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The National Association for Sells Car cars Career (NASCAR) is the largest body than sanctions of sports NASCAR 2007 of motors in the United States . The three largest series than competes sanctioned by NASCAR they are daytona 500the Cup of NEXTEL, the Series of Busch and the Artisan they Transport in truck the Series. It supervises also NASCAR to Compete Regional, the Whelen Modified the Visit, and the Dodge the Weekly Series. NASCAR sanctions more than 1.500 careers in more than 100 traces in 38 states, in Canada , and in Mexico . From 1996 to 1998, NASCAR had the exhibition the careers in Japan , and in a career of the exhibition in Australia in 1988.

With roots entertainment as regional in the United States of the southeast, NASCAR has grown to come to be the second the very popular professional sport in television qualifications terms inside the United States , situating behind only the league of National soccer. Internationally, the careers of NASCAR are transmitted in more than 150 countries. Nevertheless, the interest out of the United States is limited. It has 17 of the first 20 sporting events attended in the U.S.1, and has 75 million fans that buys more than $2 annual for sale licensed billion of product. These fans are you considered the the majority of the loyal marks in all sport, and as a consequence, the Fortune 500 companies sponsor NASCAR more than any another sport.

The headquarters of NASCAR is located indaytona 500 the Beach of Daytona, FL, although maintain also the offices in four north cities of Carolina: Carlota, Mooresville, the Agreement and Conover as well as the NASCAR 2007 City of new York, Los Angeles, Arkansas, and the international offices in Mexico D.F., and in Toronto, Ontario. NASCAR and the Universal Technical Institute (UTI) cooperated and opened a technical school in Carolina north called NASCAR the Technical Institute, where aspiring students coaches to be mechanics. in of NASCAR the first decade of the 1900, the Beach of Daytona came be known like the place NASCAR 2007 for put the registrations of the velocity of the land of world. The beach came be a Mecca to compete enthusiasts. Fifteen registrations were positions in the beach between 1905 and 1935, when the Bonneville Salty Flat came be the first place to receive the velocity of the land the unprecedented attempts. In 1936 the course began receiving career of cars the events. The conductors competed a 1,5 to 2 section of the mile of the beach as a continuous direction, and highway A1A in the beach like the other.

The early conductors of the career often were implied to pirate. Some accounts say that all they were. That is how (at least most of them) provided the fastest one and therefore the majority of the costly machines — daytona 500 with its excessive profits of alcohol illegally distilled. They ran alcohol illegally distilled down the hurricane-force roads of mountain to people during the prohibition of alcohol. The runners would modify their cars to create a more maneuverable and faster vehicle for evade the police, and wine to worship the to handle quickly measured. One of the “you throw” main in Knoxville , TN had its principle as a Mecca to aspire that pirates conductors. When the prohibition of alcohol of United States was raised in 1933, the owners of these first “racecars” looked at their beneficial business they dry. Since they did not be right to utilize them for “runnin ‘the shine “already and found to itself with time in hands and a lot of money, many wanted to compete their cars for the pride and the money. These careers were popular entertainments in the United States Southern rural, and they are the majority of that of associated fence with the region of County of daytona 500 Wilkes of Carolina north. The majority of the careers they were in that epoch of cars modified, vehicles of street that were lightened and they were reinforced.

William France Mr.

The mechanical one William France Mr. moved to NASCAR 2007 the Beach of Daytona , Florida of Washington , D.C. in 1935 in escaping the Great Depression. The it knew the history of the area of the velocity of the land the unprecedented attempts. France entered the 1936 event of Daytona, finishing fifth. The it took to run the course in 1938. The it promoted some few careers before World War Two.

France had the notion that people would enjoy unmodified stock-cars that look at they compete. The conductors were facts frequently victim by scrupulous little developers that the events with all the would leave money before conductors were full. In 1947, he decided this to compete he would not grow without a formal organization that sanctions, the rules standardized, the schedule to regulate, and a championship organized. December 14, 1947 France began speeches with other runners and influential developers in the Bar of Ebano in the Hotel of the Natural Current in the Beach of Daytona , Florida that finished with the formation of NASCAR in February 21, 1948. The Marshal of the winning one Teague al side of its racecar Fabulous of the Hornet of Hudson in the Course of the Road of the Beach of Daytona in 1952, the daytona 500 Photographic Marshal Florida courtesy of Winner of Collection Teague al side of its racecar Fabulous of the Hornet of Hudson in the Course of the Road of the Beach of Daytona in 1952, the courtesy Florida the Photographic Collection

NASCAR was founded by William France Mr. in February 21, 1948 with the aid of various other conductors in the time. The system of points was writing in a napkin of tavern. The body that sanctions received its first event in the beach of Daytona in February 15, 1948. The red Marshal of the blow of Byron Teague in the career Modified of the division. NASCAR had several divisions in its early years.

NASCAR 2007 Tube Ball Baker of Erwin.

The First Member of a commission of NASCAR was tube Ball Baker of Erwin. A previous stock-car, the motorcycle, and he opens runner of wheel that competed in the Indianapolis 500 and the assembly on one a hundred registrations of the velocity of the land. The Baker of the ball of tube gained most of his fame for his velocity trascontinental runs. The baker would show a value of car handling it forms New York to Los Angeles . After their death the famous NASCAR 2007 career trascontinental the ‘Ball of tube Run’ and the movie that was inspired by both they were called in their honor. The baker is consecrated in the Self-propelled Vestibule of the Fame, The Vestibule of Motorcycle of the Fame, The Indianapolis the Motor Vestibule of Freeway of the Fame, and of The Vestibule of NASCAR of the Fame. This level of the honor and the success in each diverse association that competes gained daytona 500 Baker the title “King of the Road”.

NASCAR schedule Short “Barky” Barkhimer

In early the fifties the Armada U.S. he stationed he Counts France, Son in the Moffett Federal Airfield in Califoria northern. When does he Count France, Son arrived in the Coast of the West, his father founder Account NASCAR France, Mr. he asked him that he looked at Short up Barkhimer in San Jose, California. Barkhimer was a dwarf cars career star of it was of World War Two, and subsequent ran about 22 different freeways as the head of the stock-car of California that Competes the Association. Young Account developed a relation with Short Barkhimer and to its associate Margo Burke. The it went to events with them, weekends remained with them and arrived at generally very to be familiarized with competing in the NASCAR 2007 coast of the west. “Barky”, like he was called by its friends, travelled to the Beach of Daytona and found with Account France , Mr. In the spring of 1954, NASCAR came be the stock-car that sanctions the body in the low peaceful Coast Barky.

NASCAR schedule Strictly Actions to Large National

The first one NASCAR “Strictly Actions” the career was had never in Freeway of Carlota (not the Carlota Motor Freeway) in June 19, 1949 (a career gained for Jim Roper after Glenn Dunnaway to be disqualified after the discovery of its rear springs altered). Initially the cars were known like the “daytona 500Strictly Division of Actions” and been of concern with virtually not modifications in the models of the factory.

NASCAR Sanctioned the Series

* The Series of Cup of NEXTEL * the Series of Busch * the Artisan Truck Series * NASCAR the Canadian Series of the Tire * the Series of Crown of NASCAR Mexico *

NASCAR to Compete Regional * Eludes the Weekly Series

NASCAR schedule logo of Cup of Cup of NEXTEL NASCAR NEXTEL

The main article: Cup of NEXTELTeam Car Number Driver Primary Sponsor(s) Listed Owner(s)

BAM Racing Dodge Charger 49 Mike Bliss WhatsOnline.com Beth Ann Morganthau

Bill Davis Racing Toyota Camry 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Inc. Bill Davis

36 Jeremy Mayfield 360 OTC Gail Davis

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Charger 40 David Stremme Coors Light Felix Sabates NASCAR 2007

41 Reed Sorenson Target Stores Chip Ganassi

42 Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline

CJM Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo daytona 500 72 Brandon Whitt Dutch Quality Stone Bryan Mullet, Tony Mullet

Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Teresa Earnhardt

8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser

15 Paul Menard Menards

Evernham Motorsports Dodge Charger 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Ray Evernham

10 Scott Riggs Valvoline/Stanley Tools James Rocco

19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Ray Evernham

Front Row Motorsports ?Chevrolet Monte Carlo 61 TBA Oak Glove Co. Bob Jenkins

Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Barney Visser

Ginn Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 01 Mark Martin/Regan Smith U.S. Army Bob Ginn

13 Joe Nemechek TBA

14 Sterling Marlin Waste Management

Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Gene Haas

70 Johnny Sauter ?Yellow Transportation, ?Haas Automation

Hall of Fame Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 96 Tony Raines Texas Instruments/DLP Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach, Bill Saunders

Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s Rick Hendrick

24 Jeff Gordon DuPont

25 Casey Mears U.S. National Guard Mary Hendrick

48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Jeff Gordon

Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo daytona 500 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx J.D. Gibbs

18 J. J. Yeley Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs

20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot

McGlynn Racing Dodge Charger 74 Derrike Cope Sundance Vacations/Royal Administration Raynard McGlynn

Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Camry 00 David Reutimann Burger King/Domino’s Pizza Michael Waltrip

44 Dale Jarrett United Parcel Service

55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Doug Bawel

Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 4 Ward Burton State Water Heaters Larry McClure, Tim Morgan

Penske Racing South Dodge Charger 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Roger Penske

12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL

Petty Enterprises NASCAR 2007 Dodge Charger 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/General Mills Richard Petty

45 Kyle Petty Wells Fargo/Marathon Oil Kyle Petty

Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel’s Richard Childress

29 Kevin Harvick Shell Oil/Hershey’s

31 Jeff Burton Cingular Wireless

Robby Gordon Motorsports Ford Fusion 7 Robby Gordon Harrah’s/Jim Beam Robby Gordon

Robert Yates Racing Ford Fusion 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Robert Yates

88 Ricky Rudd Mars, Incorporated

Roush Racing Ford Fusion 6 David Ragan AAA Jack Roush

16 Greg Biffle Ameriquest Geoff Smith

17 Matt Kenseth DeWALT Jack Roush

26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Georgetta Roush

99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Robert Corn

Team Red Bull Toyota Camry 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Danny Bahar

84 A. J. Allmendinger

Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford Fusion 21 Ken Schrader/Jon Wood Little Debbie/Ore-Ida Glen Wood

The Series of the Cup of NASCAR NEXTEL is the highest level of the sport of the professional competence, and consistently is the very popular one and the majority of the beneficial series of NASCAR. The 2006 season of the Cup of NEXTEL consisted of 36 careers more than 10 months, with more than $4 million in the cash prize of the sum in play in each career. The writers and the fans often utilize “Cup” to be referred to the series of the Cup of NEXTEL, and although ambiguous, the use of “NASCAR” as a synonym for the series of Cup of NEXTEL be common.

In 2004, NEXTEL took the sponsorship of the first series of R.J. Reynolds, formally it regrouping of the Cup of Winston to the NASCAR 2007 Series of the Cup of NEXTEL. A new championship indicates system, “The Pursuit for the Cup of NEXTEL” was developed also, that replaces the positions of the point with daytona 500 ten careers to go, doing only conductors inside the first one ten, or inside 400 points of the leader, eligible to gain the championship. In 2004 Kurt Busch came be the first conductor to gain the Cup of NEXTEL under the new format. In 2005, Tony Stewart came be the first conductor for to have earned the Cup of Winston and the Cup of NEXTEL. In 2006 Jimmie Johnson gained its first Cup of NEXTEL after coming closes two times before finishing 9 in Family-Miami Patrimony Freeway.

NASCAR schedule logo of Series of Series of Busch NASCAR Busch

The main article: Series of Busch

The Series of NASCAR Busch is the second the highest level of the professional competence in NASCAR. The cars are very similar to the Cup of Nextel with only some few differences, just as the weight of the car. The season is several shorter careers, and the cash prize are lower. On the last various years, various conductors of Cup of NEXTEL tried to run the careers in NASCAR 2007 both series, utilizing the career of Busch as a practice. Martin Truex, Son gained the title in 2005, and Kevin Harvick put the registration for the to close earlier of the title in the history of NBES in 2006.

NASCAR schedule logo of Artisan Truck Series Artisan Truck Series NASCAR

The main article: Artisan Truck series

The Series of the Truck of the Artisan of NASCAR is a NASCAR popular that competes the series that represents vans modified. Is one of the three national divisions of NASCAR, along with the Series of Busch and the Cup of Nextel.

The Series of the Truck of the Artisan of NASCAR was formed in 1995. In 1995 it was called al Artisan of NASCAR Super Series of Truck. The term “Super” was left to fall for 1996. The series is distinguished of the two another first series in NASCAR utilizing a version a lot modified of a van instead of a car. The daytona 500 series was respected first something of a peculiarity or a “visit of greater” for conductors of NASCAR, but enjoyed a popularity each greater time finally and has produced Cup series conductors of Nextel that never they had been of concern in the Series of Busch.

Nascar compared to other motor sport forms

NASCAR is different compared al earthly rough and sharp returns of the Meeting as well as the torsiones complicated and tour seen in the Formula A course that put to 3 or 4 G of the emphasis in the body of conductor. NASCAR includes the careers of the course of the road in each one of their first one two series but this is generally a small percentage of the schedule, and although the majority of the conductors regulate you participate, a few teams introduce the road to compete NASCAR 2007 specialists barely for these careers. The followers of NASCAR contradict that NASCAR is not the only league that competes to run many careers in oval traces “simple”; the Indy that Competes the League runs also many oval careers of the trace, although they average generally more than 30-40 faster miles per hour than NASCAR.

The careers of the Cup of NEXTEL have 43 cars in the competence in the beginning of each career, compared to 22 for Formula One and for 15-20 IndyCar, and the teams should endure a schedule of 36 careers daytona 500 more than 41 weeks, in a great variety of traces, with arrangements and different strategies to be required for each trace. The teams generally only have about five days to prepare before arrive in some trace given.

Full Time Drivers

Driver Car Number Rookie Season Career Nextel

Cup Starts

Wins Top 5s Top 10s Best Points Finish

A. J. Allmendinger #84 2007 0 0 0 0 N/A

Greg Biffle #16 2003 150 11 30 50 2nd (2005)

Dave Blaney #22 2000 235 0 2 21 19th (2002)

Mike Bliss #49 2000 77 0 1 5 28th (2005)

Clint Bowyer #07 2006 37 0 4 11 17th (2006)

Jeff Burton #31 1994 439 18 101 176 3rd (2000)

Ward Burton #4 1994 359 5 24 82 9th (1999)

Kurt Busch #2 2001 220 15 50 91 1st (2004)

Kyle Busch #5 2005 78 3 19 31 10th (2006)

Chad Chaffin #61? 2006 12 0 0 0 46th (2006)

Derrike Cope #74 1987 408 2 6 32 15th (1995)

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. #8 2000 255 17 69 109 3rd (2003)

Carl Edwards #99 2004 85 4 21 43 3rd (2005)

David Gilliland #38 2006 15 0 0 0 42nd (2006)

Jeff Gordon #24 1993 473 75 213 287 1st (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001)

Robby Gordon #7 1997 235 3 13 32 16th (2003)

Jeff Green #66 1997 233 0 5 13 17th (2002)

Denny Hamlin #11 2006 43 2 8 23 3rd (2006)

Kevin Harvick #29 2001 214 10 45 86 4th (2006)

Dale Jarrett #44 1987 639 32 163 260 1st (1999)

Jimmie Johnson #48 2002 183 23 66 110 1st (2006)

Kasey Kahne #9 2004 108 7 30 41 8th (2006)

Matt Kenseth #17 2000 256 14 66 120 1st (2003)

Bobby Labonte #43 1993 474 21 113 192 1st (2000)

Sterling Marlin #14 1983 711 10 83 216 3rd (1995, 2001)

Jeremy Mayfield #36 1994 403 5 48 96 7th (1998)

Jamie McMurray #26 2003 150 1 22 55 11th (2004)

Casey Mears #25 2003 144 0 6 26 14th (2006)

Paul Menard #15 2007 9 0 0 1 45th (2006)

Juan Pablo Montoya #42 2007 1 0 0 0 71st (2006)

Joe Nemechek #13 1994 430 4 18 61 15th (2000)

Ryan Newman #12 2002 188 12 54 83 6th (2002, 2003, 2005)

Kyle Petty #45 1980 785 8 51 172 5th (1992, 1993)

David Ragan #6 2007 2 0 0 0 61st (2006)

Tony Raines #96 2003 83 0 0 2 33rd (2003)

David Reutimann #00 2007 1 0 0 0 70th (2005)

Scott Riggs #10 2004 106 0 4 14 20th (2006)

Ricky Rudd #28 1977 875 23 194 373 2nd (1991)

Elliott Sadler #19 1999 285 3 16 53 9th (2004)

Johnny Sauter #70 2004 32 0 0 1 36th (2004)

Reed Sorenson #41 2006 38 0 1 5 24th (2006)

Tony Stewart #20 1999 284 29 108 168 1st (2002, 2005)

David Stremme #40 2006 38 0 0 0 33rd (2006)

Martin Truex Jr. #1 2006 45 0 2 6 19th (2006)

Brian Vickers #83 2004 113 1 10 23 15th (2006)

Kenny Wallace #78 1993 327 0 6 27 22nd (1999)

Michael Waltrip #55 1986 675 4 38 122 12th (1994, 1995)

Brandon Whitt #72 2007 1 0 0 0 78th (2006)

J. J. Yeley #18 2006 42 0 0 3 29th (2006)

Al to attend the Formula 1 2006 United States Prix Large, Jeff Gordon said that when he handled Juan Pablo car of Montoya F1 in June 2003 he was horrified of the velocity, to brake, and handling of the NASCAR 2007 vehicle and that handling one is in an entire different level of difficulty. Juan Pablo Montoya runs at present in the Series of NASCAR Busch and did its very first beginning of NASCAR in Patrimony Family-Miami in November 19, 2006.

NASCAR schedule the Technology far from “Actions” or daytona 500 Production

The technologies of it was of years fifty utilized in the “stock-cars”, just as carburetors, the motor cast iron blocks of pushrod, and, before 2007, to compete covered with lead the fuel, the bear the small resemblance to modern vehicles of street during the day. The modern vehicles of NASCAR share very few attributes of the commercial models with which they are associates; for example, the Forest of the production Chevrolet Carlo weighs almost the same one as the Forest of NASCAR Chevy Carlo, but the vehicle of NASCAR they have a motor of the eight-cylinder that handles the rear wheels, while the car of the production has a wheel of the front handles V6 (a Optional). The followers note that this is a modern condition: when NASCAR began first almost 60 years ago, the cars of the career were substantially similar to vehicles of production, but to the needs of the security and the modern performance to compete they have required done cars of assignment of career. The followers note also that the strict rules of the team place less emphasis to obtain a technological advantage, and thus more emphasis in the individual ability of conductor. Every series of NASCAR runs also in tires of spec done certainly manufacturers of the tire such as Goodyear and American Runner. Some they suggest that this discourages the competence of the tire daytona 500 and the development, that affirm still more has carries to the condition tires absence of rain/wets, and to careers (just as the 2005 Coca-Cola 600) where tires seem to self-destruct.

NASCAR schedule the structure of the Business and the decision that do the politics

The structure of the business of NASCAR has been criticized also. Since its founder in 1947 by Mr. of William France, the general organization of NASCAR has been the majority possessed by the family of France, assuring that the family controls a majority of the income arrolladuro that the sport engenders (compared to other sport where the owners and players rents departure almost daytona 500 evenly). NASCAR is criticized also for its reluctance to promote some aspects of the security that would have it that to pay for (for example. travelling the crew of the security) [2][3], and other supposedly monopolistic aspects such as marketing and the property of the trail. Besides, due to its influence and the lack arrolladuros of conductor says, NASCAR has been compared still to a dictatorship by some sports of motors, economic and political analysts.

NASCAR schedule NASCAR the Canadian Series of the Pneumatic one NASCAR Logo Canadian of Series of Tire

The main article: NASCAR the Canadian Series NASCAR 2007 of the Tire

NASCAR announced the purchase of the series to compete of Canadian, to CRACK, in September 2006. The to CRACK the Western Series will come be the series of the fourth-level of NASCAR that begins in 2007.

NASCAR schedule the Series of Crown of NASCAR Mexico

The main article: Series of Crown of NASCAR Mexico

In December 2006, NASCAR announced also the creation of the Series of Crown of NASCAR Mexico, replacing the existing Series of NASCAR 2007 Crown of I Challenge, to begin in 2007.