Today in Sports History #14 - NASCAR is born (February 21, 1948) by uwelang

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Today in Sports History #14 - NASCAR is born (February 21, 1948)

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<p><strong>Today in Sports History</strong> presents an event from <strong>motorsports</strong>. <strong>NASCAR</strong> the motorsports series from American was officially <em><strong>incorporated on February 21, 1948</strong></em>. The National Association for Stock Car Racing is a family-owned and operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto-racing sports events.&nbsp;</p>
<p>http://static.nascar.com/content/dam/nascar/articles/2015/2/10/main/1936-Daytona-main.jpg</p>
<p><em>Early stock car racing</em></p>
<p>The corporate headquarter is in Daytona Beach, Florida with several regional and international offices in Canada and Mexico. &nbsp;</p>
<p>https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/637/32994937866_65bbf0e6ca_b.jpg</p>
<p><em><strong>NASCAR</strong></em> is really famous in the US while the rest of the world is watching Formula 1 - at least myself. In the US it (NASCAR) is second to the <em><strong>National Football Leagu</strong></em>e among professional sports franchises in terms of television viewers and fans across the country.</p>
<p>https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2387/32880866442_d921f3d3f4_b.jpg</p>
<p><strong>Auto and car racing - what categories do exist?</strong></p>
<ul>
  <li>Formula racing (Worldwide the most popular motorsport incl. e.g. Formula 1) - one-driver seated cars</li>
  <li>Touring car racing - this is a style of road racing that is run with production-derived race cars&nbsp;</li>
  <li>Sports car racing - this are races with production-derived versions of sports cars</li>
  <li>Production-car racing this racing category is also known as "showroom stock" and is an economical and rules-restricted version of touring-car racing,</li>
  <li>Stock car racing - this is where NASCAR belongs to - in North America still the most popular form of auto racing</li>
</ul>
<p><em><strong>In addition to this we also have racing categories such as Rallying, Drag racing, Off-road racing, Kart racing to name a few.</strong></em></p>

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<p><em>Sources: Wikipedia, Nascar.com&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em><strong>To see what happened in Sports History already - check the links below:</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/history/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-13-figure-skating-funny-review-february-20-1988">February 20: Figure Skating</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/history/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-12-with-speed-skating-legend-eric-heiden-february-19-1980">February 19: Speed Skating</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/history/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-11-first-triathlon-held-february-18-1978">February 18: First Ironman</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/history/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-10-bike-was-invented-february-17-1818">February 17: Invention of the Bike</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/sports/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-9-nhl-lockout-february-16-2005">February 16: NHL lockout</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/sports/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-8-true-olympic-champion-in-winter-and-summer-games-february-15-1920">February 15: Olympic gold twice</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/history/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-7-baseball-story-february-14-1887">February 14: Baseball hero</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/history/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-6-golf-scandal-february-13-1971">February 13: Golf Scandal</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/sports/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-5-team-canada-ice-hockey-47-0-victory-february-12-1949">February 12: Team Canada Ice Hockey</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/history/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-4-mike-tyson-knocked-out-february-11-1990">February 11: Mike Tyson knocked out</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/history/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-3-mark-spitz-is-born-february-10-1950">February 10: Mark Spitz Birthday</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/history/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-2-volleyball-invented-february-9-1895">February 9: Volleyball invented</a></p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/sports/@uwelang/today-in-sports-history-1-nfl-draft-1936">February 8: First NFL Draft</a></p>
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