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...wins, 23 USAC Stock Car wins and five USAC [[Championship Car]] (national championship) wins. He was the USAC national champion in 1973. He started every [[Indi He also made 4 [[NASCAR]] [[Nextel Cup|Grand National]] starts from 1969 to 1977 with a best finish

|-Awards || [[2002]] [[NASCAR Championship|Craftsman Truck Champion]] ...captured the [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]] Silver Crown National Championship.

|Awards:||Named one of [[NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers]] ([[1998]]) ...nett''' ([[July 30]], [[1946]] - [[February 11]], [[1994]]) was a strong [[NASCAR]] driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 [[Pole Position|poles]] over his

...[[December 23]], [[1969]] in [[Vancouver, Washington]]) is a [[NASCAR]] [[NASCAR#Nextel Cup|Nextel Cup]] driver. He now lives in [[North Carolina]]. ...on tied with teammate [[Carl Edwards]] for second in the Nascar Nextel Cup championship, thirty-five points behind champion [[Tony Stewart]]. Biffle wins the tie-b

...ch Series]]'''<br>[[Hershey's Kissables 300]]<br>[[Winn-Dixie 250]]'''2006 NASCAR [[Craftsman Truck Series]]'''<br>[[GM Flex Fuel 250]] |Seating capacity || 167,785 ([[NASCAR]])

| Best Cup Pos || 44th - [[2003 in NASCAR|2003]] (Winston Cup) | First Race || [[2002 in NASCAR|2002]] [[Checker Auto Parts 500]] ([[Phoenix International Raceway|Phoenix]

...Busch Series|2004]]<br>[[Busch Series|Busch Series Champion]]<br>[[2005 in NASCAR Busch Series|2005]]<br>[[Busch Series|Busch Series Champion]] ...te Carlo]] SS for [[Dale Earnhardt, Inc.]]. Truex won the [[Busch Series]] Championship in 2004 and 2005. Truex rented a home from [[Dale Earnhardt, Jr.]] in [[Moo

| [[NEXTEL Cup|NASCAR Grand National]] ...ped to fifth. He raced his way to the win on his way to the series drivers championship. The race was the first Indianapolis 500 to average over 100 miles per hour

...ain focus is on Americans who competed in domestic series - particularly [[NASCAR]]. It was founded in [[1982]] by [[Bill France, Sr.]], the founder of NASCAR, and is currently located in [[Talladega, Alabama]], adjacent to [[Talladeg

...ictories, 2 of them coming in the 1952 season when he won the AAA National Championship. ...from 1950-1960, he is credited with participating in 5 grands prix with 0 championship points.

*'''[[NASCAR]] [[Nextel Cup|Winston Cup]]''' ...5.25 [[Kilometre|km]]), the short course (2.5 miles or 4.16 km), and the [[NASCAR]] (2.5 Mi. or 4.16 km) course. The original racetrack had a 1.1 mile backst

...car with the [[BAR-Honda]] Team at [[Jerez]] as a reward for his 2004 IRL championship in a Honda powered car. ...ssic Reese's Caramel commercial for the Caramel Cup brand with a driver in NASCAR who has a win at Indy (something Kannan aspires to do). 2003 [[Allstate 40

...sh and missed several races. Once again he finished seventh overall in the Championship. ...often coming into contact on the track. Rainey eventually won the National Championship but Schwantz closed out the season winning five out of six races. So intens

...tes Automobile Club|USAC]] [[Sprint car racing|sprint car]] and regional [[NASCAR]] races. Since [[2003]], the main 1/2-mile oval has hosted the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown. In this event, the top 30 drivers in the Grand N

...enough to gain Fitipaldi's sponsor, Team Lotus, the 1973 F1 Manufacturers Championship. ...er times, and beat out [[Clay Regazzoni]] in a close battle for his second championship. The following season, he notched two more victories and four other podiums

...and in 1961, he became the first driver to successfully defend his points championship and win the [[Indianapolis 500]] race. His USAC wins tally is a record 138 ...a car owner in the [[CART]] series, then the [[Indy Racing League]] and [[NASCAR]]. The current driver for his IRL team, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, is his grand

...ernational Race of Champions|IROC]] championship in [[1986]], winning that championship with two victories in four races. At the age of 24, Unser was the youngest ...]] for [[Hendrick Motorsports]] finishing 36th in what would be his only [[NASCAR]] start.

...o racing, sprint car racing is considered an excellent training ground for NASCAR series. ...league backed by [[Richard Petty]], his son [[Kyle Petty|Kyle]], and 2001 championship team owner [[Tony Stewart]], the National Sprint Car League. Danny Lasoski

...'' <br>[[Indy Japan 300]]<p>'''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP World Championship]]'''<br>Grand Prix of Japan ...teams. In addition to IndyCar Racing, the track has also hosted a single NASCAR exhibition race in 1998.

...ip race. The following year the [[Mexican Grand Prix]] became a full World Championship event. The circuit remained part of the F1 calendar through 1970, when spe ...or CIE, through OCESA, one of CIE's subsidiaries. CIE also organizes the [[NASCAR]] and Desafío Corona races in this circuit and rents the circuits to other

...erican Automobile Association]], [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]], [[NASCAR]], CART/[[Champ Car World Series]]), and the [[Indy Racing League]]. There ...arry Gant]], and [[Walker Evans (racer)|Walker Evans]], as well as current NASCAR stars [[Dale Earnhardt, Jr.]], [[Dale Jarrett]], [[Greg Biffle]], and [[Kur

...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional The top series is the [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC), but there also regional championships and many countries have thei

...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional The top series is the [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC), but there also regional championships and many countries have thei

...led the Dutch Grand Prix, and it was included in the [[Formula One]] World Championship in {{F1|1952}}. It remained on the F1 calendar for 30 out of the next 34 ye ...acing simulation for X86-based pc's. This was later converted to NASCAR 4, NASCAR 2002, 2003 and other simulations using a converter from website 'The Pits'.

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|Best Cup Pos || 1st - [[2002 in NASCAR|2002]], [[2005 in NASCAR|2005]] (Winston/NEXTEL Cup) |First Race || [[1999 in NASCAR|1999]] [[Daytona 500]] ([[Daytona International Speedway|Daytona]])

...ASCAR vehicles are based on a shared, custom, design. In the early days of NASCAR, stock cars were in fact built from production cars, whereas some current t ...Touring Car Championship|BTCC]] and the now-defunct [[Japanese Touring Car Championship|JTCC]] distinguish themselves from sports car racing by featuring [[front-w

...| '''[[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Superbike World Championship]]'''<br> '''[[NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series]]'''<br>Big O Tires 150

|Capacity || 91,200 (NASCAR) ...s 300]]<br>[[Ameriquest 300|Camping World 300]] presented by RVs.com<br>'''NASCAR [[Craftsman Truck Series]]'''<br>[[San Bernardino County 200]]<br>'''[[AMA

*[[The Dirt Track World Championship]] ...mine the starting race position in the main events and usually earn season championship points. The heat races are shorter than the feature races, and not as many

...finished outside the top four of the previous season's World Constructors' Championship are allowed to take part in Friday's free practice sessions. Another free p ...otal of 22 cars, while the regulations place a limit of 24 entries for the championship. At some periods in the history of Formula One the number of cars entered f

...ndianapolis 500]] and 1976 [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]] Marlboro Championship Trail champion. ...n known as the Triple Crown (the three 500-mile races on the USAC Marlboro Championship Trail were known as such from [[1970]] until [[1989]], when the Pocono 500

...//www.mgvr.org/keepers/rdamer02.html] Other notable series have included [[NASCAR]] in 1956, [[CART]] from 1982 until the present [http://www.crash.net/featu ...e XBOX 360 game Forza Motorsport 2. The track is also used in [[CART Fury: Championship Racing]], but the track looks slightly different, layout-wise.

...ding the now defunct [[Group C]] class of the [[All Japan Sports Prototype Championship]], the Suzuka 1000km as of 2006 is now a points round of the [[Super GT]] s ...ing an evaluation run. In 1997, rain caused Goodyear to use rain tires in NASCAR for the first time.

|Events || [[Superbike World Championship|SBK]],[[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]] ...n continental Europe: a highspeed oval race track, as used in the USA by [[NASCAR]], the [[Indy Racing League]] and [[CART]] Champ Car racing. The 3.2 km (2

...0 (running 505 [[miles]] due to a 2-lap penalty) on his way to winning the championship. Villeneuve is the last Indycar champion to win the title before the 1996 C ...tacular fashion. His impressive debut helped Williams win the constructors championship by over 100 points in 1996.

...t is held on a 3.56-mile combined road course, utilizing portions of the [[NASCAR]] tri-oval and an infield road course. Since its inception, it has been hel ...uced, the Daytona Continental, which counted towards the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. The first Continental was won by [[Dan Gurney]], driving a 2.7L Coventry

...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional The top series is the [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC), but there also regional championships and many countries have thei

...American racing. For 1978 Mears was offered a ride in nine of the eighteen championship races, including the Indianapolis 500. ...ins and four seconds in the eleven CART-eligible races won Mears his first championship. His worst finish in the season was fifth. In 1980 the [[ground effect]] Ch

...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional The top series is the [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC), but there also regional championships and many countries have thei

'''[[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]]'''<br>[[Centurion Boats at the Glen]] '''NASCAR [[Nationwide Series]]'''<br>[[Zippo 200]]

..., road and dirt tracks to capture the [[United States Auto Club]] national championship. Unser also won the [[Champcar]] championship in 1970, 1983, and 1985.

...ile Race]]<br>'''[[Formula One]]''' - [[United States Grand Prix]]<br>'''[[NASCAR]] [[Nextel Cup]]''' - [[Allstate 400 at The Brickyard]] ...much the 500-Mile Race became part of the [[Formula One|Formula One World Championship]] for 11 years (1950-1960), even though none of the Indy drivers raced in F

...rodigious cycle racing organization, or the [[THQ]] series of Supercross [[Championship]] events that are in part the work of [[Clear Channel]], who in 2004 contr ...]] racing). The American Motorcyclist Association awards three Supercross Championship Champs each year. They are Supercross Champion which until 2006 was referre

...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional The top series is the [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC), but there also regional championships and many countries have thei

...2 saw Clark battling [[Graham Hill]] who drove for [[BRM]] for the [[World Championship]] in Chapman's brilliant [[Lotus 25]], but in the final race an oil leak ca ...the [[1964 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]]. He made amends and won the Championship again in [[1965]] and also the [[1965 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]] i

...same time, [[Toyota Racing Development]] is preparing for entry into the [[NASCAR Nextel Cup]] Series in 2007. This has left Honda as the sole supplier of po ...metimes "Indy Car" or "Indy car") is most often used as a generic term for championship [[open wheel car|open wheel auto racing]] in the United States. The term wa

[[Image:March BMW Marc Surer.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Marc Surer]]'s 1979 Championship winning car]] ...85, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship will begin at Valencia on the 31 May. Visit the official F2 website [http:/

...part of the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Drivers' Championship]] between 1950 and 1960, [[Ferrari]] made a discreet appearance at the 1952 ...s as any of the other races it was by far the highest-profile event of the championship, with the largest purse of the year.

...20]], [[1975]], in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]) is a [[race car driver]] in [[NASCAR]] and a former [[Formula One]] and [[CART]] driver. He has enjoyed great su ...3000|International F3000]] championship in 1998, and the [[Champ Car|CART Championship Series]] in 1999, as well as victories in some of the most prestigious race

...el racing in America has further devalued the event in recent times with [[NASCAR]] dominating the U.S. racing scene to the point where the growing influence ...d not count towards the [[2008 IndyCar Series season|2008 IndyCar Series]] Championship and would be a stand-alone demonstration event, in light of the recent merg

...Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]], [[World Sportscar Championship]] and [[NASCAR]] (the other being [[Dan Gurney]]). He also won races in [[midget car racin ...g with [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], the only driver to have won a race in the [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American

...Sports Car Club of America]], Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), the [[Championship Racing League]], the [[Indy Racing League]], and the Champ Car World Series ...iously known as the '''CART PPG IndyCar World Series''', the '''CART FedEx Championship Series''', and, in the organization's second to last year, the '''Bridgesto

...USA where it is required in [[Indy Racing League|IRL]], [[ChampCar]] and [[NASCAR]]. [[Formula One]] will use V8 engines for the 2006 season onwards. ...ngement. Repco-powered [[Brabham Racing Organisation|Brabham]]s won the F1 championship twice, in 1966 and 1967.

The [[FIA]] championships, including the [[Karting World Championship]], take place in this format. ...Oakes from the UK, who currently in 2006, is racing in the Formula BMW UK Championship, for Carlin Motorsport.

...s first run in 1950. A championship for constructors followed in 1958. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to the rising cost of c ...g Moss]] was able to compete regularly, he was never able to win the World Championship. Fangio is remembered for dominating Formula One's first decade and has lon

...the 2007 film ''[[Dale (film)|Dale]]'', about the life of the legendary [[NASCAR]] driver [[Dale Earnhardt]], which turned out to be Newman's final film pe ...team [[Newman Wachs Racing]]. Newman also owned a car [[NASCAR Sprint Cup|NASCAR Winston Cup]] before selling it to [[Penske Racing]], where it now serves a

...paint has been polished off but no damage to the tire has occurred.(Note: NASCAR legal race cars have coil springs on all four corners) ...he entire length. The same would be true of a Rear Anti-Roll Bar. (Endless NASCAR, Indy, Formula-1 etc. teams set up their car's in the shop and take them to

...n for the team in 2000 with Buddy winning 2 races on his way to the series championship followed by a second place effort in 2001. Following the influx of former C ...e [[2007 Indianapolis 500]]. Without a permanent ride, Lazier drove in a [[NASCAR]] [[Craftsman Truck Series]] race with [[Billy Ballew Motorsports]] at [[La

...[[Scuderia Ferrari]] by 13 points. Renault also retained the Constructor's Championship, beating Ferrari by only five points. ...06 Malaysia.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Fernando Alonso]] won the Formula One Driver Championship.]]

...th [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season. It began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen [[Gran ...tors' Championship. As a result, [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] clinched the championship at the [[2007 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]].