Car Racing
Competition for Horseless Carriages First known car race From Paris to Rouen, France 1894
Types of Car Racing One-seater cars Stock cars Sports cars NASCAR NASCAR is the largest governing body of stock car racing
Historical Facts about NASCAR Races First NASCAR-sanctioned race Daytona Beach Feb 15, 1948 Grand National Charlotte Fairgrounds (NC) June 19, 1949 Live telecast 1979 Daytona 500 500-mile race First to be telecast in entirety
First Daytona 500 Noon on February 22, 1959 59 entrants 2½ mile track Car speed approximately 140 mph And the winner is…
First Daytona 500 Photo finish Lee Petty Johnny Beauchamp Petty declared winner more than 2 days after race ended
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