NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)

NASCAR goes on oval-tracks called Speedways on all United States, but most of them is south, because there is warmer weather. An European says about them: "They all are indeed same!" But true is different, each of them is scilicet other. Differently downcast turns, other surface, other length, all these factors make each racetrack specific. Besides are ovals more lucid for spectators, because they are watching the race from elevated grandstands. And remember that in Czech Republic some racings go on oval-tracks too, e.g. flat-track racing of cars and motorbikes. Besides here are special tracks like Pocono which is rounded triangle or it has two big and one little turns like the great track Talladega. Besides at each track run cars with other speeds. At the short tracks you may go maximally around 110 mph (176 km/h) and at the long tracks - superspeedways like Daytona you may go even over 200 mph (330 km/h). Record of NASCAR is the whole 212.854 mph (342.482 km/h) per one lap! It was made by Bill Elliot on March 30, 1987 in car Ford Thunderbird at Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama.

In the USA exist obviously non-oval tracks too, but in Nextel Cup are used only two Sears Point and Watkins Glen.

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