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professional sports in the United States
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NASCAR's origins during the
Prohibition era when the transportation
of alcohol big business.
Bootleggers ran their illicit to
clients and needed ultra to
easily outrun police. They modified their
cars to boost speed and handling and to
ensure there was ample space for their
shipments. They sometimes competed for
bragging rights and these informal
contests were the first instances of
following the
decriminalization of alcohol in 1933,
became a hotbed for these
competitions as drivers continued to
modify their cars after prohibition.

Racing enthusiast Bill France senior
became interested this sport and
moved to Daytona to participate after
driving in a few races he noticed the
sport and featured an
overabundance of crooked race promoters
France thought stock car racing could
attract huge audiences so he worked with
a group of drivers and
advertisers to create regulations a
standard schedule and a series of
organized

Ultimately this resulted in the incorporation of the
National Association for Stock Car Auto
Racing February 21st 1948. Originally
the sport was split into modified
roadster and strictly stock divisions
proved unpopular with fans and
strictly stock was crippled early on by
the auto demands in World War two.
Despite this the first official NASCAR
race was a strictly stock event held
June 19 1949 on the
Sturt track in this race the factory
model vehicles featured almost no
modifications Jim Roper claimed the
events $2,000 prize after the winner was
disqualified for illegal

Over the next decade NASCAR allowed more
safety and performance modifications by
the mid-nineteen sixties,
the cars completely modified but
kept the stock car look. ushered in
the modern NASCAR era.

Today NASCAR offers a number of different
series to audiences the fan favorite of
these is the renowned which
is the most lucrative NASCAR Series. It
originated as the strictly stock series
and evolved into the Grand National
Division and eventually the Sprint Cup.
This series lasts and split
into two sections after the first 26
races the top 10 drivers chosen,
along with those 10 with
the most wins who are ranked between
11th and 20th compete in the last 10
races of the season. This second part of
the season is called the chase for the
championship
in this series actually comes at the
beginning of the season in the form of
the Daytona 500. of the Sprint
Cup included David the Fox Pearson,
Richard the King Petty Dale the
Intimidator Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon
and his team of Rainbow Warriors.

The Nationwide Series is considered the
minor league of NASCAR and is the second
highest level of racing it runs a
shorter season with less prize money but
still fans the Camping World Truck
Series features modified
and started in 1995. Young drivers often
gave you in this series and then shift
to other racing events. Despite its role
as a thrilling spectacle for fans NASCAR
has had its share of criticism in terms
of driver safety
NASCAR only implemented
devices following major incidents famous
examples included the invention of the
kill switch and the addition of fire
retardant drivers suits after Glen
Fireball Roberts away. It has also
been suggested that today's vehicles do
not resemble stock cars in addition to
this the of the France family
in all elements of business policy and
decision making
since the sports has been
criticized NASCAR was an American
sporting event that went global and
continued to expand today this popular
sport includes from
all around the world.