For the last ten races of the season the drivers in the Chase are the only ones to compete for the Cup, but all the drivers that normally run in NASCAR races are eligible to compete...and in 2014, non-Chase drivers won Chase races.
Their salary is based on where they finish in the points standings at the end of the race for the chase.
This is the amount of drivers in each series who started at least one race during the 2013 NASCAR season:Sprint Cup: 78Nationwide: 128Camping World Truck: 117
Chase Elliott will be eligible to race in any of Nascar's top three series starting in 2014.Currently he has to wait until he turns 18 years old, which would be on November 28, 2013.
43 drivers are in one Nascar Sprint Cup Series 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 most drivers who could race in a NASCAR race is 43 right now. But back in the 40's and 50's it was about 60.
No, they do not need a drivers license to drive a NASCAR race car.
Unlimited can qualify, but only 43 can race.
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They currently have a set maximum number of 43 at every race.
It is just a form of celebration.