Nascar first started in 1947. They first raced on the beach at Daytona. Nascar has been around For 64 years. It will probably end in 2056 AND racing motorsports will have a new type of racing sport.
NASCAR means National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
Richard Petty's first Nascar Grand National Series race was on July 18, 1958.
Bill France Sr. and Junior Johnson started Nascar .
NASCAR stands for National Associatoin for Stock Car Auto Racing. A mechanic from Atlanta named Red Vogt came up with the acronim and the name. Red Vogt was the mechanic for Red Byron, NASCAR's first champion. it started from moonshiners . from Dawsonville ga into atlanta could get their cars "supped up" to outrun the law. The owner of Red Byrons car was Raymond Parks a known moonshiner who still owns a liquor store on Northside drive in Atlanta. Parks, Byron and Vogt were NASCARs first 'team'. these men all met with Bill France in Daytona at Hotel on the beach. They all came together to form the oganization that we all know as NASCAR today. If this interests you please find a book called DRIVING WITH THE DEVIL. It tells the early history of NASCAR and is an easy read.
There is racing through October in Nascar and Formula 1. The IRL Series ends the first weekend in October.
Kyle Petty has finished first in eight Nascar Cup Series races in his career.
The first female driver was Sara Christian, racing in the inaugural NASCAR race at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949.
Matt Kenseth was 24 years old when he drove his first Nascar Busch Series race.His first Cup Series race came when he was 26 years old, in 1998. Kenseth began racing full-time in the Nascar Cup Series in 2000.
Kevin Harvick with his first season with Stewart-Haas Racing.
The first Nascar Strictly Stock Series race was held on June 19, 1949 at Charlotte Speedway and was won by Jim Roper.
Tony Stewart's first Nascar Cup Series race was the Daytona 500 on February 14, 1999.