The Coca-Cola 600 is currently the longest sanctioned Nascar race.
February 15, 1948 was the first organized race sanctioned by Nascar - held right on Datona Beach, The first actual nascar race was held in April of that year. Later the Nascar corp. was created in Daytona Florida.
The Coca-Cola 600 is currently the longest sanctioned Nascar race.
To be an official Nascar race, the drivers must complete 100 of 200 laps. Once lap 101 begins, it's an official race.
In a Nascar Cup and Nationwide Series race there are 43 drivers. In a Nascar Truck Series race there are 36 starting drivers.
The first known telecast of Nascar was in 1960 and it was the Daytona 500 race.
No, there is not. Gateway Motorsports Park (formerly known as Gateway International Raceway) has not held a Nascar sanctioned event since 2010. Both the Nascar Nationwide and Truck Series used to race at Gateway. The track now hosts a race in the NHRA Full Throttle Series.
Yes, he was. Ralph Earnhardt's first Nascar race was on November 11, 1956.
The first female driver was Sara Christian, racing in the inaugural NASCAR race at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949.
Starting in 1982, the Daytona 500 became the first race to begin the Nascar schedule.
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Jimmie Johnson won his first Nascar Cup Series race in his 13th career start.