NASCAR
April 30th, 2012Nascar, happens to be a very famous name associated with the world of sports. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing proudly organizes and governs various sports events related to auto racing like the Nationwide Series, the Sprint Cup Series as well as the Camping World Truck Series in USA.
Being the largest sanctioning body of sports events, this family owned and operated company had sanctioned over 1500 races around 100 tracks in almost all parts of Canada and US. It was started by William France, Sr. along with several other drivers who took part in a competition for determining the best driver and the fastest cars. The nascar founder stood 5th in the competition and soon understood the growing popularity of racing among youngsters.
The first race named “Strictly Stock” was held at the Charlotte Speedway, and the current schedule is fixed at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Some famous people associated with the company are Erwin Baker, the first commissioner, Bob Barkhimer, the star of midget car racing, and many more. Some events overseen by the company are the Whelen Modified Tour, NASCAR Local Racing, the Whelen All-American Series as well as the NASCAR iRacing.com Series. All these popular sports events are telecasted over around 150 countries worldwide.
Nascar concentrates more upon safety measures as injuries and even deaths are common accidents that occur in car racing. They have also designed a new and safe sports car called car of tomorrow which is shrouded with all safety measures like improved seats, belts and harnesses, window nets, restrictor plates, roof flaps, barriers and many more, in order to protect the driver completely. They have enforced lots of rules and regulations that prevail in all racing series. Today they stand second in the list of professional sports franchises in the USA.