NASCAR Heats Up the Track for the Daytona 500 (Video)

Daytona (USA) (EFE / EPA) .- The most commercial and well-known automotive category in the US, NASCAR, begins the season by opening the doors of the legendary Daytona International Speedway to showcase the vehicles that compete in the two most important series, the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The National Serial Automobile Racing Association, NASCAR for its acronym in English, is the world’s leading tournament for factory cars, and is the second most important international category, behind Formula 1.
NASCAR races are run on oval circuits, with series cars, that is, with the basic factory design, although following the specifications for these competitions. Toyota, Ford and Chevrolet are the suppliers of the engines, which ensures a similar competitive level for all participants.
Daytona International Speedway isn’t just home to the Daytona 500, it’s also a huge amusement park dedicated to speed. Its visitors can run on a 4-kilometer track with a competition vehicle, to warm up their engines for the great race, which will take place on February 21.
The 58th edition of the Daytona 500, also known as “the Super Bowl of motorsports” or “the great American race,” is the most important motorsport race of the NASCAR Cup Series, and a classic of this sport in the United States , at the height of the United States Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500 and the Sebring 12 Hours.