Archive-name: autos/sport/nascar
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Last-modified: 24th June 1994
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13    NASCAR Information

13-1  Technical Regulations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Under construction.  Please email rasfaq@bath.ac.uk if you want to help out]
The "official" NASCAR rules and regulations are not made available to
the general public or to the media.  NASCAR reserves the right to
disseminate those regulations only to those teams it deems of merit as
seriously contending participants.

The Winston Cup series used to be known as Grand National.  The name was
changed in 19xx.  Busch Grand National (BGN) now refers to the NASCAR
six-cylinder series which is the main "feeder" series for Winston Cup.
Some Busch drivers run in Winston Cup events, and vice versa.

Winston Cup is considered the premier series in NASCAR.  The Busch Series
is usually considered a "minor league" series for up-and-coming drivers to
hone their skills to move up to WC (although in the last few years, this
series has established quite a following and has sort of become a premier
series in its own right).

The Busch Series runs mainly on short tracks (tracks less than a mile in
length) while the WC series concentrates on tracks greater than a mile in
length.  (The Busch Series has picked up a few superspeedways in the last
few years.)  Also, the Busch races are shorter in length.

There are several differences in the cars.  The WC cars have V-8 engines,
while the BGN cars currently run V-6's (will run V-8's beginning in '95).
The BGN cars also have a shorter wheelbase.  WC cars weigh 3500 lbs while
BGN cars weigh (I think) 3000 lbs.


13-2  1994 NASCAR Drivers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
02  Curtis Markham (VA)    Children's Miracle Network   Ford-Thunderbird
 1  Rick Mast (VA)     Skoal Classic   Ford-Thunderbird
 2  Rusty Wallace (NC)     Miller Genuine Draft  Ford-Thunderbird
 3  Dale Earnhardt (NC)    GM Goodwrench   Chevrolet-Lumina
 4  Sterling Marlin (TN)   Kodak    Chevrolet-Lumina
 5  Terry Labonte (NC)     Kellogg's Corn Flakes  Chevrolet-Lumina
 6  Mark Martin (NC)     Valvoline    Ford-Thunderbird
 7  Geoff Bodine (NC)     Exide Batteries   Ford-Thunderbird
 8  Jeff Burton (VA)     Raybestos Brakes   Ford-Thunderbird
 9  Rich Bickle (WI)    Melling Engine Parts         Ford-Thunderbird
10  Ricky Rudd (NC)     Tide    Ford-Thunderbird
11  Bill Elliott (GA)     Budweiser    Ford-Thunderbird
12  Chuck Bown (OR)     WBF/Masterbuilt   Ford-Thunderbird
14  John Andretti (IN)     Financial World              Chevrolet-Lumina
15  Lake Speed (MS)     Quality Care   Ford-Thunderbird
16  Ted Musgrave (NC)     The Family Channel   Ford-Thunderbird
17  Darrell Waltrip (TN)   Western Auto   Chevrolet-Lumina
18  Dale Jarrett (NC)     Interstate Batteries  Chevrolet-Lumina
19  Loy Allen Jr. (NC)     Hooter's                     Ford-Thunderbird
21  Morgan Shepherd (NC)   Citgo Oil    Ford-Thunderbird
22  Bobby Labonte (NC)     Maxwell House Coffee  Pontiac-Grand Prix
23  Hut Stricklin (AL)     Smokin Joe's   Ford-Thunderbird
24  Jeff Gordon (NC)     DuPont Auto Finishes  Chevrolet-Lumina
25  Ken Schrader (NC)     Kodiak    Chevrolet-Lumina
26  Brett Bodine (NC)     Budweiser/QuakerState  Ford-Thunderbird
27  Jimmy Spencer (NC)     McDonald's    Ford-Thunderbird
28  Ernie Irvan (NC)     Texaco-Havoline   Ford-Thunderbird
29  Steve Grissom (AL)     Diamond Ridge   Chevrolet-Lumina
30  Michael Waltrip (NC)   Pennzoil    Pontiac-Grand Prix
31  Ward Burton (NC)     Hardees    Chevrolet-Lumina
32  Dick Trickle (NC)     ATS Wood Recycling   Chevrolet-Lumina
33  Harry Gant (NC)     Skoal Bandit   Chevrolet-Lumina
40  Bobby Hamilton (TN)    Kendall Oil    Pontiac-Grand Prix
41  Joe Nemechek (FL)     Meineke Mufflers   Chevrolet-Lumina
42  Kyle Petty (NC)     Mello Yello    Pontiac-Grand Prix
43  Wally Dallenbach (NC)  STP     Pontiac-Grand Prix
51  Jeff Purvis (TN)       Country Time Lemonade        Chevrolet-Lumina
52  Brad Teague (TN)       NAPA Auto Parts              Ford-Thunderbird
54  Robert Pressley (NC)   Mannheim Auctions            Chevrolet-Lumina
55  Jimmy Hensley (VA)     Petron Plus                  Ford-Thunderbird
71  Dave Marcis (NC)     STG     Chevrolet-Lumina
75  Todd Bodine (NC)     Factory Stores   Ford-Thunderbird
77  Greg Sacks (FL)     Jasper Engines/US Air  Ford-Thunderbird
80  Jimmy Horton (NJ)      Hover                        Ford-Thunderbird
90  Mike Wallace (NC)     Heilig-Meyers   Ford-Thunderbird
95  Jeremy Mayfield (TN)   Shoney's Inn                 Ford-Thunderbird
97  Chad Little (NC)       Bayer Select                 Ford-Thunderbird
98  Derrike Cope (NC)     Fingerhut    Ford-Thunderbird

13-3  How does the NASCAR Winston Cup points system work?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Each driver who competes in a NASCAR Winston Cup race is awarded championship
points according to the following descending scale based on finish position.

Five additional bonus points are awarded to each driver who leads a lap and 
an additional five bonus points go to the driver who leads the most laps.

Finish Points       Finish Points       Finish Points       Finish Points
   1     175          11     130          21     100          31      70
   2     170          12     127          22      97          32      67
   3     165          13     124          23      94          33      64
   4     160          14     121          24      91          34      61
   5     155          15     118          25      88          35      58
   6     150          16     115          26      85          36      55
   7     146          17     112          27      82          37      52
   8     142          18     109          28      79          38      49
   9     138          19     106          29      76          39      46
  10     134          20     103          30      73          40      43

and so on....  Normally 43 cars is the maximum number allowed in any race.
The points for those remaining positions are calculated by subtracting 3
from the previous position.  No points are awarded for pole.

13-4  How are NASCAR provisional start positions decided ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Provisional starts are available for the top 35 in the points standings
for car owners.  In the first four races of the year, car owner
standings from the previous season are used.  After that the standings
from the current season are taken instead.  Each team is allowed to use
three provisional starts in the first 10 races, one in the second 10,
and one in the third 10.  Another provisional start is reserved for
former Winston Cup champions who have failed to qualify for a race.
There is only one former champion's provisional - it goes to the most
recent champion if two champions fail to qualify.

13-5  Who _is_ that guy that's always in the NASCAR victory lane ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It's Bill Broderick. He's a representative of Unocal and it has been
his job since lord knows when to handle Victory Lane at all non-NASCAR
owned tracks (they have their own guy who has also been doing the same
things for years).

13-6  How can I find MRN radio ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRN is syndicated to 400 local radio stations in 37 States across America.  
It is also available by satellite - telephone USA (1) 904-254-6760 for 
information.  There is a list of MRN affiliates with their frequencies at 
mgu.bath.ac.uk (138-38.24.19): /pub/auto/nascar/mrn-affiliates.  
This file also has the details of the satelite feeds.

13-7  How can I get information about watching a NASCAR race ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The new "Official Directory" for NASCAR tracks is a must for those who
might travel to a race and plan to stay the weekend--lots of "local
flavor" info on places to stay, etc...  

Orders ($19-95, plus $5 and $8 S&H) can also be addressed to:  
Bell South Advertising & Publishing, PO Box 5887, Ft Lauderdale, 
FL 33310-7942, USA.

The directory comes complete with track layouts, seat charts, and a
toll free number for track info (USA) 1-800-AUTORACE, which you can use for
1-General Track Info
2-Ticket Info
3-Schedule
4-Qual Times
5-Weather
The tracks require the following 4 digit ID codes:
Atlanta--1100
Bristol--1200
Charlotte--1300
Darlington--1400
Daytona--1500
etc, etc alphabetically through Watkins Glenn at 2800.  Unfortunately,
_only_ WCup tracks are covered, excluding places like Hickory, South Boston
and a track in Texas.

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