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Transcript: A Carla Bautista & Pauline Palomique presentation The winner of the first ever NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) event held at the Charlotte (N.C.) Sanctioned Series • A stock car legend from Atlanta. • Won the first NASCAR-sanctioned race in his Ford Modified. • The first Daytona 500 didn't end for three days. It took that long for NASCAR officials to study a photograph of the finish between Petty and Johnny Beauchamp before declaring Petty the winner. CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES SPRINT CUP SERIES STANDINGS 2012 Official Driver Standings: Ford EcoBoost 300 Richard Petty • Sport's highest level of professional competition. • It is consequently the most popular and most profitable NASCAR series. • In 2004, NEXTEL took over sponsorship of the premier series from R. J. Reynolds, who had sponsored it as the Winston Cup from 1972 until 2003, and formally renamed it the NEXTEL Cup Series. • In 2008, the premier series title name became the Sprint Cup Series and The Chase for The NEXTEL Cup became the "Chase for the Sprint Cup", as part of the merger between NEXTEL and Sprint. carbon fiber seating It is the most popular and profitable NASCAR series and named after its sponsor Nextel and Sprint. a.) Whelen All-American Series b.) Camping World Truck Series c.) Sprint Cup Series • Plans immediately were made for ways to bring bigger, faster races to bigger, hungrier crowds • In 1950, the country's first asphalt superspeedway, Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, opened its doors for the new division. • Bill France Sr., began construction of a 2.5-mile, high-banked superspeedway four miles off the beach in Daytona Beach. Daytona Beach, Florida Location of Nascar’s headquarters. With its long back straightaway and sweeping high-banked turns of more than 30 degrees, the 2.5-mile tri-oval was one of the largest speedways in the world. STANDINGS 2012 Official Driver Standings: Ford EcoBoost 200 What does NASCAR stand for? a.) National Assembly in South California American Racing b.) National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing c.) National Affiliation of Stock Car Amplified Racing The point system in NASCAR is based on the overall Race standings and Individual lap standings. Jim Roper and the roof flaps • In the first race, fans were treated to something that each year still brings millions of fans to NASCAR races -- close competition. Significant People Who won the first ever NASCAR Grand National event held at Charlotte (N.C.)? a.) Richard Petty b.) Jim Roper c.) Red Byron • Son of Lee Petty who won the first Daytona 500. • Referred to as "The King" of stock-car racing. • Led NASCAR racing through an era that featured a schedule of more than 60 races a year on tracks from Florida to California to Maine with , Buddy Baker, Cale Yarborough, Ned Jarrett, David Pearson and Bobby Allison. WHELEN ALL-AMERICAN SERIES • Where local drivers are compared against each other in a formula where the best local track champion of the nation win. • Split into four divisions, each division champion receives a point-fund money payout and even more goes to the National champion (driver with most points out of the four division wins). • Base for stock car racing, developing NASCAR names such as Clint Bowyer, Jimmy Spencer, Tony Stewart, the Bodine brothers and many others along the way. NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. How it grew • Moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, from Washington, D.C., in 1935 to escape the Great Depression • Entered the 1936 Daytona event, finishing fifth. He took over running the course in 1938. • Best known for co-founding and managing NASCAR, a sanctioning body of United States-based stock car racing. Sources • Features modified pickup trucks. • Is one of the three national divisions of NASCAR, together with the Nationwide Series and the Sprint Cup. • FIrst considered something of an oddity or a "senior tour" for NASCAR drivers, but eventually grew in popularity and has produced Sprint Cup series drivers who had never raced in the Nationwide Series. Origin of stock car racing Each NASCAR racing series has different rules and regulations to follow. Only the scoring system and several other rules are made available to the public. After World War II • Stock-car racing was experiencing the greatest popularity it had ever seen. • Tracks throughout the country were drawing more drivers, and bigger crowds. Red Byron NASCAR's safety policy includes: racing firesuit December 1947 • Bill France Sr., of Daytona Beach, Fla., organized a meeting at the Streamline Hotel across the street from the Atlantic Ocean to discuss the problems facing stock-car racing. • By the time that meeting at the Streamline Hotel was complete, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing was born. http://www.nascar.com/news/features/history/ http://hometracks.nascar.com/
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