Automobile Racing
Beginning of paper
International competitiveness, testing the capabilities of specially designed
automobiles and the skill of their drivers, over tracks and courses of differing
lengths and construction, this is . The first car race
considered is the one held in France in July 1894, in which the winner averaged
24 ki ....
Middle of paper
.... racing track is a paved oval with banked corners, from 200 m to 4000 m in
length. The difference between road and track racing ultimately led also to
different vehicle construction; four major types of racing cars are now built.
Pure racing machines, such as those used in Grand Prix\Formula 1 and in Indycar,
are built for power and endurance at speeds of more than 320 km/h (200 MPH). In
the past stock cars used to be production automobiles modified for track racing,
but are built now ....
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