The term Auto Sports is used to describe the use of any motor powered item, usually cars, in which drivers race around a track such as in Nascar or Formula One Racing.

The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) is an American motorsports organization promoting road racing and high-performance driver education.

Nascar is currently the fastest growing sport in America.

A stock car in the original sense of the word is an automobile which has not been modified from its original factory configuration. This term was used to differentiate such a car from a race car, a special, custom-built car designed only for racing purposes with no intent of its ever being used as regular transportation.

The most prominent championship in stock car racing is the NASCAR championship, currently called the Nextel Cup

Auto Sports is highly popular and developed in Asia.

Fans of other racing series, such as Formula One, often have low opinions of the series and its fans. They regard the drivers, cars, and fans as interesting relics of less sophisticated times, with the restrictive regulations restricting for technical innovation. Whilst it is true that stock car racing is less technically sophisticated than many other forms of motorsport, the relative equality of the machinery makes the racing closer and results in more of a test of driver and pit crew ability than technological advancement.

Safety in racing has come a long way since the first green flag dropped. Up until the last few years, NASCAR was heavily criticized for its lack of focus on safety. Many safety precautions were not mandatory, as they are in other racing series, but only optional or recommended. NASCAR changed its stance on this after the sport’s most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt was killed in a racing accident on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.