The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947, is a family-owned and operated business venture that governs multiple auto racing sports events. Second to professional football, NASCAR is one of the most watched professional sports in terms of television ratings in the United States.
Sprint Cup season consists of 36 races over a 10 month period and fans often use “Cup” to refer to the Sprint Cup series. Jimmie Johnson has won the last four consecutive Sprint Cup Series drivers’ championships, second only to  Cale Yarborough.
The “NASCAR Nationwide Series” is the second-highest level of professional competition in NASCAR. Then in 2004, NEXTEL claimed sponsorship of the series from R. J. Reynolds, who had sponsored the Winston Cup from 1972 until 2003.  The Anheuser-Busch sponsorship ended at the end of 2007 with the series currently being sponsored by Nationwide Insurance who will become NASCAR’s official insurance agency replacing Allstate. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series.

Passenger cars are after now then they have ever been, although the crash worthiness of individual models varies. Crash test reflects how the vehicle would handle in a collision with another of the same model, not versus a larger or smaller vehicle. IN some tests, neither the angle nor the obstacle corresponds with the majority of actual, real collisions.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crashes cars head-on into a solid immovable barrier. It’s important to evaluate crash-test reports and not just to see if the car offers side airbags. Side bags have meant, in some cars, the difference between getting a high or a low score. Side-impact tests use properly positioned, belted test dummies, which doesn’t tell us what would happen if an occupant were out of position.
Because weight fluctuates between different versions of the same model, it’s conceivable that two-wheel- and four-wheel-drive versions of the same model could earn different scores. The extra weight of hybrid hardware has earned the hybrid version of Ford’s Escape a Poor roof-strength rating. Results for new or recently re engineered models are likely to appear months after the car goes on sale to the public because both agencies purchase their test subjects from dealerships.