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Car Racing Sport

         Auto racing is also known as car racing, automobile racing or motor racing, it is a sport involving racing of automobiles for competition.

           Auto racing cars sport started in 1890, they were held in open ways including roads between the cities, and many of these roads were high, sharp and have strong winds which sometimes led the contestant to lose control on the car, many accidents happen and the spectators get injured. The first global organization of auto racing is the France Automobile Club which was found in 1895. After this date the organization oversaw the first car race which was 732 miles (1178 km/h), where the contestants had to go and return between Paris and Bordeaux, the race held 22 contestant, but those who finished the race where 9 contestants only. The winner of this race had a speed average of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). In the same year in the United States Jack Frank Dioria, leader of auto car industry, bet five contestants in a race from the center of Chicago to the outskirts of Evanston and back. The most famous open car racing was he Vindrbelt cup which started from long island in New York in 1904. This race was held in multiple places after 1910. After that multiple races were held in Europe and the United States in special tracks which were established for this purpose.

 

          In the past the auto racing car sports used to be so simple, the cars used to have weak breaks and the driver used to have difficulty in driving and controlling it. The main way to increase the car power was to increase the size of the engine. Advanced technology came during the First World War (1914-1918) and got the car designers to design cars with more power but decreasing the size of the engine and thus became the fastest cars during 1920’s and 1930’s as there was a competition between car manufacturers to develop race cars. During the Second World War the biggest races were canceled (from 1939-1945). After the war the car racing motors were faster than ever before. In 1950’s they developed cars with rear engines which was a revolution in the motor sport world, putting rear engines helped in improving weight distribution of the car which leads to better traction processes. The car wings appeared first in 1960’s.

 

        Automotive designers are on constant search for new ways to increase the speed of cars, and in the same time some organizations changed their laws for safety requirements. There are many heroes of this sport appeared during the century from various countries. Also women were able to achieve accomplishments in his sport.

 

         In 1977, Janet Guthrie from the United states became the first woman to participate in Indianapolis 500 , race sport, and she ranked ninth place in 1978. Another American contestant called Shirley Moldony won in drag racing three times in Winston champions in 1977, 1980 and 1982.

 

       Motor racing is one of the most exciting sports because it depends on the speed, performance and skills of the drivers. Every year this sport attracts millions of viewers around the world. The most famous race of all is Indianapolis 500 race which gets around 300,000 viewers per year. There are multiple types of races in terms of the length of the track. The motor cars are classified in two main groups, the first group is a normal passenger car which is the changed to racing car, the second is a car designed especially for racing and not to carry passengers.

 

 

        The car racing sport is considered one of the most dangerous types of sports; many safety actions took place throughout the years to make this sport as safe as possible for both the contestants and the viewers. Strong barriers and fences protect the spectators from the heavy vehicles that spin out of control. As for the contestants, the most important meaning of safety is the race helmet with external solid made of fiberglass of fiber carbon and filled with cushiony foam for shock absorption and lining fire proof. The drivers should wear nonflammable dress from head to toe and in some cases there is special holder for the face. The seat belts in the car are the most important security standard specification needed in each and every involved car in the race. Although each car protects the upper body of each driver, also each car is covered with a solid roof contained of metals arched on top of the drivers head to protect him in case of rollover. The fuel tanks in the racing car are anti-leak type which is either made from plastic or metal. Each fuel tank contain rubber part (looks like a bladder) always contains spongy material of foam to absorb fuel and to reserve leakage in case of accidents. The foam also prevents the fuel from shaking a lot during the race which leads to difficulty in controlling the vehicle. All racing sites are supposed to have some ambulance cars in case of accidents and injuries, in some races ambulance helicopters are in site to deliver the injured person to the nearest hospital.

 

     Summing up all the above, car racing is fun though dangerous, that’s why when taking the decision to be part of the race the person should have to take all the proper safety needs.