Watch closely, individuals. The 2013 NASCAR season might be one particular to bear in mind.
I am counting on it, if not betting on it.
A handful of issues are likely to transpire in NASCAR this year which have in no way occurred in advance of. As well as a number of issues may possibly transpire that nobody has noticed in lots of many years.
Let us get started using a couple of positive items, or nearly certain issues:
" 43 many years ago -- The final time NASCAR raced on dirt. It had been Sept. 30, 1970, about the fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C. Richard Petty won around the 1-mile oval.
NASCAR goes vintage racing this year which has a Camping Planet Truck Series occasion for the dirt at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, a half-mile oval owned by Tony Stewart.
This race will probably be one of many most anticipated occasions on the season. It requires location on July 24, a Wednesday evening in advance of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis (90 miles away) 4 days later on.
The field will likely be restricted to 30 trucks. Eldora has 16,000 seats, but supplemental grandstands is going to be brought in to get a most likely sellout crowd.
" A female initial -- No lady ever has run a total Cup season, except to the six-race inaugural NASCAR season in 1949, when Sara Christian raced in all 6 occasions.
She completed 13th all round, very best ever for any female, but a six-race season hardly counts by today's specifications.
Danica Patrick will come to be the very first lady on the present day era to race a total Cup routine (barring injury or suspension) this season when she runs total time for Stewart-Haas Racing.
By contemporary specifications, Janet Guthrie posted the very best ranking for any female when she completed 23rd while in the 1977 standings though operating 19 of 30 occasions, earning 4 top-10s.
Equaling that mark can be a tall undertaking for Patrick, but not not possible. Bobby Labonte was 23rd within the 2012 standings with two top-5s and an normal finish of 22.six. Patrick are going to be inside a improved automobile (Hendrick Motorsports tools) than Labonte has.
Right here are a number of other factors that may transpire for your to start with time inside a extended time and a few other folks that will be a to start with in NASCAR:
" 51 many years ago -- The 1962 season marked the final time NASCAR had 3 consecutive seasons exactly where a group proprietor won a Cup title for that initially time.
It is going to take place this year if Michael Waltrip Racing claims its very first title with both Clint Bowyer or Martin Truex Jr. The two guys manufactured the 2012 Chase, and Bowyer completed because the championship runner-up to Brad Keselowski.
"We possess the capability to enhance on our good results from final season," stated Scott Miller, MWR's vice president of competitors. "We designed a system final season to obtain from point A to point B, and we located plenty of results using the system. We'll make use of the identical approach to assist us with all the advancement of your 2013 vehicle.
"Toyota Racing Improvement is operating genuinely really hard for the engines to provide us additional reliability and even more electrical power. I believe we are able to elevate our plan this season and compete for any championship once more."
Stewart's 2011 title was the 1st Cup crown for Stewart-Haas Racing. Keselowski gave Roger Penske his long-awaited Cup championship in 2012.
Rex White (1960), Ned Jarrett (1961) and Joe Weatherly (1962) gave group owners first-time championships half a century ago. The exciting point is all 3 of them ran races in people championship many years for in excess of one particular group proprietor, not unusual in people days.
" 32 many years ago -- Darrell Waltrip won the 1981 title in his 1st season driving for Junior Johnson. Nobody has performed it because, but Matt Kenseth includes a great shot at it this year in his initially season for Joe Gibbs Racing.
" 17 many years ago -- The 1996 season was the sole time a driver won the championship twelve many years eliminated from his final a single. Terry Labonte did it at Hendrick Motorsports. Jeff Gordon could equal the feat this year for boss Rick Hendrick. Gordon's fourth and final Cup title came in 2001.
" 14 many years ago -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his 2nd consecutive Nationwide title (the Busch Series with the time) in 1999. That was the final time the Earnhardt title had a championship banner.
You will discover two approaches that may occur this year. Earnhardt could win the Cup crown in what may perhaps be his finest possibility ever. And Regan Smith could win the Nationwide title driving his initial total season for JR Motorsports.
" 13 many years ago -- Bobby Labonte's Cup championship in 2000 was the final time NASCAR had a driver who was the brother of the champion win a title within the exact same series.
Ty Dillon could win the Camping Globe Truck Series crown this year, two seasons soon after his brother, Austin Dillon, won it.
Austin also is actually a contender for that Nationwide Series title this year, so they could grow to be the very first brothers to win titles from the identical season.
" ten many years ago -- Brian Vickers won the Nationwide title in 2003. He's on the list of favorites to win it this year in his very first season driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. If he does, he'll come to be the very first guy to win championships from the series ten many years apart.
" Back-to-back titles in two series -- That by no means has occurred, but Ricky Stenhouse Jr. includes a shot at it this year. Granted, it truly is an extended shot, but he's driving a good quality vehicle for the group that manufactured the Chase final year. Stenhouse, who won the previous two Nationwide titles, replaces Kenseth at Roush Fenway Racing.
Keselowski and Greg Biffle came near to accomplishing this feat. Keselowski's Cup crown final year came two many years just after he won the 2010 Nationwide title. Biffle won the 2002 Nationwide championship two many years immediately after winning the CWTS title.
Keselowski and Bobby Labonte will be the only Nationwide champs (up to now) who went on to win a Cup title.
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