One the hottest and fastest growing spectator sports today is NASCAR. NASCAR Nextel Cup races average over 100,000 attendees per event. The Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway are NASCAR’s biggest events, averaging more than 400,000 spectators. The sport has amassed a following of 75 million fans worldwide and currently ranks second in television viewership of all major sports behind the NFL, according to NASCAR insiders. With NASCAR’s popularity on the rise, the level of security must increase. One of NASCAR’s elder statesman, Dale Jarrett, was quoted as saying after September 11, 2001, “I’m not sure how much terrorists know about racing, but they obviously would know that everywhere we go there are over 100,000 people there and it would certainly be a target. Changes have to be made.”