Andy Williams

Compilations of interest to collectors. Information credited to hansdevice.com and auto.howstuffworks.com. Other labels. Tire changers must also wear safety glasses to prevent eye injures from lug nuts thrown off the car. Columbia Records. In addition to the helmets, all members are required to wear full fire suits and gloves while the refueller must wear a fire apron as well as the suit. Cadence Records. Over the wall pit members are now required to wear helmets after a string of members were hit and in the open wheel series many members were ran over.

Williams's birthplace in Wall Lake, Iowa is a tourist attraction open most of the year. The tachometer then "guides" the speed of the car down pit road. He hosted a major golf tournament in San Diego for many years, which was known as the Andy Williams San Diego Open during that time. As none of the cars are equipped with speedometers, the cars in prerace warm up laps are driven around the track at the pit road speed following the pace car so the drivers can mark on the tachometer the telemetry (term referring to the Revolutions Per Minute it takes to travel at the "speed limit") for the day. Williams is an avid golfer. NASCAR has placed a new electronic scoring system in use as of 2005 to monitor the speeds of cars on pit road by measuring the time it takes to get from checkpoint to checkpoint. Williams's homes have been featured in Architectural Digest, and he is a noted collector of modern art. At each track there are different speeds the cars are required to travel at (the speed depends on the size of the track and the size of pit road).

They make their homes at Branson, Missouri and La Quinta, California. Pit road safety has become the latest focus of NASCAR officials in recent years. Williams married a second time in the 1990s to the former Debbie Haas. Compression barriers - this idea is to place cushioning materials, such as tires, against the concrete wall, and then cover those cushions with a smooth surface that would give when impacted, and then pop back out to its previous shape once the impact is over. They were divorced in 1975. Holes are drilled in the concrete wall and cables are used to tie the segments to it. To this union were born three children, Noelle, Christian, and Robert. Impact Protection System (IPS) - This inner piece of the wall is then wrapped in a rubber casing.

Williams married French chanteuse Claudine Longet in 1961. Designers of PEDS believe the system increases the wall's ability to withstand crashes of heavy race cars. Nearly everything Williams ever recorded has now been made available on CD through a series of compilations from 1997 to 2004. There are four types of softer walls and barriers: Cellofoam - This is an encapsulated polystyrene barrier -- a block of plastic foam encased in polyethylene. Polyethylene Energy Dissipation System (PEDS) - which uses small polyethylene cylinders inserted inside larger ones. His 1967 recording of "Music to Watch Girls By" was a surprise hit in England in 2003, following closely on the heels of a new duet of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" with a British model and singer, Denise Van Outen. Soft walls are typically built of some kind of crushable material that can absorb the impact of a car at high speeds. He continues to do 8-12 shows a week from September to December and occasionally makes tours of Europe earlier in the year. Over the last couple years, NASCAR has installed safer walls and barriers along the track.

In the early 1990s, Williams gave up most of his touring schedule in order to open his own theatre in Branson, Missouri, the Andy Williams Moon River Theater. The roof flaps keep the cars on the ground as they spin. He returned to television to do a syndicated half-hour series in 1976-77. When a car is turned around, and is going fast enough, the flaps come up and it disrupts the airflow over the roof, eliminating all of the lift. He hosted the Grammy Awards for three consecutive years in the 1970s. To prevent this, NASCAR officials developed a set of flaps that are recessed into pockets on the roof of the car. Williams has recorded eight Christmas albums over the years. If the speed of the car is high enough, it will generate enough lift to pick up the car.

His Christmas specials, which appeared regularly until 1974 and intermittently from 1982 into the 1990s, were among the most popular of the genre. In 1994, NASCAR introduced roof flaps to the car, which designed to keep cars from getting airborne and rolling down track. He gave up the variety show in 1971 while it was still popular and retrenched to three specials per year. Two flexible tethers on the collar are attached to the helmet to prevent the head from snapping forward or to the side during a wreck. Among his series regulars were the Osmond Brothers. It is a semi-hard collar made of carbon fiber and Kevlar, and it is held onto the upper body by a harness worn by the driver. This series, "The Andy Williams Show," won three Emmy Awards for outstanding variety program. The HANS device is designed to reduce the chance of injury caused by unrestrained movement of the head during crashes.

Williams also competed in the teenage-oriented singles market as well and had some hit singles including "Can't Get Used to Losing You," "Happy Heart," and "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story." Building on his experience with Allen and some short-term variety shows in the 1950s, he became the star of his own weekly television variety show in 1962. Since a string of accidents in 2000 and 2001 that killed Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin and Dale Earnhardt under similar circumstances, NASCAR has made it mandatory for the drivers to wear the HANS Device (Head And Neck Support) as the only device for use as of 2005. This was repeated the next year with the pair's "Days of Wine and Roses" (which also won), Mancini's "Dear Heart" at the 1965 awards and "The Sweetheart Tree" (also written with Mercer) at the 1966 awards. The seat belts used are the five-point harness, which is two straps coming down over the driver's shoulders, two straps wrap around the waist and one comes up between the legs. Williams was asked to sing Mancini and Johnny Mercer's song "Moon River" at the 1962 Oscar Awards (where it won), and it quickly became Williams's theme song. They are built to be stronger than a normal seat belt. Williams forged a collaborative relationship with Henry Mancini, although they never recorded together. The seat belt in a stock car is very important.

Among his hit albums from this period were "Moon River," "Days of Wine and Roses" (number one for 16 weeks in mid-1963), "Dear Heart," "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Love, Andy," "Get Together with Andy Williams," and "Love Story.". However, even though the seats are safer for the driver, some don’t like them due to the fact that it takes away some of the feel for the track. By 1973 he had earned as many as 17 Gold records. Some of the newer seats wrap around the driver's shoulders as well, which provides better support because the shoulders are more durable than the rib cage. He was primarily an album artist, and at one time he had earned more Gold Albums than any solo performer except Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. Most of the seats found in the race cars wrap around the driver's rib cage which provides some support during a crash, spreading the load out over the entire rib cage instead of letting it concentrate in a smaller area. During the 1960s, Williams became one of the most popular vocalists in the country and signed what was to that time the biggest recording contract in history. The seats that the drivers sit in have evolved over the past few years.

Two top ten hits from the Cadence era, "Butterfly" and "I Like Your Kind of Love" were apparently believed to not suit Williams's later style; they were not included on a Columbia reissue of his Cadence greatest hits in the 1960s. Using new technology, they have tried to make racing as safe, and still as thrilling as ever to protect the drivers, fans, and keep racing exciting. In terms of chart popularity, the Cadence era was Williams's peak although songs he introduced on Columbia became much bigger standards. Safety in racing has come a long way since the first green flag dropped. Bernadette," and "Lonely Street," before Williams moved to Columbia Records in 1961, having moved from New York to Los Angeles. The winners of the Dodge Weekly Series National Championship, the four AutoZone Elite Divisions, the two Whelen Modified and Grand National Divisions, and the three national series are invited to New York City in December to participate in Champions Week ceremonies which conclude with the annual awards banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. More hits followed, including "The Hawaiian Wedding Song," "Are You Sincere," "The Village of St. In 2002, 9,000 drivers had licenses from NASCAR to race at all levels.

His third single, "Canadian Sunset' (1956) hit the Top Ten, and was soon followed his only Billboard #1 hit, "Butterfly" (a cover of a Charlie Gracie record on which Williams imitated Elvis Presley). Many drivers move up through the series before reaching the Nextel Cup series. After landing a spot as a regular on Steve Allen's Tonight Show in 1955, he was signed to a recording contract with Cadence Records, a small label in New York run by conductor Archie Bleyer. The top 15 (Grand National) or 10 (AutoZone Elite) in each series will race in a one-race playoff at Irwindale Speedway in California to determine the annual AutoZone Elite and Grand National champions. He recorded six sides for RCA's label "X," but none of them were popular hits. In 2003, NASCAR standardised rules for its AutoZone Elite and Grand National divisions regional touring series as to permit cars in one series to race against cars in another series in the same division. Williams's solo career began in 1952 after his brothers left the act. Grand National cars are similar to Busch Series cars, although they are less powerful.

This led to a nightclub act with Kay Thompson, a comedian, from 1947 to 1951. NASCAR sanctions three regional racing divisions, the Whelen Modified Tour, which races open wheel "modified" cars in Northern and Southern divisions, the AutoZone Elite Division, which races late-model cars which are lighter than Nextel Cup cars, and less powerful cars, split into four divisions, Northwest, Southwest, Southeast, and Midwest, and the Grand National Division, which races in the Busch North and the West Series. They appeared with Bing Crosby on the hit record "Swinging on a Star" (1944). Many local racetracks across the United States and Canada run under the Dodge Weekly Series banner, where local drivers are compared against each other in a formula where the best local track champion of the nation, as based on a formula, wins the Dodge Weekly Series National Championship. Williams graduated from high school in Cincinnati. In addition to the Nextel Cup, Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR operates several other racing circuits. Williams and his three older brothers Bob, Dick, and Don, formed a quartet, the Williams Brothers, in the late 1930s, and they performed on radio in the Midwest, first at WHO in Des Moines, Iowa, and later at WLS in Chicago and WLW in Cincinnati. Which you can interact with your teammates.Instead of being by yourself.

He first performed in a children's choir at the local Presbyterian church. In 2006 they came out with Total team contral. Andy Williams (born Howard Andrew Williams in December 3, 1927) is an American pop singer from Wall Lake, Iowa. When the circut changed its name to Nextel Cup, the name of the game changed to NASCAR: Chase for the Cup. B Sides and Rarities, Collectables, 2003, (contains recordings as early as 1948, many of which had never appeared on any album before). While the circuit was still called the Winston Cup, the game was called NASCAR Thunder. Complete Columbia Chart Singles Collection, Taragon, 2002. Every year, NASCAR and EA Sports team up to create a video game based on the Nextel Cup Series.

The Best of the Cadence Years, Varese Sarabande, 1997. In the United Kingdom, television coverage is available on NASN (North American Sports Network), a subscription channel on satellite. 16 Most Requested Songs, Columbia/Legacy, 1990. MRN Radio broadcasts are also available (for a fee) via the web at NASCAR.com [4] (http://www.NASCAR.com). Easy Does It, Metro, 2002. Performance Racing Network, a subsidiary of Bruton Smith's Speedway Motorsports, airs ten Cup races and nine Busch races, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's network carries the Brickyard 400. Andy Williams Live: Christmas Treasures, 2001. can be found here:[3] (http://www.racingone.com/mrn/stationaffiliates.asp).

Branson City Limits [Live], Unison, 1998. A list of MRN Radio broadcast affiliates in the U.S. It's a Wonderful Christmas, Publishing Mills, 1997. MRN Radio (Motor Racing Network), a subsidiary of NASCAR, holds the over-the-air broadcast radio rights of 25 Nextel Cup races, all truck races and 26 Busch Series races, as well as the Budweiser Shootout and Nextel All-Star Challenge. We Need A Little Christmas, Unison, 1997. On February 23, 2005, NASCAR awarded the satellite radio contract to XM Radio's primary competitor Sirius Satellite Radio for exclusive satellite radio rights to the 2007 through 2011 racing seasons in exchange for $107 million dollars.[2] (http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/23/technology/sirius_nascar/). The New Andy Williams Christmas Album, Laserlight, 1994. XM Radio currently holds the exclusive satellite radio broadcast rights for all NASCAR coverage through the end of the 2006 season.

Nashville, Curb, 1991. Audio coverage of all Nextel Cup, Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series races is available in the United States on both satellite radio and regular over-the-air broadcast radio on both the AM and FM bands. I Still Believe in Santa Claus, Curb, 1990. Fox-owned Speed Channel carries the entire Craftsman Truck Series schedule. Feelings, PolyTel, 1989. The current television contract was signed for eight years for FOX/FX and six years for NBC/TNT and is valued at $2.4 billion (US) [1] (http://www.forbes.com/2003/10/07/cx_pp_1007nascar.html). Close Enough for Love, Atlantic, 1986. The networks alternate coverage of the first and most famous race of the season, the Daytona 500, with Fox getting the odd years and NBC the even ones.

From Andy With Love, Hallmark, 1985. In the United States, television broadcast rights are split between FOX/FX and NBC/TNT, with FOX/FX airing the first half of the season and NBC/TNT airing the second half. The Andy Williams Wedding & Anniversary Album, CSP, 1981. See the picture here. (http://www.nascar.com/2003/news/headlines/wc/03/16/carolina_400/finish.jpg). Greatest Love Classics, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1984. Craven came in ahead by .002 seconds after the drivers raced the last stretch with their cars touching each other. Let's Love While We Can, 1980 (not released in US until 2004). The closest finish in NASCAR history was at Darlington Raceway between Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch on March 16, 2003.

Spanish Eyes, 1976. NASCAR racing has its share of great finishes. Andy, 1976. While one that has a tendency to slide the rear end out is said to be "loose", causing the back end of the car to slide around usually resulting in a car spinning out. These characteristics are also affected by tire stagger (tires of different circumference at different positions on the car, the right rear being largest to help effect left turns) and tire pressure (softer being "grippier"). The Other Side of Me, 1975. A car that is difficult to turn in a corner is said to be "tight", causing the car to want to keep going up the track with the wheel turned all the way left. Christmas Present, 1974. The automobiles' suspension, brakes, and aerodynamic components are also selected to tailor the cars to different racetracks. The adjustment of front and rear aerodynamic downforce, spring rates, rear track bar geometry, and brake proportioning are critical to the cornering characteristics of the cars.

You Lay So Easy on My Mind, 1974. However, significant engine development has allowed these engines to reach exceedingly high levels of power with essentially 1950s technology. The Way We Were, 1974. The engines are limited to 355 cubic inches (5.8 L), with cast iron blocks, one camshaft and a pushrod valvetrain. II, 1973. The cars are high-powered, low-tech hot rods with a roll cage chassis and thin sheet metal covering, and are powered by carbureted engines with 4 speed manual transmissions. Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. In the Craftsman Truck Series, the Chevrolet Silverado, the Dodge Ram and the Ford F150, as well as the only non-American brand, the Toyota Tundra namesakes are used.

Solitaire, 1973. A fourth model, the Pontiac Grand Prix, was used until it was retired in 2004, when Pontiac ended its sponsorship with NASCAR. Alone Again (Naturally), 1972. While the manufacturers and models of automobiles for Nextel Cup and Busch Series racing are named for production cars (Dodge Charger, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, and Ford Taurus, with the Fusion replacing the Taurus for 2006), the similarities between Nextel Cup cars and actual production cars are limited to some shaping of the nose and grill areas. Love Theme from the Godfather (Speak Softly Love), 1972. The winner of this twisty road course event was defending series champion, Martin Truex Jr.. You've Got a Friend, 1971. On March 6, 2005 the first ever NASCAR points-paying race outside of the United States was held for the minor league NASCAR Busch Series at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City.

Love Story, 1971. This exhibition race was won by Rusty Wallace. Andy Williams' Greatest Hits, 1970. In 1996, NASCAR went to Japan for Suzuka NASCAR Thunder 100 at Suzuka Circuitland in Suzuka City on November 24, 1996. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, 1970. He completed 55 laps before crashing, while father Lee won the 100-lap feature. The Andy Williams Show, 1970. On July 18, 1958, Richard Petty made his premiership debut in a race at Toronto at the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds.

The Andy Williams' Sound of Music, 1969. The first NASCAR competition held outside of the United States was in Canada, where on July 1, 1952, Buddy Shuman won a 200-lap race on a half-mile (800 m) dirt track in Stamford Park, ON, near Niagara Falls. Get Together with Andy Williams, 1969. The closest European equivalent is touring car racing, although the European circuits are on road courses. Happy Heart, 1969. Unrestricted, NASCAR cars run at over 800 horsepower (600 kW). Honey, 1968. While Atlanta Motor Speedway, is generally considered the fastest track where restrictor plates are not mandated, in 2004 and 2005 higher qualifying speeds were posted at Texas Motor Speedway, earning it the title of the circuits fastest track.

Love, Andy, 1967. As a safety measure to reduce speeds at the two fastest tracks (Daytona and Talladega), a restrictor plate must be placed between the carburetor and intake manifold to restrict air and fuel flow and, therefore, power. Born Free, 1967. Tracks between 1 and 2 miles in length are called "intermediate" tracks. In the Arms of Love, 1967. Tracks on todays standards are now considered superspeedways if they are over 2 miles (3 km) in length. The Shadow of Your Smile, 1966. Initially tracks of over one mile were referred to as "superspeedways", but many NASCAR venues now are 1.5 miles or 2 miles (2.4 or 3 km) in length.

Andy Williams' Newest Hits, 1966 (compilation of early Columbia singles). Generally, tracks with a length of less than one mile (1.6 km) are referred to as "short tracks". Merry Christmas, 1965. The average speed is figured out based upon the winner's lap speeds throughout the entire races including laps spent under caution. Hawaiian Wedding Song, 1965 (reissue of the Cadence Records album To You Sweetheart, Aloha). The slowest tracks are Infineon Raceway, a road course, with a record race average speed of only 81 mph (130 km/h) and qualifying lap of 99 mph (159 km/h); and Martinsville Speedway, a very short, nearly flat "paper clip" oval, with a record race average speed of 82 mph (132 km/h) and a qualifying lap of only 97 mph (156 km/h). Canadian Sunset, 1965 ( reissue of the 1962 Cadence Records compilation Andy Williams' Best). The fastest track is Talladega Superspeedway where the record race average speed is 188 mph (303 km/h) with the record qualifying lap of 212.809 mph (342.483 km/h) set by Bill Elliott.

Dear Heart, 1965. Race speeds vary widely based on the track. The Great Songs from My Fair Lady and Other Shows, 1964. Two courses (Sonoma and Watkins Glen) are complex shaped road courses. Call Me Irresponsible, 1964. Courses also differ in degree of banking on the curves, with differences in degree of banking and course length contributing to different top speeds on various courses. The Wonderful World of Andy Williams, 1964. Other configurations are quad-oval, oval with unequal ends (Darlington), and triangular (Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania).

The Andy Williams Christmas Album, 1963. While some tracks are ovals, many are tri-ovals. Days of Wine and Roses, 1963. Oval tracks vary in length from 0.526 miles (847 m) (Martinsville Speedway) to 2.66 miles (4280 m) (Talladega Superspeedway). Can't Get Used To Losing You, 1963. NASCAR races are not conducted on identical tracks. Warm and Willing, 1962. When the checkered flag dropped on the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway(the last race of the 2004 season), Kurt Busch won the championship by a mere eight points over Jimmie Johnson.

Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes, 1962. As part of bringing attention to NASCAR during the busiest part of the sports calendar in the United States with the climax toward Major League Baseball's World Series, the start of the college and NFL seasons and later, the onset of the NBA and NHL seasons (the 2004-05 NHL schedule was never played due to a labor impasse between the league's owners and players union), it was decided that the top ten point earners would participate in a ten-race "playoff" called "The Chase for the Nextel Cup" as points earned through the first 26 races (the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was the last "regular season" race) would decide the ten drivers who would compete for the championship, as well as anyone within 400 points of the leader. Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing, 1962. In 2004, Nextel took over sponsorship of the premiere series from RJR after the Federal Government cracked down on tobacco advertising, renaming it the Nextel Cup Series. Million Seller Songs, 1962. Now, their standing in championship points became an important factor. Andy Williams' Best, 1961 (compilation including Cadence singles which had never appeared on an album). Previously, drivers were mostly concerned about winning individual races.

Under Paris Skies, with Quincy Jones, 1961 (William's Last Album of New Material for Cadence). The purse awarded for championship points accumulated over the course of the season began to be significant. Bernadette, 1960. The beginning of the modern era, which NASCAR defines as 1971, also brought a change in the competitive structure. The Village of St. This underlined the drama and emotion of the sport and increased its broadcast marketability. Lonely Street, 1959. The leaders going into the last lap, Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison, wrecked on the backstretch while dicing for the lead, and Richard Petty passed to win. Immediately, Yarborough, Allison, and Allison's brother Bobby were engaged in a fistfight—on national television.

To You, Sweetheart, Aloha, 1959. Finally, in 1979, the Daytona 500 became the first stock car race that was nationally televised from flag to flag on CBS. Two Time Winners, 1959. In the mid-1970s some races began to get partial television coverage, frequently on the ABC sports variety show, Wide World of Sports. Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1959. The next division down, called Late Model Sportsman, gained the "Grand National" title passed down from the top division and soon found a sponsor in Busch Beer. Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen, 1959. The "Winston Cup" became the top competitive series, with a new points system and some significant cash benefits to competing for championship points.

Andy Williams, 1957 (compilation of A and B sides of second through seventh Cadence singles). Reynolds tobacco (tobacco companies had been banned from television advertising and were looking for a promotional outlet). The top series found sponsorship from R.J. NASCAR made major changes in its structure in the early 1970s. An exception was Riverside Raceway, in Riverside, California; because of the travel distances involved, it traditionally either started the Grand National season, or ended it.

Many of the venues were county fairgrounds or local tracks that hosted local racing on Saturday night when the touring stars were not in town. Almost all the races were held in southeastern U.S., because the economics of traveling with racecars, parts and mechanics demanded it. Although stock racing did not have much following outside the Southeast, people like Lee Petty, Curtis Turner, Fireball Roberts, Smokey Yunick and Junior Johnson became well known within the racing world. The teams became full-time jobs for the top drivers and owners.

At various times Ford Motor Company (Ford and Mercury), General Motors (Chevrolet and Pontiac), and Chrysler (Dodge, Chrysler, and Plymouth), all supported factory teams, openly and sometimes covertly when they pretended "not to be involved in racing". The sport began to attract more attention through the 1950s as manufacturers realized the opportunity to promote sales through racing. The famous Daytona, Florida race used a two mile (3 km) stretch of the beach as one straightaway and the beachfront highway as the other, prior to the construction in 1959 of the Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 mile (4 km) high-banked track that became the icon of the sport. This track, at 1.38 miles (2220 m), was wider, faster, and higher-banked than the racers had seen.

However, the first "superspeedway" was built in Darlington, South Carolina in 1950. Most races were on half-mile to one mile (800 to 1600 m) oval tracks. However, over a period of about a dozen years, modifications for both safety and performance were allowed, and by the mid-1960s the vehicles were purpose-built racecars with a stock-appearing body. This division was renamed "Grand National" in 1950.

Initially the cars were known as the "Strictly Stock" Division and raced with virtually no modifications from the factory models. (This is not the same speedway as Lowe's Motor Speedway that is near Charlotte). The first NASCAR race ever was held at the old Charlotte Speedway in North Carolina on June 19, 1949. This led to the formation of NASCAR in 1948.

In 1947, he decided that this racing would not grow without a formal sanctioning organization, standardized rules, a regular schedule, and an organized championship. had the notion that people would enjoy watching unmodified, "stock" cars racing and promoted a few races before WW II. William France, Sr. Most races in those days were of "modified" cars, street vehicles which were lightened and reinforced.

These races were popular entertainment in the rural South, and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina. It was a logical step for the owners of these cars to race them. The drivers would modify their cars in order to create a faster more maneuverable car. Many early racing drivers were involved in bootlegging, the illegal transportation of alcohol.

The majority of NASCAR drivers maintain their primary residences near Charlotte. Michigan, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia and Tennessee also host teams. Specifically, 82 % of Nextel Cup teams, 72 % of Busch Series teams, and 55 % of Craftsman Truck Series teams are based in North Carolina. Cities in North Carolina that are home to NASCAR teams include: Charlotte, Wilkesboro, Mooresville, Concord, Statesville, Huntersville, Welcome, Kernersville, Randleman, Greensboro, and High Point.

The majority of NASCAR teams are located in or near the Charlotte-metro area. However, North Carolina has been deemed "NASCAR Valley" as 73 % of all American motorsports employees work in North Carolina (this includes other motorsports series such as CART and ARCA). NASCAR's headquarters are located in Daytona Beach, Florida, although it also maintains many offices in and near Charlotte, North Carolina, New York City, Los Angeles, and Arkansas. Despite its regional beginnings as Southern entertainment, NASCAR is now the second most popular professional spectator sport in the entire U.S., behind only the National Football League.

The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Nextel Cup, Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. Officially incorporated on February 21, its purpose was to organize and promote the sport of stock car racing. and Ed Otto in 1948 in the USA. It was co-founded by William France Sr.

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