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Grand Prix of Monaco
2007-05-26 15:07:00
Circuit de Monaco     Monaco Grand Prix (Grand Prix de Monaco) is a Formula One race held each year on the Circuit de Monaco. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, the Daytona 500 and the 24 ...
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Coca-Cola 600
2007-05-25 23:11:00
The Coca-Cola 600 (formerly the World 600) is a six hundred mile (966 km) stock car race held annually at Lowe’s Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) in Charlotte, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend. It is the longest NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race and in fact is the longest regularly-scheduled automobile race conducted on an oval ...
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Driver Safety In Nascar
2007-05-25 08:01:00
Although NASCAR frequently publicizes the safety measures it mandates for drivers, these features are often only adopted long after they were initially developed. The impact-absorbing “SAFER Barrier” that is now in use had been proposed by legendary mechanic Smokey Yunick during the 1970’s, but his idea had been dismissed as too expensive and unnecessary. Only after the ...
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Nascar Comes of Age
2007-05-25 07:59:00
NASCAR made major changes in its structure in the early 1970s. The top series found sponsorship from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) (tobacco companies had been banned from television advertising and were looking for a promotional outlet). The “Winston Cup” (begun in 1971) became the top competitive series, with a new points system and some significant cash benefits ...
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Nascar Strictly Stock
2007-05-25 05:47:00
The first NASCAR “Strictly Stock” race ever was held at Charlotte Speedway (not the Charlotte Motor Speedway) on June 19, 1949 (a race won by Jim Roper after Glenn Dunnaway was disqualified after the discovery of his altered rear springs). Initially the cars were known as the “Strictly Stock Division” and raced with virtually no modifications on the ...
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Those Foreigners in Nascar
2007-05-24 01:37:00
Not many people know that NASCAR’s early history included several foreign manufacturers, such as Aston Martin, Austin-Healey, Citroën, Jaguar, MG, Morgan, Porsche, Renault, and Volkswagen. At a 1954 road race in Linden, New Jersey, Jaguar had the biggest day ever for a foreign mark, with cars finishing first, fourth, fifth and sixth. As a matter ...
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Driving into yellow walls
2007-05-23 07:36:00
What did you think of the yellow walls at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, the drivers seemed to like them, and why not, they are a lot more visible in the smoke and debris of accidents. The news that they’ll be using the COT full-time starting next year seemed to make most everyone happy. No more having ...
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