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Stock car racing is the most popular form of racing in the United States.Usually raced on oval tracks stock cars may resemble production cars but are in fact purpose-built racing machines which are built to tight specifications. The largest stock car racing governing body is NASCAR. NASCAR’s premier series is the Sprint Cup Series, its most famous races being the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400. NASCAR also runs several feeder series. The Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series conduct races across the entire continental United States. The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series conducts races across Canada and the NASCAR Corona Series conducts races across Mexico. NASCAR also governs several smaller regional series. NASCAR also governs the Whelen Modified Tour. Modified cars are best described as hybrids of stock cars and open-wheel cars. They are heavily altered from stock, with powerful engines, large tires, tubular chassis and light bodies. The Whelen Modified tour is NASCAR’s oldest series.

This entry was posted on Sunday, September 27th, 2009 at 3:15 am and is filed under Autos.