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A NASCAR Cup Series engine with the maximum bore of 4.185 inches (106 millimeters) and stroke of 3.25 inches (83 millimeters) at 9,000 rpm has a mean piston speed of 80.44 fps (24.75 m/s). Contemporary Cup engines run 9,800 rpm, 87.59 fps (26.95 m/s), at the road course events, on Pocono Raceway 's long front stretch, and at Martinsville ...
The 1984 Firecracker 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 4, 1984, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [2]Richard Petty, driving the #43 Pontiac for Curb Racing, won the race.
The Petty team was penalized 104 points and fined $35,000 for the rule violations involving the tires and engine. [4] [5] The engine was determined to be 381.983 cubic inches (6,259.58 cc), [4] [5] well over the specifications in the NASCAR rulebook for 1983 which stipulated a maximum of 358 cubic inches (5,870 cc).
The 2010 Ford 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 21, 2010, at Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.The 267 lap race was the thirty-sixth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the final race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season.
The Brickyard 400 quickly became one of NASCAR's most coveted titles when it started in 1994, but it went away after the 2020 race in favor of a Cup race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road ...
The 1997 Pepsi 400 was the 16th stock car race of the 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 29th iteration of the event.The race was held on Saturday, July 5, 1997, in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway.
The 1979 Daytona 500, the 21st annual running of the event, was the second race of the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was held on February 18, 1979 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Dan Daughtry would score his best career NASCAR Winston Cup Series finish at this event. [3] Notable speeds were: 119.912 miles per hour (192.980 km/h) for the average speed and 158.749 miles per hour (255.482 km/h) for the pole speed. [2] David Pearson defeated Richard Petty by 1.5 seconds [2] with an attendance of 56,000 people. [2]