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• Auto Racing – Racing Flags

  Most people are familiar with the checkered flag used to declare the end of an auto race. Others who know a bit about racing know that a yellow flag means "caution". What most people don't know, ...

• Sprint Car racing – Daring Deeds on the Dirt Track

  Sprint Car racing traces its auto racing history back to the impromptu races that were held on tiny unpaved tracks at early 20th century county fairs, horseracing ovals and traveling shows. Time ...

• Auto Racing – The Return of Retro

  Car styling through the years has gravitated between racing influences and tributes to the great automobiles of the past. Sometimes it's both, a case in point being the 1990s Chrysler Concorde ...

• Auto Racing: Rally Racing, A Sport of Time

  Rally Racing is a sport where the driver is more focused on navigation and time than speed. Generally, a team of two, one driver and one navigator, compete in a series of stages. These stages ...

• Auto Racing: 24 Hours of Le Mans

  For many car enthusiasts the true test of endurance is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Run every year since 1923, except 1936 for economic reasons and 1940-48 during the Second World War, this race has ...

• Junior Johnson: From Moonshiner to NASCAR Legend – Auto Racing

  In the early days of American auto racing, a majority of racers gained their skills as drivers from running moonshine. Moonshine is an illegal form of whiskey and was a main source of income for ...

• The INDY 500: Grand Daddy of Them All – Auto Racing

  In a land where auto racing has almost the status of a religion, the Indianapolis 500 race is perhaps the most exalted. Perhaps this is due to the long and glorious historyof the race that ...

• Need for Speed – Auto Racing

  In 1898, Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, set the first land speed record at a break-neck speed of 39.24 M.P.H. In October of 1997, Andy Green of Great Britain moved the needle past the 763 M.P.H ...

• Auto Racing: I Spent my Summer Changing Tires on a Pit crew

  Sure, you could spend your summer vacation flipping burgers or twirling a sponge at a carwash, or you could perform a job that many auto-racing enthusiasts would gladly pay for (and do, as a ...

• NHRA: A Brief History – Auto Racing

  In 1951, Wally Parks created the National Hot Rod Association to spotlight the sport of drag racing. Starting in the California, Wally and a few friends roll up their top fuel dragsters and ...

• Baja 1000: A Joy in the Dirt – Auto Racing

  Since 1967, off-road enthusiasts have been converging in northern Baja Mexico to partake in the legendary Baja 1000. A race that covers a 1000 miles of rugged terrain from Ensenada to La Paz in ...

• Discover Muscle Cars at Auto Racing

  Between 1960 and 1972 Detroit created a class of amazing performance machines by placing large engines in smaller cars. The American Muscle Car was born and was celebrated in popular youth ...