Charlotte Speedway Coca Cola 600 Tickets
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"The longest regularly-scheduled oval track race in existence, the Coca-Cola 600 is staged Memorial Day weekend at the 1.5-mile Charlotte Speedway in Concord, NC. It's also the only major race run at night. Three drivers, John Andretti, Robby Gordon, and Tony Stewart, have raced in the Indianapolis 500 in the afternoon and then flown to North Carolina to race in the Coca-Cola 600."
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"Founded more than 50 years ago, NASCAR has become one of the hottest spectator sports in the world. In the years following World War II, stock car racing began to grow. Bill France Sr. promoted racing events on the famous beach course at Daytona Beach, FL. France saw the sport needed organizing and so started the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing in 1947. Under the direction of Bill France Sr. and later his son, Bill France Jr., NASCAR has become the fastest growing spectator sport in the 1990s. The first NASCAR-sanctioned race was held on the beach/road course at Daytona in February 1948. The following year NASCAR began the ""Strictly Stock"" division, which has become the racing division of NASCAR, known today as the Winston Cup Series. The first ""Strictly Stock"" event featured a $5,000 purse and was held on a two-mile circular course in southern Florida followed by a 150-mile race at the three-quarter-mile Charlotte Speedway. Eight ""Strictly Stock"" events in all were held in 1949. In 1950, the first NASCAR event on the newly constructed Darlington International Speedway in South Carolina was held. This banked, paved track had 75 cars take the green flag for the 500-mile race. In 1954, France announced plans to construct a 2.5-mile high-banked speedway in Daytona Beach, headquarters of NASCAR. Construction started November 1957, and the track was completed in 1959. Throughout the 60s and 1970s, interest in NASCAR continued to grow. Richard Petty, son of the first Daytona 500 winner, won the first of his seven Winston Cup championships in 1964. "
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