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In 1976 Janet Guthrie became the first woman to compete in a Winston Cup race. She finished 15th in the World 600 race. She also qualified for the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500 in the same year-- 1977.

A NASCAR Pit Crew consists of 7 members: front tire changer, front tire carrier, rear tire changer, rear tire carrier, jack man, gas man and the gas catch can man.

Jerry Nadeau recorded the hardest crash - 128 Gs at Richmond International Speedway in May 2003 - since NASCAR began putting black boxes in cars in 2001.