By: Tori Carter

National Association for Stock Car Auto Feb 21st, 1948 – Nascar is founded William “Bill” France Sr. Headquarters: Daytona Beach, Florida http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series.html

(official website) Current President: Mike Helton Current CEO & Chairman of Board: Brian Z. France https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nascar+Inc/@2

9.1929,-81.070328,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x2a7a63514300388

Stock Cars: large, late model sedans that have built for racing. Allows speed to reach 200 mi/hr.

Stock Car races are held on oval asphalt tracks, the distance varies from 5/8 of a mile to 2 2/3 mile.

Season last from February to November.

Colored flags in order to direct drivers:

Green – Beginning of the race and any restarts

Yellow – Track is not clear, slow down & hold your position. Used to signal an accident, debris or mechanical failure

Red – Cars must go to a designated location and stop immediately for safety issues

White – There is one lap remaining

Checkered Flag – The end of the race.

Three Top Series:

Sprint Cup Series

Nationwide Series

Campus World Truck Series

36 races on 22 different race tracks. Daytona 500, first race of the year. Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor

Speedway August race at Bristol Motor Speedway Memorial Day Weekend Coca- Cola 600 at

Lowes Motor Speedway near Charlotte, NC Watkins Glen

Points are tallied after 26 races, and the top 10 scorers are locked in to compete for the last ten races

Top 10 will be awarded for three bonus points for each race they won in the first 26 races

The most points you can receive is 43 points for winning a race

Bonus points include:

Leading in Laps (3+)

Current teams for Sprint Cup 2014BK RacingChip Ganassi Racing with Felix SabatesFront Row MotorsportsFurniture Row RacingGermain RacingGo Fas RacingHendrick MotorsportsHSCOTT MotorsportsJoe Gibbs RacingJTG Daugherty Racing

Leavine Family RacingMichael Waltrip RacingRichard Childress RacingRichard Petty MotorsportsRoush Fenway RacingStewart- Haas RacingSwan RacingTeam PenskeTommy Baldwin RacingWood Brothers Racing

Joey Logano Danica Patrick Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jimmie Johnson

Watkins Glen (home), Watkins Glen, NY Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL Daytona International Speedway, Daytona

Beach, FL

“Commercialization and Automobile Racing in the United States: A Case Study in the Rise of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing”

International Journal of Applied Sports Sciences

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fast-facts/ http://nascar.about.com/ www.wikipedia.org/nascar http://www.shavemagazine.com/cars/090601