NASCAR racing has grown into one of the more popular sporting events in the country. Nearly every weekend of the calender year, thousands of racing fans gather at tracks around the United States to hear the thunder and roar of their favorite driver's car. There are many circuits of auto racing, but most people consider NASCAR Sprint Cup racing the major league level of racing. The Sprint Cup
. Series has the most accomplished, well-known drivers and crews, and therefore, draw the largest fan turnout and interest. Many people who love racing gear their entire weekend around the build-up to the big Sprint Cup race on Sunday. It all starts on the Friday before the race, where all of the drivers who are entered in the race hold practice sessions to fine tune their race cars and work out any kinks before the race. After the practice sessions, each of the drivers then completes a qualifying session consisting of two laps, one at a time. Each driver tries to maximize his speed on these qualifying laps and the fastest time of the two laps is used as the official qualifying time. After each driver has completed their qualification session, the pole positions are determined for the upcoming Sunday's race based on the fastest times. The drivers with the fastest times will start the race at the front of the pack. Fans enjoy the qualifying sessions because the drivers primary goal is speed. For people at the race track during qualifying, the times for each driver's laps are posted on large scoreboards. Fans at home can check online for Sprint Cup qualifying results as well. To find up-to-the minute qualifying results, go to http://nascar.speedtv.com/. Websites usually post these results quickly. Qualifying results are also revealed on NASCAR TV shows and can often be found in the sports page of most newspapers the day after qualifying is held. More Reference Links: http://www.nascar.com/sprintcup http://nascar.speedtv.com/
