Watch closely, people. The 2013 NASCAR season is going to be 1 to keep in mind.
I am counting on it, if not betting on it.
Several items are likely to come about in NASCAR this year which have under no circumstances occurred just before. Along with a handful of matters could possibly occur that nobody has noticed in several many years.
Let us get started which has a couple of positive issues, or pretty much certain items:
" 43 many years ago -- The final time NASCAR raced on dirt. It had been Sept. 30, 1970, around the fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C. Richard Petty won within the 1-mile oval.
NASCAR goes vintage racing this year that has a Camping Globe Truck Series occasion within 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 in the season. It will take location on July 24, a Wednesday evening prior to the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis (90 miles away) 4 days later on.
The field will probably be restricted to 30 trucks. Eldora has 16,000 seats, but further grandstands will likely be brought in for the probable sellout crowd.
" A female to start with -- No female ever has run a complete Cup season, except for your six-race inaugural NASCAR season in 1949, when Sara Christian raced in all 6 occasions.
She completed 13th total, finest ever for any female, but a six-race season hardly counts by today's specifications.
Danica Patrick will grow to be the primary female with the modern-day era to race a total Cup routine (barring injury or suspension) this season when she runs complete time for Stewart-Haas Racing.
By contemporary requirements, Janet Guthrie posted the most effective ranking for any lady when she completed 23rd while in the 1977 standings whilst operating 19 of 30 occasions, earning 4 top-10s.
Equaling that mark is often a tall job for Patrick, but not unattainable. Bobby Labonte was 23rd inside the 2012 standings with two top-5s and an regular finish of 22.six. Patrick will likely be within a far better automobile (Hendrick Motorsports gear) than Labonte has.
Right here are a number of other factors that may take place to the to start with time inside a extended time and a few other folks that might be a 1st in NASCAR:
" 51 many years ago -- The 1962 season marked the final time NASCAR had 3 consecutive seasons exactly where a crew proprietor won a Cup title for your to start with time.
It'll occur this year if Michael Waltrip Racing claims its initially title with both Clint Bowyer or Martin Truex Jr. The two males produced the 2012 Chase, and Bowyer completed since the championship runner-up to Brad Keselowski.
"We possess the capability to enhance on our achievement from final season," mentioned Scott Miller, MWR's vice president of competitors. "We created a procedure final season to have from point A to point B, and we discovered a great deal of results together with the procedure. We'll utilize the exact same approach to aid us using the improvement from the 2013 auto.
"Toyota Racing Advancement is doing work definitely challenging around the engines to offer us extra reliability and much more electrical power. I believe we will elevate our system this season and compete for the championship once more."
Stewart's 2011 title was the very first 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 factor is the fact that all 3 of them ran races in these championship many years for a lot more than 1 crew proprietor, not unusual in individuals days.
" 32 many years ago -- Darrell Waltrip won the 1981 title in his very first season driving for Junior Johnson. Nobody has accomplished it considering the fact that, but Matt Kenseth features a great shot at it this year in his very first 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 one particular. 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 in the time) in 1999. That was the final time the Earnhardt title had a championship banner.
You will find two strategies that may occur this year. Earnhardt could win the Cup crown in what could be his finest probability ever. And Regan Smith could win the Nationwide title driving his very first complete 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 from the similar series.
Ty Dillon could win the Camping Globe Truck Series crown this year, two seasons right after his brother, Austin Dillon, won it.
Austin also is usually a contender for that Nationwide Series title this year, so they could turn into the primary brothers to win titles while in 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 initial season driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. If he does, he'll turn into the primary guy to win championships during the series ten many years apart.
" Back-to-back titles in two series -- That hardly ever 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 high quality vehicle for the crew that produced 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 soon after he won the 2010 Nationwide title. Biffle won the 2002 Nationwide championship two many years right after winning the CWTS title.
Keselowski and Bobby Labonte would be the only Nationwide champs (up to now) who went on to win a Cup title.
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