The 1999 Cup Season
Coming off of his Cup championship last year, this driver would go on to win the 1999 Daytona 500.
Who is Jeff Gordon?
We saw the first ever two-time championship winner in NASCAR history during the 1950s. This was the driver.
Who is Herb Thomas?
The 2018 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
Who is William Byron?
This driver won multiple races with the Williams Formula One team and started his first NASCAR Cup race at Sonoma in 2006. He would go on to score only two wins in his NASCAR Cup career and would become infamous in the NASCAR community for a certain occurrence in the 2012 Daytona 500.
Who is Juan Pablo Montoya?
This 7-time Cup championship earned his sole Xfinity series win at Chicagoland Speedway in 2001.
Who is Jimmie Johnson?
This track held its inaugural Cup race in 1999.
What is Homestead-Miami Speedway?
1956 to 1957 marked to first time we saw consecutive championships occur in NASCAR's top division. This was the man behind the wheel.
Who is Buck Baker?
The 2002 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
Who is Ryan Newman?
This current F1 driver did a promotional ad for iRacing in 2012 where he did a seat swap with Tony Stewart. The video was recorded at Watkins Glen.
Who is Lewis Hamilton?
This driver's sole Xfinity win came in the 2012 February Daytona race, after the top 10 all wrecked out in the final turn on the final lap.
Who is James Buescher?
Tony Stewart earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1999. His rookie season is considered by many to be the best in the modern era, getting 3 wins and finishing this place in the points.
What is 4th?
The 1959 Daytona 500 saw a photo finish between two drivers. This driver was initially declared the winner, then was demoted to second place 3 days later after pictures showed Lee Petty crossing the line first.
Who is Johnny Beauchamp?
The 1960 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
Who is Richard Petty?
This driver competed for the Toro Rosso F1 team in 2006 alongside Vitantonio Liuzzi. He would go on to race for NASCAR's Red Bull team with a best finish of 5th at Talladega in 2009.
Who is Scott Speed?
This 3-time cup champion earned his only Xfinity series win in 1982 at Rockingham.
Who is David Pearson?
Of the drivers that won a Cup race in 1999, this driver would end up finishing the lowest in the points of all points-race-winning drivers.
Who is Joe Nemechek? (30th place)
The second race at Darlington saw more cars in the field than any other race in NASCAR's top division. This was the amount of cars that saw the green flag.
What is 82?
The inaugural NASCAR Rookie of the Year winner (1954).
Who is Blackie Pitt?
This driver competed with the Minardi team from 1992-1993 and competed for Footwork in 1994. He only made 16 NASCAR starts from 2002-2003, driving for Petty Enterprises.
Who is Christian Fittipaldi?
This driver's sole Xfinity win occured in 2006 at Kentucky, and is considered by many to be the biggest upset in NASCAR history.
Who is David Gilliland?
This driver made one start in 1999 at Watkins Glen, where he finished an impressive 2nd place for NEMCO Motorsports in the #87 Chevrolet. He finished 2nd to Jeff Gordon, in the midst of his 6-road course race winning streak
Who is Ron Fellows?
NASCAR's first airport race was held in 1954 at Linden Airport in New Jersey. Al Keller won the race, and this was the car manufacturer responsible for the win.
What is Jaguar?
The 2011 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
Who is Andy Lally?
This F1 driver was famous for his involvement in a certain scandal in during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. He would go on to score 1 Xfinity series win and two Gander Outdoors Truck Series wins in 2012.
Who is Nelson Piquet Jr?
This driver's only Xfinity series win came in 2004 at Chicagoland. He shares the last name of two Cup series champions.
Who is Justin Labonte?