Car Racing

Two of NASCAR's oldest races are the ones that are at Charlotte, North Carolina and Daytona international Speedways. Charlotte Motor Speedway was designed and built in 1959 by Bruton Smith. Curtis Turner, stock car’s earliest driving star, was Smith's business partner. Turner became one of the first drivers on the NASCAR

The intricacies that are involved in turning a regular car into a “Street Racer” are many; and racers pour their souls into these magnificent machines. After seeing “the Fast and the Furious” many people have or wanted to become involved in street racing. They do not realize that this is a sport that takes knowledge, hard work, and nerve. Many of these racers have spent their lives under a car, learning the trade and improving upon it. As I have learned, this is not just a hobby; it is a way of life.

The tracks have also gone through a serious change. When NASCAR was born they raced on Sand and asphalt. The first Daytona 500 was a mixed terrain track consisting a stretch of the Daytona beach a closed portion of the highway. The tracks have multiple safety features to keep both the Drivers and the Fans safe during a crash.

In today’s society, racing has become a very popular sport. Whether going to the racing events in various destinations or tuning in on the television, many people support it. There are many different types of racing, however the more popular types are NASCAR and Formula One racing. These two racing styles share a common goal, and that is to cross the finish line in first place. Even with this common goal there are many differences between the two. The culture, rules and regulations, and the races.

You're driving down the straight stretch at 200 mph, slowing down for one of the three left hand turns; you’re surrounded by other cars all doing the same things, all trying to achieve the same goal: to be the first racer to cross the checkered line. The sport, is called NASCAR, it attracts hundreds of thousands of people to watch each and every race. NASCAR was started by back country bootleggers in Georgia; in late 1947, a meeting was held to discuss the future of stock car racing, and NASCAR was conceived. It takes extreme skill to race in the NASCAR world; it is a crazy fast paced sport that has an incredible, humble beginning.

According to the video, the year of 1949 was the first organized drag race ever. The racing environment was extremely different then than now. Back then, there were no entry fees or safety precautions taken. Now there are huge entry fees and may requirements that must be met for the race car and driver to ensure safety. Racing exploded in the 1950’s and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) was created to ensure that there

They're fast, too -- on a 65.5-foot (20-meter) track, the cars can cross the finish line in just over a second, traveling at nearly 70 miles per hour (112.7 kilometers per hour)! But even with something to create motion, aerodynamics and weight still make a huge difference.” In order to test and race your dragster car you would need a finish line and of course the car, the car is connected to a machine that blasts out your dragster car and the way to make it to the finish line faster than your opponent is by having a car with less mass.

The auto industry was starting to experiment with a new concept called a “sports car.” By the end of the 50s, Americans fell in love with the sports car. After all, the 50s gave birth to the Corvette.

In grade school, a family evening of fun was going to the races at San Jose Speedway, which was an oval track. “Popcorn, Cracker Jacks, Sodas!” shouted the snack-man. We got Cracker Jacks most times. “Al Mombo Pombo starting in the first car position!” echoed from the loud speaker. I always rooted for Al and he won most of the time. The quarter mile track was narrow for the crowd of cars racing. The dents along the sides of the cars told the story. But cars in the 1960’s were made of steel, not steel and plastic, and they handled the sideswiping

I was introduced to racing at a young age. Long nights at the Indianapolis Speedrome, hearing roaring engines and seeing checkered flags waving, and watching my dad race four wheelers every weekend throughout the year. But it wasn't until I got a taste of racing and speed for myself, that I knew I wanted to experience the thrill for the rest of my life. At ten years old I began my own racing career.

From 13,000 fans during the first race 50 years ago to over 300,000 fans at a single event today, the NASCAR sport has evolved over the years in various ways. In the beginning, stock car drivers actually bought brand-new cars from dealers and went racing. The first strictly stock car race sanctioned by NASCAR in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1949 had no safety requirements for competing cars. They were true stock cars in every sense of the word, completely unmodified and in hindsight, incredibly unsafe. There were no extra or special requirements for drivers and cars that raced than there were for street vehicles. Today, NASCAR race cars have very little in common with street cars because almost every detail of a NASCAR vehicle is handmade.

The sports car went from an idea on paper to cars rolling off the assembly line in less than a year. Airflow was a big shortcoming in these sports cars. The engine overheated easily due to an undersized radiator with poor airflow across its core.

Indycar should continue to use a combination of superspeedways, short ovals, and road courses. It is what their fans have come to love and appreciate. Nasser has oval tracks and Stock Car Brazil has road courses (Ferrell &Hartline, 2014). Ovals, superspeedways and road courses are the Indy Racing League’s niche market. The mix of the formats and combing what NASCAR fans love and Formal1 fans love is what makes Indycar unique and enjoyable to both international fans and American fans (Roggespierre, 2009). The mix of superspeedways, short ovals, road courses and temporary street circuits offers the Indy car drivers a distinctive experience that they too enjoy. New Zealand was quoted by Sky Sport saying how unique the different disciplines with

People wondered about this racing many years ago. The cars were very different from today’s formula ones. The question of safety and also the atmosphere of racing was different. It was a risk to drive so fast and a lot of tragic accidents happened. Also the rules have been changed since the first race was held. The rules are very strict today for safety. According

So for years now, the car industry has been evolving. While it is getting bigger and bigger, it is also branching off to many other sub-industries. Among those industries, one of the most popular is the racing one. It has been evolving since it has started. And to say that it is very popular in this generation would be a huge understatement. Even while it is an industry of its own (Racing industry), it still has many different branches. For instance, when we talk about racing, we can have an endless discussion about how many different kinds there are. On the legal side of racing, we have organized activities such as NASCAR racing events, but if we want to talk about illegal racing ways, we can talk about street racing or drag racing on local streets. This however, will be discussed in the main part of this paper. So before getting into the meat of this paper – which is the driving question (“Why is racing important in the car industry?”) – We need to answer why talking about his is important to know about. So, why is this topic crucial to know about? Well for starters, racing has become one of the most popular activates that most teenage boys and professionals partake in. other than that, racing brings one of the biggest revenues economically to the table. Now this means better improvements in the car industry as a whole. While we are talking about improvements to the car industry, we can certainly talk about how sport and