I am counting on it, if not betting on it.
Several items are likely to occur in NASCAR this year which have never ever occurred well before. Plus a number of matters may possibly transpire that nobody has observed in a lot of many years.
Let us get started having a couple of confident items, or just about positive items:
" 43 many years ago -- The final time NASCAR raced on dirt. It had been Sept. 30, 1970, to the fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C. Richard Petty won for the 1-mile oval.
NASCAR goes vintage racing this year by using 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 are going to be one of many most anticipated occasions of your season. It requires spot on July 24, a Wednesday evening prior to 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 extra grandstands are going to be brought in to get a probable sellout crowd.
" A female very first -- No female ever has run a total Cup season, except for that six-race inaugural NASCAR season in 1949, when Sara Christian raced in all 6 occasions.
She completed 13th total, ideal ever for the lady, but a six-race season hardly counts by today's requirements.
Danica Patrick will come to be the 1st girl from the contemporary 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 for any female when she completed 23rd within the 1977 standings although operating 19 of 30 occasions, earning 4 top-10s.
Equaling that mark is actually a tall undertaking for Patrick, but not extremely hard. Bobby Labonte was 23rd during the 2012 standings with two top-5s and an common finish of 22.six. Patrick will likely be inside a improved motor vehicle (Hendrick Motorsports tools) than Labonte has.
Right here are various other matters that may take place to the initially time within a prolonged time and a few other people that might be a 1st in NASCAR:
" 51 many years ago -- The 1962 season marked the final time NASCAR had 3 consecutive seasons the place a crew proprietor won a Cup title for your initial time.
It can take place this year if Michael Waltrip Racing claims its very first title with both Clint Bowyer or Martin Truex Jr. Each males manufactured 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 designed a course of action final season to obtain from point A to point B, and we uncovered plenty of accomplishment together with the approach. We'll make use of the exact same system to assist us together with the improvement in the 2013 automobile.
"Toyota Racing Advancement is doing work definitely tricky about the engines to provide us additional 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 primary 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 point is all 3 of them ran races in individuals championship many years for in excess of one particular group proprietor, not unusual in these days.
" 32 many years ago -- Darrell Waltrip won the 1981 title in his very first season driving for Junior Johnson. Nobody has finished it considering 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 discover two approaches that may transpire this year. Earnhardt could win the Cup crown in what could be his ideal likelihood 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 during the identical series.
Ty Dillon could win the Camping Globe Truck Series crown this year, two seasons just after his brother, Austin Dillon, won it.
Austin also is actually a contender to the Nationwide Series title this year, so they could turn out to be the initial brothers to win titles inside the very same season.
" ten many years ago -- Brian Vickers won the Nationwide title in 2003. He's one of several favorites to win it this year in his initial season driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. If he does, he'll turn out to be the primary guy to win championships within the series ten many years apart.
" Back-to-back titles in two series -- That hardly ever has occurred, but Ricky Stenhouse Jr. features a shot at it this year. Granted, it truly is an extended shot, but he's driving a high-quality motor vehicle for any group 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 following he won the 2010 Nationwide title. Biffle won the 2002 Nationwide championship two many years soon 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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