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ARCA's association with NASCAR predates the sanctioning body itself. ARCA's found John Marcum, raced against and later worked as an official for Bill France, Sr., who founded NASCAR in 1949.



John Marcum (ARCA founder) - Bill France, Sr. (NASCAR Founder) - courtesy of www.arcaracing.com




"We drove for the sheer fun of driving because there wasn't that much money to be made."
- Richard Petty



"Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal."
- Kyle Petty


"They said they wanted someone with a size 12 shoe and a size 2 hat."
- Buddy Baker on being one of the first invited to run at top speed in Talladega.


"We go six times faster."
- William C. France, answering the question of why there are six times as many deaths in NASCAR as in football.

"Over the years I have raced on just about every type of surface, including an occasional unplanned excursion on grass, as well as a few other tracks that might make some of today's drivers reconsider their career choice. I've seen it all and done it all, with about the only thing I haven't raced on is mud."
- Warren "The Professor" Johnson about track experience in his long drag racing career.


"If you think the last four words of the national anthem are 'Gentlemen, start your engines,' you might be a redneck."
- Jeff Foxworthy



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The first Daytona 500 provided many thrills, but perhaps most spectacular was the close finish, as Lee Petty (42) edged out Johnny Beauchamp.



"Hopefully we can bring the car home with more pieces than the last time."

Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya talking about learning to race stock cars and about the Iowa track where he crashed in an ARCA RE/MAX event.




"The most intense thing you do. Whatever makes you see stars. Whatever trips your trigger and makes you forget anything else that’s going on in your life. The ultimate roller coaster ride. "

Clay Millican,Top Fuel Dragster driver, describing what it feels like to race at 330 mph.



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