Justin Labonte
This oval track was built on Dade County land that had been devastated by a hurricane in 1992.
Homestead-Miami Speedway
A scene in this classic NASCAR film sees crew chief Harry Hogge, played by Robert Duvall, tell driver Cole Trickle: "You can't pit now. We're busy eating ice cream."
Days of Thunder
This driver who previously found success with Penske and Evernham DNQ'd the Daytona 500 in a Bill Davis Racing car. He would later be banned from NASCAR for failing drug tests.
Jeremy Mayfield
This driver who hails from Connecticut came up as a prospect with Joe Gibbs Racing and would later win a Cup title in the Gen 6 era with Team Penske.
Joey Logano
Jeb Burton
Ward Burton
This organization is the winningest in NASCAR Cup Series history, the only one with more than 10 championships.
Hendrick Motorsports
This New Jersey engineer was the leader of Jeff Gordon's Rainbow Warriors, before starting his own successful race team with Bill Elliott.
Ray Evernham
This driver is the winningest in ARCA history, with 10 championships under his belt, but he still failed to make the 500 in a Fast Track Racing entry.
Frank Kimmel
This Cup talent who comes from Michigan won the last championship in Cup before the switch to Gen 6, and also is known for getting buzzed drunk in an ESPN post-race interview.
Brad Keselowski
Jeffery Earnhardt
Kerry Earnhardt
These four small pieces of metal fasten the front end of a NASCAR vehicle.
Hood pins
This family from Stuart, Virginia, led by siblings Leonard and Glenn, practically invented the modern pit stop, establishing the role of the crew chief in race strategy.
The Wood Brothers
This Daytona 500 winner from 5 years prior and avid hunter failed to qualify a Morgan-McClure Motorsports car into the 500.
Ward Burton
This driver from Wisconsin is known for almost never smiling, and winning the Brickyard 400 off of fuel mileage.
Paul Menard
Myatt Snider
Marty Snider
This nationwide adult dining chain, currently with Chase Elliott, was only 14 bars strong when it first signed on as a Cup Series sponsor.
Hooters
This legendary crew chief won 8 championships in his career, and was the first crew chief to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame back in 2012.
Dale Inman
This driver, who failed to qualify a Rick Ware car into the show, is also a Hollywood stuntman who has appeared in Spider-Man, Jurassic Park, and Batman films.
Stanton Barrett
This female driver from Massachusetts was ridiculed after details surfaced about an affair she was having with her car owner.
Erin Crocker
Angela Ruch
Derrike Cope
The Chevrolet SS, raced in the Cup Series from 2013 to 2017, was a rebranded version of the Commodore, built by this Australian branch of General Motors.
Holden
This trendy crew chief led all-black vehicles to victory lane in the Daytona 500 on two occasions, putting himself in the catbird seat in 1992 with Davey and 1998 with Dale.
Larry McReynolds
This driver last won at Talladega in 1972, but still attempted to qualify his own Cup entry into the Daytona 500 with a retirement-centered TV network.
James Hylton
This Cup veteran who is one of three Montana-born NASCAR drivers won the Busch Series Rookie of the Year in the late 1990s and also has 4 wins in the Truck Series.
Tony Raines