Editing Stock car racing (section)

===Late models===
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[[File:ScottBloomquist2008EastBayWinternationals.jpg|thumb|left|235px|A late model car on a dirt track]]
In many areas of the country [[late model]]s are usually the highest class of stock cars in local racing.<ref name="StockCarRacing" />  Rules for construction of a late model car vary from region to region and even race track to race track. The most common variations (on paved tracks) include super late models (SLMs), pro Late models (PLMs), late model stock cars (LMSCs), and limited late models (LLMs). A late model may be a custom built machine, or a heavily modified streetcar. Individual sanctioning bodies (like NASCAR, [[American Canadian Tour|ACT]], [[Pro All Star Series|PASS]], UARA, [[American Speed Association|ASA]], [[CARS Tour]], etc.) maintain their own late model rule books, and even individual racetracks can maintain their own rule books, meaning a late model that is legal in one series or at one track may not be legal at another without modifications. The national touring series, the [[NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Series]], originated from local late model races in the east coast of the U.S. This division was later called the "Busch Series", the "Nationwide Series", and currently the "Xfinity Series" as its [[title sponsor]] changed.

Late model racing has a very big following throughout the country. Many of the biggest late model races have very large purses, some equivalent to some NASCAR Truck and Xfinity Series races, that attract drivers from all over the country including Cup, Xfinity, and Truck drivers. Despite NASCAR officially sanctioning the [[NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series]] as a national championship, series such as the [[CARS Tour]], [[American Speed Association|ASA]], UARA, and the [[American Canadian Tour|ACT]] draw the biggest attention and sanction most of the biggest races in the country.