Regardless if you are a big race fan or not the fact is that going to a big race track for a Nascar race is a fun experience. Part of the full racing experience is listening to the loud sounds from the cars and trucks on the track traveling at speeds of well over 100 miles per hour. If you have never been to a NASCAR race before or didn’t really enjoy when you did eventually go for the first time then the three tips below will help you recognize why there are so many crazy fans for this sport and why so many people book race packages for many different racing events.

1. The fact that racers jump behind the wheel every week and drive at speeds of well over the speed limit is not the only reason why so many fans show up each week too. Because there are so many popular drivers in Nascar these days it doesn’t matter what track the race is held at because the fans will show up to see their favorite racers. Unlike other sports the personalities of each driver really stands out which helps fan appeal.  Read more...

Despite a late race flat tire that necessitated an unplanned pit stop, Denny Hamlin raced like a madman down the stretch and took the checkered flag at Monday’s Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 NASCAR race at West Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway. The race had been originally scheduled for Sunday, but was moved to Monday due to torrential rains. It was Hamlin’s third career victory on the oldest track on the NASCAR circuit.

Hamlin’s success at the track didn’t escape unnoticed by NASCAR betting enthusiasts, and those that backed him as a +750 choice to win received a nice payday. Series points leader Jimmie Johnson was the betting favorite for the race. Hamlin won the fall race at Martinsville last year and won this race in 2008.

Giving up the lead with ten laps remaining to head to the pit for fresh tires, Hamlin drove like a man possessed to regain the lead and take the victory. He somehow moved from 9th place to the lead in just four laps, and talked about his wild ride after the race:

“That’s hard to do. I had to bully my way through there towards the end, but everybody was just running into everyone. I flattened my tire with Matt Kenseth going down the backstretch and just somehow made it work.”  Read more...

You will no doubt have heard of NASCAR, but do you know what it means and how much do you know about it? In this short article I will give you a short history of NASCAR.

NASCAR is an acronym for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Amazingly, it was begun as a family business in 1947 by Bill France Sr. and is still family owned and family managed. It is by far the largest sanctioning business for stock car racing in the United States and the three largest racing series that it approves are: the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series. In deed, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,500 races at more than a 100 race tracks in thirty-nine states.

For historical reasons which we will go into later, NASCAR’s headquarters are in Florida, but its roots are firmly set in North Carolina, where it has no less than four regional offices. They are at Concord, Conover, Mooresville and Charlotte, where the vast majority of NASCAR teams are still based.  Read more...

Stock car racing was really born out of the desire of owners of customized stock (meaning: ‘off the sales lot’) cars to show off their vehicles, craftsmanship and driving expertise. The need to ’soup up’ these stock cars came from the desire to escape the law enforcement agencies chasing them when they were running moonshine or put another way, bootlegging.

For the period of Prohibition, a lot of moonshine whiskey was being produced in isolated regions of the Appalachians and in particular the Allegheny Mountains, from where it was transported by private carriers in their own stock cars often to the southern states. Many of these drivers tuned up their cars in order to have more chance of escape.

When Prohibition was revoked in 1933, this bootlegging continued in order to circumvent paying duty, but it slowly died out. However, the fire had already been lit and the drivers of these cars liked to race them in their free time for pride and reward, especially in the southern states and especially in North Carolina, where most of the stock car teams are still situated.  Read more...

The holidays are coming up and that means only one thing: presents. Many people on your list can be pretty easy to buy for, while others can be a real challenge. For me, buying for the men in my life has always been a bit of a hassle. I wanted to find something that they liked and would get a lot of use out of at the same time.

Are you looking for a good gift idea for the man in your life? Are you never quite sure what to get him, and worry about buying the wrong thing? Does he have t-shirts and ties you have gotten him hidden in the back of your closet? Even if your man is hard to buy for, there are great ideas out there. If you cannot think of a good gift for your man or are tired of giving him the same old thing, consider a gift basket filled with his favorite goodies. Most men have some type of hobby- and our personal favorite is of course NASCAR.  Read more...

There are many families who have been in NASCAR for a long time. There are two families, however, that stand out in it’s history as having been influential in the sport.

The Frances and the Pettys are two families that have been a part of racing for several generations. They have played very different roles within the sport but have both helped it become what it is today.

“Big Bill” France, Sr. formed NASCAR in 1948. He ran a gas station, raced cars on the side, and dreamt of making racing a true sport with rules, regulations, and a governing body. Bill, Sr. successfully ran the nation’s largest stock car association until he handed over the reigns to his son, Bill France, Jr., in 1972.

Bill, Jr. made the North American Stock Car Association into a national pastime with sound business decisions and a little luck. Brian France, third generation, took over the helm in 2003 and the sport has grown by leaps and bounds since then.  Read more...

Ultimate Chargers/Unilever

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 18, 2007

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Contact: Alison Kramer, 919-459-8157, akramer@919marketing.com

What Would NASCAR Fans do for a Klondike® Bar?

Klondike is teaming up with eight Unilever sponsoring brands behind the Ultimate

Chargers and getting NASCAR fans charged about the classic American ice cream brand.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J- After being named by Unilever, USA as one of the nine official sponsors of the 2007 Ultimate Chargers NASCAR Busch Series program, Klondike has wasted no time in gaining the attention of NASCAR fans. The popular ice cream brand is quickly capitalizing on Unilever’s successful partnership through a national sweepstakes and ad campaign featuring primary driver Kasey Kahne.

“This is a great opportunity for Klondike to participate in a phenomenal NASCAR program that centers on our brand’s target audience,” said Julio Del Cioppo, director of marketing at Unilever Ice Cream. “And we are proud to be the first ice cream brand to sponsor a program of this kind.”

Klondike is the first official ice cream sponsor of NASCAR and this year it’s offering a national sweepstakes that will award one grand prize winner and guests a trip to attend the Daytona 500 in 2008.  Read more...

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Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a NASCAR team owner or team leader? This is what the Fantasy NASCAR League permits you to experience. Several other sports offer fantasy leagues, and in fact the Fantasy NASCAR League was based on the original fantasy league, the Soccer Fantasy League, but for lovers of car racing, it is the top one.

If you do not know how the Fantasy NASCAR League works, it is quite simple to explain. People who register in the league become team owners, and they have to pick a racing team from the selection of real human drivers on the NASCAR circuit. These drivers then win points for the team, exactly as they do in real life.

This means that when one of your team members is participating in a real race, say at Pocono, you can cheer him on in the anticipation that he will add points to your team’s total. This makes it fairly realistic, except that you do not have to stump up the millions of dollars it would usually cost to own such a team and run it.  Read more...

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