For additional information in regard to ticket pricing and racing events, visit the Rallycross website at http://www.rallycrossopen.com/index2.php.

Date: 1 August 2010
Venue: Knockhill Racing Circuit
City: Dunfermline, Fife
Country: Scotland

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Visitors to this massive motorcycle show will also have the opportunity to talk too many of the industry leaders and enjoy live entertainment. For more information in regard to show times and exhibitors, visit the convention centre website at www.mtccc.com.

Date: 11 – 13 December 2009
Venue: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
City: Toronto
Country: Canada

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Formula One racing falls under the governing body of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile or FIA. The FIA sets out a number of rules and regulations for both cars and participants, ensuring safety and fairness in races. Formula One circuits or tracks are scattered throughout the world. During the F1 world championship several races are held at these circuits. By the end of the Grand Prix season all the results are added up. World Championship titles are awarded to the winning driver of the season as well as to the winning constructor. The world of F1 is divided into Formula One teams, typically with two main drivers. These F1 teams establish close relationships with F1 race car manufacturers so as to test and develop the best racing cars. Successful Formula One drivers earn large amounts of money especially through sponsorships. Well-known names such as Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen and Fernando Alonso have shot to Formula One fame.

The history of Formula One racing extends back many years. Road races were held as long ago as the 1890s in France. The original race cars weren’t designed with aerodynamics in mind and were quite heavy. Races took place along public roads and drivers had to bring mechanics along. The first ever Grand Prix was hosted at Le Mans in 1901. World War One brought a brief end to auto racing in Europe. A number of drivers decided to compete in the USA’s Indianapolis 500. Two of the best manufacturers during the 1920s were Bugatti and Fiat. The 1930s were marred by the Great Depression. Reduced money led to a decrease in Grand Prix’s fan base. However, 1933 witnessed a remarkable win by Tazio Nuvolari at Monaco. Germany began to emerge as an F1 leader in 1934 with teams such as Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union. The German’s also brought aerodynamics into the design of Formula One vehicles.

Modern Formula One racing is said to have begun in 1950 with the Pau Grand Prix. For some time British F1 teams dominated the sport, gaining victory in 12 World Championships. Wings were added to F1 cars in 1968 to improve traction through downforce. In 1978 ground effects were also introduced but later banned in 1983. 1977 saw turbo chargers on the track. These too were banned in 1989. Since those times Formula One vehicles have been improved and developed greatly.

Formula One is an extremely popular sport that is set to continue drawing large crowds to F1 circuits and TV sport channels. Broadcast worldwide, Formula One racing and drivers have a global following.

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In 2009 the opening for the Alabama Motorsports Park, a Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Speedway, will take place in South Alabama. This Speedway will attract hundreds of entertainment seekers and fans who want to see and support racers and their teams at racing events.

The Alabama Motorsports Park is mainly owned by Dale Earnhardt, Jr., his sister Kelley Earnhardt Elledge and their brother Kerry Earnhardt, but there are a number of other investors involved. What will distinguish the Alabama Motorsports Speedway from the other racing venues is that it will have a total of four racing areas. The sections will include a dirt and sprint track, oval track, road course and a drag strip.

The Oval track at the Alabama Speedway will have 75,000 permanent seats available for fans, but enough space for 125,000 people. The Oval will consist of a D-shaped, light asphalt oval, which will be 7/10 miles long. This course will be able to accommodate open wheel racing, stock car racing and other similar events.

The Alabama Motorsports Speedway’s Sprint Track will be 3/8 miles of dirt, which will be able to accommodate any sprint car events. The Dragway will attract all types of drag racing events and will take place on a 1/4 mile track. The Road Course is made up of two sections that consist of different road surfaces. They are connected together and used as testing facilities.

The Alabama Motorsports Park will host a number of motor sports events ensuring that all types of racing fans can enjoy their favourite sport. These events will consist of open wheel, stock car, sprint and drag races. Parking has been looked into thoroughly and will be planned in such a way that all racing fans will have easy access to their vehicles no matter which racing venue they are attending.

There will also be a highly rated RV Park resort available to race fans to stay at throughout the year when attending any of the racing events at the Alabama Speedway. The RV Park will include a lake filled with fish for guests who are keen fishermen. There will also be a variety of restaurant outlets, music facilities (like the Branson-style music theatre), entertainment facilities and retail locations to keep everyone busy.

Racing fans are looking forward to the Alabama Motorsports Park’s opening in 2009.

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A muffler and exhaust system may look boring, and all brands tend to look deceptively similar from the outside. The truth is that great innovation goes in to the design and construction of the best mufflers and exhausts. Top brands can make a world of difference to motor sports and to your driving pleasures as well. Should auto racing enthusiasts worry about such mundane matters?

Mufflers and exhaust directly affect engine temperatures. This translates in to better performance in terms of torque and acceleration. Proper exhaust extends engine life by reducing wear and tear, and you get better fuel economy to boot. You will be in for pleasant surprises when you test drive your old car with a new exhaust and muffler system, and when you fill up at the gas station as well!

Claims of rival manufacturers about the patented pr special features of their muffler and exhaust technologies can leave the non-engineering graduate car enthusiast baffled. Everyone says that their products work better, and that they use superior grades of components and materials. Who do you believe? Enter NASCAR! Opt for official specifications, take what NASCAR recommends in to account, and check out what your favorite team does. You can be sure that no NASCAR championship uses a poor muffler and exhaust system.

Your problems are not over even after you have chosen a muffler and exhaust brand. Where will you get the best price? Are you sure you will not be duped? Will the system your car needs be in stock. Will the online store deliver in time? Can you get a part of the wholesale discount? All these worries fade away when you become a regular at the web site of a reputed dealer in NASCAR approved parts. So start browsing now, and find that muffler and exhaust system which will give you a new driving experience, and useful fuel and repair savings as well!

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This unique sports body is thoroughly professional in its approach. It approaches what is essentially a recreation activity with the systems which can run large corporations well. Well laid strategy lurks behind the NASCAR circuit at all times! What you see on the surface is people cheering and simply having a good time, but behind the brouhaha is a plethora of process, systems and down right hard work!

A key ingredient of the NASCAR formula is to protect the legitimate interests of everyone involved in the sport. Drivers and their crews, sponsors, and automobile manufacturers all get equitable and transparent shares of the pie, and this in turn builds the kind of confidence and commitment which keeps the NASCAR circuit in top shape.

The schedule of events is hectic, so fan attention is continually engaged. The build up to each NASCAR event, and its aftermath, create as many ripples as each track event itself! This frenetic pace attracts liberal funding and sponsorship because brand owners know that it is NASCAR which has a hold on the customer’s mind.

NASCAR encourages technological innovation, and pays due attention to safety standards. A major success in this sport has been that machines and men have improved continuously over the half century or so that NASCAR has been around, and yet the body has also done so much to prevent serious accidents and to protect drivers as best as possible.

NASCAR keeps the sport above board, shunning tracks which favor local teams, and enforcing uniform vehicle specifications and racing conditions. Fans love the sport and the body which organizes the races, because they know that the competition is for real, and the best man-machine (or woman!) combination will win.

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The relationship was formalized in 1973 when the Monte Carlo Rally was made the inaugural race of the FIA World Rally Championship season. The original reason for the race was not strictly for competition, but for testing the cars of the day under a wide variety of road conditions.

The legendary Monte Carlo Rally circuit provides drivers with one challenge after another as their reflexes are continually being tested. Run in January to take advantage of the weather, some portions of the course are especially icy. Uniquely among professional racing, spectators are allowed to throw snow onto the course, leading on more than one occasion to drivers spinning out and damaging their vehicles.

Through the first 30 years of the rally, cars that even in their day were relatively unknown won races. Makes like Berliet, Metallurgique, and Autocarrier competed with enduring racing names like Lancia, Citroen and Bugatti. Strange as it may seem, Studebaker and Buick each finished third in the 1930 and 1938 races respectively. Even into the 1960s, cars such as the Ford Falcon and the Citroen ID were very competitive.

The Saab 96 won the 1962 and 1963 editions of the Monte Carlo Rally, while the Mini Cooper S (similar to the tiny boxy cars featured in the 1969 film “The Italian Job”) won in 1964, 1965 and 1967.

These days, cars claiming the checkered flag include the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, Subaru Impreza, Citroën Xsara and the 2006 winner, the Ford Focus RS WRC driven by the team of Marcus Grönholm and Timo Rautiainen.

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At the age of twenty he started his motor-sports racing career in Bakersfield California by winning his first top fuel race. Than almost thirty years later he passed the 300 M.P.H mark at the age of fifty-one in another top fuel car, becoming only the third person at that time do have done so.

In the seventies when I was collecting hot wheels and dreaming of driving as fast as my car would take me, an epic battle would take place on Wide World of Sports once a year. “The Snake” vs. “The Mongoose” (Tom McEwen) would become a race of immortals and legends for my young friends and I. In less than six seconds the race would be over, but we would reply the event on our neighborhood street until the moon rose. If I remember correctly, “The Snake” came away with the victory on most occasions.

Now at the age of 65 he is still involved with racing as owner of Don Prudhomme Racing and still racing champions. There are still times when I dream of racing against “The Snake”, but know that when the time came I would not hit the pedal as Mr. Prudhomme was so successful at accomplishing. My only regret is that I no longer have that Snake hot wheel car.

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