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NASCAR history of drivers and tracks

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CCurran Kelleher
Last edited Oct 22, 2021
Created on Oct 22, 2021

This visualization shows NASCAR race winners across years, with each circle representing a driver’s starting position in a race. The x-axis maps the year, the y-axis lists drivers sorted by their first winning year, circle size encodes starting position, and color distinguishes tracks. Built with Vega-Lite API, it loads CSV data via D3’s `csv` function and renders to SVG using Vega’s renderer, with tooltips enabled through Vega Tooltip.

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