Daytona 500 race – A Nascar Sprint cup series race of 500 mile (804.7 km is going to start in short duration from now. While I am writing this article – exactly 2 hours remaining from now.
The Nascar’s biggest, richest and most prestigious car race is Daytona 500 where 43 of the world’s best stock car drivers take the centre stage.
Last year Matt Kenseth was the champion in Daytona 500 and in 2008 it was Ryan Newman. Lets see who will be the winner this year. What are your prediction about Daytona 500?
Daytona is one of the most prestigious car race on Nascar calendar and the Championship points awarded are equal to that of any other Sprint Cup race. For any auto race, the television ratings has been highest for Daytona 500 since 1995.
Lets see whether it breaks the records for most global TV audience watched program. Well just few days back Superbowl 2010 has broken all such records in terms of viewership of this match. Lets find out whether this event is any close to it or not.
This event is also called “The Great American Race” or the “Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing. The winner of the Daytona 500 is presented with the Harley Earl Trophy in Victory Lane, and the winning car is displayed, in race-winning condition, for one year at Daytona 500 Experience( museum close to Daytona International Speedway). To get the latest updates you can go to official website here.
