Some fun NASCAR/Dodge Charger facts:
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Some fun NASCAR/Dodge Charger facts:
Dodge Charger Historical Facts
Dodge Charger in NASCAR: 1966-1977
Total Dodge Charger Wins: 124 (six earned in winged Charger Daytonas)
Most Charger Wins by a Driver:
* Richard Petty - 37
* Bobby Isaac - 36
* David Pearson - 17
First Dodge Charger NASCAR Win: Earl Balmer, Feb. 25, 1966, Daytona Int'l Speedway, (40 laps/100 miles/2.5-mile track) - Balmer led one lap en route to winning the 100-mile qualifying race in a No. 3 Dodge Charger owned by Ray Fox.
Last Dodge Charger NASCAR Win: Neil Bonnett, Nov. 20, 1977, Ontario Motor Speedway (200 laps/500 miles/2.5-mile track) - Bonnett drove a No. 5 Dodge bought by Jim Stacy from Nord Krauskopf of K&K Insurance to victory in the season-ending Los Angeles Times 500, leading eight times for 96 laps in his first superspeedway win. Bonnett passed Richard Petty with five laps to go and blocked his last-lap maneuver to win by two car lengths.
Drivers Who Won in a Dodge Charger:
* Earl Balmer - (1966)
* Charlie Glotzbach - (1968, 1970)
* David Pearson - (1966-67)
* Richard Brickhouse - (1969)
* Sam McQuagg - (1966)
* Ray Elder - (1971-72)
* LeeRoy Yarbrough - (1966-67)
* Richard Petty - (1973-77)
* Bobby Allison - (1967, 1969-71)
* Dave Marcis - (1975-76)
* Buddy Baker - (1967-68, 1970-73)
* Neil Bonnett - (1977)
* Bobby Isaac - (1968-1972)
NASCAR Drivers Who Drove a Charger During a Championship Season:
* David Pearson (1966)
* Bobby Isaac (1970)
* Richard Petty (1972, 1974, 1975)
WINGED WARS: Sept. 14, 1969 - Richard Brickhouse's No. 99 Nichels Engineering Dodge Charger Daytona (originally to be driven by Charlie Glotzbach) is the first "winged" stock car to win a NASCAR race. Brickhouse earns his first and only career victory amid a Professional Drivers Association boycotted Talladega 500 - the inaugural race at Alabama Int'l Motor Speedway.
200.447 MPH: March 24, 1970 - Buddy Baker becomes auto racing's first driver officially timed completing a closed-course lap at more than 200 miles per hour. Baker piloted his Cotton Owens owned No. 88 Dodge Charger Daytona to a top lap speed of 200.447 mph at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Dodge Charger in NASCAR: 1966-1977
Total Dodge Charger Wins: 124 (six earned in winged Charger Daytonas)
Most Charger Wins by a Driver:
* Richard Petty - 37
* Bobby Isaac - 36
* David Pearson - 17
First Dodge Charger NASCAR Win: Earl Balmer, Feb. 25, 1966, Daytona Int'l Speedway, (40 laps/100 miles/2.5-mile track) - Balmer led one lap en route to winning the 100-mile qualifying race in a No. 3 Dodge Charger owned by Ray Fox.
Last Dodge Charger NASCAR Win: Neil Bonnett, Nov. 20, 1977, Ontario Motor Speedway (200 laps/500 miles/2.5-mile track) - Bonnett drove a No. 5 Dodge bought by Jim Stacy from Nord Krauskopf of K&K Insurance to victory in the season-ending Los Angeles Times 500, leading eight times for 96 laps in his first superspeedway win. Bonnett passed Richard Petty with five laps to go and blocked his last-lap maneuver to win by two car lengths.
Drivers Who Won in a Dodge Charger:
* Earl Balmer - (1966)
* Charlie Glotzbach - (1968, 1970)
* David Pearson - (1966-67)
* Richard Brickhouse - (1969)
* Sam McQuagg - (1966)
* Ray Elder - (1971-72)
* LeeRoy Yarbrough - (1966-67)
* Richard Petty - (1973-77)
* Bobby Allison - (1967, 1969-71)
* Dave Marcis - (1975-76)
* Buddy Baker - (1967-68, 1970-73)
* Neil Bonnett - (1977)
* Bobby Isaac - (1968-1972)
NASCAR Drivers Who Drove a Charger During a Championship Season:
* David Pearson (1966)
* Bobby Isaac (1970)
* Richard Petty (1972, 1974, 1975)
WINGED WARS: Sept. 14, 1969 - Richard Brickhouse's No. 99 Nichels Engineering Dodge Charger Daytona (originally to be driven by Charlie Glotzbach) is the first "winged" stock car to win a NASCAR race. Brickhouse earns his first and only career victory amid a Professional Drivers Association boycotted Talladega 500 - the inaugural race at Alabama Int'l Motor Speedway.
200.447 MPH: March 24, 1970 - Buddy Baker becomes auto racing's first driver officially timed completing a closed-course lap at more than 200 miles per hour. Baker piloted his Cotton Owens owned No. 88 Dodge Charger Daytona to a top lap speed of 200.447 mph at Talladega Superspeedway.
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redriderbob
RE: Some fun NASCAR/Dodge Charger facts:
i've been doing some research and it seems 2005 nascar will lose the dodge intrepid and add on the dodge charger i hope it makes mopar proud its all we got
(don't no if it is a rumor but my cousin works at frieght liner and they have acess codes to see the 06' charger because dodge owns them any way he said it was a 2-door coupe)
anyone no anymore information
(don't no if it is a rumor but my cousin works at frieght liner and they have acess codes to see the 06' charger because dodge owns them any way he said it was a 2-door coupe)
anyone no anymore information