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6 unusual facts about Sprint Cup Series


Alabama State Route 34

Besides connecting the cities of Talladega and Pell City, one of the main functions of SR-34 is that serves as one of several routes that leads motorists to and from Talladega Superspeedway, the site of two NASCAR Sprint Cup races.

DeWalt

In this time period, Kenseth won 18 races, the 2000 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Award, 2003 Sprint Cup Series Championship, 2004 Sprint Cup All Star Race and the 2009 Daytona 500.

Indosiar

Indosiar also had motorsport broadcasting such as NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2003-2004.

Kasey Kahne Racing

Kasey Kahne Racing is a dirt/concrete sprint car racing team founded and owned by Kasey Kahne, who is currently the driver for the Hendrick Motorsports number 5 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

NASCAR diecast

The cars never printed The NASCAR Winston Cup Series or Bud Pole award logos on the car except on some cars, which would be mounted on A black platform base.

Snap-on

Since the early 1980s, Snap-on has been sponsoring Penske Racing teams in the NASCAR Sprint and Nationwide Series as well as Championship Auto Race Teams (CART) and the Indy Racing League (IRL).


1969 Alabama 200

The 1969 Alabama 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on December 8, 1968 at Montgomery Speedway (Montgomery, Alabama).

1972 Texas 500

The 1972 Texas 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on November 12, 1972 at Texas World Speedway in the American community of College Station, Texas.

1973 Alamo 500

The 1973 Alamo 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on June 10, 1973 at Texas World Speedway (in the American community of College Station, Texas).

2005 Dickies 500

The 2005 Dickies 500 was the inaugural running of the Dickies 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stock car race, which was held on November 6, 2005 at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) in Fort Worth, Texas.

2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen

The 2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 11, 2013 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.

Buffy Waltrip

Michael Waltrip Racing also fields a car driven by David Reutimann and will (in 2012) field a car sponsored (for the majority of Sprint Cup races) by 5-Hour Energy for Clint Bowyer.

Charlie Glotzbach

Charles "Charlie" Glotzbach (born June 19, 1938 in Edwardsville, Indiana) is a former ARCA and was a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver.

Cup

In the case of the FIFA World Cup or the Sprint Cup Series, the competition itself may grow to take on the name of the trophy that is awarded to the winner.

Jarit Johnson

He has two brothers: Jimmie, a six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, is the oldest of the three brothers; and Jessie, the youngest.

Jerry Bowman

Jerry Bowman (born March 9, 1962) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Havre de Grace, Maryland in the United States of America.

Jimmy Makar

In 1976, at the age of 20 years, Makar began his NASCAR career after being chosen to take his father's NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) car to Robert Gee, where he helped with the repairs.

KZFX

The station is currently owned by Post Rock Communications LLC and features programming from ABC Radio, California Headline News , Motor Racing Network (Sprint Cup Series), Classic Rock Live, Timewarp with Bill St. James and The Z 93-7 Classic Disc.

Lincoln Financial Media

It also produced telecasts of pre-season games of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, and in the 1980s, syndicated coverage of the NASCAR Winston Cup races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Lynne Kushnirenko

Also, Lynne graduated as a Doctor of Chiropractic in 2005 and currently practises in a private clinic in her hometown of Scarborough, Ontario, although plans are for her to move to the Charlotte area with her husband, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver A. J. Allmendinger.

Mike Eddy

In the early 1990s, he was offered the No. 75 car by RahMoc Enterprises, which was a prominent Winston Cup Series ride at the time.

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

He competed in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Watkins Glen for FAS Lane Racing finishing 35th suffering from transmission failure.

NASCAR Now

On August 19, 2009, President Barack Obama did a live interview on the program after honoring the defending Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and the rest of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers at the White House.

Rich Products

In 2013, Rich's Farm Rich brand became sponsor for Front Row Motorsports' David Ragan in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and in its first race as sponsor, Ragan won the 2013 Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway; Farm Rich again served as Ragan's sponsor at Richmond International Raceway in the 2013 Federated Auto Parts 400.

Roadbuster

All three Wreckers transform into NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chevrolet Impala stock cars; Roadbuster's alternate mode uses the AMP Energy/National Guard paint scheme of Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s #88 car.

Sirius XM NASCAR Radio

The station launched on 2007-01-01 and broadcasts every Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Camping World Truck Series race live.

Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk

Impressed by this display of performance, Indianapolis, Indiana's Dick Passwater, a USAC and NASCAR Grand National driver in the 1950s and 1960s, purchased the R3-powered car from Granatelli following the Bonneville runs.


see also

2008 Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman

NASCAR will honor the legacy of actor and former Sprint Cup Series co-owner Paul Newman this weekend with a moment of silence during the pre-race ceremonies.

2009 Coke Zero 400

Among the other 23 finalists are circuit founder Bill France, Sr. and his son, Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty (who was also nominated along with his father, Lee), the only seven-time winners of the Sprint Cup Series, along with owner Richard Childress, and Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett, who like Waltrip, both had successful broadcasting careers after retiring as a driver.

AB Moteurs

Numerous clips of Sprint Cup Series races from recent seasons with Angeli's and Chéreau's excitable and enthusiastic commentary have been uploaded to YouTube.

Aric Almirola

In 2013 Almirola returned to Richard Petty Motorsports' No. 43 in the Sprint Cup Series; at Martinsville Speedway in October, the team ran the No. 41 to honor Maurice Petty's induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Bob Fish

Today, NASCAR uses fuel injection, which has made carburetors obsolete in the Sprint Cup Series.

Bully Hill Vineyards 200

The truck series also races two races at Martinsville Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway and also Kentucky Speedway however, both of those tracks also host a Sprint Cup Series race.

Dink

Dink Widenhouse (born 1932), retired NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) driver

Earl Ross

He was known for being one of only four non-American drivers to have won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race (the others being Juan Pablo Montoya, who won the 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Mario Andretti, who won the 1967 Daytona 500), and Marcos Ambrose who won the 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen.

Food City

Food City 500, a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Johnny Benson, Jr.

In addition, to date he joined a list of only 3 (now 4) drivers to ever win at least one championship in more than one of the three main title series (Bobby Labonte and Brad Keselowski are the other two, and they hace won championships in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series.) His first win of the season came at the Camping World RV Sales 200 at the Milwaukee Mile, the third consecutive race that Benson has won as Milwaukee Mile.

Lou Blaney

Dave Blaney is a World of Outlaws champion and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, while Dale Blaney is a sprint car driver.