Why didn’t early NASCAR games have Daytona in them?

Games like NASCAR Racing, NASCAR Racing 2, NASCAR Racing 3, NASCAR 98, NASCAR 99… None of those games had the sport’s most famous race track – Daytona International Speedway. I often decided to substitute in Talladega for it when I played. Oddly enough, Daytona appeared in NES games, though.
The first one that I [...]

How early should I but NASCAR tickets, does the race in Kansas usually get sold out?

Early History of NASCAR

Shortly after the invention of the automobile, Americans fell in love with car racing. Europe started the tradition of setting speed records, but starting in the 1920s America started setting many of these speed records. In fact, most of these world records were being set in Daytona Beach.

That’s right, even in [...]

Early 60s Stock Car Racing Arlington Raceway

Cine film footage taken by the wife of Frank Betts from Hastings who raced a Model Y Ford #F302 in the early 60s

1966 slot car racing, early days of London slot car racing, not scalextric

People get the chance to race in a grand prix by steering models of the cars round a track. M/S of a man fine tuning a 6 inch model of a car. It is for the race track which seats eight people at steering wheels up the side. They control the cars as they race [...]