There’s still a lot of racing to choose from, and before the season’s beginning, it behooves your enjoyment to get primed on what to watch, who’s the best right now, and where the top races take place. ![]() Granted, driving high-horsepower cars at any speed takes skill, but there’s something about repetitive left-hand turns for over an hour that just doesn’t catch the eye (sorry). You’ll notice America’s most popular racing association, NASCAR, is missing from the list. Since its inception over a century ago, motor racing has split into countless forms: four wheels, two wheels, on asphalt or dirt or both, races that only go a few laps and others that go for a full 24 hours straight. Competition naturally arose, birthing wheel-to-wheel racing and, over the years, motoring greats like James Hunt, Barry Sheene and Mario Andretti rose from among their counterparts to become legends. ![]() Combined with a man’s ingrained sense of ingenuity and a habit to push limits, the increase in speed rose side by side with motor racing’s inherent risk and danger - and also its appeal. When Hemingway declared “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering all the rest are merely games”, he drew a line in the sand - there is a particular gusto, an inherent danger and an elevated triumph distinct to this fraternal order.įrom the moment an internal combustion engine was bolted to a set of wheels, man has constantly conjured up ways to make it go faster.
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