The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. It also oversees NASCAR Local Racing, the Whelen Modified Tour, and the Whelen All-American Series. NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 39 states, Canada, and Mexico. From 1996 to 1998, NASCAR held exhibition races in Japan and an exhibition race in Australia in 1988.

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This page will give you an accounting of NASCAR through the years from its beginnings in the hills of the Carolinas and Virginia, to the international stage the is a head. We will give the important data for each decade, and add to it as the site progresses. This page will be ever changing as we learn about the past from the experts and the fans, so give us your input.