NASCAR History

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Across
  1. 6. Highest-placing female in a NASCAR Cup Series race (2)
  2. 7. "Rocket", 51 career poles, 2008 Daytona 500 winner (2)
  3. 9. "LefTurn", 2 Xfinity Series wins, 1 Truck Series win, died in a 410 sprint car race in 2013 (2)
  4. 10. Last winner of the original Daytona Beach & Road Course races (2)
  5. 11. Race team with most NASCAR Cup Series victories (2)
  6. 15. 1967 Daytona 500 winner, 1978 Formula 1 champion, 52 Indycar wins (2)
  7. 21. 4-time Cup Series winner, oldest to start a Cup Series race, and an avid Christian (2)
  8. 22. Current type of tire construction in NASCAR
  9. 23. Inaugural NASCAR Truck Series champion (2)
  10. 25. "Gentle Giant" 6'6" tall, son of Buck, 19 career Cup Series wins (2)
  11. 29. 10-time Cup Series victor, 2-time Daytona 500 winner(2)
  12. 32. "Mr. September", oldest driver to win a Cup Series race and credited with 21 wins (2)
  13. 35. Competed in CART, died of AIDS before seeing peak of his career, 13 career wins (2)
  14. 38. Year that Bobby Allison won his only Winston Cup title (3)
  15. 39. "Jaws", 3-time champ, 84 wins, older brother of Michael (2)
  16. 40. Exclusive tire supplier of NASCAR since 1994
  17. 41. Never saw NASCAR competition, but won three races in a row before being shot by his cousin. "He was the greatest pure racecar driver I ever saw"-Bill France Sr. (2)
  18. 42. Trio of brother who won a combined 19 career races (Geoff, Brett, and Todd -blank-)
  19. 43. Most starts in the Cup Series without a win (2)
Down
  1. 1. 33 career Cup Series wins, died in a 1964 Charlotte race fire (2)
  2. 2. 2-time Daytona 500 champ, 3-time Cup Series winner (2)
  3. 3. Former type of tire construction in NASCAR (2)
  4. 4. NASCAR's first paved superspeedway, home of the Southern 500
  5. 5. "Gentleman", 50 Cup Series wins, 2-time champion(2)
  6. 8. NASCAR no longer uses this engine part
  7. 12. 1990 hollywood film about NASCAR Winston Cup racing, starring Tom Cruise (3)
  8. 13. "McFlippin'" Daytona 500 champion(2)
  9. 14. "Iceman", 2-time Cup Series champ and has 22 wins (2)
  10. 16. Former CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) winner, 3-time Cup Series winner (2)
  11. 17. USAC triple crown winner, 3-time champion (2)
  12. 18. 4-time Cup Series winner who got his chance being a stunt driver for Days of Thunder(2)
  13. 19. Manufacturer with 218 Cup Series wins, left the sport in 2012
  14. 20. 1998 Daytona 500 winner, 76 career Cup Series wins (2)
  15. 23. Only track on the schedule that was on NASCAR's inaugural 1948 schedule
  16. 24. "Mr. Excitement", 2 Cup Series wins, one of the top 10 modified racers of all time (2)
  17. 26. 14 career wins, drove for Holman-Moody, and was David Pearson's crew chief during his 1968-69 seasons(2)
  18. 27. 2010 Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year (2)
  19. 28. Current type of transmission used ONLY in the Cup Series
  20. 30. 1 of 2 African-Americans to win a Nascar Cup Series race (2)
  21. 31. Record holder for most consecutive championships in the Nascar Cup Series (2)
  22. 33. The first Southern 500 winner in 1950 (2)
  23. 34. 2 career Cup Series wins, nephew of Mario. #checkit4andretti (2)
  24. 36. NASCAR pit reporter and doctor, saved Rusty Wallace in 1988 (2)
  25. 37. 800 Cup Series victories, the most of any manufacturer