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Who started it and what year?
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The story I always here is that auto racing started as soon as the second car was built. That was a long time ago. I know for a fact the first Indy 500 was in 1911. I think the first actual car race was in France. Don't know what year that was or any other info.
The story I always here is that auto racing started as soon as the second car was built. That was a long time ago. I know for a fact the first Indy 500 was in 1911. I think the first actual car race was in France. Don't know what year that was or any other info.
Whats the difference between NASCAR, Formula 1, and INDY racecar driving?
planty
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WOW! What an answer that was. So full of useful info. You forgot to mention cost and technology. And true F-1 cars are faster, stop faster and corner quicker they also react faster so you had better stay awake. I love any racing and do not judge one type from another. They all are doing something not many of us can do beyond the realm of the video game. And hey Indy cars cost less than F-1 cars and they do not even have power steering! Now maybe Canan at what 5' something and 145 pounds can muslce his way through turn look at Danica. She weighs 100 pounds wet! Which by the way indy and F-1 cars are weighed without the driver on board and a stock car is wieghed with the driver on board. And for heavens sake all! You have a car that wieghs twice as much, travelling at almost the same speeds around the same road courses as Indy and F-1 cars. You can not say all they do is drive in circles on banked ovals. And correct me if I am wrong but is Indy motor speedway a banked oval? oh and the F-1 cars use only half of that at that.
We all sit here and make comments on the differant types of tracks, cars and drivers but have never sat behind the wheel of any of these at speed and said. That was easy! I have taken a car out on to our local speedway years ago when I was young and dumb and it is not easy. Banked or not! To be able to sit in a car going 200 MPH for 400 - 500 miles is by no means non athletic. Define an athlete and look at what all these folks do. Golf is a sport right? Is Tiger an athlete?
So, these folks are amazing. It takes physical strength, endurance. courage and brains in all types of racing to succeed. Last weekend they said during a typical race in Indy at California a driver will shift 1350 times and withstand g forces of up to 4 g's and they have a shifter the F-1 has a button. Both at speed would stick to the ceiling they have so much down force. But unlike a stock car they have open wheels, which we have all seen what happens when you try to trade paint.
It ain't as easy as it looks by any seat in front of the tv with your controller in hand.
NASCAR - american only closed wheel, full bodied stock car racing on ovals...
California? Watkins Glen? Montreal? Toyota?
F1 - internattional race series on road courses and the pinnacle of technology...
true fighter on wheels.
IRL/Champ car - american based open wheel series that will be lucky to survive the next 5 years if they dont rejoin together....
Wish they would...
WOW! What an answer that was. So full of useful info. You forgot to mention cost and technology. And true F-1 cars are faster, stop faster and corner quicker they also react faster so you had better stay awake. I love any racing and do not judge one type from another. They all are doing something not many of us can do beyond the realm of the video game. And hey Indy cars cost less than F-1 cars and they do not even have power steering! Now maybe Canan at what 5' something and 145 pounds can muslce his way through turn look at Danica. She weighs 100 pounds wet! Which by the way indy and F-1 cars are weighed without the driver on board and a stock car is wieghed with the driver on board. And for heavens sake all! You have a car that wieghs twice as much, travelling at almost the same speeds around the same road courses as Indy and F-1 cars. You can not say all they do is drive in circles on banked ovals. And correct me if I am wrong but is Indy motor speedway a banked oval? oh and the F-1 cars use only half of that at that.
We all sit here and make comments on the differant types of tracks, cars and drivers but have never sat behind the wheel of any of these at speed and said. That was easy! I have taken a car out on to our local speedway years ago when I was young and dumb and it is not easy. Banked or not! To be able to sit in a car going 200 MPH for 400 - 500 miles is by no means non athletic. Define an athlete and look at what all these folks do. Golf is a sport right? Is Tiger an athlete?
So, these folks are amazing. It takes physical strength, endurance. courage and brains in all types of racing to succeed. Last weekend they said during a typical race in Indy at California a driver will shift 1350 times and withstand g forces of up to 4 g's and they have a shifter the F-1 has a button. Both at speed would stick to the ceiling they have so much down force. But unlike a stock car they have open wheels, which we have all seen what happens when you try to trade paint.
It ain't as easy as it looks by any seat in front of the tv with your controller in hand.
NASCAR - american only closed wheel, full bodied stock car racing on ovals...
California? Watkins Glen? Montreal? Toyota?
F1 - internattional race series on road courses and the pinnacle of technology...
true fighter on wheels.
IRL/Champ car - american based open wheel series that will be lucky to survive the next 5 years if they dont rejoin together....
Wish they would...
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