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