Cheating and NASCAR - Who is at the wheel

Cheating and NASCAR - Who is at the wheel

Introduction

National Association of Stock Car racing (National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing), Inc - a private enterprise engaged in the organization of car racing and related activities. Bill France founded a senior at 1,947 - one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight years in the United States and is still family-owned France. The Association holds a number of different championships (series). Three of the major NASCAR series - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Series held outside the U.S. - Mexico and Canada.

NASCAR is the second most popular professional sport events in the U.S.A by television rating and its 75 million fan base fill the ground than any other sports and make purchases over billions of dollars annually in licensed products. Revenue stream from television broadcast rights is another source of income (Trevino, Weaver & Reynolds, 2006).

The brands are now competing. Ford with the Ford Fusion in the NASCAR Cup, and the Ford Mustang in the Nationwide Series, Chevrolet with the Chevrolet Impala Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series, Toyota with the Toyota Camry in both, and Dodge with his, also traditional, Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup, and the Dodge Challenger in the Nationwide Series. Note that Pontiac also used to enter the competition; however, it left after posting unflattering results (Baucus & Beck-Dudley, 2005).

The particularity of these competitions is largely based, which usually run on oval circuits and provided as standard cars, i.e. cars whose basic design is that of a car left the factory. Currently, cars made by specialists based on profiles and specifications detailed by NASCAR and the motors gets supplied by major manufacturers ensuring an equal level of competition for all participants.

Motivational factors that promote cheating in NASCAR

NASCAR plays a significant role in the local communities where it books races. In one occasion, in Bristol, Tennessee, for example, race fans generated nearly $70 million into the local economy in four days events. The NASCAR brand name makes a good impact for local charities. At the same venue, the night before the big event a fund raiser for local children's charities raised $ 10,000 in auctioneering only.

With all its deep rooted values, NASCAR also has a negative side. Cheating in NASCAR has become a thorn and a headache for the authorities. The efforts to find a winning car by every team in the garages and pits working on their cars creates a humming type of sound. The inspections pre and post race always take place at the garages, where more attention and analysis done on engineering and cheating. Innovations in stock cars have been noticed in both the garages and the tracks alike. Though the technology has profoundly advanced, the concept is the same.

All cars have to go through the rigorous procedure of technological inspection, several times during every race. They are checked before the first practice, prior to qualifying, after qualifying if ...