The circuit grew to a high of sixty-two races in 1964 and other immense tracks were built to host the events. In 1959, Daytona's two and a half mile superspeedway opened and joined the next season beside mile and a half facilities in Charlotte, N.C. and Atlanta, G.A. Rockingham, N.C. joined in 1965. And in 1969, Dover Raceway, Michigan International Speedway, and Talladega Superspeedway; Talladega Is an amazing 2.66 miles long and has thirty-three degree banking.
A national fuel shortage threatened to halt NASCAR racing until France shortened all races by ten percent and had a study don't that proved auto racing in America used less fuel than most other sports. A big step for the circuit came in 1971, when R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company assumed sponsorship of the division. Lending their marketing acumen to an already thriving sport, a huge growth spurt followed as the series dropped to running just thirty races per season, all of them major events. The new, slimmer but more competitive division became known as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series as it entered it's modern era of approximately thirty races per season in 1972. Conceivably, the biggest boost came from the 1979 running of the Daytona 500. It was the first of NASCAR's events to get live start-to-finish coverage by a major television network.
Bill France retired as the President of NASCAR in 1972. He turned the organization reins over to his son Bill France Jr. Bill France Jr. has spoken of and produced growth ever since. (Carlton 28).
NASCAR's success would not have been as vast without Daytona Superspeedway. In the mid 1950's Bill France had a dream of moving the Daytona races off of the sands of Daytona Beach and onto a big, fast, high banked track. It took him nearly five years to get local approval and the finances to build such a place. He built it in a swamp near the airport on the undeveloped western side of the city.
Daytona International Speedway would be a temple of speed upon completion in 1959.
All museums and cultural institutions have to address certain legends, myths and symbolism. At the Australian War Memorial it is the ANZAC Legend. ... THE ANZAC LEGEND The ANZAC Legend is a very challenging program Year 11 and 12 students. ... The courage displayed by ... wounded Australians will never be forgotten ... In fact I have never seen anything like these wounded Australians in war before ... ...
An incident that has become a family legend one that reveals the character of a family member. ... Many people are not prepared to die but one day you have to be ready. ... She dies at sixty-two. ... Missouri had died at 6:33a.m. that morning and we never got a chance to say our last good-bye, before she died. ... To conclude this story became a family legend because so many family members were involved in her well being. ...
Why exactly have the Arthurian legends continued to be popular for so many centuries? ... Richard Gere played a chivalrous knight who repeatedly showed that he wasn't afraid to die. ... This legend would not be as popular if it lacked the mystical and magical elements many readers crave. ... This has yet to bring the readers complete closure of this legend. ... There is a never ending wellspring of modern thoughts and ideas on the subject that proves the study of Arthur can be an all-encompassing one. ...
King Arthur is a figure at the heart of the Arthurian legends (Michaels, 2000). ... The legends as we know them search for truth and existence. ... It is also important to note that Nennuius recorded that Arthur died in 539 A.D. ... There is not just one true version of the legend of King Arthur (Keuchenius, 1998). ... It is clear he will never die even if he never lived. ...
Some say he never grew-up, others, that he didn't have to. ... Humpfry Bogart said, "Dean died at just the right time. He left behind a legend. If he had live he"d never have been able to live up to the publicity." ... His impact on people caused his legend to live on, and he can never die in societies harts. ...
Some say he never grew-up, others, that he didn"t have to. ... People went to see it as a tribute to the late legend. ... He left behind a legend. If he had live he"d never have been able to live up to the publicity." ... His impact on people caused his legend to live on, and he can never die in societies harts. ...
" In the "Legend of the Sea Goddess" many examples of Inuit culture are limited in the legend. ... This shows how culture was limited in the legend because the myth did not give real life examples. ... This proves how culture was limited in the legend because the Legend of the Sea Goddess never said that everyone believed in the spirits of people & animal lived in another world after they died. This proves how culture was limited in the legend because "the Legend of the Sea Goddess" never said that everyone believed in the spirits. ... How culture is revealed...
She believed that a land never inhabited by man (and therefore not tainted by him) would be safe. ... Bith died from drowning, and one of the other men soon after. Cessair died from grief, and soon all the other women had died, leaving one man Fionntan as the sole survivor. ... Partholon prevailed and drove the Fomorians away but died thirty years later. ... The Spear of Lugh from southern city of Finias never missed its mark when hurled and always came back to the hand that threw it. ...
One of those legends passed down to us from generations is the legend of Robin Hood, the so called "Prince of Thieves." ... There are many twists on the way that Robin Hood died. ... Legend has it that before Robin died, he stood and shot one arrow out the window and told Little John to bury him where the arrow fell. ... Legend says that Robin Hood was 87 years of age by his death (Paul Creswick, Adventures of Robin Hood: An English Legend). ... As the years go by the legend of Robin Hood never dies. ...