NASCAR WCUP: Nadeau Hammers the Competition At Atlanta Motor Speedway
20 November 2000
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
First NASCAR Winston Cup Win Came in 103rd Start
|
Michigan Speedway, June 15, 1997 (started 32nd; finished 36th)
First NASCAR Winston Cup Start with Hendrick Motorsports
Daytona International Speedway, Feb. 20, 2000 (started 20th; finished 35th)
First Top-10 Qualifying Run
9th - New Hampshire International Speedway, July 13, 1997 (finished 39th)
First Top-Five Qualifying Run
2nd - Sears Point (Sonoma, Calif.) Raceway, June 28, 1998 (finished 43rd)
First Top-10 Finish
8th - Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, April 25, 1999 (started 20th)
First Top-Five Finish
5th - Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International, Aug. 15, 1999 (started 6th)
NASCAR Winston Cup Money Earned: $4,150,260 (does not include today's
winnings)
Career Highlights:
* Highest-finishing American ever in the Formula Opel European
Union
Series, placing sixth overall in 1996
* Won 10 World Karting Association and International Karting
Federation championships between 1984-90
* Placed fourth in 1993 European Formula Ford Festival, the
highest
any American has ever finished
Text Provided By Melanie Whitfield
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