Early History of NASCAR

Shortly after the invention of the automobile,not want to give up their fast cars. Many Americans
Americans fell in love with car racing. Europe startedliving in the South East of the United States started
the tradition of setting speed records, but starting into set up races featuring their tricked out cars. Once
the 1920s America started setting many of thesethese races started being held, the fans started
speed records. In fact, most of these world recordspouring in to watch the car races. From this moment,
were being set in Daytona Beach.stock car racing was born. The birth place of these
That's right, even in the early days car racingearly races was North Carolina. To this day NASCAR
centered around Daytona Beach. Racing fans from allis huge in North Carolina.
over the United States and the rest of the worldToday, NASCAR is popular all across the country.
started coming to Daytona Beach to watch theWhile many of the nascar drivers still come out of
Daytona Beach road course. For those of you whoNorth Carolina and Tennessee, many more are
don't know you NASCAR, the Daytona 500 is thecoming from states like California, New York and
biggest race in NASCAR today.Indiana. No longer is the sport just enjoyed in the
As many know, stock car racing spawned out ofsouth. Cities like Philadelphia are now some of the
America's Prohibition period. The bootleggers neededlargest markets for television viewers of the sport.
fast cars to out run the police when they wereRace tracks have been built in Las Vegas, New
transporting illegal whiskey throughout the south andHampshire and many non-southern states.
in particular the mountains of Appalachia. TheseWhile the South East region of the United States
bootleggers started to modify their cars to increasewas the birthplace of NASCAR, today the sport is
their speed and performance. In order to out run theloved throughout the county. Today there are race
law, you needed to have a great car. And, as thetracks all across America and it is the fastest growing
bootleggers upped the ante, the police did so too.sport in the country. Despite its regional roots,
These suped up cars eventually turned into the stockNASCAR is today the most popular sport in the
cars that we recognize today. The real life game ofUnited States. Every Sunday during race season,
cops and robbers turned into the sports that millionsover 100,000 screaming fans show up to see the
of Americans love today.NASCAR drivers start their engines. Not bad for a
After the end of Prohibition in 1933, Americans didbunch of bootleggers.