-bodied. An original 1964 Cheetah on track at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Bill Thomas Cheetah was an American sports car designed and engineered entirely with American components, and built from 1963 to 1966 by Chevrolet performance tuner Bill Thomas. It was developed as a competitor to Carroll Shelby 's ...

  6. NASCAR engine - Wikipedia

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    NASCAR engine bay. 1987 Ford Thunderbird stock car engine. Chevrolet NASCAR V-8 motor. Ford V-8 stock car engine. NASCAR, the highest governing body and top level division for stock car racing in the United States, has used a range of different types of engine configurations and displacements since its inaugural season in 1949.

  7. Generation 4 (NASCAR) - Wikipedia

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    The Generation 4 car was the NASCAR vehicle generation used from 1992 to 2007 full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, [1] in the Busch/Nationwide Series until 2010, and in the ARCA Racing Series until 2017. The generation has been described as the generation that removed all "stock" aspects from stock car racing and was as aerodynamically sensitive ...

  8. Mickey Thompson - Wikipedia

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    Danny Thompson. Michael Lee " Mickey " Thompson (December 7, 1928 – March 16, 1988) was an American auto racing builder and promoter. A hot rodder since his youth, Thompson increasingly pursued land speed records in his late 20s and early 30s. [ 1 ] He achieved international fame in 1960, when he became the first American to break the 400-mph ...

  9. NASCAR - Wikipedia

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    This division was renamed the "Grand National" division beginning in the 1950 season. Over a period of more than a decade, modifications for both safety and performance were allowed, and by the mid-1960s, the vehicles were purpose-built race cars with a stock-appearing body. Richard Petty's 1970 426 C.I. Plymouth Superbird on display

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