when was nascar formed?
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in the 1950s or 40s a few  years after they invented cars and improved it to go fast and kind of state of the art.
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Baseball is the sport that started it all.\n\nBut football is a bit more popular - doesn't take as much work as baseball and the games are a bit easier to manage and digest. \n\nStill, we know that fans around the world like different sports which is why we offer fantasy games for a wide variety - we've even got a fantasy FIFA World Cup game.\n\nAnd yes, we have NASCAR too - you can still sign-up...
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wow, now that would be great to be in the drivers seat, If I were a driver I would say Talladega. Yes many drivers complain that this track as well as Daytona is just a place waiting for accidents. True, but the excitement of driving 4 wide coming out of turn 3 into the sunset and then bump drafting down the back stretch would make even the non believers believe that NASCAR is a sport that takes a special kind of athlete to drive that car.
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Dale Earnhardt started racing in the NASCAR series in 1975. In his 26 or 27 year NASCAR career he raced in 676 races winning an impressive 76 times.He also had 281 top 5,428 top 10 finishes with 22 pole positions.In 676 races he drove a total of 202888 laps (or the equivalent of 245420.9 miles).Dale earned $42,001.697.
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# NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge Fast Facts\nLocation: Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.\nDate: Saturday, May 20, 2006\nTime: 9:00pm/et\nSanctioning Body: NASCAR, Daytona Beach, Fla.\nSeries: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series - Special Non-Points Event\nCompanion Race: NEXTEL Open - NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series\n\nDistance: 90 laps, 135 miles (run in three segments of 40 laps, 30 laps and 20 laps). Green flag and yellow flag laps will be counted during segment 1. All restarts will be double file and lapped cars will start at the rear.\n\nBetween segment 1 and segment 2, there will be a 10-minute break during which a random drawing will determine if as few as six or as many as 12 cars will be inverted. Teams will pit and may elect to change tires, add fuel and make normal chassis adjustments. Changing of springs, shock absorbers or rear-ends will not be permitted. Only green flag laps will be counted during segment 2 and segment 3.\n\nBetween segment 2 and segment 3 there will be a yellow flag during which teams may elect to pit. They may add fuel, change tires and make normal chassis adjustments. Teams pitting will not retain their position and will restart at the rear of the field in the order they leave pit road.\n\nPurse: $3,250,450 (event record)\n\nNEXTEL All-Star Challenge winner's purse: $1,005,000\n\nSegment Winner Bonuses: 1st, $75,000; 2nd, $20,000; 3rd, $10,000\n\n2005 Winner: Mark Martin, Pfizer/Viagra Ford\n\nQualifying: One round of qualifying will be held Friday, May 19, at 7:10pm/et. Each driver will run three laps with a mandatory four-tire, pit stop. The total elapsed time will comprise each team's qualifying effort and the pole-winning team will earn $50,000.\n2005 Pole Sitter: Ryan Newman, Alltel Dodge, 122.443 seconds, 132.306 mph\nTotal elapsed time of three laps, including a four-tire pit stop\n\nEligibility List:\nJeff Gordon, 2005 Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla.\nGreg Biffle, 2005 Auto Club 500, Fontana, Calif.\nJimmie Johnson, 2005 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Las Vegas, Nev.\nCarl Edwards, 2005 Golden Corral 500, Hampton, Ga.\nKevin Harvick, 2005 Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn.\nKurt Busch, 2005 Subway Fresh 500, Phoenix, Ariz.\nKasey Kahne, 2005 Chevy American Revolution 400, Richmond, Va.\nTony Stewart, 2005 Dodge/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.\nDale Earnhardt Jr., 2005 USG Sheetrock 400, Joliet, Ill.\nJeremy Mayfield, 2005 GFS Marketplace 400, Brooklyn, Mich.\nMatt Kenseth, 2005 Sharpie 500, Bristol, Tenn.\nKyle Busch, 2005 Sony HD 500, Fontana, Calif.\nRyan Newman, 2005 Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.\nDale Jarrett, 2005 UAW-Ford 500, Talladega, Ala.\nMark Martin, 2005 Banquet 400, Kansas City, Kan.\nJamie McMurray, 2005 Winning Car Owner, Phoenix, Ariz.\nBobby Labonte, 2000 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Champion\nMichael Waltrip, 1996 NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge Winner\nTBD, 2006 NEXTEL Open Winner\nTBD, Fan Vote\n[NOTE: Terry Labonte is eligible but will NOT run the race, just the Coke 600 at LMS]\n\nRadio/Television: Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast the NEXTEL Open live to its affiliate radio stations with coverage beginning at 6:45pm/et. MRN's broadcast can also be heard on XM Satellite Radio channel 144. Cable channel FX will televise the race live. Coverage begins with a pre-race show at 7:00pm/et.\nTickets: Tickets for Saturday night, May 20, start at $21 and include the NEXTEL Open, the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, a pre-race concert by rock group Train and a performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers during a break in the All-Star race. To purchase tickets, visit www.lowesmotorspeedway.com or call 1-800-455-FANS.(LMS PR)(5-11-2006)\n\n# NEXTEL Open Fast Facts\nLocation: Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.\nDate: Saturday, May 20, 2006\nTime: 7:40pm/et\nSanctioning Body: NASCAR, Daytona Beach, Fla.\nSeries: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series - Special Event\nEligibility: Drivers not already eligible for the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge and finished in the top 50 of the final 2005
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I've been a NASCAR fan since I was a little kid and I'm glad to see Toyota come into the scene, gives the American made teams something to compete against aside from their own egos. I guess the hatred goes to the "NASCAR is an American sport" mentality, hard to believe that other countries race cars and lets not forget that NASCAR races in Japan on occasion so what not let them have teams here?
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Great question. I have always thought that. Just look at when Ford was dominating the first few races a couple of years ago.NASCAR more than jumped over it's own azz to change the rules so that the Shytrolets would have a chance.
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Here is a schedule for the year...\n\nhttp://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/schedule
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Yesterdays cars were very different from todays NASCAR entries.  They were much less aerodynamic and the engines, although much larger, turned at lower RPMs.  Today's cars all have the same size engine as well.  \nIn the past  the manufacturers would actually producce a limited number of some of the specialized racers, such as Superbirds and Daytonas for sale to the public.  These were street legal cars that would , with a few minor modifications, actually have been able to hold their own on the race track.  Todays NASCAR vehicles are built from the ground up to be race cars and could never be made street legal.  That's one of the reasons you hear them talk about the modern era.\n Which cars are better, is entirely a matter of ones opinion.  Personally, I like a car I can easily recognize and one that is actually a stock car.  Todays cars can barely be called stock. When you compare todays cars to yesterdays cars it's not really a fair comparison, but if The King was driving . . .
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Try http://store.nascar.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=1953292&cp=2056638&clickid=leftnav_txt
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I think Nascar needs the following improvements:\n\n1) A track that isn't ALL lefts or rights! Mix it up some, fellas!\n2) Land Mines\n3) Concrete pillars that randomly eject up from the track\n4) Speed bumps\n5) No more yellow flags! They're professional drivers - let 'em navigate around car parts!!!!
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nascar? yeah, i like bristol cuz lots of crashes, i was about to go to daytona 500 last feb but didnt and i m a jimmie johnson fan. U
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In reality, all joking aside, you must have a NASCAR license which can not be attained until the age of 18. NASCAR stands for: National, Association, Stock, Car, Auto, Racing, it does not stand for: Non, Athletic, Sport, Centered, Around, Rednecks, Wich previous statements indicates.
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I'm going to assume you mean pics?\n\nHere's a nice page http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar\n\nYou'll notice pics on the bottom left here's the Gallery link also http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/gallery;_ylt=As_cw1Ir5lqEgMy.uVVF5NTov7YF
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Back in the early days of NASCAR, they actually did race stock cars... That is, cars you could buy right off the showroom floor, with very few modifications for performance or safety.\n\nOver the years, as cars got bigger and engines more powerful, there were more accidents, and more drivers injured or killed. NASCAR started changing the rules to make the cars safer and more competative.  First, they required seat belts and roll bars, then full roll cages. They went from gas tanks to fuel cells. They restricted the horsepower of the engines and made other modifications to make the cars stronger and safer. \n\nOver the last 50 years, the race cars have evolved into what you see today... A completely hand-built racing machine that somewhat resembles a factory production car.  \n\nYou can find more information on the cars and the history behind them on the NASCAR web site.
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Ummm, no. Nascar is not just a white sport, its just that other cultures are not involved w/ Nascar. As your know, most Black people are interested in Basketball, and football. But we could need a black nascar person, or any other multi-cultural person.maybe we could turn Nascar into a multi=racial sport, then.
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I HATE NASCAR!! Most pointless thing ever watching people drive around in circles for hundreds and hundreds of laps. Gee, one lap is SO different from the last. I mean come on, what a waste of your life.\n\nNASCAR:\n(1) People say they watch for the crashes and pure excitement.\n(2) Bullsh*t! Nascar has over 500 sponsors. Most of the people in the stands are employees of the sponsors, and family members.\n\nBEEF W/ NASCAR:\nBunch of men with testosterone problems. Oh no! He slammed me into the wall and wrecked my car. So ill wait til he comes back around and throw my helmet at his car. I mean come on, who cares. Not like the cars are worth much.