Closest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finishes
- Closest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finishes
NASCAR's premiere racing division, the Sprint Cup Series, has seen many close finishes since the electronic scoring system was instituted in May during the 1993 season. To date the closest finish in the Sprint Cup Series occurred during the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400. Ricky Craven won the race in a stunning, side panel rubbing battle to the checkers with Kurt Busch at Darlington Raceway, at the start/finish line Craven edged out Busch by mere inches. [ [http://www.nascar.com/2003/kyn/history/races/04/02/craven_busch_2003/index.html 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400] ]
History
Beginning May 1993, NASCAR switched from using handheld stopwatches or analog timing clocks to integrated electronic scoring.[ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/sports/othersports/22auto.html?_r=1&oref=slogin NASCAR's Analysis Shows Competition Has Become Closer] ] ]Before margins of victory were scored in laps, car lengths or feet. Geoffrey Bodine defeated Ernie Irvan by 0.53 seconds in the 1993 Save Mart Supermarkets 300K. It was the first race utilizing electronic scoring. Now scoring can be measured down to seconds, or fractions of a second.
Closest finishes
References
See also
* Sprint Cup Series
* Photo finish
External links
* [http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/3651682 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series closest finishes]
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