The Subway Fresh Fit 500 is one of NASCAR's most exciting races, and it's held annually out at the Phoenix International Speedway in Avondale, Arizona. The track itself is a one-mile tri-oval with an asphalt surface conducive to great racing and driving. What's for sure is that this April race will be featuring all of the top NASCAR drivers and teams, a fact which is appreciated by those who buy up Subway Fresh Fit 500 tickets every year.

The race has a short but very exciting history in NASCAR stock car racing. First held in April of 2005, the event was a success right from the get-go. In that inaugural event, Kurt Busch -- who was driving a very strong Ford that day -- took the checkered flag and the $264,000 first place prize in fine fashion. Over the course of the 312 miles of racing, Bush proved to be the man that day. Fans were ecstatic, lining up to buy Subway Fresh Fit 500 tickets for the next year's race.

Interestingly, the race is only one of three NASCAR events in which the distance is measured in kilometers rather than in miles or even lapse. The race actually runs -- according to NASCAR -- over 502 kilometers and starts at sunset. This provides the nearly 77,000 fans at the race with a thrilling night time stock car racing atmosphere. Fans of this race then you line up to buy Subway Fresh Fit 500 tickets for this reason, among others.

Over the course of its short life, the race has been won by a number of NASCAR's best drivers, with no one driver winning the race more than once. Past winners in addition to Kurt Busch have been racers like Jimmy Johnson (who took the checkered flag in 2008) and NASCAR's winningest driver, Jeff Gordon, who took it all back in 2007. Fans love the fact that such legends show up to compete, and buy up Subway Fresh Fit 500 tickets whenever they go on sale.

Chevrolet has been the dominant car at this race, with drivers piloting those awesome machines to four wins in five events, with Ford managing to eke out a single victory. Chevy has won the event the last four years in a row, as a matter of fact. Fans of Premier drivers running the bowtie machines love this, and make sure that they buy Subway Fresh Fit 500 tickets in order to partake in the glory of Chevrolet at this venue.

The tightly packed nature of the event, means that speeds are such that a driver's skill is emphasized far more than the ability of the car to break away. Average lap times come in under 110 mph regularly, which is an indicator of how skillful some of these drivers are in order to be able to pull out the victories they do. Fans who appreciate the skill and daring of some of NASCAR's best drivers propel sales of Subway Fresh Fit 500 tickets to new heights every year.

Last Year's Winner, Mark Martin, will be leading a strong car and team back to the Phoenix International Speedway in a bid to make lightning strike twice. Legendary drivers like Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch promised to make it very interesting for Martin, and the racing promises to be hot under the equally hot desert evening.