Editing NASCAR (section)

===Regional racing series===
{{Main|NASCAR Regional}}

In addition to the six main national series, NASCAR operates several other racing divisions under the NASCAR Regional banner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racinnation.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=76|title=NASCAR History|publisher=RacinNation.com|access-date=April 30, 2009|archive-date=January 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124060322/http://www.racinnation.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=153&Itemid=76|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Jayski-canada">{{cite web|url=http://www.jayski.com/pages/tracks/canada.htm|title=Canada Race Track News/Rumors|date=March 24, 2004|work=Gilles Villeneuve Circuit|publisher=Jayski LLC; ESPN|access-date=April 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505154145/http://www.jayski.com/pages/tracks/canada.htm|archive-date=May 5, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NASCAR announces launch of NASCAR Regional |url=https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/05/nascar-announces-launch-of-nascar-regional/ |website=[[Jayski's Silly Season Site|Jayski]] |date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205152226/https://www.jayski.com/2024/02/05/nascar-announces-launch-of-nascar-regional/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Weekly Series====
{{Main|NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series}}

Many local race tracks across the United States and Canada run under the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series banner, where local drivers are compared against each other in a formula where the best local track champion of the nation wins the Whelen All-American Weekly Series National Championship. The Whelen All-American series is split into four car divisions as well as state and track championships separately. Each division champion receives a point-fund money payout and even more goes to the National champion (driver with most points out of the four division winners). The Whelen All-American Series is the base for stock car racing, developing NASCAR names such as [[Clint Bowyer]], [[Jimmy Spencer (racing driver)|Jimmy Spencer]], [[Tony Stewart]], the Bodine brothers, and many others along the way.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=48279&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 |title=PaddockTalk |publisher=PaddockTalk.com |access-date=April 30, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

====Whelen Modified Tour====
{{Main|NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour}}

The Whelen Modified Tour races open-wheel "modified" cars in Northern and [[NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour|Southern]] divisions. This is NASCAR's oldest division, and the modern division has been operating since 1985 as the Winston Modified Series and later in 1994 as the Featherlite Trailers Modified Series.

====ARCA Menards Series East and West====
{{Main|ARCA Menards Series East|ARCA Menards Series West}}

The [[ARCA Menards Series]]' feeder divisions, which consists of East and West divisions, race pro-stock cars that are similar to older Xfinity Series cars, although they are less powerful. The east division was originally divided into the Busch North series, which raced in Northeastern states, and the Busch East Series, which raced throughout Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. The west division was originally known as the Winston West Series and raced throughout Southwestern and Coastal Pacific states. In 2008, the series came together in east and west divisions under sponsorship from [[Camping World]] as the Camping World Series. [[K&N Engineering|K&N Filters]] took over the sponsorship in 2010. 2019 was the last season for both of the series before they are to go under the ARCA banner in 2020 as part of the unification of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West and the ARCA Menards Series. The series became known as the '''ARCA Menards Series East''' and '''ARCA Menards Series West''' starting in 2020, meaning 2019 was also K&N's last year as the series title sponsor.

====AutoZone Elite and other divisions====
{{main|NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southeast Series|NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Northwest Series|NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series|NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series}}
In the past, NASCAR also sanctioned the AutoZone Elite Division, which raced late-model cars that were lighter and less powerful than Cup Series cars, and was originally split into four divisions: Northwest, Southwest, Southeast, and Midwest. At the end of 2005, NASCAR announced that the AutoZone Elite Division would be discontinued after the 2006 season due to having trouble securing NASCAR-sanctioned tracks to successfully host AutoZone Elite Division events, plus escalating costs of competing and downsizing of the Division in recent years. In 2003, NASCAR standardized rules for its AutoZone Elite and Grand National divisions regional touring series as to permit cars in one series to race against cars in another series in the same division. The top 15 (Grand National) or 10 (AutoZone Elite) in each series will race in a one-race playoff, called the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, to determine the annual AutoZone Elite and Grand National champions. This event has been hosted at [[Irwindale Speedway]] in California since its inception.

Many drivers move up through the series before reaching the Cup Series. In 2002, over 9,000 drivers had licenses from NASCAR to race at all levels.

The winners of the All-American Series National Championship, the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA East and ARCA West championships, the Whelen Modified and Grand National Divisions, and the three national series are invited to Las Vegas in December to participate in Champions Week ceremonies.