Here I am watching my first race on tv with him. , the racing fan and he wasn't sure about the answer. Was I suprised. Anyone know?
2007-10-16 09:43:54 · 5 answers · asked by Mary E D 2 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ Formula One
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing .
2007-10-16 16:13:27 · answer #1 · answered by , 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing .
2007-10-17 01:02:57 · answer #2 · answered by Nitin T F1 fan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NASCAR is the acronym for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
2007-10-16 09:51:53 · answer #3 · answered by mindcrime828 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Correctamundo, NASCAR is the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. They are the sanctioning body for top-level professional so-called 'stock car' racing in the US.
Other sanctioning bodies of note:
IMSA -- International Motor Sports Association -- sanctions the American Le Mans Series of sports car races. The prototype classes are dedicated race cars, but with oodles of technology that's got a lot in common with passenger cars. The GT classes are production-based machines like Corvettes, Porsches, Ferrari 430's and the like. http://www.americanlemans.com
SCCA -- Sports Car Club of America -- mostly (fun) amateur racing, but they have a very well-regarded pro sports car series called the Speed World Challenge series http://www.scca.org
IRL -- Indy Racing League -- they sanction the IndyCar Series (including of course the Indy 500) and its support series, the Indy Pro Series http://www.indyracing.com
Champ Car -- they sanction the Champ Car World Series, which traces its roots back over a hundred years, along with the Champ Car Atlantic Championship http://www.champcar.ws
GARRA (Grand American Road Racing Association) -- They sanction the Rolex Sports Car Series which runs Daytona Prototypes (purpose-built race cars with production-derived engines) and GT cars (production-based sports cars and purpose-built race cars that resemble production cars). They also sanction the Koni Challenge series for street-stock production cars. http://www.grandamerican.com
FIA -- Federation International d' Automobile -- the 'overlord' of worldwide racing, based in Paris. Almost all pro racing in the world is held to FIA specs of some kind or another, including safety rules and licensing. The FIA directly sanctions the Formula 1 World Championship, the World Rally Championship, and the FIA GT series.
There are others I'm personally less familiar with since I come from a road-racing background, such as ARCA stock cars, World of Outlaws sprint cars, USAC (US Auto Club) Midgets and Sprints, and much more.
NASCAR is great and very very very successful, but there's a whole world of racing out there WELL beyond even NASCAR's walls. Take a look and have a ball!
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Oh, forgot to add CASCAR -- the Canadian Association for Stock Car Auto Racing...ya hosers!
2007-10-16 19:00:24 · answer #4 · answered by strangefrogg 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What Does Nas Stand For
2016-06-25 22:17:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋