NASCAR looking to build international presence


Feb 21, 2016; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin (11) beats NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr. (78) to win the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - NASCAR are eying a strategy to help build their international presence but the preeminent stock car racing organisation have no immediate plans to schedule races outside the United States.

Citing another made-in-America sports league, the National Basketball Association, NASCAR has decided to take a bottom-up approach in the hope of nurturing international drivers who might one day make the leap to the United States.

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