NASCAR

spectator audience is the most popular team sport. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest of all the stock car racing groups and just celebrated its 60th year. The season runs from February to November and is called the Sprint Cup Series. Latest numbers display that NASCAR attracts over 3.5 million fans to its races and another 218 million watched them on television. NASCAR is a marketing powerhouse, ranking it amongst the top sporting leagues. Coca Cola…

Fanatical About “Gordon” As a teenager I would think that watching a NASCAR race was about the most boring way to spend four hours or more every weekend; although every weekend my step-father would persistently watch cars race around in a circle. My opinion began to change in 1993 after a get-together with co-workers. They would get-together between the work weeks and grill out, drink beer and watch the race. In “93” I became a part of this ritual although I still didn’t care very much about…

A Lamborghini and a Toyota Supra line up to race. The Lamborghini is a 650 horsepower V10 while the Toyota Supra is secretly a 1,600 horsepower inline six. Who will win? There are all kinds of cars that can be modified to go faster than originally built. There are only certain modified cars that can beat stock cars. Depending on the car, modified cars are better because they have a better appearance, competitive prices, and have a much bigger potential for speed. Stock cars and modified cars…

believe it is simple, stupid, or even redneck when in reality that is not the case. NASCAR, or the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, started out in the forties and fifties as bootleggers came together and raced their cars, which were souped up for running moonshine to see who had the fastest car. As more and more people found out about this sport, they started to come just to watch the races. Soon, NASCAR grew into the multi-billion dollar sport it is today.…

Fifteen years ago on February 18, Dale Earnhardt -- a widely loved and respected professional driver for NASCAR -- was killed in an accident at the Daytona International Speedway. This event incited a legal battle in the state of Florida between Earnhardt’s family, local lawmakers, and journalists from the Orlando Sentinel that lasted for years over the rights that journalists have in accessing sensitive information in order to do their work. Considering the ethical codes respected by…

How physics applies to nascar The main impetus behind the foundation of NASCAR was William "Charge" France occasion spot for dashing fans, and France got to be included in hustling autos and advancing races. In the wake of seeing how hustling principles could change from occasion to occasion and how unscrupulous promoters could slip off with prize cash, France felt there was a requirement for a representing body to endorse and advance dashing. He assembled individuals from the hustling group…

Street racing sport grew over time after World War II when G.I.’s had worked on both car and plane engines, then G.I’s started working on their own cars after the war ended. In the United States, street racing became popular in the 1950s when C.J. “Pappy” Hart brought the drag racing to Orange County, California. Hart’s was the first drag strip charged admission at the Orange County Airport. There are three types of street racing: an impromptu race occurs spontaneously; an organized race is…

Are you a drag car enthusiast? Do the funny looking automobiles that are used in drag races fascinate you like many people? If so, you have come to the right place. Today you will be fascinated even further when you learn a few fascinating facts about these vehicles. First, though, here is a brief background of drag racing. Drag racing began in the dry lakebeds within the California deserts. During the peak of the industrial revolution in the 1930s, engines got better with top speeds…

with the brand the company is attempting to establish. NASCAR was established over 60 years ago, and from the beginning this business has created a branding strategy that included a various amount of marketing strategies (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). It has incorporated the two strategies through the marketing of its events and helping fans related to drivers. In addition, the company has also implemented emotional branding and co-branding. NASCAR quickly understood the importance of developing a…

Stock car driving is a man’s game, right? Wrong. Some people assume that only a real man’s man can speed along the tracks, executing sharp turns while burning rubber and leaving skid marks. Those people, however, have never encountered Danica Patrick. For those of you who don’t know, Danica Patrick is one of the most successful female stock car drivers in the world. She has been driving professionally since the late 1990s and in that time has established herself as one of the most dominant…