[bears9]

So if NASCAR had 4 majors on the currently schedule what would they be.

[Quality88]

Daytona 500
Brickyard 400 (Not a Typo)
World 600 (Also not a typo)
Southern 500 or Bristol 500

[bears9]

Daytona 500
AllState 400
Coke-Cola 600
The Bristol Night Race

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by bears9

Daytona 500
AllState 400
Coke-Cola 600
The Bristol Night Race

or by their "real" names:
Daytona 500
Brickyard 400
World 600
and I'd have to go with the
Southern 500 at Darlington (the granddaddy of them all)
over Bristol...

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by bears9

So if NASCAR had 4 majors on the currently schedule what would they be.

Great question my friend! It makes me think...

1. Daytona 500
2. World 600
3. The August night race at Bristol (They change the name too often for me to remember what it;s called)
4. The Brickyard 400

Note. The Southern 500 SHOULD take the place of the Bristol race but since it was given to that condo complex waiting to happen, out in Fontana where I don't even acknowledge that they hold a race on Labour Day, I don't include it.

[bears9]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Great question my friend! It makes me think...

1. Daytona 500
2. World 600
3. The August night race at Bristol (They change the name too often for me to remember what it;s called)
4. The Brickyard 400

Note. The Southern 500 SHOULD take the place of the Bristol race but since it was given to that condo complex waiting to happen, out in Fontana where I don't even acknowledge that they hold a race on Labour Day, I don't include it.

Glad you like it but they were debating it on NASCAR Now.So i thought it would be cool to debate.

[LSC9901]

So it looks as though everyone is picking important races ... why not a road course ??? It does present a totally different challenge.

[bears9]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

So it looks as though everyone is picking important races ... why not a road course ??? It does present a totally different challenge.

The problem is none of the road races aren't that big Sanoma and Watkins Glenn i don't think they are that big you do bring up a good point

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

So it looks as though everyone is picking important races ... why not a road course ??? It does present a totally different challenge.

You answered your own question, Steve.

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

You answered your own question, Steve.

Bob, you beat me to it.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

So it looks as though everyone is picking important races ... why not a road course ??? It does present a totally different challenge.

would only be viable if:

1. the race were at Riverside; and
2. they expanded the number of Majors to 5 .. or 6 .. or......

[tkj24]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

or by their "real" names:
Daytona 500
Brickyard 400
World 600
and I'd have to go with the
Southern 500 at Darlington (the granddaddy of them all)
over Bristol...

Thanks to Nascar that one is gone to California.

The big 4 used to be (the original winston million)
Daytona 500 The richest
Coco cola 600 The longest
Southern 500 The oldest
and one of the Dega races I forget which one The fastest

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by tkj24

Thanks to Nascar that one is gone to California.

The big 4 used to be (the original winston million)
Daytona 500 The richest
Coco cola 600 The longest
Southern 500 The oldest
and one of the Dega races I forget which one The fastest

Are you referring to the Talladega 500?

[BringBackWilkesboro]

NASCAR did have majors and a career grand slam years ago. It was called the Winston Million and it consisted of four races drivers thought they HAD to win if they were to be considered the best ever.

They were:
1. The Daytona 500
2. The Talledega/Die Hard/Winston 500
3. The World 600
4. The Southern 500

If a driver won 3 of the 4, he recieved a million dollar paycheck that actually meant something to him. You may remember Million Dollar Bill Elliott winning it in '85 (hence the nickname). That was the only time it ever happened.

Winning all four of those races was/is considered a career grand slam. 7 drivers, Richard Petty, Bobby Alison, Darrel Waltrip, Buddy Baker, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson, have won it. Mark Martin and Bobby Labonte can still do it even though the Southern 500 no longer exists. They need the Daytona 500.

If there were major today, they'd be the Daytona 500, the World 600, the Brickyard 400 and umm... uhh... well, whatever the 4th biggest race is.

[tkj24]

Originally Posted by BringBackWilkesboro

NASCAR did have majors and a career grand slam years ago. It was called the Winston Million and it consisted of four races drivers thought they HAD to win if they were to be considered the best ever.

They were:
1. The Daytona 500
2. The Talledega/Die Hard/Winston 500
3. The World 600
4. The Southern 500

If a driver won 3 of the 4, he recieved a million dollar paycheck that actually meant something to him. You may remember Million Dollar Bill Elliott winning it in '85 (hence the nickname). That was the only time it ever happened.

Winning all four of those races was/is considered a career grand slame. 7 drivers, Richard Petty, Bobby Alison, Darrel Waltrip, Buddy Baker, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson, have won it. Mark Martin and Bobby Labonte can still do it even though the Southern 500 no longer exists. They need the Daytona 500.

If there were major today, they'd be the Daytona 500, the World 600, the Brickyard 400 and umm... uhh... well, whatever the 4th biggest race is.

Offically when the Winston million was going on only Bill Elliott and Jeff Gordon did it in the same year. Gordon did it twice.