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Leurs moteurs sont assez puissants pour atteindre des vitesses de plus de 320 km/h. However, in 2003, the festivities returned to the Waldorf's Grand Ballroom, and the banquet format was reinstated. Il y a actuellement trois constructeurs en Cup Series : Globalement, trente et un pilotes différents ont remporté le championnat. Ally Financial became the presenting sponsor Tuesday for the first NASCAR Cup Series race that will be run at the Nashville Superspeedway. Eligibility for a charter would depend on a team's attempts to qualify for every race within the previous three seasons. In fact, before NASCAR instituted the gear rule, Cup engines were capable of operating more than 10,000 rpm. Oct 25, 2020; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; NASCAR Cup Series drivers Joey Logano (22) and Kevin Harvick (4) lead the field at the start of the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Until 2003, the hood, roof, and decklid were still required to be identical to their stock counterparts. The season was made shorter, and the points system was modified several times during the next four years. The new rules eliminate the asymmetrical bodies on cars, which had run rampant since the 1998 Taurus release. Cette dénomination perdure jusqu'en fin de saison 2016. The wings could be adjusted between 0 and 16 degrees and used with multiple configurations of end plates. While NASCAR is known for primarily running counter-clockwise on oval tracks, Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen International are complex road courses which are raced clockwise. 1970  B. Isaac Because of the notorious manner of the Ford Taurus race car and how the manufacturer turned the car into an "offset" car (the car was notoriously asymmetrical in race trim because of its oval shape), NASCAR ended this practice to put more emphasis on parity and based new body rules in 2003, similar to short track racing, where offset cars had become a burden for race officials, resulting in the "Approved Body Configuration" design. In 1981, an awards banquet began to be held in New York City on the first Friday evening in December. An example of this occurred in the first race under the current points system, the 2011 Daytona 500. Elle est tout d'abord renommée Winston Cup Series jusqu'en 2003 (le sponsor principal était la société de tabac R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company et son siège se situait à Winston-Salem en Caroline du Nord). Time elapsed during red flag periods is not included in the calculation of the average speed. The cup portion was said to hold approximately 600 ounces of liquids, or 37 cans of Monster Energy. NASCAR Cup Series engines carry a Freescale-provided electronic control unit, but traction control and anti-lock brakes are prohibited. 1985  D. Waltrip 6,25 Chase Elliott . Rain forces a race to be halted immediately because there is no current provision for rain tires. Under the post-2010 point system, only cars that actually start in a given race earn owner's points. As of 2020[update] the schedule includes tracks from around the United States. La course de Cup Series de Darlington s'est déroulée sans soucis, avec de belles bagarres et beaucoup d'histoires à retenir, sans réellement impliquer le coronavirus. Drivers, finally, stop your engines. 1992  A. Kulwicki 6,75 Joey Logano . From 2007 to 2010, the points totals of each driver who made the Chase were reset to 5,000 points, plus ten additional points for each race victory during the first 26 races. 5,75 Kevin Harvick . [1] Sprint acquired Nextel in 2005, and in 2008 the series was renamed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (2008–2016). 1991  D. Earnhardt 2018  J. Logano, Top tier auto racing division within NASCAR, "Sprint Cup Series" redirects here. The stage lengths vary by track, but the first two stages usually combine to equal about half of the race. 1965  N. Jarrett 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Drivers 1966  D. Pearson National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, List of all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners, "NASCAR : NASCAR Drivers, Race Standings & News — NASCAR.com", "NASCAR introduces Premier Partners of NASCAR Cup Series: Busch Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO, Xfinity", "NASCAR Announces Chase for the Sprint Cup Format Change", "NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Daytona 500 TV ratings the lowest on record", "Name changes slated for Grand National, LMS series", "NASCAR's Brian France: Finally Answering the Clue Phone? The switch began with the 2010 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. 2007 saw the first new brand since 1971, when Japanese manufacturer Toyota joined. 1990  D. Earnhardt Ci-dessous le détail des segments pour les courses de NASCAR Cup Series en 2021. The NASCAR Cup Series is the pinnacle of the racing arrangement in the NASCAR classification. While the cars may reach speeds of about 200 mph (320 km/h) on certain tracks, Russ Wicks drove a stock car built to NASCAR's specifications 244.9 mph (394.1 km/h) during a speed record attempt at the Bonneville Salt Flats in October 2007.[40]. The awards banquet now focuses solely on the Chase, with all of the series' sponsored and contingency awards moved to a luncheon at Cipriani the day before the banquet. L'ÉQUIPE. [28], The MENCS trophy design was retained under the new series name, though it was renamed the Bill France Cup.[29]. La course la plus prestigieuse, le Daytona 500 a eu une audience télévisée d'environ 16 millions de téléspectateurs américains en 2009[6]. Le même nombre de points leur est attribué avant la première course. 2011  T. Stewart Some long-time fans have criticized the series for losing its traditional appeal because of abandoning venues in the southeastern United States in favor of newer markets. It was established in 1948 in Daytona Beach, Florida. This playoff system was implemented primarily to make the points race more competitive late in the season, and indirectly, to increase television ratings during the NFL season, which starts around the same time as the Chase begins. Kyle Larson is officially eligible to return to NASCAR Cup Series competition, and he is slated to do so next month at Daytona International Speedway. In 1971, when the series began leasing its naming rights to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, it was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (1971–2003). In 1985, Winston introduced a new awards program called the Winston Million. 1962  J. Weatherly 1950  B. Rexford NASCAR Cup Series Standings, Schedule, Championship 2021, Results History of Cup Series. ABC Sports aired partial or full live telecasts of Grand National races from Talladega, North Wilkesboro, Darlington, Charlotte, and Nashville in 1970. 1977  C. Yarborough These changes were made so the cars would resemble their street counterparts more closely, as was done in the Xfinity Series in 2011. This number was increased to 12 teams in 2007. Bill Lester made it to the NASCAR Cup Series level for two starts in 2006. Contemporary Cup engines run 9,800 rpm, 87.59 fps (26.95 m/s), at the road course events, on Pocono Raceway's long front stretch, and at Martinsville Speedway (a .526-mile short-track). The Cup Series Owner's Championship operates in the same manner as the Driver's Championship, except that points are awarded to each individual car. Live telemetry is used only for television broadcasts, but the data can be recorded from the ECU to the computer if the car is in the garage and not on the track. The first driver to win multiple Championships was Herb Thomas in 1951 and 1953, while the record for the most Championships, seven, is shared by Richard Petty,[31] Dale Earnhardt[32] and Jimmie Johnson. [39] The only aerodynamic components on the vehicles are the front splitter, spoiler, NACA ducts in the windows only, and side skirts. In 2017, stage racing was introduced. The cars affected by this rule include the Ford Talladega, Mercury Spoiler II, Dodge Charger 500, Dodge Charger Daytona and the Plymouth Superbird. Dec 31, 2020, 5:27 PM. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. Admittedly, the Hyundai option could go nowhere. The first NASCAR "Strictly Stock" race was held at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949. 1980  D. Earnhardt … 2010  J. Johnson Then the unfortunate happened; during the 22nd lap of the race, driver Bobby Allison suffered a flat tire in the middle of Talladega Superspeedway's tri-oval. They have also voiced discontent over Toyota's presence in the series. During Winston 500 qualifying, Bill Elliott established a world stock-car record when he posted a speed of 212.809 mph (342 km/h). Dès 1971, elle s'est ouverte au sponsoring. Le pilote champion ne pilote donc pas nécessairement une voiture championne des constructeurs et vice versa. [13], In 2001, Pixar visited NASCAR tracks as research for the 2006 animated film Cars, which included the voices of NASCAR drivers Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Jr.[14] To avoid advertising tobacco in a Disney film, "Piston Cup" served as Pixar's allusion to the Winston Cup.[15]. NASCAR's founder, Bill France Sr., turned over control of NASCAR to his oldest son, Bill France Jr. 7,00 Brad Keselowski . Par le passé, certaines courses ont été courues au Canada et des courses d'exhibition au Japon et en Australie. Points would still be awarded as usual during the affected races. The next six places are awarded on owner points, with the final place reserved for a past Series Champion. In some circumstances, a team's owners' points will differ from the corresponding driver's points. Regular season races were previously held in Canada, and exhibition races were held in Japan and Australia. Allison's car hit the catch fence and tore a hole in the fence approximately 100 feet (30 m) long. This meant that if Chevrolets placed first through tenth in a given race and a Ford was 11th and a Dodge 12th, Chevrolet earned 9 points, Ford 6 and Dodge 4. Before a major change to the points system was implemented in 2011, there was a slightly different addition to the system of allocating owner's points. The cars are powered by EFI V8 engines since 2012 after 62 years using carburetion as engine fuel feed with compacted graphite iron blocks and pushrod valvetrains actuating two-valves per cylinder, and are limited to 358 cubic inches' (about 5.8 liters) displacement. All drivers eliminated from the Chase have their points readjusted back to the points they started with at the beginning of the Round of 16, (race 27) plus any points earned after, using the regular season points scheme only (no Round of 12, or Round of Eight reset points). They were joined by two "wild card" qualifiers, specifically, the two drivers with the most race wins who were ranked between 11th and 20th in drivers' points. 2021 XFINITY Schedule • 2021 Truck Series Schedule. [26], Beginning with the 2020 season NASCAR's top level of competition became known as the NASCAR Cup Series. First awarded in 1949 to Red Byron,[30] 32 different drivers have won the Championship. 1954  L. Petty To encourage continued competition among all drivers, a number of awards are given to drivers finishing outside the Chase. However, almost all advantages of using one car over another have been nullified. Martinsville Speedway is the only track on the 1949 schedule that remains on the current schedule. Another example was in the aforementioned 2011 Daytona 500. In the 1960s as superspeedways were built and old dirt tracks were paved, the number of races run on dirt tracks was reduced. There was, however, one case of a NASCAR Cup Series race being held in the rain. At the end of 2003, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco's sponsorship contract expired, and NASCAR negotiated a contract with Nextel, a telecommunications company. comments. If the final exemption is not used because all past Champions are already in the field, it will pass to another car based on the number of owner points.[34]. The current NASCAR Cup engines curb weight is roughly at 575 lb (261 kg). The Chase participants had their points increased to a level mathematically unattainable by anyone outside this field (roughly 1,800 points ahead of the first driver outside the Chase). They have a closed cockpit, fenders, a rear spoiler, and an aerodynamic splitter. The engines are powerful enough to reach speeds of over 200 mph (320 km/h), but their weight coupled with a relatively simple aerodynamic package (based on the body styles of cars currently available for retail sale in the United States) make for poor handling. The series underwent a large boom in popularity in the 1990s. The NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship is awarded by the Chairman of NASCAR to the most successful Cup Series driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results and victories. The points in the Owners Championship is identical to the Drivers' list, with one minor exception: Drivers who are not eligible to earn points toward the Drivers' title can still earn points toward the Owners' Championship. Between 1971 and 2003, NASCAR's premier series was sponsored by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company cigarette brand Winston, dubbing it the Winston Cup Series. 1957  B. Baker In 1971, NASCAR handicapped the larger engines with a restrictor plate. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series will be the 73rd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 50th season for the modern era Cup Series. Races were broken up into three stages, four in the case of the NASCAR Cup Series' longest race, the Coca-Cola 600. Stewart's five season wins (all in the Chase) over Edwards' one win (in the third race of the season) gave Stewart the tie-breaker. This underlined the drama and emotion of the sport and increased its broadcast marketability. There is a separate "Chase for the Championship" for the owners' points. The design of the CoT has focused on cost control, parity, and driver safety. A 2005 rule change in NASCAR's three national series, revoked from 2013 onward, affects how the owner's points are used. Begins with 16 drivers, each with 2,000 points, plus a 3-point bonus for each win in the first 26 races, Begins with 12 drivers, each with 3,000 points, Begins with eight drivers, each with 4,000 points. Grab an official NASCAR Cup Series Champ diecast from our Championship merchandise to celebrate his success and add to your collection. Depuis 2018, chaque course est divisée en trois segments ; des points sont attribués en fonction de la place obtenue en fin des segments. Johnson détient seul le record du nombre de titres consécutifs, dépassant ainsi Cale Yarborough, puisqu'il en a remporté cinq d'affilée, de 2006 à 2010[10]. Busch [6], The last NASCAR Grand National race on a dirt track (until 2021) was held on September 30, 1970, at the half-mile State Fairgrounds Speedway in Raleigh, North Carolina. 2006  J. Johnson The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). [42] In the aftermath of the crash, NASCAR mandated the use of a restrictor plate at Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway to reduce speeds. In December 2016, it was announced that Monster Energy would become the new title sponsor and the series was renamed the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (2017–2019). The highest finishing non-Chase driver (13th place at the end of the season from 2007 to 2013 and potentially anywhere from fifth to 17th place starting in 2014) is awarded a bonus of approximately one million dollars and was originally given a position on stage at the post-season awards banquet. Their base point totals were then reset to 2,000 points, a level more than 1,000 points higher than that of the first driver outside the Chase. This is called the NASCAR playoffs. 1974  R. Petty Toute l'actualité du NASCAR - Sport automobile. Le championnat se base sur un système de points. Rules mandated a minimum wheelbase of 115 inches (2,900 mm), but after 1979, none of the models approved for competition met the standard, as mid-sized cars now typically had wheelbases between 105 and 112 inches. After each of the first three rounds, the four Chase Grid drivers with the fewest points for the season are eliminated from the Grid and from Championship contention. And in 2002, the awards ceremony was moved to the Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center. 2013  J. Johnson Le corps et le châssis des voitures sont strictement réglementés pour assurer la parité et l'électronique est traditionnellement réduite. Paris sur l'épreuve. Alex Bowman - 1 win - 6th in points. Allmendinger is set to make his first NASCAR Cup Series start since 2018 in the race at the Daytona International Speedway road course next … Beginning in 2013, the rules reverted to a system more similar to the pre-2005 rules. The rear wing remained a controversial feature for a few years. The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). La société Nextel Communications, Inc. reprend le sponsoring de 2004 à 2007 et l'événement est renommé Nextel Cup Series[1]. The NASCAR Cup Series returns to action on Feb. 9 at Daytona International Speedway, kicking off a full slate of action in 2021. The last four drivers in contention for the season title start the race with 5,000 points, with the highest finisher in the race winning the Cup Series title. [44], In 2011, NASCAR altered the nose of the car once more, with the splitter being reduced in size and the braces being replaced by a solid front valence. The driver leading in points after the 36th race would be declared the champion. Races on dirt tracks and on oval tracks shorter than 250 miles (400 kilometres) were removed from the schedule and transferred to the short-lived NASCAR Grand National East Series, and the remaining races had a minimum prize money of $30,000. La compétition était initialement dénommée Grand National. All drivers on the Chase Grid continue to have their driver points reset to 2,000 before the Chase, with a three-point bonus for each win in the first 26 races. When the series was formed under the name, strictly stock, the cars were just that, production vehicles with no modifications allowed. NASCAR once enforced a homologation rule that at various times stated that at least 500 cars had to be produced, or as many as one car for every make's dealership in the nation had to be sold to the general public to allow it to be raced. As a result, tobacco companies began to sponsor sporting events as a way to spend their excess advertising dollars and to circumvent the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act's ban on television advertising. The title sponsorship with Sprint ended after the 2016 season. In 2010 NASCAR decided to replace the wing with the original spoiler. A Manufacturer's Championship is awarded each year, although the Driver's Championship is considered more prestigious. Darlington Raceway, opened in 1950, was the first completely paved track on the circuit over one mile (1.6 km) long. [10] The Winston Million was replaced with a similar program, the Winston No Bull Five, in 1998. [18], In 2016, NASCAR announced the creation of a charter system, which would guarantee 36 teams' entry to all 36 races. 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