Every sport has its own rules. Some rules extend to other sports, or rather, they share the rules. If you understand the rules of one sport, you are likely to understand the rules of another. The more sports you know, the better.
For motorsports, things are relatively similar, except that they might differ when it comes to the regulations for the vehicles, as well as the points. You can expect sports to share rules, or rule sets.
NASCAR is a bit different, given the nature of the motorsport. Here are some NASCAR rules and regulations you should know.
Sponsorships Rules
NASCAR is pretty adamant about sponsorships, namely tobacco, alcohol and the main series sponsor. Tobacco was banned for most of the existence of NASCAR and nowadays, only e-cigarettes are allowed, as well as herbal smokeless tobacco. This is strange, because a legislation was passed to ban all non-smoke tobacco products from sports advertising.
Another problem is alcohol, and NASCAR had hard drinks banned, everything except beer. Nowadays, they are allowed, but with explicit warnings. The Viceroy Rule allows the overall series sponsor to be the only one who displays their logos and products for a race or series, allowing the head sponsor protection and advertising priority. In other series, sponsor competitiveness is encouraged.
Race Duration
A race is anywhere between 400 and 500 miles and can last up to three hours, depending on the race track. Races are held in oval race tracks which are typically 2.5 miles long. It is not a sport which can be over within half an hour, unless a race is stopped due to a catastrophic incident, whereupon the red flag will be shown.
Scoring
NASCAR is different when it comes to scoring, mostly because there are 40 teams in the race. Given that, the victor earns 40 points, the second 35, and each place down the ladder, one point less, up to the thirty fifth racer. From 36 to 40, racers earn a single point.
As with most motorsports, points can be earned by driving good at a certain period during the race. When a stage is over, racers can be awarded points for the best driving skills, there being multiple categories, one of which would be the fastest lap.
Penalties
Drivers and pit stop teams can receive penalties. This can vary from the cars not being safe to be driven on the track, to dangerous driving which means that a car needs to take a pit stop. Drivers can also be disqualified if they had done enough wrong on the track.
Penalties include sitting in a pit stop for a lap or getting an additional lap, depending on the severity of the violation.
Like most motosports, NASCAR also has a bunch of interesting rules and regulations, these being some of them. NASCAR has plenty of other rules which are there to regulate the driving, standardization and safety, but these are the most interesting things you should know about the sport.
