With a season that catches the attention of it's fans for almost 40 weeks each year, and piling live attedance numbers close to 10 million, and television viewership only second to the NFL, Nascar racing is growing at an amazing pace throughout the United States.
Over 80% of the highest attendance auto sports last year were Nascar events, with some events drawing larger crowds than the Super Bowl and the World Series combined. Each year Nascar's 3 major touring events tours the United States, Mexico and the sport reaches more fans every year.
Once considered regional entertainment in the southern United States, Nascar's multimillion dollar television package has allowed the sport to reach even greater audiences. Broadcast in more than 150 countries, and over 20 languages each week throughout the season, Nascar related programming accounts for over 4000 hours of international airtime annually. In the US television numbers continue to skyrocket, as Nascar closes in on the NFL as the most watched sports program in American households. With it's fanbase estimated at 75 million people, that's one out of every three Americans, Nascar is gaining popularity every year.
