Auto Racing

The most successful F1 driver in the history of the sport is Michael Schumacher of Germany. He is best known for his stint with Ferrari. He has a total of 91 race wins and 7 drivers world championships and is arguably the best F1 racer ever.

There are 41 racecourse in Britain that stage National Hunt racing. Of these 17 also stage Flat racing. There are a further 19 courses which stage Flat racing only (including Great Leighs which is due to open in April 2008).

Not full time anymore, he has full time commitment with his rally car team. He did race at the St Louis supercross in March 09.

A micro sprint car is just a miniature sprintcar. Usual powered by a motorcycle engine.

There are 2 of the biggest type of micro's the 250/270 engine based off a 250 dirt bike engine. and the 600cc class with a slightly bigger frame and some bigger heavier parts. powered by a 4 cylinder 4 stroke street bike engine. Depending on the area some places run them with or without a wing and run on gasoline or methanol.

Here is a video of a 600 micro sprint running on methanol at Susquehanna speedway 4/10th mile dirt track.

http://www.youtube.com/user/racer10mark

Sebastian Vettel won the F1 drivers world championship last year (2010). His team Red Bull won the constructors championship. Vettel won 5 races this season and finished with 256 points which was just 4 ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. His teammate Mark Webber finished third with 242 points.

In smaller/hometown tracks, by winnings and Sponsors, the larger racing circuits and/or Sanctions, much the same way only in much larger scale, as an example: In Nascar, most top teams receive 20 to 30 million a year for one team, some even more, some much less, Sponsors are the major contributors, Television pays the Sanctioning Body to televise an event, the Sanctioning Body then can raise the purse for the race, in Nascar, the purse can reach several million. The smaller Sponsors that you see on the front fenders and rear quarter-panels pay much less, some only by winning or placing. In a smaller setting, (hometown tracks), I have seen Driver/Owner and-or-both partition people to be in their Racing family, or Crew, Team, in return these people donate X number of dollars to that car, I have seen sections of the grandstands all wearing the same shirts and hats, all for one car, I have seen as many as 100 people's names on one car, this is over an above the main Sponsor.

To understand Travis Pastrana you must first take a look at his family especially his dad who is an ex-marine and is also pretty crazy. Yet believe it or not most of his stunts are well calculated and he does them because he basically gets paid to do them because of a sponsorship deal with Red Bull and maybe MTV can use his show to replace Jackass.

Tires are changed during an auto race because the tires get worn down by the track. It is safer to have good tires than to have tires that are worn down that could blow apart and cause accidents.

Drifting is a driving technique and a motor sport where a car slides at an angle, with its side moving in the direction of the turn.

the IAAF does not require tracks to have exactly 100m straight aways. but on tracks there are starting lines marked and from the 100m start to the common finish is exactly 100m

The Formula One series has its roots in the European Grand Prix Motor Racing of the 1920s and 1930s. The "formula" is a set of rules which all participants and cars must meet. Formula One was a new formula agreed after World War II in 1946, with the first non-championship races being held that year. A number of Grand Prix racing organisations had laid out rules for a World Championship before the war, but due to the suspension of racing during the conflict, the World Drivers' Championship was not formalised until 1947. The first world championship race was held at Silverstone, United Kingdom in 1950.

Two of the most famous races are held in Floridaand Indiana. Florida hosts Nascar's Daytona 500 and Indiana hosts the IRL's Indianapolis 500.

Prices vary from track to track. Some tracks such as Daytona have tickets in the $200 range while other tracks have tickets around $50.00.

Aside from a legally sanctioned event, YES, it is generally illegal as well as DANGEROUS.

The most popular racing sport in the world at this time is auto racing. Auto racing has so many different categories that it easily makes it the largest. Just to name a few of those categories you are looking at NASCAR, Indy Car and Drag racing.

Tony Schumacher in a Top Fuel dragster. 4.42 seconds @ 336mph in 1/4 mile

Micheal Schumacher won the 2001 formula one season with his Ferrari. The number of Retirements who retired more than 6 times (In Descending Order) in the 2001 season are as follows:

a. Juan Pablo Montoya - 11

b. Eddie Irvine - 11

c. Enrique Bernoldi - 10

d. Jarno Trulli - 8

e. Fernando Alonso - 8

f. Ralf Schumacher - 7

g. Kimi Raikkonen - 7

Juan Pablo Montoya and Eddie Irvine share the most number of retirements at - 11

Hunt was the F1 World Champion in 1976.

Sebastian Vettel is the youngest f1 race champion. He holds the following youngest records in formula one:

a. He is the youngest ever double, triple and quadruple world champion in formula one history

b. He has won 4 consecutive formula 1 drivers titles in his career

c. He is the youngest ever driver to score championship points in formula 1

d. He is the youngest ever driver in formula 1 to secure pole position

e. He is the youngest ever driver to win a formula 1 race

Dale Sr. won his first championship in 1980. He drove the #2 car for Rod Osterlund.

The best demolition derby cars are Chrysler Imperials 64-68' "but most venues ban them". Early to mid 70's Chevy Kingswood wagons "Pontiac/Buick/Chevy wagons". Early to mid 70's Impala's "4 dr with post are the strongest and prevent someone from driving through your drivers side window.

Quite a few, Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Fireball Roberts are some of the most famous.

Friday Hassler, Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin, Neil Bonnett, John Nemechek, Clifford Allison and Joe Weatherly are some of the others.

Tony Schumacher, 2005, 337.58 mph, top fuel dragster,

Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick is a former British formula one racing driver. He was active in formula 1 between 1981 and 1993. He drove for teams like Lotus, Brabham, Renault, Arrows etc. His last race was the 1993 Australian Grand Prix in which he finished in 10th place. He is currently retired.

Bill Elliott set the Nascar record with a speed of 212.809 at Talladega Superspeedway.