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On a strikingly dissimilar note, I'll be glued to the TV tomorrow night watching Travis attempt to jump over the fountain at Caesars Palace. Don't call, I'll be too busy watching TV.
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Could you imagine the current Nascar drivers having to "Man Up" and have to start really driving again? Like Junior Johnson, Richard Petty, Fireball Roberts, and the like?Patrick & Tammy
- Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??Comment
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The legends would get their doors blown off for a short little while, until they figured out how easy the car is to drive. And how good the tires are. Then the kids would be crying on the radio about the setup while in fact they were being out-driven.Originally posted by silver_bullet View PostCharter member of the Turd NuggetsComment
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I was wrong ... cheating actually started with the very first race !Originally posted by Monster View Post
NASCAR was founded by William France, Sr., on February 21, 1948 with the points system written on a bar room napkin. The original plans included three distinct divisions: Modified, Roadster, and Strictly Stock. The Modified and Roadster classes were seen as more attractive to fans, but they wanted nothing to do with the roadsters, which were perceived as a Northeast or Midwest series, so the roadster division was eliminated. The Strictly Stock division was put on hold as automobile manufacturers couldn't produce sedans fast enough to keep up with post-war demand.
The first "Strictly Stock" event was held at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949 and was won by driver Jim Roper when Glenn Dunaway 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 factory models, but over the next decade, safety and performance modifications were allowed, and by the mid-1960s, vehicles were purpose-built race cars with a stock-appearing body.Comment
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