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Car Racing

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

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Car Racing

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  1. Car Racing

  2. Competition for Horseless Carriages • First known car race • From Paris to Rouen, France • 1894

  3. Types of Car Racing • One-seater cars • Stock cars • NASCAR • Sports cars

  4. 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

  5. First Daytona 500 • Noon on February 22, 1959 • 59 entrants • 2½ mile track • Car speed approximately 140 mph • And the winner is…

  6. First Daytona 500 • Photo finish • Lee Petty • Johnny Beauchamp • Petty declared winner more than 2 days after race ended

  7. Visit www.emcp.net/nascar for additional information about racing

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