| What started off as a way of racing stock | | | | racing event at Daytona Beach and finished fifth. He |
| motorcars on dirt tracks has now become as | | | | saw that very often the drivers were left lurking in |
| America's biggest and most-watched sporting event. | | | | the dark after sponsors made off with their money. |
| It has rapidly matched and in many places taken over | | | | They were left unpaid most of the times after doing |
| even the NFL as the most-watched sport. Nascar is | | | | all the hard work. |
| huge today. For those of you wondering, Nascar | | | | This led him to the conclusion that a set of |
| stands for the National Association for Stock Car | | | | regulations, a governing body, and an organized |
| Auto Racing. There are many popular races that are | | | | championship were necessary for the improvement |
| put on by Nascar. There are more than 1500 races | | | | of the race and the drivers. This gave way to |
| that are sanctioned by Nascar with the Nextel cup, | | | | negotiations with several racing enthusiasts, and |
| Busch series, and the Craftsman series being the | | | | Nascar was formed on the 21st of February, 1948. |
| most common ones. | | | | The First Races And Rules |
| The History | | | | Can you believe that the first set of Nascar rules and |
| It all began in the early days of the 19th century, | | | | the points system were written on a saloon napkin? |
| when Daytona Beach became the setting for speed | | | | The first racing event sponsored by the facultative |
| and racing cars. It had quickly become the place | | | | body was held at Daytona Beach. But the first ever |
| where speed records were being passed each and | | | | stock car race was held on June 19th, 1949, at the |
| every day. In fact, more than 15 records were set | | | | Charlotte speedway. Alterations on the car |
| here in a span of a few years. Drivers then begun to | | | | commenced after about six years after Nascar was |
| modify their cars in order to escape the fierceness | | | | formed. Soon, custom-made vehicles began appearing |
| of the police force. It was here that modified cars | | | | on the circuit. |
| began participating in the racing circuit. | | | | The Racing Circuits |
| William France, Sr. | | | | Some of the tracks expended in the initiatory racing |
| It was William France, Sr. who can be named the | | | | circuits are still utilized today. Martinsville Speedway is |
| founding father of Nascar or the man who laid the | | | | one of them. Darlington Raceway, which opened in |
| groundwork for it. William France, Sr. had traveled to | | | | 1950, is another. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, |
| Daytona Beach from Washington, D.C. to escape | | | | which is a popular track on the Nextel Cup circuit, |
| from the Great Depression. He then entered in the | | | | dates back to 1909! |