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'''NASCAR''' is an [[acronym]] that stands for '''National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing''', a sanctioning body for stock [[car]] racing in [[United States of America|America]] ranging all the way from local dirt track racing on up to the national Sprint Cup Series (as of the 2008 season, formerly the Winston Cup, and more recently, the Nextel Cup). NASCAR is currently developing the Sprint Cup Series into a major American [[sport]], along with taking their brand international with their second-tier series, the Busch Series (now the Nationwide Series, as of the 2008 season). NASCAR still has strong roots in the American Southeast, which is its primary fanbase, but it is now considered a staple of American life.

'''NASCAR''' is an [[acronym]] that stands for '''National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing''', a sanctioning body for stock [[car]] racing in [[United States of America|America]] ranging all the way from local dirt track racing on up to the national Sprint Cup Series (as of the 2008 season, formerly the Winston Cup, and more recently, the Nextel Cup). NASCAR is currently developing the Sprint Cup Series into a major American [[sport]], along with taking their brand international with their second-tier series, the Nationwide Series (formerly the Busch Series). NASCAR still has strong roots in the American Southeast, which is its primary fanbase, but it is now considered a staple of American life.

==History==

==History==

==Racing Today==

==Racing Today==

Currently, the Sprint Cup runs a thirty-six race season, with forty-three cars participating in each. Most of the races are run on mid length oval tracks, but there also two races on road courses and two "restrictor place races" at tracks where the cars need to wear restrictor plates on their engines to slow down their high speeds, with one of these tracks being Daytona, the other Talladega. Top racers currently include the previously mentioned Jeff Gordon, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., along with Gordon's teammate, Jimmie Johnson, and former Indy racer Tony Stewart. The 2007 season saw the debut of the Sprint Cup series' first foreign carmaker in many years with [[Toyota]], who had previously run the Craftsman Truck Series for a few years before joining the ranks of [[General Motors|Chevrolet]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], and [[Chrysler|Dodge]]. Additionally, NASCAR also began running the "Car of Tomorrow" that it had developed. This "Car of Tomorrow" has completely replaced the older car in the 2008 season (the older car running only in the Nationwide Series).

Currently, the Sprint Cup runs a thirty-six race season, with forty-three cars participating in each. Most of the races are run on mid length oval tracks, but there also two races on road courses and two "restrictor place races" at tracks where the cars need to wear restrictor plates on their engines to slow down their high speeds, with one of these tracks being Daytona, the other Talladega. Top racers currently include the previously mentioned Jeff Gordon, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., along with Gordon's teammate, Jimmie Johnson, and former Indy racer Tony Stewart. The 2007 season saw the debut of the Sprint Cup series' first foreign carmaker in many years with [[Toyota]], who had previously run the Camping World Truck Series (formerly Craftsman Truck Series) for a few years before joining the ranks of [[General Motors|Chevrolet]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], and [[Chrysler|Dodge]]. Additionally, NASCAR also began running the "Car of Tomorrow" that it had developed. This "Car of Tomorrow" has completely replaced the older car in the 2008 season (the older car running only in the Nationwide Series).

==List of current racing series==

==List of current racing series==

*[[Sprint Cup]]

*[[Sprint Cup]]

*[[Nationwide Series]]

*[[Nationwide Series]]

*[[Craftsman Truck Series]]

*[[Camping World Truck Series]]

*[[Whelen Modified Tour]]

*[[Whelen Modified Tour]]