In 2011, Nascar had 30 drivers start all 36 Cup Series races.
During his 27 year career, David Pearson started 574 Nascar Cup Series races. He started 351 races when it was known as the Grand National Series and 223 races when it was the Winston Cup Series.
Jimmie Johnson won his first Nascar Cup Series race in his 13th career start.
Paul Menard's first Nascar Cup Series race was on August 10, 2003. During that season he also competed in six Nationwide Series races and five Truck Series races.In 2007, Menard began competing full-time in the Nascar Cup Series.
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Kyle Busch began racing in the Nascar Truck Series in 2001 when he was 16 years old. He had to stop due to the age limit being raised. He returned to the Busch Series in 2003 and drove limited Cup Series racing in 2004. He has been a full time Cup Series driver since 2005.
The Nascar Cup Series began racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 1999.
Junior Johnson won the 1960 Daytona 500.
TV announcer(s?) at the start (green flag) of NASCAR races.
The Nascar Cup Series fields 43 drivers at every race they go to on the schedule.