The National Association

for Stock Car Auto Racing,

LLC (NASCAR) is an
American auto racing
sanctioning and operating
company that is best known
for stock car racing.[1] The
privately owned company
was founded by Bill France
Sr. in 1948,[2] and his son,
Jim France, has been the
CEO since August 6, 2018.
[3] The company is
headquartered in Daytona
Beach, Florida.[4] Each
year, NASCAR sanctions
over 1,500 races at over 100
tracks in 48 US states as
well as in Canada, Mexico,
and Europe.

Contents
1 History
1.1 Early stock car racing
1.2 Significant people
1.2.1William France Sr.
1.2.2 Erwin "Cannonball"
Baker
1.2.3 Bob "Barky"
Barkhimer
1.2.4 Wendell Scott
1.3 Founding
2 Sanctioned series
2.1 National series
2.1.1Cup Series
2.1.2 Xfinity Series
2.1.3 Camping World
Truck Series
2.1.4 ARCA Menards
Series
2.2 International series
2.2.1 Pinty's Series
2.2.2 PEAK Mexico Series
2.2.3 Whelen Euro Series
2.3 Regional racing series
2.3.1 Weekly Series
2.3.2 Whelen Modified
Tour
2.3.3 ARCA Menards
Series East and West
2.3.4 AutoZone Elite and
other divisions
2.4 Online racing series
2.4.1 eNASCAR Coca-Cola
iRacing Series
2.4.2 eNASCAR Heat Pro
League
2.4.3 eNASCAR Ignite
Series
2.4.4 eNASCAR iRacing
Pro Invitational Series
3 Driver safety
4 Criticism
5 Global expansion
6 NASCAR.com
7 Subsidiaries and 'sister'
organizations
7.1 NASCAR Digital Media
7.2 International Speedway
Corporation
7.3 ARCA
7.4 Grand-Am
7.5 IMSA
7.6 Education
8 NASCAR in culture
9 See also
10 Notes
11 References
12External links
History