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If You Are Looking for Good, Clean Family Entertainment and Fun, Have You Considered NASCAR?

Here's a step-by-step guide for learning everything you need to know about NASCAR one of the best pastimes in the USA. Learn all about the NASCAR Phenomena!

It's taken the country by storm. For something with such a shadowy past, NASCAR has risen to be one of the favorite sports in the country. No matter what the history books say, the true roots of NASCAR began on the back roads of Appalachia with souped up cars running moonshine to meet deliveries scheduled for clients in the speakeasies up north. In fact, you can find a pretty good history of how NASCAR got it's beginning by watching the old Robert Mitchum movie, Thunder Road. You can probably find the move in your local video store. It's a great story.

Good, Clean Fun!

NASCAR isn't all about the cars. They are important, for certain, but the entire NASCAR experience is what brings folks back again and again. In fact, it really isn't any one thing that you can say is the reason for the popularity. It's the entire package. It's easy to watch and easy to follow. And, just like football, it's an outdoor sport that embraces tailgating parties. As if that weren't enough it really is a "clean" sport. While baseball, basketball and football are all experiencing problems with players and bad behaviors as well as performance enhancing drugs, NASCAR pretty much levels the playing field with good clean fun.

Going to a Race!

If you are fortunate enough to be able to attend a race with the family, you are pretty much guaranteed an exciting event. Since you are attending along with hundreds or even thousands of other fans, cheering your favorite driver and car is pretty much a given. You can be assured that you won't be screaming at the top of your lungs all by yourself and gives your kids the right message about what is worth cheering about. You can't ask for better role models than NASCAR drivers. For the most part you just don't hear about some of the horror stories that are so prevalent in other sports. You can feel comfortable about your kids holding drivers in great esteem.

We're Having a Party!

Even watching a race at home is a great way to spend time with your kids. In fact it can be great fun making an event out of a watching a race at home. Invite a few friends and their families and let your kids help plan the event. You can even have small token prizes for the folks who pick the winning drivers and runner up. Hamburgers, hot dogs and all the trimmings will contribute to creating a fun event that your friends and family will remember for years to come.

There's much more waiting for you as a NASCAR fan and plenty of other entertaining and informative material inside the digital pages of "The NASCAR Phenomena."

For example learn where to find the greatest items to add to your NASCAR memorabilia. Find out what's hot and what's not and where to get the best deals.

Learn the ins and outs of where to go to score tickets for the hottest races.

Get tons of tips on how to make attending the race a great time for you and your kids.

And it really is about the cars. Learn everything you need to know about the cars AND the drivers! There are two chapters inside "The NASCAR Phenomena" dedicated to the cars and the drivers.

Now that you know about the nefarious history of NASCAR, there is some really great historical information that isn't about running from the "revenuers" included in one of the chapters.

You can really double your pleasure and fun by meeting other NASCAR fans in your area. Learn about how to meet other NASCAR fans AND how to start a NASCAR fan club if one doesn't already exist in your town.

You can also learn about some of the most memorable moments in NASCAR as well as discovering what it really takes to be a NASCAR driver.

Make no mistake it isn't all about just putting the pedal to the metal. It takes much more than speed to become a successful NASCAR driver.

Listen, the bottom line here is all about having fun and doing it with the entire family. Is NASCAR for you and your family? There's only one way to find out.

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All about the Cars

NASCAR-sanctioned races are listed into different categories, such as: The Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, NASCAR Corona Series and the Regional Racing Series. The several NASCAR series involve the use of different kinds of cars. They differ in terms of the size of the car and the engine.

The Sprint Cup series, which has evolved from the early Strictly Stock Series in 1949, involves the use of cars that are front engine rear-wheel drive. These cars are high powered vehicles with a roll cage that serves as a space frame chassis and a thin sheet for metal covering. The cars used in the Sprint Cup series are slightly larger than those that are used for the Nationwide Series and are completely different from the Craftsman Truck Series. Another features of the cars used in the Sprint Cup series are the closed cockpits, fenders and an aerodynamic splitter. The costs of the cars used per NASCAR season are usually within the price range of $10-20 million.

The engines of the Sprint Cup series cars are powered by V8 engines that are carbureted. Additionally, the engines are accompanied with cast iron blocks and cylinders that are activated by a pushrod valve train. Currently, Chrysler, Ford, GM and Toyota are the car companies that represent the cars being used in the series. Chrysler's Dodge Charger R/T uses a 5.7L Hemi V8 engine that produces 340 hp or 254 kW and 390 ft-lb of torque. Ford's Fusion, on the other hand, uses a 3.0L Duratec 30 V6. This kind of engine produces 221 hp or 165 kW and 205 ft-lb of torque. The Chevrolet Impala SS from General Motors has a base engine of 3.5L V6 producing 211 hp or 157 kW of power. Lastly, Toyota's Toyota Camry has three engines available although the engine 3.5L 2GR-FE V6 is mostly used during races. This engine produces 268 hp of power.

The manufacturers that represent the Nationwide Series are the same as the Sprint Cup. However, the cars used are completely different. To the untrained eye, there might be similarity between the size of the cars used in the Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series. The cars being used in the Nationwide Series are the Dodge Charger from Chrysler, Ford Fusion from Ford, Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS from General Motors and the Toyota Camry from Toyota. The new Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS was introduced in 2005. This car uses a 3.5L V6 engine that produces 210 hp or 156 kW of power.

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is the only NASCAR series that races modified production pickup trucks but is still considered as the third division of the three NASCAR national divisions. Starting in the year 1995 to 2008, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors and Toyota have been representing the vehicles used in the series. The Dodge Ram is a full-size pickup truck from Chrysler that is available in three models: 1500, 2500/3500 and the SRT-10. The engine for the 1500 model is a 5.9L Magnum V8 the produces 245 hp or 183 kW of power and 345 ft-lb of torque. The 2500/3500 models can produce 345 hp or 257 kW at 5400 rpm of power, as well as 375 ft-lb at 4200 rpm of torque by using a 5.7L Hemi V8 engine. The last model is the SRT-10 that is accompanied by an 8.3L Viper V10. This kind of engine produces 500-510 hp or 373 kW of power and 525-535 fl-lb of torque. The F-150 from Ford is also a full-size pickup truck. This series of trucks are available in seven models, including: the XL, STX, XLT, FX4, Lariat, King Ranch, and the Harley Davidson. Depending on the model used in the race, there are three choices for engines, such as: the 4.2L EFI v6, 4.6L EFI V8, and the 3-valve 5.4L Triton EFI V8. General Motors' Chevrolet Silverado has been used for NASCAR races since 1995 although it has been redesigned to achieve the GMT900 generation models of pick-up trucks during the last quarter of 2006. The Chevrolet Silverado is available with four different engines though only the V8 engines are used to meet the specifications for the Craftsman Truck Series. The Toyota Tundra with the 5.7L V8 381 horsepower engine is also used for the Craftsman Truck Series. Toyota has been representing Craftsman Truck Series since 2004.

The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series and the NASCAR Corona Series are held at Montreal and Mexico respectively. The cars being used for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series are limited to manufacturers that supply long-developed crate motors. On the other hand, the NASCAR Corona Series uses the same cars similar to those at the Sprint Cup Series.

The Regional Racing Series, which includes the Whelen All-American Series and the Camping World Series, is an additional racing series. The Whelen All-American Series uses open-wheeled and modified cars compared to the cars being used at the Camping World Series, which are similar to that of the Nationwide Series cars.