The Confederate Flag and NASCAR
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That was beautiful, Tim.
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Wendell Scott's wife passed away today :(
Stock Car Racing History
Wendell Scott, the first African-American Nascar winner, had his wife Mary pass away today.
May Wendell and Mary spend eternity together in the big racetrack in the sky.
updated by @eric-cardona: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
The driver with a 100% batting average
Stock Car Racing History
It was a wonderful October day in Oakland, California. 32 cars lined up in the pits to conquer the high banks of Oakland Speedway for 400 grueling laps.
Little did they know that history would be made that day.
On Lap 244, Marvin Burke waved goodbye to the field and took his 1950 Mercury to the checkered flag. Turns out that Marvin would never compete in a Nascar race ever again.
This is a story not a lot of people know about (even Tim asked who Marvin Burke was), but it is a very surprising one. Marvin tried to enter himself into the 1950 Indy 500, but qualified out of the grid.
updated by @eric-cardona: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
The Sprint Cup is turning 66 today.
Stock Car Racing History
God, I can not believe it's been this long ago. We have come so far.
On June 19th, 1949, 33 cars took the green flag for the first Sprint Cup race, situated at Charlotte Speedway. The race proved to be a booming success, with it being more than a sellout. In fact, a bunch of people were actually turned away from the race! Jim Roper, from Great Bend, Kansas, won the race after Glenn Dunnaway's car was disqualified for illegal springs.
Unfortunately, as time passed, Charlotte Speedway didn't fair too well, and it closed in October 1956. A Penske truck rental sits on top of the track that the first Sprint Cup race was held. A bigger 1.5 mile track in Charlotte hosts the Sprint Cup, and has the longest race on the schedule, the Coca-Cola 600.
The Sprint Cup races, even back then, drew a ton of fans every race, and we still see at least 50 thousand fans at the races today, even as the attendance is going down.
Unfortunately, as time changes, so does everything around it. The Sprint Cup today is practically a mirror image of what we saw in the late 40's to late 60's. The Sprint Cup today doesn't visit any dirt tracks, and the starting gridhas been dropped to 43 cars a race. The 1951 Southern 500 had a bone-rattling starting grid of 82 cars. The 1954 Modified-Sportsman race had astarting grid of an extraordinary 136 cars. The field was limited to 121 cars the next year.
So it's been a great 66 years. Thanks Nascar!
How do you make Brian France's eyes light up?
Shine a flashlight in his ear!
updated by @eric-cardona: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Whatever happened to Jocko Flocko
Stock Car Racing History
The last thing I heard about him was Tim had to kick him out of his car after he went bonkers at Raleigh.
What ever happened to him?
updated by @eric-cardona: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
RIP Jabe Thomas
Stock Car Racing History
Jabe Thomas...rest in peace buddy. The 25 car has just joined the Heaven 500.
1957 Chevys in NASCAR
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Johnny you would've loved my reaction when I saw the caption
KYLE BUSCH
Current NASCAR
I heard he had a broken leg, I don't really care for Kyle but I wish him a speedy recovery. Thoughts and prayers