Introduction Drag racing‚ an acceleration contest from a standing start between two vehicles covering a measured distance‚ is probably as old as the automobile itself. As a legal and commercially organized sport‚ however‚ it began on Sunday‚ June 19‚ 1950. On that day at an airstrip near Santa Ana‚ California‚ C. J. Hart‚ originally of Findlay‚ Ohio‚ hosted with two partners the Santa Ana Drags. A year before that‚ in Goleta‚ California‚ a drag race was held on a closed-off section of road with approval of
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There is also people use automobiles for car racing. Car racing is a very popular sport which attracts millions of enthusiasts nationwide. Whether it’s a local race track‚ or a huge Nascar track‚ People love the thrill and adrenaline car racing brings. However‚ there are always pros and cons. If car racing are made legal in Brunei‚ it would benefit the country’s tourism. For example‚ Formula 1 tournament‚ if one is to be held in the country many car racing enthusiasts would come to Brunei to watch
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Formula racing is a term that refers to various forms of open wheeled single seater motorsport. Its origin lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by theFIA for all of its post-World War II single seater regulations‚ or formulae. The best known of these formulæ are Formula One‚ Formula Two‚ and Formula Three. Common usage of "formula racing" encompasses other single seater series‚ including the GP2 Series‚ which replaced Formula 3000 (which had itself been the effective replacement for Formula
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Art Of Racing Denny Swift is a very intellectual human being‚ especially when it is go time on the asphalt racing strip. He puts his mind into race mode and lets the auto pilot take over and slide through all the corners‚ especially in the rainy weather that dissipates others. This complex character is a rare human being‚ not for the reason of being a good racer in the rain. But he takes responsibility‚ when something happens from a decision whether he’s wrong or right he owns up to it. Either
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of CPUs on the market today are manufacture by Intel and AMD. Intel is the largest global supplier of microprocessors for the x86 architecture and AMD is the second largest. AMD concentrates primarily on CPUs‚ chipsets‚ and other microprocessors‚ but Intel explores into many other markets including networking technologies‚ motherboards‚ and much more. The two companies are constantly waging a battle for superior CPU technology. Because of their competition it has helped the CPU market grow quickly
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Throughout the book Racing California the main character Evan faces many obstacles while trying to reach his dream or goal of riding in the Tour de California. He faces numerous setbacks before the race that prevent or hold him back enough to make him late for the race. A goal‚ wish‚ or dream with many setbacks or hardships in the way‚ may not be “meant to be”. Throughout the book there are numerous setbacks that hold Evan back from attending the Tour de California. There are a number of things that
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Brotherhood of Street Racers-A True Story Created by the Los Angele Police Dept to curb the ever growing street racing problem using street racers to do it. Fight fire with fire. Now the Los Angeles Sheriffs Dept is in charge of opening up Brotherhood Raceway. The Los Angeles Police Deptartment realized that at the street races all genders and ethnic background got along‚ racism was eleminated through wheels‚ hence the brotherhood... IMO:My Two Cents- I am a street racer‚ and have been
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Case 10 NASCAR’s Racing Teams Case Summary In 1998‚ the NASCAR was 50th anniversary and vary famous at that time. NASCAR is all about racing car‚ and had become a marketing powerhouse‚ with races‚ merchandise‚ collectible‚ apparel‚ gift‚ accessories‚ toys and co-marketing tie-ins with Coca Cola which was the huge promotion of the soft drink company had done. As organized sport‚ NASCAR is unique in that‚ its drivers are treated like independent constructors rather than employee. As a driver of
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Barrel racing is a timed event in rodeos where a rider and horse try to complete a clover leaf pattern in the fastest time. It takes skills from the rider and the horse to make a good run. It takes good athletic ability from the horse and good horsemanship from the rider to take a horse safely through the barrels. The judges set up the barrels in a triangle in the center of the arena. There is normally a flagger in the ring that waves a flag when you start and waves it again when you cross the finish
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In Greece chariot racing was a very popular sport and usually hundreds of people would gather around to watch the races. Even though chariot racing was a very dangerous sport and caused many deaths lots of competitors wanted to join. The race track for the game is called a circus which is a latin word that meant ring. Chariot racers can be bet on to see if they would win or not. Chariot racing was a great way to make money back then. Chariot racing was popular in the Ancient Olympic
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