Cruz Skinner's Passion For Car Racing

So at age 6 Jack surprised him with a dirt bike. He would stay out and ride figure eight’s in their backyard all day. But after a while the mini bike had gotten old and as soon as age 11 rolled around and he found himself racing his first BMX race. He continued racing BMX for most of his childhood. He had a couple used dirt bikes here and there but nothing special. He competed in BMX for about 3 years. He had won several championships and was good enough to hold a sponsor and race for a race team. This was where his whole career was starting and he didn’t even know it. In 1985, age fourteen Jack bought him a brand new YZ80. Soon as that 80 came into view Jeremy through the BMX bikes into the back of the garage. He started racing at the local track right around the corner. Racing was great for him because he got to meet a lot of riders that would push to win, and that’s who you want to ride with. He was winning all the 80 races and was now traveling around California beating all his competitors.

Dealing with young people/teenagers can be a minefield. It can be hard as at this age they believe that they “know everything” and are “grown up” so have no need to listen to others points of view. But sometimes young people need our help just as much, or more than children.

Junior Johnson, a NASCAR hero, is a true example of where the sport came from. He was raised in a moonshine family. Johnson's father taught him many values such as no stealing or lying. Although it seemed contradictory that they were breaking the law everyday with their business, apparently it was all they could do to survive. When a school friend named Millard Ashley was asked about Junior’s driving, he replied, “Junior? Hell, he’d run wide open all the time….Yeah, he was pretty bad about that. He was always blowing a head gasket or somethin” (Menzer, 61). Junior had a talent for making his cars faster with better handling than those of the law’s. Outrunning law enforcement officers became a means for the drivers to learn the knowledge needed in increasing a car's, or racecar's performance.

“Shelby had a dream about building a AMerican sports car. He wanted to build a sports car to rival limited production cars from Europe. Shelby wanted

Dale Earnhardt grew up in automotive racing. Ever since he was a kid that is what his family did, and now his family carries on that legacy.

Racing was always there for Brian. “I raced motorcycles or any other vehicles such as snowmobiles, four-wheelers, and dirt bikes since my mother died”, responded Brian. How’d you ever get into racing I asked? Brian responded, “facing my fears was

Teenagers, as stubborn as some may be, are heavily influenced by their role models, especially in regards to how they perceive the future, and the

Flash forward to 2017 at this past Sunday's Daytona 500. Bill Elliott's son Chase Elliott leads a very small and beleaguered field with 20 laps remaining. Unlike in his father's pre-restrictor plate hay day, the younger Elliott can not pull away, but he maintains his advantage until his car exhausts the last precious drops of gasoline from its fuel tank. With only three laps left, Elliott's race was

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, better known as Dale Earnhardt, was born to Martha Coleman and Ralph Earnhardt on April 29, 1951. Ralph did not want to race like he did, but Dale ignored him anyway and dropped out of high school to race. Ralph was very hard on Dale and when Ralph died of a heart attack in 1973 it took a long time for Dale to believe that he had proven himself to his dad. Dale had four siblings two sisters, Cathy and Kaye, and two brothers Dandy and Randy.

Racing is a difficult sport as it is dangerous. To succeed a racer must have grit, determination, and endurance. These qualities shine from Denny. Denny is able to adapt to his environment and conditions. Thus, not only is he a phenomenal driver but a winner in life as well. The book The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein discuses humanity’s ethics, morals, and antics. From reading this book the reader may take a new way of life. Certainly, the reader with evaluate his or her own life choices and analyze the human condition.

"I finished and I had a lonely last four laps but she ran four and a half laps barely being able to run. I'm so impressed and inspired that she did that. I've never met her before. Like, I've never met this girl before. And isn't that just so amazing? That's an amazing moment. Regardless of the race and the result on the board, that's a moment that you're never, ever going to forget."

Cruz and his brother, Tony, both race Top Fuel Funny Cars and have done the same things together when racing their whole life. Frank Pedregon, their father, was also a NHRA racer. He did not do what his sons do, he races Top Fuel dragsters. Frank’s life was cut short by a plane crash by

Carroll Shelby,the inventor of mustang once said, Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game.

Braaaaaap! Braaaaaaap! Ricky Charmichael takes the lead! He made the pass in the air over the 80 foot triple. Something that I love to do more than anything in the world is motocross. Motocross is racing over rough ground on specially strengthened motorcycles.

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