When & how did drag racing start?
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From what I recall, it started in the United States with youngsters doing Illegal Street racing at Traffic lights.... and it evolved into Drag racing after attempts to legalize it.\n\nYou'll find more about it on Wikipedia:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_racing
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Try:\nhttp://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm
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NASCAR has deep roots in the south, starting with bootleggers during Prohibition. They would have to outrun the police, so they worked on improving their cars, and practiced driving on dirt roads at high speeds. They even created new ways to handle at high speeds (see a "bootlegger's turn", where you pull the emergency brake to do a quick 180).\n\nAfter Prohibition was lifted, they kept driving, and started on dirt tracks. Eventually, the "sport" (driving in circles on concrete doesn't really qualify as a real sport, to me) morphed into what it is, today.
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Open-wheel racing - Formula One, IRL, ChampCar, Formula Ford, Formula 2000, Formula Three, GP2 (Formula 3000 was a better name and before that Formula Two - sadly an early hero, Jim Clark, was killed on April 7, 1968 in an F2 race at Hockemheim), Formula Atlantic.\nAlso sportscars. The demise of Group C was sad; the Porsche 956 and 962 were beautiful cars as were the Tom Walkinshaw Jaguars. They were wonderful, zipping along the Mulsanne Straight - before the chicanes were installed.\nThis type of racing was my first exposure to the sport, hence my favourite.
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i'm one... love racing my car... 02 wrx... best thing ever. period.
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Along the same lines: If you win a Drag race in Cincinnati are you a Drag Queen?
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One of the first items produced specifically for stock car racing was a racing tire manufactured and distributed by the Pure Oil Company in 1952. Before that only street tires were used.
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First you have to define fastest. Do you mean the lowest E.T. and highest trap speed in a 1/4 mile drag race, or the highest top speed as if on the Bonneville salt flats? If 1/4 mile, you will probably find that it was mostly hemi-powered Mopars (Chargers, Challengers, 'Cudas etc...) or even the occasional ZL-1 Camaro. There were some 428SCJ and Boss 429 Mustangs that hit the track too, but many of those cars required significant driver skill to get a low E.T. With many of the Mopars, all you had to do was put it in drive and floor it. Some of the big GM cars had big blocks for big torque that made for some pretty fast speeds, the Chevelle LS-6 with the 454 probably the quickest. \nTop speed is a different story. It all comes down to aerodynamics, and some of the car companies rolled out some factory "aero specials" to make big numbers. You should probably look at the Plymouth Superbirds "winged cars" or the Talladega Torinos or King Cobra from Ford/Mercury.
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First organised motor race was Paris-Rouen in 1894, which was won by Count de Dion - although he was disqualified because he did not have a mechanic with him!\n\nThe first race to be called a Grand Prix was held in 1906.   I say this because it was called the 'Grand Prix de L'Automobile Club de France' and was held at Le Mans.   The second race was in 1907 and held in Dieppe.   The first GP not held in France was in 1908, in America.   They called it the 'American Grand Prize'\n\nthe first World Championship of Grand Prix Racing was held in 1925, as a manufacturers' title, with the Indy 500 joining national Grands Prix as qualifying rounds.   From what I can find out, Indianapolis is the oldest circuit, having been used since 1909\n\nIn 1935, the German national authority suggested that an official champion driver should be chosen for GP racing.   \n\nI hope, with all the answers, you can bore the pants off anyone who asks you!
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go to freeonlinegames.com they have a game where you could customize ur own car and make it high or low its in racing here it is:\n\nhttp://drag-racer-v3.freeonlinegames.com/
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The racetrack abbreviated DET is Detroit Race Course and they have no live racing in 2006.  Not sure what you're asking, I need more information and I could maybe help.
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here's me pointing you in the right direction:\n\nhttp://www.racingadventure.com/?gclid=CJTG-s3Gu4gCFSWIYAod1Rav0A
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This is a working link for the game ur lookin for:\n\nhttp://www.gameholegames.com/dragracer/dragracer3setup.zip
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Why you'd want to do it is beyond me, anyone can go straight.  But if you must, find the local drag strip.  There are probably some car tuner boards in your area where you can hook up with some folks that go to test and tunes and free run days at the drag strip.\n\nIf you want to get into from a professional standpoint, go to an event and talk to some of the team members, they may be able to point you to an amature series.\n\nIf you want to stay in any motorsport for a long time and leave on your own terms, KEEP IT ON THE TRACK.  Don't get caught up in the egos and put the rest of the public in danger by doing something stupid on the street.  No trophies or points or sponsorship oppurtunites on the street.
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Th inaugral race for Formula 1 race was held in 1950 in Pau, France. The winning car was a Maserati driven by the great Argentine, JM Fangio. The first season champion was Dr. Giuseppe Farina, who drove for Alfa Romeo.
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The Formula One series has its roots in the European Grand Prix motor racing (q.v. for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. A number of Grand Prix racing organisations laid out rules for a World Championship before World War II, but due to the suspension of racing during the war, the World Drivers Championship was not formalised until 1947, and was first run in 1950. A championship for constructors followed in 1958. National championships existed in South Africa and the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years but due to the rising cost of competition, the last of these occurred in 1983.\n\nThe sport's title, Formula One, indicates that it is intended to be the most advanced and most competitive of the many racing formulae.
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Back in the early days of NASCAR, they actually did race stock cars... That is, cars you could buy right off the showroom floor, with very few modifications for performance or safety.\n\nOver the years, as cars got bigger and engines more powerful, there were more accidents, and more drivers injured or killed. NASCAR started changing the rules to make the cars safer and more competative.  First, they required seat belts and roll bars, then full roll cages. They went from gas tanks to fuel cells. They restricted the horsepower of the engines and made other modifications to make the cars stronger and safer. \n\nOver the last 50 years, the race cars have evolved into what you see today... A completely hand-built racing machine that somewhat resembles a factory production car.  \n\nYou can find more information on the cars and the history behind them on the NASCAR web site.