NASCAR - A thrilling adventure
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is a family-owned and -operated business venture that governs multiple auto racing sporting events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947-48 and as of 2009;
the current CEO for the company is Brian France, the grandson of Bill France Sr.
NASCAR is the largest sanctioning body of stock car racing in the United States of America with the three basic series approved by NASCAR being the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series. It also oversees NASCAR Local Racing,
the Whelan Modified Tour, the Whelan All-American Series, the NASCAR Canadian tire series, the NASCAR Corona Series and the NASCAR iRacing.com Series.
NASCAR takes place over 1500 races at over 100 tracks in 39 states of the US and also in Canada. NASCAR's headquarters are located in Daytona Beach, Florida. NASCAR has its offices in Mexico City, Toronto and number of cities in the United States of America.
NASCAR is one of the most viewed professional sports in terms of television ratings in the United States. In fact, professional football is the only sport in the United States to hold more viewers than NASCAR. It broadcasts races in more than 150 countries
around the world. It is known that NASCAR has second highest viewers all across the world followed by National Football league.
NASCAR governs the rules and limitations designed to monitor the top speed and modifications which can be made to the cars ensuring that no team participates in the race having a significant technical advantage over the other teams. It also has rules for
suspension in the cars, modifications in the engines, tires and body weights.
In a series, the driver finishing 1st gains 185 points a total then 5 points and finally 4 points descend as going down the order. In addition to these points, any driver leading a lap during a race receives 5 points bonus and the driver leading
most laps receive an additional 5 points.
NASCAR starts with the Practice session, in the days prior to the event, drivers have an opportunity to evaluate their cars and get a feel for the racetrack, based on which feed-back, the teams make prior adjustments to help improve the car’s performance
in the qualifying and the race event.
The qualifying session, is typically held on the Friday before the race, determining the cars that will participate in each race and the order in which they will start. Each driver gets an opportunity to run the car the fastest for two laps and recorded
the time trial.
On the race day, the car with the second-fastest qualifying time line’s up in the front row. The remaining cars then line-up behind them two by two based on their respective qualifying times. An average event attendance of more than 120,000 spectators gather-up
for the race-day.
The pace car then leads the track for a few laps allowing the tires and engines to be in full boon, till it’s off to the race, with 43 cars competing in up to 600 miles of unpredictable excitement and a challenge of incredible speeds that can reach more
than 200 miles per hour. Finally, when the checkered flag falls, the winning team celebrates their triumph in the Victory Lane.
The year 2011, to come, season shall be the origin of the long-term commitment to “going green” of the NASCAR as they announced a major partnership with American Ethanol. This is led by ethanol advocacy group Growth Energy, a coalition of U.S. ethanol supporters.
Yet the Financial terms of the six-year agreement were not disclosed.
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