| NASCAR is a competition and has its own set of | | | | NASCAR championships with racing trucks designed |
| championship series just as the World Series in Major | | | | from modified pickup trucks. The season runs from |
| League Baseball or the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the | | | | February through November. The beginning race is |
| National Hockey League. Probably the most famous | | | | the Chevy Silverado HD 250 run at the Daytona |
| NASCAR championship series is the Sprint Cup Series. | | | | International Speedway. The trucks run without |
| Note that the Cup Series will become the Sprint Cup | | | | restrictor plates to limit max speed like the NASCAR |
| Series because of the merger of the Sprint | | | | Sprint and Nationwide Series however because trucks |
| Corporation and NEXTEL Communications. | | | | are not as aerodynamic, they cannot reach the |
| The history of the Sprint Cup Series began as the | | | | speeds the cars do. |
| Strictly Stock Series in 1949, the Grand National | | | | The Busch Series is another of the championships |
| Series between 1950 and 1971, and the Winston Cup | | | | and it is equivalent to the minor leagues of NASCAR |
| Series between 1972 and 2003. Innovators of the | | | | racing. However, unless you are an expert, you |
| Sprint Cup Series have made it so that drivers can | | | | cannot easily spot the differences between |
| score more points and even get 5 bonus points any | | | | Nationwide Series competition and Sprint competition. |
| time they take the lead for even one lap. And the | | | | The difference is in the cars. The cars of the |
| lowest spot in the race result gets at least 34 points. | | | | Nationwide Series have a shorter wheel base 105 |
| This model results in much more competition to the | | | | inches as opposed to 100 inches and the spoiler is |
| very end plus makes NASCAR more competitive | | | | larger too. At the end of the 2007 season, Busch has |
| with the National Football League in numbers of | | | | announced that it will no longer sponsor the Busch |
| television viewers watching the racing sport. The | | | | Series and now other sponsors like Wal Mart and |
| series has also consists of a competitive series in the | | | | Subway Sandwiches were trying to win a spot as |
| last 10 races known as The Chase. This is where the | | | | the events primary promoter. Nationwide is what it |
| top drivers are selected based on accumulated points | | | | will officially be called. |
| (those tied for a position too) after 26 races. There | | | | And then there is the championship among the auto |
| are many winners in this series. The champion gets 5 | | | | makers known as the NASCAR Manufacturers |
| million and the others finishing in the top 10 positions | | | | Championship. This championship has been held ever |
| each get 1 million. There is even something for the | | | | since 1949 and it works by points being awarded to |
| 11th place driver a 250,000 bonus. All this is designed | | | | the different automobile manufacturers represented |
| to keep competition and excitement at a high level | | | | in each race. The auto manufacturer at the end of |
| throughout the season. | | | | the season with the most points wins. Chevrolet won |
| Craftsman Truck Series is another one of the | | | | this NASCAR championship in 2006. |