Auto show

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 2 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    hosting one of America's most favorite and historical sporting events. Many people look down on this sport because they believe it is simple, stupid, or even redneck when in reality that is not the case. NASCAR, or the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, started out in the forties and fifties as bootleggers came together and raced their cars, which were souped up for running moonshine to see who had the fastest car. As more and more people found out about this sport, they started to…

    • 584 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Street racing sport grew over time after World War II when G.I.’s had worked on both car and plane engines, then G.I’s started working on their own cars after the war ended. In the United States, street racing became popular in the 1950s when C.J. “Pappy” Hart brought the drag racing to Orange County, California. Hart’s was the first drag strip charged admission at the Orange County Airport. There are three types of street racing: an impromptu race occurs spontaneously; an organized race is…

    • 348 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Are you a drag car enthusiast? Do the funny looking automobiles that are used in drag races fascinate you like many people? If so, you have come to the right place. Today you will be fascinated even further when you learn a few fascinating facts about these vehicles. First, though, here is a brief background of drag racing. Drag racing began in the dry lakebeds within the California deserts. During the peak of the industrial revolution in the 1930s, engines got better with top speeds…

    • 623 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Automotive mechanics or technicians are the people who usually fix cars and keeping them running today for you without a problem. When becoming a technician there is proper schooling as well, technicians have many of duties to cover also. The duties could vary from computer or either hands on diagnostics. Mechanics earn a very good salary due to the skills and effort they put in. Automotive is a very serious trade and could become injured or even dead for fooling around! Coming into this…

    • 540 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Racing Satire

    • 588 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Racing is a thrill ride. However, in technological terms, racing is a competition in which one aims to surpass the other to the finish line. The truth is I’ve always been a fan of racing. I feel a great rush overwhelm me as I speed forward to the finish line every single time. The key component to racing is competition. In a competition, everyone strives or competes to be the winner. However, there can only be one that leaves with the golden trophy. I’ve always treated life like a race in order…

    • 588 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Culture and strategy are two most critical buildings blocks for an organisation. It is like an engine and piston which has to run together for a smooth functioning. There have been cases where the entire organisation was saved from bankruptcy as they had a very strong culture and at the same time, organisations were not able to transform to the new technology and environment due to a very resilient culture (Examples to follow). Hence, in our understanding, strategy needs to be implemented…

    • 821 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Wiper Blades Essay

    • 1519 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Wiper blades are devices used to remove rain, debris, snow, and ice from the windscreen. They are also known as windshield wipers or windscreen wipers. They are used by most driven machines including motor vehicles, watercraft, train locomotives and aircraft. They are usually a legal requirement for most of these crafts. A wiper usually consists of metal arm balanced at one end and a long rubber blade attached to the other end. The metal arm is mostly powered by electric motor. The rubber blade…

    • 1519 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Drag Racing Impacts

    • 413 Words
    • 2 Pages

    There are many kinds of different cars in drag racing, such as Pro-stock, funny cars, top-fuel and stock cars. All of these cars are built for specific wants and needs, like the top-fuel car. This car is built to be the fastest car and the fastest accelerating car. The main thing about these things is that Drag racing and These cars have had many impacts or the sport of racing. Some impacts include the impact of different size tracks, restrictor plates, sponsors, and the sprint cup. These all…

    • 413 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Good morning, If IndyCar hired me as their strategic marketing analyst, I would encourage the league to focus its efforts on road courses, as well as, oval tracks for its racing venues. Oval tracks were initially built for stock car racing (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014); however, I think open-wheel racing can also be a part of this venue. The IndyCar league differs from NASCAR for the one reason they can reach speeds that far exceed stock car racing; however, this does bring the safety of the…

    • 361 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    My dad had been racing street stocks at Tri County Motor Speedway and Hickory Motor Speedway since before i was born on December 9th, 1998 he raced full time for several years afterwards until my sisters were born when he began racing on only a part time basis. Until he finally retired and only made a start here and there in 2014 i began racing in the Renegade division at Hickory Motor Speedway finishing tied for 5th in points in my rookie year out of 18 drivers throughout the year. In 2015 i…

    • 458 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50