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27 cze 2011 · Motor racing dates back to the days of the early motor car itself. Back then, however, it wasn’t motor racing as we know it today. There were cars which were far from sophisticated. They were huge gas guzzlers and low on power. They were unreliable and would break down at any time.
29 lip 2020 · The Bullet No. 1 had lost to Henry Ford’s famous 999 in sheer speed in a race over a frozen Michigan lake, so Winton sought to recapture the world’s attention by winning the 1903 Gordon Bennett road race, described by the contemporary press as the automotive equivalent of yachting’s America’s Cup.
The omnipotent, ground-shaking Can-AM car that dominated this series until the end of 1972 with a total of’ 37 race wins to its credit, and featured here for that reason. A formidable cocktail by any standards the M8 was developed over its career to include V8 Chevy engines ranging from 7 to 8.1litres with up to 740bhp on tap.
Sports car racing can trace its roots back to the late 19th century when automotive enthusiasts began to participate in organized races to test the capabilities of their vehicles. The first recorded sports car race took place in France in 1894, marking the beginning of a new era in motorsports.
23 kwi 2014 · In the 1960s, the gas coupe and sedan categories featured some of the coolest and most colorful race cars ever seen on a drag strip. Here are ten great examples. In the drag racing rule books of the era, the formal title was the Gas Coupe and Sedan category, but everyone called them gassers.
13 sty 2021 · Are some of these cool old race cars still out there? They are in museums and private collections. not a true race car but my 1970 440-6 Cuda was scrapped. The guy that bought it from me pulled the engine put it in his Challenger and scrapped the rest.
7 lip 2014 · The “little” 1926 LSR Sunbeam had been a conventional racing car, with a 4-litre Rootes-supercharged V12 engine. But to go from 150 to 250 m.p.h. would require a very considerable power increase, obtainable only by using a bigger engine.
