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Eddie Falk
Eddie Falk (born October 12, 1959) is a former American stock car racing driver from Norfolk, Virginia. Falk competed in 98 NASCAR Busch Series races from 1982 to 1987. Falk completed his NASCAR career with 24 top ten finishes and 1 pole position. Falk competed in one ARCA race in 1985 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. He also attempted one NASCAR Winston Cup race in 1981 at Martinsville Speedway, but he failed to qualify for the event. His son C. E. Falk also competed in NASCAR. Motorsports career results NASCAR ( key) () Winston Cup Series ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series ( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) References External links * * NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from Virginia Living people {{NASCAR-stub 1959 births Sportspeople from Norfolk, Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. It had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Virginia, third-most populous city in Virginia and List of United States cities by population, 100th-most populous city in the United States. The city holds a strategic position as the historical, urban, financial, and cultural center of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area (sometimes called "Tidewater (region), Tidewater"), which has more than 1.8 million inhabitants and is the Metropolitan statistical area, 37th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Norfolk was established in 1682 as a colonial seaport. Strategically located at the confluence of the Elizabeth River (Virginia), Elizabeth River and Chesapeake Bay, it quickly developed into a major center for trade and shipbuilding. During the American Revolution and War of 1812, its port and naval facilities made it a critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Daytona 500
The 1981 Daytona 500, the 23rd running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was held on Sunday, February 15, 1981. Race report Contested over 200 laps and over the course of 2 hours and 56 minutes, the race was won by Richard Petty for his record seventh at the Daytona 500, beating Bobby Allison to the line by 3.5 seconds and bringing about Buick's first win in NASCAR since 1956. Ricky Rudd, Buddy Baker, and Dale Earnhardt rounded out the Top 5.Official results of 1981 Daytona 500 on Racing-Reference.info A new generation of smaller cars, with a wheelbase of , down from the previously used , made their debut in this race. David Pearson had the only Chevrolet in the field. He started 9th in his new Monte Carlo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner W
Warner can refer to: People * Warner (writer) * Warner (given name) * Warner (surname) Fictional characters * Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner, stars of the animated television series ''Animaniacs'' * Aaron Warner, a character in '' Shatter Me series'' Education * Warner Pacific University, Portland, Oregon * Warner University, Lake Wales, Florida Places * Warner (crater), a lunar impact crater in the southern part of the Mare Smythii * Warner Theatre (other), several theatres Australia * Warner, Queensland Canada * County of Warner No. 5, a municipal district in Alberta * Warner, Alberta, a village * Warner elevator row, Warner, Alberta United States * Warner, New Hampshire, a New England town ** Warner (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town * Warner, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Warner, Oklahoma * Warner, South Dakota * Warner, Wisconsin, a town Organisations * Warner Aerocraft, an American aircraft manufacturer based in Seminole, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400
The 1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400 was a NASCAR NASCAR Cup Series, Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on June 7, 1981, at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. Background Texas World Speedway was built in 1969 and was one of seven superspeedways of two miles (3 km) or greater in the United States used for racing, the others being Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, Pocono Raceway, Pocono, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Auto Club Speedway, Auto Club, and Michigan International Speedway, Michigan (there are several tracks of similar size used for vehicle testing). TWS was located on approximately 600 acres (2.4 km2) on State Highway 6 (Texas), State Highway 6 in College Station, Texas. There is a oval, and several road course configurations. The full oval configuration was closely related to that of Michigan and is often considered the latter's sister track, though featuring steeper banking, at 22 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World 600
The Coca-Cola 600, originally the World 600, is an annual NASCAR Cup Series points race held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, on a Sunday during Memorial Day weekend. The first race, held in 1960 in NASCAR, 1960, was also the first one held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is the longest race on NASCAR's schedule. It is unique for having track conditions that change throughout the race due to the race having a day to night transition, (if the race occurs on schedule with no delays or postponements). The race starts around 6:20 p.m. when the track is bathed in sunlight for about the first third of the race. Roughly the second third happens at dusk, and about the final third of the race occurs at night under the lights. The race is run later on the same day as the Indianapolis 500 of the IndyCar Series, with multiple drivers having performed or attempted Double Duty, competing in both races. No driver has ever won both races, either on the same day or acro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Mason-Dixon 500
The 1981 Mason-Dixon 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 17, 1981, at Dover Downs International Speedway (now Dover International Speedway) in Dover, Delaware. During the preceding season, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. The NASCAR Winston Cup Series was also plagued with top teams running big engines and finishing in third place to avoid inspection around the time that this race was held. Background Dover Downs International Speedway, now called Dover International Speedway, is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Bristol Motor Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, and Phoenix International Raceway. The NASCAR race makes use of the tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melling Tool 420
The Coors 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held at Nashville International Raceway. It was held annually from 1959 to 1984. Past winners *1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis An energy crisis or energy shortage is any significant Bottleneck (production), bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In literature, it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particu .... Multiple winners (drivers) Multiple winners (manufacturers) References External links * 1959 establishments in Tennessee 1984 disestablishments in Tennessee Former NASCAR races Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1984 Recurring sporting events established in 1959 {{Tennessee-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston 500 (Spring)
The Jack Link's 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car racing, stock car race held at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. The race is usually held in April or May. The 1997 Winston 500, 1997 event stands as the fastest NASCAR race to date ever run with an average speed of and was the first race at Talladega Superspeedway that was not interrupted by a caution period. The race was known as the second leg of the sport's Grand Slam (NASCAR), Grand Slam races from 1970 until the result of Ferko v. National Ass'n for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc., Ferko lawsuit in 2004. Still considered to be the fifth “Crown Jewel” race, along with the Brickyard 400 and the three originals, the race has consistently been the second Crown Jewel event of the season, with the exceptions being 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2014, when the Southern 500 was scheduled in April, and 2020 NASCAR Cup Series, 2020, when the GEICO 500 was postponed until June, after the 2020 Coca-Cola 600, Coca-Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia 500
The Cook Out 400 is an annual NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. It is the first of two Cup Series races at the track, the other one being the Xfinity 500 in the NASCAR playoffs. The race was previously 500 laps in length before it was shortened to 400 laps starting in 2022. Unlike other races which the winner receives a trophy, the winner of this race and other NASCAR races at Martinsville receives a grandfather clock, which has been a tradition since 1964. History The race had no name from 1950 to 1955, before taking the name Virginia 500 in 1956. Goody's Powder, which was the title sponsor of the spring Martinsville Cup Series race from 1996 to 2000 and the fall Martinsville Cup Series race from 1983 to 1995, returned as the title sponsor of the spring race in 2007 to promote their new orange-flavored brand, Cool Orange, with the race title being Goody's Cool Orange 500. During this time, this race was the sixth race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CRC Chemicals Rebel 500
The Goodyear 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. A race was held in May at the track in 1952, however the event did not become a regular one on the NASCAR schedule until 1957, as a race in the Convertible Division, then known as the Rebel 300. In 1966, the race was expanded to , and in 1973 to . In 1994, the race was relegated again to 400 miles. For a time, the race was held on or around Confederate Memorial Day, which is observed on May 10 in the state of South Carolina. In 2005, as part of the settlement of the Ferko lawsuit and as part of a schedule realignment, Darlington was forced to give up one of its two races; the 400-mile race was dropped, with the fall Southern 500 taking its date before eventually moving back to its traditional Labor Day date in 2015. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NASCAR announced it would be running two Darlington races in May (the fall Southern 500 date still stood), replacing the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwestern Bank 400
The First Union 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held annually from 1951 to 1996 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was the first of two Winston Cup Series races held annually (with the autumn's Tyson Holly Farms 400) at North Wilkesboro Speedway before the track was abandoned in 1996. The race was normally held in late March or early April. Past winners *1963: Race shortened due to rain. *1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis An energy crisis or energy shortage is any significant Bottleneck (production), bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In literature, it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particu .... *1977: Yarborough won on his birthday, the first driver to do so. *1990: Bodine's lone Winston Cup victory and last win for Buick; finish disputed due to a scoring error. Multiple winners (drivers) Multiple winners (manufacturers) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valleydale 500
The Food City 500 is an annual 500-lap, NASCAR Cup Series points race held at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This is one of two NASCAR races held at Bristol, the other being the Bass Pro Shops Night Race. It was the first venue of the 2007 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2007 NASCAR schedule to host the Car of Tomorrow, fifth-generation NASCAR premiership race car, a race won by Kyle Busch. For much of its history, from 1961 to 1992 the race was run on the original asphalt surface, then on concrete from 1993 to 2020 after Bristol changed surfaces, but was moved to a dirt track racing, dirt layout beginning in 2021, under the name Food City Dirt Race. Since 2024, the race returned the concrete oval. Kyle Larson is the defending race winner. History In 2008, Bristol Motor Speedway President & General Manager Jeff Byrd requested that NASCAR move the spring race to a later Spring date, to avoid the problems with rain, snow, and sleet that hit the area in late winter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
