Stock car racing

Stock car racing is automobile competition using cars based on production models, modified for safety and performance. Races take place mainly on oval tracks, with some series also using road courses.

Stock car: A racing car derived from a production automobile and modified for competition. Its chassis, body, and safety systems are adapted to meet racing rules.
Moonshine running: The illegal transport of untaxed liquor, especially by drivers using fast cars on rural roads. The skill and modified cars associated with liquor-running helped shape stock-car racing's early image.
Richard Petty: An American stock-car driver who won seven NASCAR Cup Series championships and 200 premier-series races. His long career made him one of the sport's defining champions and public figures.
Formula One: The highest international class of single-seat, open-wheel circuit racing, governed by the FIA. Its purpose-built open-wheel cars contrast with stock cars' production-derived bodies.
Oval track racing: Motor racing on closed circuits whose layouts are predominantly oval or tri-oval. Repeated turns in one direction make traffic management and cornering central to stock car races.
Bill France Sr.: An American motorsports organizer who founded NASCAR in 1948. He organized competing promoters and drivers into a durable national stock-car sanctioning body.
Dale Earnhardt: An American stock-car driver who won seven NASCAR Cup Series championships. His aggressive driving style and 1998 Daytona 500 victory shaped his lasting reputation.
Sports car racing: Automobile racing using two-seat cars, often in endurance events and multi-class fields. Its prototypes and grand touring cars differ from stock cars in design and race formats.
Drafting: A technique in which one vehicle follows closely behind another to reduce aerodynamic drag. Close-packed cars use reduced drag to gain speed and attempt passes on straights.
NASCAR: An American organization that sanctions and promotes professional stock-car racing series. Its national series became the sport's most influential championship structure.

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