Auto racing has changed a great deal over the last 20 years, but the one thing that has not changed is the speed. Racing has been in my blood a long time. My father-in-law got me interested in it about 14 years ago. Since then, I have been to 20 races and watched it on TV ever week. I enjoy watching NASCAR because of the excitement. CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams), formerly known as Indy Car Racing. CART racing to me seems a bit boring. There are some differences between the two, but they do have a lot of similarities.

NASCAR and CART racing both start and stop about the same time of year. NASCAR starts in February and CART starts in March, both end in November. In NASCAR there are 34 races a year, all of them are in the United States. On the other hand, only 20 races in cart with nine of them outside the U.S.

The drivers, in CART there are only 20 cars on the track and the all of the drivers are about 25-30 years with some exception. On the other hand NASCAR there are over 45 cars competing for one of 43 spots on the track. The drivers' ages range from 23 to 60 years

Stock cars and sports cars are typically based more closely on production cars, with the wheels enclosed within fenders. Basically stock car (NASCAR) uses engines provide by Ford, Dodge and General Motors, GM has two types of cars that race the Pontiac and Chevy. These car are equipped with big 8 cycled engines that are modified by their team with the guidance of NASCAR rules to produce 720-horse power at about 9,000 rpms. The bodies are made mostly of sheet metal, but do have some carbon fiber on them. Both cars race on the same type of tracks; they are super speedways, short ovals, and road courses. However CART also races on street tracks. Street tracks are regular streets laid out with the roadblock to form a track. CART's are much faster reaching a maximum speed of 234 mph versus NASCAR's 190 mph. The cars do have something in common. They both have 4 wheels, engine, and transmission and are rear wheel driven.

CART point systems are as follows: Points awarded decrease in 4-point increments from the first place to the second place finisher. The points awarded decrease in 2-point increments from third place through the next four

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