Sprint car racing

Nascar Sprint Cup announcer. His old car number was 24. His team was Hendrik Motorsports. His teammates were Jimmy Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. , and Kasey Kahne. In Jeff Gordon's early life he did quarter midget races at only of the age of five with a BMX his dad had gotten him for his birthday. Later on Gordon did many other races for different series which he had to do if he wanted to ever get in to Sprint cup racing. In the year 1992 he was finally accepted and joined the Sprint cup series

addition of a caution flag. When there is contact between drivers, and it is not safe to continue the race officials might wave a yellow flag to indicate a caution. A caution is when drivers continue at reduced speeds around the track, following a pace car. There are no position changes during a caution, and drivers may not enter pit row where the garages are to refuel or get new tires without forfeiting their spot in the race. Laps raced under caution still count, and are called yellow flag laps; divers

Ready, set, go? These two different types of racing are viewed by millions today. However, do those watching know the differences and similarities between these two types? To begin with, the cars for NASCAR and Formula 1 are different. The cars for NASCAR look like a regular street car, while Formula 1 cars look like a jet engine on wheels. In addition, the cars NASCAR makes are stronger and heavier made of rolled steel and steel tubing. Formula 1 cars are weak and light and made of carbon fiber

Do you like Nascar or Formula 1 better? Nascar is an American family-owned and operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto-racing sports events. Formula 1 consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix (from French,meaning grand prizes), held worldwide on purpose-built F1 circuits and public roads. What are some of the similarities and differences of Nascar and Formula 1. There are many similarities in Nascar and Formula 1. One similarity is that many people gather to

If you have ever wondered how the cars in NASCAR are so fast, it’s the tech that is in them. In every NASCAR race car, is a piece of machinery that has been worked on for hours. Mechanics of every NASCAR team work for hundreds of hours building engines, making adjustments, building the roll cage, and getting stock parts. The cars are worked on throughout the entire week, because the crews have to go through the car and see if they had missed anything that they were supposed to fix or adjust. If they

GT Racing is on the rise in this, Touring Car dominated, part of the world, but why? We ask some drivers as to why people are starting to favour the Grand-Tourers over the Touring Cars. The New Zealand and Australian motorsport scene has been dominated by V8 touring cars for as long as I can remember however that may change as GT racing is on the rise in this part of the world! The Australian GT Championship has been quietly growing in the background of the V8 Supercars series however over the

“Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else” says racer Ayrton Senna. For a little over 100 years the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) has been running races. The IMCA is one of the most popular associations to race dirt track. Dirt track racing provides a pastime for hundreds to thousands of people worldwide. The IMCA was created in 1915 and organized by J. Alex Sloan. J. Alex

People used cars that would not cause any unwanted attention. Cars that would blend in with the rest, but would have enough room to carry a lot of moonshine. The people who actually made runs at night were called moon runners,and people who made moonshine at night were called moonshiners. The people’s cars could not outrun the police, so they began to modify them to make them faster. They reached speeds up to 120 mph at night and with no headlights on. Then they began racing on the

example, NASCAR Sprint Cup, Formula One, Moto GP, Need for Speed and Forza Motorsport. When I visited the drag racing event in Terre Haute, I become more interested in Drag racing. In some point in my life after finishing up college and having a stable career, I like to get more involved in F1 powerboat racing in Florida. It is more fun and water motorsport is something really of my interest. In general, I like to be involved in all kinds of water sports. Formula one Powerboat racing is my favorite

side of my family, and most of my friends go so why don’t we! We all love it. My dad, some of my family, and some of my friends race and it looks extremely amusing! I went last racing season and the season before to the races with my friend and we would run around everywhere. All we wanted was to race in one of the race cars. "You should ask some of the family to help raise money for you, or we could have a garage sale, you could sell lemonade," My dad suggested. "Great idea!" I replied One