• The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the United States' largest sanction of motorsports.

• Fast Facts

  1. Founded: 1948Fanbay.net: History
  2. Founder: Bill France, sr.Fanbay.net: History
  3. First race: February 15, 1948Fanbay.net: History
  4. First Grand national: June 19, 1949Fanbay.net: History
  5. First champion: Red Byron, 1949Fanbay.net: NASCAR Facts, Tracks, and History
  6. Corporate sponsorship began: 1950sFanbay.net: NASCAR Facts, Tracks, and History
  7. First live telecast: Daytona 500, 1979Fanbay.net: History
  8. Headquarters: Daytona Beach, Florida
  9. President: Mike HeltonOfficial Site:Executives
  10. Chairman: Brian Z. FranceOfficial Site:Executives

• About

  NASCAR sanctions numerous racing series, including the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. NASCAR holds 17 of the top 20 most attended sporting events in the U.S. and is broadcast in over 150 countries. NASCAR is the second most profitable motorsport behind only Formula One.

• Daytona 500

  The Daytona 500 is the first race of the NASCAR season. It is run every February in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 51st Daytona 500 was held on February 15, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. ET. Martin Truex, Jr. earned the pole position for the race recording his best lap at 188.001 miles per hour.ESPN.com: Truex in pole position for Daytona 500 Matt Kenseth won the race by passing Elliot Sadler on lap 146. The race ended due to weather on lap 152.http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=3909632

• NASCAR Tracks

  • Atlanta Motor Speedway
  • Bristol Motor Speedway
  • California Speedway
  • Chicagoland Speedway
  • Darlington Raceway
  • Daytona Inernational Speedway
  • Dover Int'l Speedway
  • Homestead-Miami Speedway
  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Infineon Raceway
  • Kansas Speedway
  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
  • Lowe's Motor Speedway
  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Michigan Int'l Speedway
  • New Hampshire Int'l Speedway
  • North Carolina Speedway
  • Phoenix Int'l Raceway
  • Pocono Raceway
  • Richmond Int'l Raceway
  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • Texas Motor Speedway
  • Watkins Glen International

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