[Racer Duck]

I was doing some research for another topic when I ran across this bit of trivia. As we all know, or should know, NASCAR counts races differently today than in the past. For instance they used to count the qualifying races for the Daytona 500 as separate races - now it's all part of the 500.

But at one time NASCAR was known to race not only on the weekends, but also during the week at different tracks. As such there were many weeks with more than a couple races going on (we're talking Cup here.)

So, how many races do you think NASCAR was able to squeeze into a week including the bookend weekends? That's 9 consecutive days beginning with Saturday and ending the following weekend on Sunday.

Oh yeah, when did they do this - what month & year?

[Racer Duck]

nobody even wants to guess?

[atown85]

June of 1972 and I'll go with four races.

[suedon70]

July 1969 and 5 races....

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by atown85

June of 1972 and I'll go with four races.

my source shows only 4 races for the whole of June - each 6 days or more apart. sorry, try again.

Originally Posted by suedon70

July 1969 and 5 races....

ok, July '69 had a total of 8 races in the month. but only 4 in a 9 day period (7/4 to 7/13) - the 5th race was on the 11th day (7/15) in that sequence. 4 is a good number, but your guess of 5 races is right, now just figure out when...

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

my source shows only 4 races for the whole of June - each 6 days or more apart. sorry, try again.

ok, July '69 had a total of 8 races in the month. but only 4 in a 9 day period (7/4 to 7/13) - the 5th race was on the 11th day (7/15) in that sequence. 4 is a good number, but your guess of 5 races is right, now just figure out when...

Duck, how about five in the nine day stretch of 10/751 thru 10/14/51?

10/7 at Hillsboro, NC
10/12 at Thompson, CT
10/14 at Martinsville, VA
10/14 at Oakland, CA
10/14 at Shippenville, PA

Three in one day. Thank God TNT wasn't covering the races then, three times the chance to screw up coverage!!!

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

Duck, how about five in the nine day stretch of 10/751 thru 10/14/51?

10/7 at Hillsboro, NC
10/12 at Thompson, CT
10/14 at Martinsville, VA
10/14 at Oakland, CA
10/14 at Shippenville, PA

Three in one day. Thank God TNT wasn't covering the races then, three times the chance to screw up coverage!!!

WOW! I missed that sequence!!! I can see how a driver might get from Martinsville to Shippenville to race the same day, but no way back then to get across the country in time for the 3rd race!!! looking around I found other instances of multiple races on the same day - usually one on the east coast and one on the west coast - but didn't find any driver in both races.

the sequence I had in mind actually had each race on a separate day (no doubling up) -- it's the only one I found that included the weekends that "bookend" a M-F sequence. I did find some Wed to Fri-week sequences they didn't have as many races as my "answer".

of course I'm doing all my research "by hand and pencil" so there might be others...

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Racer Duck

WOW! I missed that sequence!!! I can see how a driver might get from Martinsville to Shippenville to race the same day, but no way back then to get across the country in time for the 3rd race!!! looking around I found other instances of multiple races on the same day - usually one on the east coast and one on the west coast - but didn't find any driver in both races.

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Martinsville to Shippenville in one day in 1951? That would have been an interesting trip.

10/14 at Martinsville, VA
10/14 at Oakland, CA
10/14 at Shippenville, PA

Three races in one day?! I bet the thought of this is enough to make Brian France wet his pants in anticipation.