Amazing Facts About Sports Cars #3

            The sport of automobile racing began in 1890's. First races usually took place on the regular roads with very less amount of safety measures and a lot of driver got badly injured. The first automobile racing organization was established in France during 1895.It's a most thrilling sport that is appreciated by huge number of people from all over the world. Car racing is mostly used in order to test the speed and the kind of performance of a certain vehicle and also to see and check the daring of the drivers. There are tons of cars races every year and every single year millions of viewers from all over the world come and visit these automobiles racing . The greatest of all the automobile races is the Indianapolis 500 which is also very popular for attracting the attention of thousands of people from many different parts of the world to the racing games. Much of the cars racing popularity and importance lies upon the quality of sports cars that are being used in the racing events . It also usually depends on the type of racing event whether it's a big racing event or just a small regular one. Some of the most visible parts and figures that people usually appreciates the quality of includes starting from the vehicles range in size from small, open karts (also known as go-karts) all the way to the large Sedans. However, if we go further in details we can divide the cars into two of the main categories. 1) production cars and 2) the cars that are specifically made for the racing purpose. Production cars are actually factory-made cars for the passenger carrying purpose and are actually converted into the race cars while most cars built only for the racing purpose are not designed for carrying passengers because it has the maximum capacity for at least two people. Automobiles races distance range from 1/4 mile (0.4 kilometer) which are known as drag races that last only seconds compared to the rallies that cover great distances and which last weeks sometimes. There are commonly two major types of tracks which includes the oval tracks and the road-racing courses. Oval tracks are usually 1/5 mile (0.3 kilometer) to more than 22/3 miles (4.2 kilometers)  long and most oval tracks have concrete surfaces. Road-racing roads have a lot of resemblance with the country roads and they consist of straight ways, hills and number of turns. Events known as street races have become extremely popular in the racing world. cars racing is a highly dangerous sport but as time has passed a lot of safety measures are taken in order to protect both the spectator and the driver. Strong guardrails and heavy fencing is laced around the racing tracks to decrease the amount of accidents. A driver's most important piece of safety gear is the driver's helmet, besides that lap and shoulder belts are also another standard important safety equipment. A sport car carries it's fuel in a fuel-resistant fuel cell in case the fuel tank bursts in a clash or something. Many race sites have the medical facilities in order to provide an immediate treatment to the injured. The Federation Internationale de I' Automobile (FIA) regulates the automobile racing in over 95 countries throughout the world. The Automobile Competition Committee for United States (ACCUS) governs U.S racing as being part of FIA. Most of the sports cars used in the auto racing includes: Honda, Porsche, Mazda, BMW, Hyundai, Mercedes and many more https://www.evernote.com/Home.action#st=p&n=6cce0d7c-46ba-4c38-915d-dbe34b3a746a