Essay on Street Racing

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.

Racing is always a thrill for me and for half of my family. It was always my uncle, dad, grandpa and grandma, and I that had a passion for watching or actually racing. My brother and my cousins and aunt didn 't really care for it. Before each race, I will have fear effect me. I always questioned everything while sitting and waiting to start. I would ask myself if there is enough gas in the car or is the tires good enough. I was always double checking before getting in and going out there. I constantly see cars flip over or crash and get caught on fire. It scares me but its a thrill. Racing on a dirt track has its benefits. Sliding and drifting on the track has helped me learn to actually know what to do for when I’m on an ice road

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.

The history of Nascar starts way back in the day when moonshining was hitting the tipping point with all of the bootleggers buy cars and making them go faster, to get away from the police. Bootlegging started when the prohibition

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.

“I think fear is what keeps us from going over the edge. I mean, as a race car driver, I don't think what makes a good race car driver is a fearless person. I think it's somebody that is comfortable being behind the wheel of something that's somewhat out of control.” -Jeff Gordon (brainyquote). Jeff Gordon has grown up around racing whether it was BMX, quarter-midget, or sprint car, he was always racing.

Stock car racing has evolved a great amount since 1920’s when racing first started. The cause of racing was because of the Prohibition. The 18th amendment banned the production and possession of alcohol. So people had to make their own liquor, called moonshine. In order to make money from liquor, part of the job was to deliver it to their customers, but with the law enforcements trying to obey the new law, Moonshiners had to make their runs at night. They also had to use vehicles that would blend in, and would not create too much attention, but those vehicles couldn’t out run the cops, so they decided to make some slight modifications to them. After moonshiners made these slight modifications, they were able to run 120 mph on a dirt road

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.

From the race bikes, to the cameras, to something that seems so insignificant like the forks on a dirt bike, technology has affected every aspect of it. Advances in technology will simplify the aspect of racing for riders racing in supercross with progress in, air forks, dartfish video overlay, and Fuel Injections. Importantly,

Racing is a sport that has been around nearly since the invention of automotive transportation, and it has only grown and developed as the years passed. Throughout many decades, racing has evolved in various ways. This era brought along new companies, new models, new types of racing, and even brand new types of cars. Some of those new innovations include stock, pro-stock, top-fuel, and funny cars. These four types of cars have greatly impacted the racing world today.

Instead of crushing the cars people use to race why don’t the government impound them so they can show the racers a lesson but this way it won't destroy their cars for some it's their life because that's what they work on every weekend some may even be their job. If the government made race tracks where people were able to race their cars to their full potential making as easy as to having someone to inspect the car to check if its safe and made sure the person driving had a license and actually knew how to drive so no one would get hurt this will reduce street racing in every community in the nation. Although there is events where people are able to race their cars for some it's too far away from their area or it's too expensive to even do 1 run or 1 lap. For example Shift Sector is an event where people do airfield attacks which is an abandoned airport where people are allow to reach whatever speeds they want. Shift Sector costs about 200 dollars per person to do a couple of runs down the airstrip since this event only happens once a month and not even in the same area due to them moving across the country all the time it cause people to not want to wait that long for the event so they go to the streets. An article written by Nelson Hoyos who is the “co-owner/operator of NHRA-sanctioned Thunder Road

You weave right and left between cars, and if you want to soar on ramps, hit the upwards direction. You can also swipe the directional key in a diagonal fashion to barrel roll through the air when speeding over a ramp. Asphalt Overdrive also adds some tactical elements where you have to choose your boosts carefully before you start a race. Specific boosts will be better for different races.

Did you ever wonder why people crash in sports cars? Sports cars have powerful engines and fearsome acceleration. Sports cars cost many drivers their lives with low protection. Sports cars can be dangerous to other drivers. Sports cars are dangerous.

The average driver doesn’t think about what keeps their car moving or what keeps them on the road, but that’s because they don’t have to. The average driver doesn’t have to worry about having enough downforce to keep them on the road or if they will reach the adhesive limit of their car’s tires around a turn. These are the things are the car designers, professional drivers, racing pit crews, serious sports car owners, and physicist think about. Physics are an important part of every sports and racing car design. The stylish curves and ground effects on sports cars are usually there not just for form but function as well allowing you to go speeds over 140 mph in most serious sports cars and remain on the road and in

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