NASCAR stands for
North American Stock Car Auto Racing.
It's relatievely easy to memorize, but not so easy to win.
NASCAR was founded in 1948 by Mr.
Bill France Sr.
Mr. Bill France Sr. was a former Driver of
Daytona Beach Series (the races existed before NASCAR),
so he really knew this stuff well! While there were other people
who helped founding NASCAR the main contribution was made by
this gentleman. Besides NASCAR the France Family also owns CASCAR,
a Canada version of NASCAR.
NASCAR races cover U.S. and most recently, Canada and Mexico as well.
They attract millions of fans each year and
many more in the years to come.
NASCAR owns three different divisions
(A.K.A. Series) for racing:
- Nextel Cup Series
- Busch Series,
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The biggest one is the Nextel Cup Series. It was the first
series in NASCAR founded at the same time as NASCAR was founded,
namely: in 1948.
The NASCAR Busch series was founded in 1982 as a sub
division of the Nextel cup series.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck series is the newest
of the Top-Three, founded in 1995.
There are also other smaller series that NASCAR
owns.
There are also other smaller series that NASCAR
owns.
As of the last year 2006, we should definietly talk about Kevin Harvick,
Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin.
As per our statistical research for the year 2006:
- Kevin Harvick: 14 Wins for all three NASCAR Series
- Kevin Harvick: 9 wins for Bush Series
- Kasey Kahne: 6 wins for Nextel Series
- Jimmie Johnson: 6 wins for Nextel Series
- Mark Martin: 6 wins for Craftsman Truck Series
Congratulations and the best of luck to NASCAR heroes!
As per our statistical research made for the year 2006,
the average age of NASCAR winners (all 3 Series) is 34 years.
Winners average age per each of Big Three Series:
- Nextel Cup Series: 31 year
- Busch Series: 31 year
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: 43 years
Detailed statistical report on NASCAR year-2006 races
is available from the Authors. Please email us your info
request upon your interest.
Let’s face it: NASCAR is a sport of today, where people
and technology gracefully converge!
To the contrary, all that sports with ball-ended names
like football, baseball, basketball, etc. could be seen today
or in the first Millennia as well.
Just wondering: how entertaining is to watch that ball-ended-named
games, where bunch of beefy dudes are chasing a single ball or each other
in order to get a hit? Keeping in mind their mega-million
account equity they probably can afford a ball or two for
everybody on the field (joke:)...
Watching this crowd running
back and force on their pure muscle power,
it’s hard to tell what is the Century in the City?
Is it the ancient Rome, or even more ancient Greece,
or may be, Pharaoh’s Open?
FIND YOUR ROLE MODEL ON NASCAR TRACKS!
Next, let’s talk about personalities,
or human dimension (it sounds so scientific, yeah!).
It’s quite important and rather typical for teenagers all
over the world to find their role model. And it's relatively
easy for them to find such role model among many great folks
behind the wheels on NASCAR tracks without the risk of future
disappointments, which often come from Movie/Rock Stars.
It’s quite noticeable that NASCAR drivers are in general
pretty nice, decent, well developed, much disciplined
and technically savvy people. Unlike some Rock/Movie stars,
they never forget to put on their pants/underwear
when there are in public place...
Also, can you recall any NASCAR driver getting into rehab or
messing up with steroids, drugs and other crap?
Probably not all or, at least, it’s a very, very rare situation.
In simple words: most of NASCAR folks are generally very decent,
interesting, spiritually and mentally strong, honorable guys
(Ladies also!) doing well on the racing paths and beyond,
unlike many other scandal-obsessed,
strange looking/behaving pop-culture Idols.
It is also important that the Money is seamlessly integrated
into the canvas of NASCAR events, not taking the centerpiece
as in some Casino-like entertainment show.
Summarizing the talks: NASCAR is a living Saga of Men and Machine,
Hymn to the humankind at its paramount moments.