He drove sprint cars before NASCAR. I think he did so well with sprint cars, someone noticed him and offered a job to race stock in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (then it was called the Busch Series) and moved up to Sprint Cup.
43 drivers are in one Nascar Sprint Cup Series race.
The Nascar Cup Series fields 43 drivers at every race they go to on the schedule.
Yes they do have a version of power steering.
Chevrolet SSFord FusionToyota Camry
The vehicles used in the NASCAR Sprint Car series are known at Cars of Tomorrow. They are modified versions of the commercial cars made available to the public and companies include Ford, Chevy, and Dodge.
Phoenix Racing is owned by James Finch. The team fields cars in both the Nascar Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series.
Richard Petty was a Nascar Cup Series driver for 35 years. He is now a co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, which fields two Nascar Sprint Cup Series cars.
Jimmie Johnson drives a Chevrolet Impala in the Sprint Cup Series. That is the model used by Nascar in all their cup cars.
Entering the 2011 season, the Red Bull Racing Team consists of Kasey Kahne #4 and Brian Vickers #83 in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
No that was NASCAR
Hendrick Motorsports won 10 Nascar Cup Series championships.The three drivers that won the titles were Terry Labonte(1996), Jeff Gordon (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001) and Jimmie Johnson (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).