# Most number of cars in a NASCAR race?

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What is the highest number of cars that have been in a NASCAR race since its conception in 1948?

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82, 1951, Darlington. Or so one source says.

For many years there could be up to 60 qualifiers, all of whom could, well, qualify. It’s now 43, about to be reduced to 40, I think.