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All Kinds of Racing throughout History
by greywolf Racing is a sport that has been in existence literally for thousands of years. It’s certainly progressed since the days of the chariot races in ancient Greece but the drive behind racing still remains the same. When people race, regardless if it’s cars, boats, horses or themselves they do it to win. Being [...]
The history of muscle cars
by coolfonzies The Muscle Car industry was spawned out of the gradual increase in popularity of stock car racing (NASCAR) and drag racing. The first car to be inspired by the need to create ever more powerful machines was actually in 1948 with the Oldsmobile Rocket 88. This car featured the first high compression overhead [...]
Nascar History
by us44mt After the second world war stock car racing was very popular and drew big crowds. As its popularity grew so did the number of make-shift tracks increased. Due to the lack of a governing body often the rules varied from track to track and safety standards were inadequate. In 1947 Bill France organised [...]
History About The Start Of Nascar
by Valli_Hilaire What started off as a way of racing stock motorcars on dirt tracks has now become as America’s biggest and most-watched sporting event. It has rapidly matched and in many places taken over even the NFL as the most-watched sport. Nascar is huge today. For those of you wondering, Nascar stands for the [...]
The History of Tissot Watches
by greywolf When people hear the word “Tissot” they may not immediately recognize it as a watch brand, but that it is. Tissot was founded in 1853 by Charles-Felicien Tissot and his son Charles-Emile who set up shop in Switzerland. Known as “innovators by tradition”, Tissot has achieved many “firsts” in the watchmaking industry. In [...]
Early History of NASCAR
by Valli_Hilaire Shortly after the invention of the automobile, Americans fell in love with car racing. Europe started the tradition of setting speed records, but starting in the 1920s America started setting many of these speed records. In fact, most of these world records were being set in Daytona Beach. That’s right, even in [...]
History of Auto Racing in Daytona Beach
“Gentlemen start your engines” those four words excite race fans everywhere. We here in Florida are lucky to have several venues where those words are spoken but none more famously crowd pleasing then our own Daytona Speedway. Daytona Speedway has many different kinds of races throughout the year for many different kinds of race fans. [...]
