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Automobile Racing 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 automobile racing. ... The
excitement generated by the possibility of driving at higher and higher
speeds has made automobile racing one of the worlds major spectator and
participant sports. ... The first races were held on public roads, but with
increasing concern for spectator safety, special closed-circuit tracks
were built for rally racing. The most common 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 PrixFormula 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 solely for the purpose of racing. Sports
cars used for racing, such as rallies, may be either rebuilt production
vehicles or pure racing machines. ... This year the Indy
500 will not involve most teams from IndycarCART, Championship Auto
Racing Teams, the regulatory body which is now being opposed by the IRL,
Indycar Racing League, whose owner also owns the Indy 500 track.
Approximate Word count = 1026
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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