1911
Automobile race is a kind of race. Popular automobile races include Indy 500, NASCAR and the Baja 1000 off-road race.
The first race on May 30, 1911 was called the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race a/k/a International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race. The race is now known as the Indianapolis 500.
I think it was the 1972 Daytona 500. One of the 500's was the first fully televised race.
The first Daytona 500 race was held at the Daytona International Speedway on February 22, 1959.
The first race on the Speedway was in 1958. Racing on the sand began in the early 1900s.
500 mile automobile race
The Indianapolis 500 was originally known as the "1911 International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race," and that first race was held on May 30, 1911 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The first winner was Ray Harroun.
The Southern 500 came first, the inaugural race was on September 4, 1950. The first Daytona 500 was on February 22, 1959.
No, she did not. Danica Patrick's first Nascar Cup Series race was the 2012 Daytona 500.
Starting in 1982, the Daytona 500 became the first race to begin the Nascar schedule.
Ray Harroun
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex was built in 1909 as a gravel-and-tar track and hosted a smattering of small events before the promoters decided to focus on just one major event. The creation of the first 500 mile automobile race allowed the track to rapidly acquire a privileged status for races.