| When it started, stock car racing was exactly the | | | | these handmade cars. Like the bodies are assembled |
| same way as it sounds. Drivers used to buy the brand | | | | over flat sheet of metal, the engine is assembled from |
| new cars from the dealers before they go out for | | | | a bare block and the frame is made from the steel |
| racing. Many needed The Woodlands bankruptcy | | | | tubing. |
| lawyer, or bankruptcy attorney to get them out of | | | | The Frame |
| financial crises. However, there was no match for The | | | | Talking about the frame, the prefabricated ones can |
| Woodlands bankruptcy attorney. This car racing event | | | | be bought from a frame supplier. This frame mainly |
| started in 1947 in which the National Association for | | | | comprises of a structure of round and square steel |
| Stock Auto Car Racing (NASCAR) formulated and | | | | tubing that has varying thickness. The part of the |
| standardized a set of rules for stock car racing. The | | | | frame known as the roll cage is made of the thickest |
| champion was then selected on the basis of | | | | tubing so that the driver is protected during any type |
| performance at races across the country. | | | | of crash. |
| The main idea was to conduct the races on dirt tracks | | | | The Body |
| that were rutted and bumpy. The unmodified cars | | | | Next is the body of NASCAR race car whose |
| were not fit to be used for this type of racing. They | | | | construction is a highly labor-intensive process. The |
| were not tough enough to handle the pressure in this | | | | shape is, of course, determined by the NASCAR rules. |
| type of track. Thus, the NASCAR allowed some | | | | With the exception of roof, hood, deck lid, nothing is in |
| modifications to the original stock cars so that the | | | | common with the way the usual street cars are made |
| durability of the cars can be enhanced. | | | | for the general public. |
| Since then, there have been numerous modifications to | | | | The Engine |
| improve the safety as well as the competition for the | | | | The most crucial component of a NASCAR happens |
| drivers. NASCAR has an eye on all such modifications | | | | to be the engine. This is the region that should have |
| and all the ones permitted are stated in their rule book | | | | sufficient amount of power so that the race could be |
| for the reference of the drivers. Furthermore, they also | | | | completed without any failures. Surprisingly the engines |
| check if the car has followed all the rules prior to | | | | of these cars have a lot in common with the usual |
| every race. Provided below is a short review on how | | | | street cars with very slight variations. |
| these cars are assembled according to the | | | | With a stock car modified at a NASCAR garage, |
| requirements of the race track. | | | | surely as a driver you will be getting all that you can |
| Now these cars have been modified to such an | | | | ask for. Whether its toughness, power or reliability, |
| extent that they hardly have anything in common with | | | | these cars offer everything. |
| the usual street cars. NASCAR defines every detail of | | | | |