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 – NASCAR Sports cars

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, 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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