Do celebrities drive a NASCAR pace car for the entire race as needed, or just to start the race?
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They only drive it to lead the cars to the green flag.  NASCAR has hired pace car drivers for the rest of the race.
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Nascar cars run on a multimillion dollar budget. yes the sponsors have to put up a lot of money millions. A lot of drivers have to prove themselves and work they way toward better sponsor's. I guess it helps to know people too.
541690
Thats right! GIT-R-DONE!!!!!!  NASCAR is as american as Granddaddy's moonshine and moms apple pie.  I think Toyota should go **** out of america and NASCAR.  They got Mikey and Dale Jarrett driving for them for the midgets' sake!  They wont even pose as a threat for Jr, Johnson, Gordon, Stewart, Biffle, Edwards, or any other great AMERICAN driver.
1012350
Love NASCAR\nfavorite drivers are jeff gordon and tony stewart..as for why?? they can run the wheels of of anything..
750406
Yes they are penalized because of their career choice.But NASCAR does have an arrangement with some companies which help give drivers a break.Some drivers do insure thru LLoyds of London.
505172
Personally, I am a Biffell Fan, but Tony is an awsome driver.  He knows what he wants and does what it takes.  I like the fact that yes, he does take people out, but its usually because the screwed him first. Oh by the way to the Kasey Kahne fan, Who was it that took out all the Great drivers in nextel all star challenge? yes it was Kahne. If I was him, I would be looking over my shoulder for the rest of the year.....
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Danica is a tremendous driver, she earned her way into the indy league, it wasn't handed to her. I don't see her as hurting the sport at all, if anything, the sport is greater for having a proficient driver such as Danica in it.
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Ryan Newman\nJoe Nemachek\nDave Blaney\nKevin Lepage\n\nThey have all had chances to prove themselves on different teams. Newman can run....as long as no one else is on the track.\nAs for Petty and Green ....they both have underfunded or one car teams.\nAnd if your other responder would even watch NASCAR he would know that there are 2 road courses on the schedule each year.
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Nascar because I like to drive fast
606298
your best bet would be jimmy johnson, he qualified second for allstar race,plus its at lowes motor speedway and well  johnson drives for lowes so they fork out a little more money and time to get his car just right thats why he wins there so much
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# NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge Fast Facts\nLocation: Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.\nDate: Saturday, May 20, 2006\nTime: 9:00pm/et\nSanctioning Body: NASCAR, Daytona Beach, Fla.\nSeries: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series - Special Non-Points Event\nCompanion Race: NEXTEL Open - NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series\n\nDistance: 90 laps, 135 miles (run in three segments of 40 laps, 30 laps and 20 laps). Green flag and yellow flag laps will be counted during segment 1. All restarts will be double file and lapped cars will start at the rear.\n\nBetween segment 1 and segment 2, there will be a 10-minute break during which a random drawing will determine if as few as six or as many as 12 cars will be inverted. Teams will pit and may elect to change tires, add fuel and make normal chassis adjustments. Changing of springs, shock absorbers or rear-ends will not be permitted. Only green flag laps will be counted during segment 2 and segment 3.\n\nBetween segment 2 and segment 3 there will be a yellow flag during which teams may elect to pit. They may add fuel, change tires and make normal chassis adjustments. Teams pitting will not retain their position and will restart at the rear of the field in the order they leave pit road.\n\nPurse: $3,250,450 (event record)\n\nNEXTEL All-Star Challenge winner's purse: $1,005,000\n\nSegment Winner Bonuses: 1st, $75,000; 2nd, $20,000; 3rd, $10,000\n\n2005 Winner: Mark Martin, Pfizer/Viagra Ford\n\nQualifying: One round of qualifying will be held Friday, May 19, at 7:10pm/et. Each driver will run three laps with a mandatory four-tire, pit stop. The total elapsed time will comprise each team's qualifying effort and the pole-winning team will earn $50,000.\n2005 Pole Sitter: Ryan Newman, Alltel Dodge, 122.443 seconds, 132.306 mph\nTotal elapsed time of three laps, including a four-tire pit stop\n\nEligibility List:\nJeff Gordon, 2005 Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla.\nGreg Biffle, 2005 Auto Club 500, Fontana, Calif.\nJimmie Johnson, 2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Las Vegas, Nev.\nCarl Edwards, 2005 Golden Corral 500, Hampton, Ga.\nKevin Harvick, 2005 Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn.\nKurt Busch, 2005 Subway Fresh 500, Phoenix, Ariz.\nKasey Kahne, 2005 Chevy American Revolution 400, Richmond, Va.\nTony Stewart, 2005 Dodge/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.\nDale Earnhardt Jr., 2005 USG Sheetrock 400, Joliet, Ill.\nJeremy Mayfield, 2005 GFS Marketplace 400, Brooklyn, Mich.\nMatt Kenseth, 2005 Sharpie 500, Bristol, Tenn.\nKyle Busch, 2005 Sony HD 500, Fontana, Calif.\nRyan Newman, 2005 Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.\nDale Jarrett, 2005 UAW-Ford 500, Talladega, Ala.\nMark Martin, 2005 Banquet 400, Kansas City, Kan.\nJamie McMurray, 2005 Winning Car Owner, Phoenix, Ariz.\nBobby Labonte, 2000 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Champion\nMichael Waltrip, 1996 NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge Winner\nTBD, 2006 NEXTEL Open Winner\nTBD, Fan Vote\n[NOTE: Terry Labonte is eligible but will NOT run the race, just the Coke 600 at LMS]\n\nRadio/Television: Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast the NEXTEL Open live to its affiliate radio stations with coverage beginning at 6:45pm/et. MRN's broadcast can also be heard on XM Satellite Radio channel 144. Cable channel FX will televise the race live. Coverage begins with a pre-race show at 7:00pm/et.\nTickets: Tickets for Saturday night, May 20, start at $21 and include the NEXTEL Open, the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, a pre-race concert by rock group Train and a performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers during a break in the All-Star race. To purchase tickets, visit www.lowesmotorspeedway.com or call 1-800-455-FANS.(LMS PR)(5-11-2006)\n\n# NEXTEL Open Fast Facts\nLocation: Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.\nDate: Saturday, May 20, 2006\nTime: 7:40pm/et\nSanctioning Body: NASCAR, Daytona Beach, Fla.\nSeries: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series - Special Event\nEligibility: Drivers not already eligible for the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge and finished in the top 50 of the final 2005
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no, because Jimmie is LAME!\n\nTony Stewart will win!\n\n20 car forever!!!!!!!!
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tv celebrity   so what does that have to do wth sports
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A NASCAR official watches every pit stop in every race.  He watches to assure safety on the track.  If he notices that a tire changer didn't put all of the lug nuts on, NASCAR will call that driver back in to the pits to fix the problem.  Sometimes the tire changer will get all of the lug nuts on, but he doesn't tighten them all of the way.  In that case the driver will feel a "vibration".  That's when the car just doesn't feel right.  At that point the driver has to drive and diagnose the problem as a loose lug nut, tire loosing air pressure, or if it was a bad adjustment.  NASCAR doesn't know if a tire is loose, that's the drivers problem.  NASCAR only catches it when the tire changer doesn't get all of the lug nuts are on.
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I have to agree. Of all of them I can't say that I have had a bad experience with any of them. I know people have gotten rubbed the wrong way, but in the driver's defense: there is a certain time to bother them and a lot more inappropriate times. \n\nI think it stems from their upbringing. Most of these guys grew up in smalltown USA and with families just like their fans. Some of the young ones grew up as fans of some of the major names in this sport. So they also know what's it's like to be a fan. Racing is bred in southern region where there is such a thing as manners. That has been bred into the sport. The elders in this sport have passed down the appropriate way to act to some of the younger ones and have set a mold of how driver's should act in response to their fans. \nA lot of their parents worked overly hard just to put the money into racing. A lot of them struggled, and I think they can relate to where their fans come from. Most of them did not grow up with money. Most of them grew up just like most of their fans did. Too most of them the money is just an added bonus..it's getting to ride every week that makes them happy, and they know the reason they get to do that is their fans, and they are thankful to the fans that support them, and realize that you tick your fans off and there's a good chance you'd be gone tomorrow. These sponsers pay a crapload of money for driver's that can reach out to the fans, and they lose that ability and the sponser will go with someone else. Most of these driver's know they can go from hero to zero real quick fast and in a hurry and they could be back on the short track wondering if they've got enough gas to get home from next weekend's race or not.
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another one about nascar and toyota, huh\n\nwell, the way i see it, is, they should have some really really hot drivers in convertables, with out the helmet thing, i mean, i wanna see the drivers hair flying in the air... and let them drive a bit slower, that was we can get a better look at them. :)
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He's not obsessed because Kevin Harvick already has that wrapped up. Besides, a lot of NASCAR Drivers do double duty(Busch and Cup) The Cup guys are regulars on the Busch Series, with people calling them "Buschwackers" Does it make it right? No, does NASCAR care? No cause that's higher ratings for them if the big boys drive in the minors.