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The first Nascar "Strictly Stock" race was held on June 19, 1949 at Charlotte Speedway and fielded 33 drivers.
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pace cars need strobes lights for the simple reason of being visable to the race cars behind it. The pace car also will turn off the strobe lights to let the race car drivers know that the next lap will be a green flag lap
Formally, they are called Professional Race Car Drivers, often just called drivers. Sometimes in Europe, especially in open-wheeled single seat cars like F1, the drivers are called pilots.
The "Pace Car" is the lighted safety car that leads the field of cars before the race and during caution periods.
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US Legend Cars is the largest manufacturer of race cars in the world and is located in Harrisburg, North Carolina. Piper Race Cars and Panoz Auto Development are other US race car manufacturers.
The car used to lead the stock cars before a race is called the pace car. It's used to get the field (whole group of cars) moving so they are all even at the start of the race. If they started like Formula cars sitting still then there would rarely be any position changes due to the shape of most of the tracks. It also is used to get everyone back together after a caution or stop so the odds are fair and drivers behind a few laps can make them up.
Most race cars are only seat the driver, the only 2 seater race cars have a navigator like rally cars, and dessert race cars.
Hot lap is a term used for a test drive. It's where they let drivers take the car on the track and see how the car and the track handle before a race. It is often only a few laps and less cars on the track at a time then during a normal race. Cars are not required to do hot laps but, it is a good idea since track conditions change all the time. By doing a test drive or "Hot Laps" before a race it allows drivers to see how the car will handle in a safer way then just making them race the car. This way they can make changes to the car before the race begins. Hot laps allows driver and crews to make the race safer and car go faster.