Auto Racing

Peter was killed when his car hit a tree during a rally in Western Australia in 2006.

Daytona Motor Speedway, but at that time the track was on the beach and was 3 miles long, 1.5 of the miles were on a national highway (the highway was roped off).

Kerry Earnhardt's first Nascar race was on July 11, 1998 in the Busch Series (now known as the Nationwide Series). It was the Myrtle Beach 250 at Myrtle Beach Speedway. He has competed in seven Nascar Cup Series races during his career.

Yeah! Quite a few. Have you never heard of Dale Earnhardt? HE was nascar's greatest driver and a legend in the sport and he died on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on Feburary 18, 2001. Some others since 1971 are: * Friday Hassler, Daytona, February 1972 * Larry Smith, Talladega, May 1973 * Tiny Lund, Talladega, August 1975 * Ricky Knotts, Daytona, February 1980 (qualifying race) * Bruce Jacobi, injuries suffered in a 1983 wreck at the 125-mile qualifying races at Daytona (he would remain in a coma until he died in 1987) * Terry Schoonover, Atlanta, November 1984 * Rick Baldwin, injured during qualifying attempt at Michigan in 1986, succumbing in 1997. * Grant Adcox, Atlanta, November 1989 * J. D. McDuffie, Watkins Glen, August 1991 * Neil Bonnett, Daytona, February, 1994 (in practice) * Rodney Orr, Daytona, February, 1994 (in practice) * Kenny Irwin, Loudon, July 2000 (in practice)

Around 200 to 210 MPH depending on the downforce levels and engine, but the point of an F1 car is cornering, otherwise you may as well watch drag racing.

Nissan Skyline R32 GTR (track version) McLaren F1 Porsche 928

My personal favorite is by Cindy Lou who sings a song called, "Dirt Track Racing" on her album Winning Heart. You can listen to it on her Myspace page

There are other artists that sing about dirt tracks like, "Dirt Track Cowboy" by Adam Brand, "Life is like a dirt track" by Lapskin and "Dirt Track Date" by Southern Culture on the Skids.

The two odors that are the strongest are horse poop and oats.

International Speedway Corporation owns Talladega Superspeedway. ISC was founded by Nascar founder Bill France Sr. in 1953. ISC also owns 11 other tracks that are on the Nascar circuit.

Formula One cars run at very low ground clearance levels. They are less than a few centimetres away from the actual race track and sometimes when drivers take turns in an aggressive fashion, the bottom plank even hits the ground at times. Since they are aerodynamically superior they can run at such low ground clearance levels.

The first race at the Alabama International Motor Speedway (now known as the Talladega Superspeedway), was held on September 14, 1969 and was won by Richard Brickhouse.

• 200 wins- Richard Petty - (all in the Cup Series), he never drove in the Nationwide or Truck Series.
• 106 wins - David Pearson - 105 (Cup), 1 (Nationwide)
• 104 wins - Kyle Busch - 23 (Cup), 51 (Nationwide), 30 (Truck)

mazarati, Porsche, and lhamborgini come to mind

It's totally up to the owner's taste and preferences. RED cars do get ticketed by Police Officers more than other colors... The color yellow runs a close second...

The current shortest F1 driver is Felipe Massa, who measures 1.66m (5 feet, 5 1/2 inches).

Because they have high rpm. 17000-19000, that equals to about 300bhp per litre.

I don't have his personal income data, but his brother earned $4,200,330.00 in 2004 winning the championship. Keep in mind what a driver earns by winning or placing is not what he actually makes a year, you have to include personal appearances, commercials, adds, promotions, memorabilia, even games in some cases. A sports figure can double, triple or more His/her income by these latter factors, so stated income can be deceiving unless you can get a copy of his income tax return statement. (Kurt Busch won 3 races in 2004, Jimmie Johnson won 5 races in 2006 and earned $8,909,140.00, Jimmie Johnson won 10 races in 2007 and earned $7,646,420.00, Jimmie made more money winning 5 races then he did winning 10 races, so you see its how well you finish all the races that determines what you make and that goes for any driver.

UPDATE: In Nascar, to date he has won $46,854,158.00, in Nationwide he has won $13,247,964.00, in Camping World truck he has won $3,256,818.00.

The Nascar Cup Series fields 43 drivers at every race they go to on the schedule.

Some idiot named Cherry Bolt started it

it was very ODD

it all started in Antartica

K BYE PEACE OUT

it got started in the south when all the moonshine runners got together to see who had the fastest car it all evolved from there.

Yes, NASCAR Drivers do receive the majority of the winnings. Regardless if you win the race or not, a driver still gets paid. The amount is lower the further back you finish. So even if you finish 43 out of a 43 team race you still get paid.

It depends on the car, because different manufacturers will build different cars and use different designs. A car has to weigh at least 605kg to enter a race, including the driver, fluids and on-board cameras. The overall weight will be determined by the starting weight, fuel and the drivers weight.

Probably the Canadian Grand Prix, seeing as there were many crashes, a red flag and lots of rain, also the unlickely sight of Sebastian Vettel making a mistake came and Button took advantage and won.

Furthermore, the most boring race was obviously the European Grand Prix (Valencia) as it always is :)

Ayrton Senna 1st May 1994 at San Marino GP

Day before Roland Ratzenburger died.

Day before that, Rubens Barrichello had a nasty accident.

Probably Formula One's darkest weekend.

Yes. Every driver earns money for each race they compete in, no matter if they win or end up in last place.

For example, the Nascar Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway on June 30, 2012:

1st place - Brad Keselowski ($176,470.)

43rd place - Scott Riggs ($69,317.)

You CAN, but most people don't. Tony Stewart is an owner-driver; he owns the cars he races. Dale Earnhardt was an owner-driver too, but he owned cars that other people drove, and drove cars other people owned. Darrell Waltrip and Bill Elliott were also owner-drivers, as was Richard Petty.

If by "his own car" you mean the one in his driveway...no, street cars are very different from racing cars.