What is Nascar's definition of "rookie"?
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Someone who is racing the full schedule of a series for the first time, as long as they raced less than 7 races in that series last year.
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Dale Earnhardt Junior, Truex Jr, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart.  They are all better in my opinion.  I do have to say this, Jeff Gordon is a big time looser.  He is so bad, he needs to find something else to do.
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Ken Schrader was the first to perform that feat early in 1995 when he secured a Craftsman Truck Series victory.  He had already had victories in the Busch Series and Cup Series previously. \n\nThe second to do the same feat was Terry Labonte later in the 1995 season.
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I can't believe 48 won another restrictor plate race. I hope Nascar finds something illegal on his car and penalize him. Are the 17, 26, 99 team mates, cause they don't drive like they are.
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A student on an NCAA college sports team who was kept out of competition for a year in order to prolong his or her eligibility.\n\nIn other words, they are probably a sophomore, but are considered a freshman by the NCAA in that they still have 4 years of eligibility.
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The links below list every player who made their major league debut during the 2005 season.  Please note that, because the MLB definition for who is a rookie is different that merely having made their debut, there are guys on those lists who are rookies this year, and some players who were considered rookies in '05 are not listed because their actual debut was in a previous year.
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13645589/\n\nUpdated: 23 minutes ago\n\nDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. returned to Daytona’s Victory Lane for the first time in more than two years, winning the Busch Series race Friday night.\n\nEarnhardt took the lead early and dominated the rest of the way, holding off Brian Vickers after a late restart in the Winn-Dixie 250.\n\nVickers finished second, followed by series point leader Kevin Harvick, pole-sitter J.J. Yeley and Carl Edwards......
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What exactly is a sport?  To me, a sport is competition.  Nothing is more competitive than Nascar, especially when you factor in the setups of the cars, and the technology and research that goes into the "fine-tuning" of each component on the car.  What drivers have you been looking at exactly, when you say that they don't look athletic?  What exactly is your definition of athletic?  I can more than 20 of the regulars who are on a strict work-out program, several of which include running 5-10 miles per day.  Many of them are very intelligent.  Ryan Newman, for example, has a Masters degree in Aeronautical engineering from Purdue.  Although many of the drivers may not have graduated from a secondary institution, consider the hundreds of engineers that work the cars.  And you are calling Nascar drivers dumb?   As compared to what sport?  Baseball?  Football?  God forbid, the NBA, comprised of thugs?  To be competitive in NASCAR,  you have to have superb intelligence to setup the car for a specific track, and to make split second decisions on the track as well as in the pits concerning your race strategy.  Hundreds of a second are many times the difference between first and last.  What do you have to do in Football or basketball that requires intelligence?  Run fast or jump high?  Get 20 tattoos on your arms, grow an afro or braid your hair in cornrows while sporting a "grill" and belting out the latest 50 Cent rap?  I would bet $100 to a donut that the average IQ of a Nascar participants (when you factor in the drivers, crew chiefs, and team engineers) is double that of the average participant in any other of your major sports.   I think the thing that attracts me most to NASCAR is the fact that you have all 43 teams on the playing field competiting simultaneously.  When you run 200 MPH with someone to your left, right, behind, and in front of you only inches away, it is like a high speed game of chess.  And more importantly, in most cases, they are paid according to their performance.  And in my opinion, they aren't overpaid.
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I actually started out watching and attending NHRA events my sophomore year in HS. I had a boyfriend and a best friend who race, and a matter of fact, they still do. I go a few times a year---Super Chevy, Night Under Fire, Spring Nationals. Then I got into NASCAR and Sprints. I love it all!!!
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Nascar has numerous contracts with abc, FOX, ESPN, and NBC to have Nascar coverage.  Speed channel only covers qualifying.
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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.
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The easiest way to become a Nascar driver is to find the nearest short track under a Nascar sanction, buy or build a street stock or a 4 cylinder mini-stock, buy your Nascar License, and go racing. Now you are an officially licensed Nascar driver. There are thousands of them all across America. Now, if you want to get into the top three divisions, that will take money, time, talent, money, luck, and a little money. Lots of great short track drivers have awesome careers and never go near a Nascar event.
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Nascar drafting is where you get two, usually more cars together in a train.  The first car pushes through the air, the second car gets in behind and can go faster than normal, and can actually push the first car.  The train of cars can actually go around the track so fast, so that anyone not in this train will almost look like they are going backward.  They like to use it at the big tracks that limit engine power.  So you get alot of cars set up with little downforce, all going together, pushing their limits and each other, with little air around them.  There can be major crashes of 20-30 cars at once, if just one car loses or gets pushed out of control.  That's Nascar drafting.  Kinda like coming home on the freeway.
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Sounds just like an Earnhardt fan YOU HAVE TO SPIN UM TO WIN UM.\nIf Jr.had the talent he would have run off with the lead by now.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.  (Gordon is washed up)\nDale Earnhardt Sr. (Gordon is not even in the same league as Sr.)\n\nThe Earnhardt's rule Talladega, and Gordon is one of the worst drafters in all of NASCAR
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Probably because they have never got to truly "experience" Nascar!  It isn't some peoples cup of tea.  Me personally, I love Nascar, and don't think it's a hillbilly sport!  I would like to see any of the haters go through the strain those drivers go through every week, it's a lot tougher than it looks.  Let's send them for a Richard Petty driving experience, I hope Yahoo! is paying!
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http://boards.ign.com/nascar/b6043/113449062/p1/