The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the NEXTEL Cup, the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. It also oversees seven regional series and one local grassroots series. NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 38 states, Canada, and Mexico. In 1996, 1997 and 1998 NASCAR also held exhibition races in Japan. Australia held one race in 1988 and Neil Bonnett won.

Beginning as regional entertainment in the Southeastern U.S., NASCAR has grown to become the second most popular professional sport in terms of television ratings inside the U.S., ranking behind only the National Football League. Internationally, NASCAR races are broadcast in over 150 countries. It holds 17 of the top 20 attended sporting events in the U.S.¹, and has 75 million fans who purchase over $2 billion in annual licensed product sales. These fans are considered the most brand-loyal in all of sports, and as a result, Fortune 500 companies sponsor NASCAR more than any other sport.

NASCAR's headquarters are located in Daytona Beach, Florida, although it also maintains offices in four North Carolina cities: Charlotte, Mooresville, Concord and Conover as well as New York City, Los Angeles, Arkansas, and international offices in Mexico City, Mexico, and Toronto, Canada. NASCAR and UTI cooperated and opened a technical school in North Carolina called NASCAR Technical Institute, where aspiring students train to be NASCAR mechanics.

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Tony Stewart Discusses Racing at Texas, Danica Patrick and His Views at ... - Auto Racing Daily http://tinyurl.com/yc8w34o #nascar
NascarSeries (Nascar Race Fan) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:42:30 -0000
Tony Stewart Discusses Racing at Texas, Danica Patrick and His Views at ... - Auto Racing Daily http://tinyurl.com/yc8w34o #nascar
Mark Martin on Racing at Texas, His Wreck at #Talladega, Jimmie Johnson and More #NASCAR http://su.pr/AsSH9R
autoracingdaily (Auto Racing Daily) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:41:56 -0000
Mark Martin on Racing at Texas, His Wreck at #Talladega, Jimmie Johnson and More #NASCAR http://su.pr/AsSH9R
RT @autoracingdaily: Tony Stewart Discusses Racing at Texas, #DanicaPatrick and His Views at #Talladega Race #NASCAR http://su.pr/251hGV
fgxgargoyles (Gargoyles Eyewear) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:23:34 -0000
RT @autoracingdaily: Tony Stewart Discusses Racing at Texas, #DanicaPatrick and His Views at #Talladega Race #NASCAR http://su.pr/251hGV
StockCarNews: Kevin Conway and ExtenZe Racing Attempt to Make NASCAR History at ...: Kevin Conway Aims to Becom.. http://bit.ly/1vPHyo
NascarNewsUSA (Nascar Racing News) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:39:34 -0000
StockCarNews: Kevin Conway and ExtenZe Racing Attempt to Make NASCAR History at ...: Kevin Conway Aims to Becom.. http://bit.ly/1vPHyo
Gosselin finished 21st and graced the homepage of NASCAR! www.MyTireMonkey.com/racing
MTMRacing (MyTireMonkey Racing) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:37:10 -0000
Gosselin finished 21st and graced the homepage of NASCAR! www.MyTireMonkey.com/racing
Was wondering why these guys were cleaning up so soon after the race... forgot they were racing here again tomorrow and Sunday. #NASCAR
SummerDreyer (Summer Dreyer) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:22:36 -0000
Was wondering why these guys were cleaning up so soon after the race... forgot they were racing here again tomorrow and Sunday. #NASCAR

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