Give your thoughts on a thread for remembering what happened in NASCAR each and every day. Perhaps we lost someone, maybe a track opened, or closed. Some special driver won his first race or his last race. A new team won their first event, etc.

No discussion, just a simple statement on what happened in NASCAR each and every day of the year. Could be very interesting!

Are we saying two years of daily work on NASCAR's history by RaceCrazy is gone?

CM mentioned in the other thread that Luke started(Not sure where it dissapeared too) that he would look and see if it was still stuck over in the old board.

Thanks for putting the "sticky" back.

The old thread had passed through 70,000 views and was headed toward 100,000 making it the most popular thread at Speed. Hopefully, RaceCrazy will catch up with the new format and give us our daily history of NASCAR's past.

well I havent been a regular member here for a while-I got too busy-but I always posted the Nascar History thread. I have each day saved on an another board that some of you might know about-I am sorta bummed that all that hard work went away from here but Ill start it out right now-Ill try to keep this updated everyday for those that enjoy it still.

Today in Nascar History February 12th:

Birthdays:

Mike Davis
Brad Keselowski

Events:

Feb 12th, 1960: Herman Beam becomes the first driver to be black-flagged in a Nascar event at Daytona International Speedway. Race officials notice that Beam forgot to put on his helmet before the twin 100 mile qualifying race. Nascar officials park Beam for the remainder of the race.

Feb 12th, 2006: Rookie driver Denny Hamlin wins the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona in his first career restrictor plate start.

Races:

Feb 12th, 1960: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Fireball Roberts (started 2nd), pontiac, race avg at 137.614, 1 lead change among 1 driver, 2 cautions for 5 laps. Pole Winner: Cotton Owens at 149.892 mph.

Feb 12th, 1960: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Jack Smith (started 1st), pontiac, race avg at 146.520, 0 lead changes, 2 cautions for 2 laps. Pole Winner: Jack Smith at 148.157 mph.

Feb 12th, 1965: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Darel Dieringer (started 1st), mercury, race avg at 165.669, 3 lead changes among 3 drivers, 0 cautions. Pole Winner: Darel Dieringer at 171.151 mph.

Feb 12th, 1965: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Junior Johnson (started 1st), ford, race avg at 111.076, 9 lead changes among 3 drivers, 1 caution for 13 laps. Pole Winner: Junior Johnson at 168.444 mph.

Feb 12th, 2006: Daytona Beach, FL: Winner: Denny Hamlin, chevy. 4 cautions. Pole Winner: Kenny Schrader (decided in draw).

Glad you're back. This thread is important, imo. Thanks.

A little history on one of NASCAR's legends:

Mark Martin began his stock car racing career at the age of 15 on the local Arkansas dirt tracks. He won his first race in only his third start and the Arkansas State Championship in his first year of racing in 1974. He moved up to the V-8 division in 1976 and began racing on asphalt later that year.

His success continued, and by 1977 he began competing in the ASA series against drivers such as Rusty Wallace, Bobby Allison and Dick Trickle. He became the ASA Rookie of the Year in 1977, and then went on to win three consecutive championships from 1978-80.

Martin ran five NASCAR Cup races in 1981, which began laying the groundwork for his first full season in 1982. He had an impressive rookie year with eight top-10 finishes, although he never received payment from his sponsor. Unable to fund the team himself, Martin auctioned off everything in his shop in April 1983. He ran a limited Cup schedule for different owners that year before returning to the ASA series from 1984-86, where he claimed another championship in 1986.

Martin decided to take one more shot at NASCAR racing in 1987 when he drove a full-season Busch Grand National schedule for Bruce Lawmaster. It was Mark's victory at Dover that year that sparked the attention of Jack Roush. Roush was preparing to begin his own Cup team in 1988 and selected Martin to be his driver.

Martin has gone on to achieve everything just short of a Cup title, earning 35 Nextel Cup victories and finishing second in the point standings four times (1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002), while consistently running at the front of the pack with one of the most successful race cars in NASCAR history.

Mark sees the 2008 season as a win-win situation for both himself and the Army team. Along with driving in 26 races, Mark's extended role with the Army team will be as a mentor to rookie Aric Almirola. "I not only get to drive, but I also get to teach and I love both." said Mark. "I welcome the opportunity to drive the U.S. Army car and represent our brave soldiers who are fighting the Global War on Terrorism."

Thanks RaceCrazy and others!

Today in Nascar History February 13th:

Birthdays:

No birthdays today.

Events:

Feb 13th, 2007: Nascar announces harsh penalties for 4 teams after illegal modifications were found on their cars during pre and post-qualifying inspection for the Daytona 500. Robbie Reiser, crew chief for Matt Kenseth, along with Kasey Kahne's car chief Kenny Francis were each suspended for 4 races and the teams were fined 50 points. Also the 2 other Evernham teams of Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler each had their crew chiefs suspended for 2 races and were fined 25 points for pre-qualfying violations. This is the 2nd straight year at Daytona that high profile teams have been severely penalized. Last year Jimmie Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus was suspended for 4 races including the Daytona 500 which Johnson would go on to win.

No races ever held on this date.

WooHoo WooHoo WooHoo Race Crazy is back!!!

Has anyone ever won the shootout, duel and the 500 in one year!!