I am counting on it, if not betting on it.
A couple of matters are likely to come about in NASCAR this year which have hardly ever occurred well before. Along with a handful of matters may well occur that nobody has noticed in quite a few many years.
Let us start off by using a couple of confident matters, or pretty much confident matters:
" 43 many years ago -- The final time NASCAR raced on dirt. It had been Sept. 30, 1970, for the fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C. Richard Petty won around the 1-mile oval.
NASCAR goes vintage racing this year by using a Camping Globe Truck Series occasion about the dirt at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, a half-mile oval owned by Tony Stewart.
This race will likely be among the list of most anticipated occasions from the season. It requires spot on July 24, a Wednesday evening well before the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis (90 miles away) 4 days later on.
The field might be restricted to 30 trucks. Eldora has 16,000 seats, but added grandstands will likely be brought in for the probably sellout crowd.
" A female initially -- No lady ever has run a complete Cup season, except for that six-race inaugural NASCAR season in 1949, when Sara Christian raced in all 6 occasions.
She completed 13th general, finest ever to get a female, but a six-race season hardly counts by today's requirements.
Danica Patrick will grow to be the initial female from the present day era to race a complete Cup routine (barring injury or suspension) this season when she runs complete time for Stewart-Haas Racing.
By modern day specifications, Janet Guthrie posted the most effective ranking to get a girl when she completed 23rd from the 1977 standings even though operating 19 of 30 occasions, earning 4 top-10s.
Equaling that mark is often a tall activity 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 probably be inside a far better motor vehicle (Hendrick Motorsports gear) than Labonte has.
Right here are many other matters that may come about to the to start with time within a prolonged time and a few other folks that might be a initially 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 to the initially time.
It'll transpire this year if Michael Waltrip Racing claims its 1st title with both Clint Bowyer or Martin Truex Jr. Each males created the 2012 Chase, and Bowyer completed since 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 created a method final season to obtain from point A to point B, and we observed lots of good results with all the course of action. We are going to make use of the similar course of action to aid us using the advancement with the 2013 auto.
"Toyota Racing Advancement is functioning truly tricky to the engines to offer us far more reliability and even more electrical power. I believe we are able to elevate our plan this season and compete for any championship once again."
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 crew owners first-time championships half a century ago. The fascinating matter is all 3 of them ran races in people championship many years for a lot more than a single group proprietor, not unusual in people days.
" 32 many years ago -- Darrell Waltrip won the 1981 title in his initial season driving for Junior Johnson. Nobody has finished it because, but Matt Kenseth features a superior shot at it this year in his initial 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 with the time) in 1999. That was the final time the Earnhardt title had a championship banner.
You'll find two means that may transpire this year. Earnhardt could win the Cup crown in what might be his most effective likelihood ever. And Regan Smith could win the Nationwide title driving his initial 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 while in the very 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 usually a contender for that Nationwide Series title this year, so they could turn into the primary brothers to win titles inside the exact same season.
" ten many years ago -- Brian Vickers won the Nationwide title in 2003. He's among the list of favorites to win it this year in his to start with season driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. If he does, he'll grow to be the 1st guy to win championships during the series ten many years apart.
" Back-to-back titles in two series -- That never ever has occurred, but Ricky Stenhouse Jr. includes a shot at it this year. Granted, it can be an extended shot, but he's driving a excellent car or truck to get a 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 following winning the CWTS title.
Keselowski and Bobby Labonte will be the only Nationwide champs (to date) who went on to win a Cup title.
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