Are their any tracks in the cup series that require a driver to have certain amount of experience at that.....

Question

particular track in another series (example ARCA or Nationwide) before you can participate in a race at the same track for a Cup series race?

Answer 1

Nascar requires rookies to have completed  a set number of laps on superspeedways before they are credentialed to race on them.

The laps can be from ARCA-Nationwide-Trucks.

Answer 2

Yes, Daytona and Talledega.

Answer 3

i know i've heard of drivers not being "nascar approved" for racing at daytona and talladega - most recently in a discussion about joey logano not running the nationwide car there this year.  that's not why he didn't run, but it is one reason he hasn't been "approved" to run there yet.  there is a nascar.com article from last year talking about david ragan and other rookies being approved to run daytona: http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headline...

but nascar's approval process extends beyond that.  they license drivers to race at particular track types (road courses, restrictor-plate) and track sizes, as well as for the series they want to race in.  and everyone must be approved to run in any of nascar's top three series, as this news article on the approval "committee" from nascar.com illustrates: http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/features...

finally, i found this businessjournal article that discusses the history of the approval process briefly: http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/art...

"First off, it’s important to note that NASCAR has always had minimum requirements to race on its biggest superspeedways, namely Daytona and Talladega. But in the good old days, NASCAR’s approach to new drivers was much more laissez-faire. If a car owner liked an up-and-coming driver, they simply set up a test session and if they liked what they saw they had a new driver. Today, that process has changed markedly.

Brett Bodine, who got his shot at stardom in 1985 when he was still just a fabricator in Rick Hendrick’s race shop, now heads up NASCAR's 12-member Driver Resume and Approval Committee. They oversee a database with the names of about 3,000 NASCAR driver hopefuls from around the country and around the world. Each one is vetted by NASCAR and assigned to a particular series, sometimes with limitations on the size track they can race on, all based on their previous experience. Even Formula One and IndyCar driver Juan Pablo Montoya and IndyCar veteran Dario Franchitti had to pass muster."

Answer 4

I think the smaller tracks (Bristol) require the most experience. You will see a lot of the newer drivers at Daytona and Talledega because they run wide open most of the time.

Answer 5

i do not understand what u r saying. Do you have to as in it's the rules, or do you have to as in it'd make you better?