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A separate list compiles drivers who have died of a medical condition while driving or shortly thereafter and another section shows non-driver deaths. There have been 128 deaths of drivers and spectators at NASCAR events. 108 of these deaths were drivers, while 20 were spectators. 14 drivers have also lost their lives at the Daytona ...
In 2000, the year before Earnhardt died, NASCAR instituted additional restrictions to the springs and shocks used on the cars, causing Earnhardt to complain to the media, "[The rules] took Nascar Winston Cup racing and made it some of the sorriest racing. They took racing out of the hands of the drivers and the crews.
The NASCAR Cup Series is the premier American stock car racing series administered by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), [1] the official sanctioning body of the sport of stock car racing in North America.
Pocono Raceway President Joseph Mattioli III convinced Richmond to make the change to stock car racing on the NASCAR circuit. [4] Richmond made his first NASCAR start two months after winning the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award. [4] He debuted at the Coca-Cola 500 at Pocono on July 27, 1980, finishing 12th in a D. K. Ulrich-owned ...
By April 1991, NASCAR implemented the current policy of pit road speed limits. The speed limit depends on the size of the track and the size of pit road. NASCAR uses an electronic scoring system, similar to the VASCAR system, to monitor the speeds of cars on pit road by measuring the time it takes to get from checkpoint to checkpoint. The cars ...
NASCAR's audience at this point is strictly race fans. It owes its drivers and teams the opportunity to show who is the best over the full season. And not just can be best at gaming the system in ...
In the late 1960s, MacTavish set his sights on competing in NASCAR's top series, the Grand National Series. On February 22, 1969, MacTavish made his debut at the Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 5 1966 Mercury Comet in the NASCAR Sportsman Division's Permatex 300. On lap nine of the race, his vehicle tangled with a car driven by ...
The network’s coverage is getting lapped by even the CW’s entry into NASCAR. The CW has the rights to the Xfinity Series and the production for its races is largely being done by NASCAR.