The difference can be heard as the flat-plane crankshafts result in the engine having a smoother, higher-pitched sound than cross-plane ( for example, IRL IndyCar Series compared to NASCAR Nextel Cup, or a Ferrari 355 compared to a Chevrolet Corvette ).

Celebrity hearse enthusiasts include rock singer Neil Young and two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion Tony Stewart, who had his hearse customised for a television show.

NASCAR is the world's largest governing body for stock car racing, and its Sprint Cup Series ( named for its sponsor, Sprint Nextel Corporation ) is the de facto premier series of stock car racing.

The most prominent championship in stock car racing is the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, named after its sponsor Sprint Nextel.

He made his NASCAR Nextel Cup race debut in the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama over the weekend of 5 – 7 October 2007.

Trinity is also home to NASCAR Nextel Cup Series drivers Bobby Labonte and Kyle Petty.

On July 9, 2006, Montoya announced his plans to compete in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series beginning with the 2007 season, racing for Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates ' NASCAR operation, Chip Ganassi Racing, in the No. 42 Texaco / Havoline Car.

* The car number of Kurt Busch's Ford when he won the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship.

He is the only driver to win the NASCAR championship under three different sponsorship titles Winston in 2002, Nextel in 2005, and Sprint in 2011 as well as being the only driver in history to win a championship in both IndyCar and NASCAR.

On November 20, Stewart won his second NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship, joining Jeff Gordon as the only active, full-time drivers at the time to have won multiple championships.

Bell was the grand marshal of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway on June 3, 2007.

However, including that race, Geoff Bodine only made 18 starts in the NASCAR Winston / Nextel / Sprint cup Series between 2001 and 2004, with only one top five and two top 10s, both in 2002.

Contrary to popular belief, foreign cars had competed in NASCAR competition in the early days of the sanctioning body ; indeed, a Jaguar won a NASCAR-sanctioned race in the Grand National division ( predecessor to the modern Sprint Cup Series ) at a road course in Linden, New Jersey in 1954, according to commentator Mike Joy, and the last foreign-made car to compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned event was an MG at one Grand National race in 1963 ( before Toyota entered the Nextel Cup Series at the beginning of the 2007 season.

** 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion – Tony Stewart.

Roush Racing announced that due to team limits imposed by NASCAR, they could not field a team for Martin for all 20 races he wanted to run in 2007, forcing Martin to move on, at least in the Nextel Cup Series.

The Subway 400 was the second race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season until 2004, held a week after the Daytona 500.

Jarrett started the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season on a high note as he drew pole position for the annual exhibition race, the Budweiser Shootout, at the Daytona International Speedway.

* Bob Ginn, the owner of Ginn Clubs and Resorts real estate company and owner of the NASCAR Nextel Cup team Ginn Racing.

NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup is a show that aired Monday nights on Speed Channel during the NASCAR season.

Inside NBS is a spin-off to NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup, and aired on Speed Channel.

Like its Inside Cup counterpart, which focused on the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, the show focused primarily the NASCAR Busch Series, and, like Inside Cup, was hosted by Allen Bestwick, and used a 3-driver expert panel to analyze news and recent Busch Series action.

To this day, Earnhardt is the only driver in NASCAR Winston Cup history to follow a Rookie of the Year title with a NASCAR Winston Cup Championship the next season.

He was the third driver in NASCAR history to win both the Rookie of the Year and Cup Series championship in his career, joining David Pearson and Richard Petty.

Dale's 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | 1994 racecar

Fans began honoring Earnhardt by holding three fingers aloft on the third lap of every NASCAR Cup race, and the television coverage of NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on NBC went silent for each third lap from Rockingham to the following year's race there in honor of Earnhardt For the first three weeks after Earnhardt's death, on-track incidents brought out the caution flag on lap three.

Park won the very next NASCAR Winston Cup race: The Dura Lube 400 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, NC held on February 26, 2001.

It is generally believed that current NASCAR owners have agreed never to use the No. 3 in Sprint Cup competition again, although this is not official NASCAR policy.

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* 2001 – Seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt dies in an accident during the Daytona 500.

The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series.

Richard Lee Petty ( born July 2, 1937 ) is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock / Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

** NASCAR postponed the September 16 Winston Cup New Hampshire 300 race at Loudon until November 23.

In addition, R. J. Reynolds ( the tobacco conglomerate ) took over as the major sponsor of NASCAR racing ( changing the name to the " Winston Cup ") and they made a significantly larger financial contribution than previous sponsors.

* George Parrish, retired American NASCAR Cup Series driver

* July 3 – Richard Petty, seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion

NASCAR, and the auto manufacturers have become aware of this, and for 2013 each brand ( Chevy, Dodge, Ford, and Toyota ) have redesigned their racing sheetmetal to more resemble the street models of their cars.

* Desafio Corona 2004-2007 ; now NASCAR Corona Series Presented by Toyota

Villeneuve racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in early 2008. In a subsequent interview with Autosport magazine, Villeneuve's manager Craig Pollock confirmed that Villeneuve's Formula One career was over It was announced on August 24, 2007 that Villeneuve would run the remaining seven races in the Craftsman Truck Series driving a Toyota Tundra for Bill Davis Racing and undertake a full-time Sprint Cup schedule in 2008.

* Dakoda Armstrong, Driver of the # 98 EverFi Toyota for ThorSport Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

* Martin Truex, Jr. ( born 1980 ), a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who currently pilots the # 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry lived in the Mayetta section of Stafford.

Prior to the use of the Toyota Tundra silhouette in the Craftsman Truck Series, MG was reported as the last foreign brand to be used in NASCAR.

A typical NASCAR-specific truck, in this case Mike Skinner ( NASCAR ) | Mike Skinner's 2006 Toyota Tundra

In NASCAR racing, Snickers ( and the rest of the Mars affiliated brands ) sponsor Kyle Busch's # 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.

In late 2011, NASCAR announced it was dropping Toyota Speedway from its schedule.

From 2003 to 2010, the main 1 / 2-mile oval hosted the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown.

In late 2009, Trulli was asked to test a NASCAR stock car in North America for Toyota.

In fact, NASCAR sanctions such " club " racing, offering the Whelen All-American Series as a national championship for the drivers, and an invitational race for club racers, the Toyota All-Star Showdown, a 150-lap race featuring the common Super Late Models with NASCAR-established rules.

He currently drives the # 55 Aaron's Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on a part-time basis.

Kenneth Wallace ( born August 23, 1963 ) is an American stock car driver who currently drives the # 99 Toyota in selected races for RAB Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Like several other former F1 drivers, Karthikeyan moved to stock car racing and drove the # 60 Safe Auto Insurance Company Toyota Tundra for Wyler Racing in the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

The oval configuration is used at least twice a year, with two double-feature events featuring the NASCAR Toyota Series and the NASCAR Mexico T4 Series.

In 2007, Waltrip had his No. 55 Toyota confiscated by NASCAR officials after inspectors found an odorless, Vaseline-like substance in the car's engine.

He currently drives the No. 18 Mars, Inc ./ Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series and owns Kyle Busch Motorsports, which runs the # 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry for Kyle and his brother Kurt in the Nationwide Series and the # 18 Dollar General Toyota Tundra for Jason Leffler in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Combos is an official sponsor of Kyle Busch, NASCAR driver of the fix 18 Toyota Camry.

Ambrose is driving the # 47 Toyota in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup series, after forming a technical alliance with Michael Waltrip Racing and Toyota Racing Development.