What Impact Did Nascar Have On The Economy

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In the making of the sport of Nascar a lot of differences was being solved and especially of one guy named Bill France sr. Bill was the founder of the sport called Nascar on February, 21, 1948 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Nascar is a sport based with motorized vehicles. The word Nascar means National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. In the beginning of the sport the cars were much slower and did not look like anything that is being driven today. Back in the beginning the cars were Ford modifieds, now they run Dodge Chargers, Ford Mustangs, Toyota Corolla, Ford Fusion, and Chevy Impalas. Nascar had many impacts on the economy of the United States such as one race weekend of the year at Las Vegas International Speedway. On this race

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