motor racing
motor racing Competitive racing of automobiles. The first organized race took place in 1894, from Paris to Rouen. The first Formula One Grand Prix took place in 1906. The world driver's championship started in 1950, and the constructors' trophy in 1956. The season (March–November) involves 16 Grands Prix. Formula One cars are purpose-built to strict specifications. With average speeds in excess of 240kph (150mph), Formula One circuits have rigorous safety procedures. Formula One is a worldwide sport which attracts major commercial sponsorship. The
Le Mans 24-hour endurance race has been held annually since 1923. Other forms of motor racing include rallying and Indy car racing in the USA. Famous road races include the Monte Carlo Rally, the Paris-Dakar Rally and the Lombard-RAC Rally (first held 1927). The Indianapolis 500 was first held in 1911.
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Before NASCAR: the corporate and civic promotion of automobile racing in the American South, 1903-1927.(National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing )
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...have only begun to investigate automobile racing, an examination of this popular...about the region. Understanding racing's early years in the South...events, and engineered powerful racing automobiles. (5) NASCAR's identity...
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Before NASCAR: The corporate and civic promotion of automobile racing in the American south, 1903-1927
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...have only begun to investigate automobile racing, an examination of this popular...about the region. Understanding racing's early years in the South...events, and engineered powerful racing automobiles.5 NASCAR's identity has...
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Commentary: Tragic death of Dale Earnhardt and trying to understand the popularity of automobile racing
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 2/28/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...understand the popularity of automobile racing Host: BOB EDWARDS Time...for the abolition of automobile racing, the captious...boxing and automobile racing are dangerous, but...issues in automobile racing? Boxing is anti-safety...
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A weekend of vintage automobile racing in Monterey.
Magazine article from: Sunset; 8/1/1987; 700+ words
; ...weekend of vintage automobile racing in Monterey Pack a picnic...afternoon of vintage automobile racing. Morning warmups, demonstrations...14th Annual Monterey Historic Automobile Races. Automobiles that compete on this specialweekend...Barbara and the Sports Car Racing ...
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AUTOMOBILE RACING CLUB OF AMERICA TRUCKS, SPORTSMAN JOIN ILLINOIS STATE FAIR RACING LINEUP
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/16/2006; 671 words
; ...Fair race fans will have four auto racing events over the final weekend of the Illinois State Fair as the Automobile Racing Club of America Lincoln Welders...stars and cars of the Automobile Racing Club of America RE/MAX Stock...
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Woods Cross manufacturer of automobile racing heads now expanding into the passenger vehicle market
Magazine article from: The Enterprise; 10/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...consider Utah a major player in the automobile racing world, other than to perhaps associate...in Utah's western desert. But racing enthusiasts and the Big Three auto...home of Mike Chapman and Chapman Racing Heads. Chapman has been designing...
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WAY-BACK MACHINES; Racing around France like they did 100 years ago.(vintage cars, automobile racing)
Magazine article from: AutoWeek; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...warp to the early days of the automobile. It also served as a graphic...starting a car, let alone racing one, involved much more than...what we know as Grand Prix racing. Ironically, the centenary...period costumes re-create racing's first pit stop. In 1905...
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The Engine of Change.(European Automobile Manufacturers Association may start new automobile racing events)
Magazine article from: Auto Racing Digest; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...new open-wheel, single-seat racing car series," says Paolo Cantarella, chairman of both the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA...sanctioning body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), for the next...
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USPTO Issues Trademark GASS to Chris Evans for Stock Car Automobile Racing Through the Means of Advertisement in Magazines, Television Broadcast, the Internet
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/31/2009; 336 words
; ...sought is "Promoting stock car automobile racing through the means of advertisement...sanctioning and organizing motorsports racing events; Entertainment services in the nature of stock car racing". For more information about...
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A game of inches. (National Assn for Stock Car Automobile Racing's aerodynamic regulations)
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Thunderbird's aerodynamics. No racing series is more carefully orchestrated...National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing is more than willing to micromanage...forcing its way under the car at racing speeds, redirecting it over the...
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Automobile Racing
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...In 1908, the Savannah Automobile Club hosted the first American...in 1909. Governed by the Automobile Club de France rules, the...Indiana, by a group of automobile manufacturers to test the endurance of American-made automobiles, but this "stock car...later transformed into a racing ...
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automobile racing
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
automobile racing sport in which specially designed or modified automobiles race on any of various courses. Automobile racing originated in France in...Prix) or "Indy-type" automobiles, both cars with low-slung...
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Automobile Racing: Stock Cars
Book article from: American Decades
AUTOMOBILE RACING: STOCK CARS White Lightning A competitive...their outlaw attitude shaped stock car racing. The moonshiners were so prominent among...moonshiners from participating in automobile racing. One of the sport's treasured anecdotes...
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Automobile Racing: Indianapolis
Book article from: American Decades
AUTOMOBILE RACING: INDIANAPOLIS Wilbur Shaw Wilbur Shaw was the top name in Indianapolis-type car racing in 1940 and 1941. In 1940 Shaw, driving...expert management if it was to survive. Racing fan Tony Hulman, a businessman from Terre...
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American Automobile Association
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...the burgeoning use of the automobile after 1910, the clubs constituting...affecting all motorists. The Automobile Club of Missouri inaugurated...sanction and supervision of all automobile racing as being inconsistent...Automobile Industry ; Automobile Racing ; ...
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