...Carter Racing Case Situation Bj Carter and Chris Carter are siblings and business partners. They have to decide to run their race car in a high stakes race against tougher competition than they have seen all year. The problem being, their car has failed 7 times out of 24 this season and if it fails in this race, not only will they be out a $50,000 engine, but they will also be out a full season contract from Goodstone worth two million per year. If they decide not to race, they will be out $15,000 in entry fees and for sure lose Goodstone and end up $80,000 in debt on the season. Lastly, if they race and they do blow and engine, they will lose a sponsorship worth $80,000 from oil company because they don’t want their name on a car that is blown and smoking on the side of the track. Problem The main problem that needs to be addressed is should they race the car given the risk it blows and they lose both sponsors and parts to replace a new engine. One thought was that the temperature on race day was at fault for gaskets going bad and ultimately causing engine failure. However, there does not seem to be a strong correlation between air temperature and engine failure. Analysis When deciding to run the car in the race, the Carter brothers need to analyze several aspects of the situation to make the decision that will be most beneficial for their business. It should also be noted that even with the given information provided to them, racing is a risk and there is no guarantee...
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...[ An anecdote of the Drag Racing experience] [Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] This paper is a presentation of the experience at a drag racing event as a spectator. Drag racing is a relatively less famous event among car racing fraternity. This is mostly because it is usually organized for recreation and is not really considered as a matter of prestige to win unlike other sports. The race has both two wheeler and four wheeler versions of it and the four wheeler version, generally with cars is more famous than the motor cycle race. Having said that, there are many takers for the two wheelers races too. Drag racing rules are the simplest possible rules for any game. There will be two cars or motor cycles which go into racing for nearly 1/8th of a mile. The drivers keep accelerating till they reach the finish line and one who reaches the finish line first is declared as the winner. The races are usually held in drag strips that adhere to all the rules and regulations for safety as followed world wide. The strips are designed in such a way that they adhere to the safety guidelines for both drivers and spectators. Drivers as such do not need any special skill for participating or even winning a drag race. While experiencing a drag race live, you cannot help but notice the way the participants are called for the race. The order is not random and follows a specific set of rules. The process is briefly explained as following: There...
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...Ever wondered what a dog is thinking? Well, in Racing in the Rain a 2011 heartbreaking novel a race car driver’s beloved pet imparts wisdom and life lessons in retelling his own story from a canine perspective. With wit and peculiar charm, Enzo tells of the stages of a dog’s life and the wonderful and distressing days spent with his hero, Denny Swift a struggling race car driver supporting a young family in Seattle, with a sick wife. They understand each other perfectly, and from day one, Enzo accepts the position of being Denny’s comforter and guide. He’s front and center whenever Denny struggles in his home life or career, and there are times when Enzo struggles too. Enzo has difficulty accepting change. The first human to enter Enzo’s inner...
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...Barrelhorse Selection and Training Those that barrel race have one goal and that’s to win first. It’s not as easy as it is said . It requires a lot of work and critical decisions both in choosing the prospect-training and competing. And where thousandths of a sec can be the difference between winning first or second…. Every decision can be the difference between winning and losing. Since horses are animals and not machines it can be a challenging task to pick the perfect prospect. But there are some guidelines that can be followed to help with the daunting decision.. Everyone has their criteria rather it be Pedigree, conformation color past performers and those things help but I feel that sometimes we get stuck on one certain trait and a lot of good horses are overlooked or you choose one based on pedigree and it doesn’t live up to the pedigree. Or you choose because of good looks and everyone likes to ride a good-looking horse and since we only saw the good looks we might miss the fact that they don’t have the disposition to make a good barrel horse. We need to keep our emotions out of the process of choosing and look at the horse as a whole strong points and flaws as well most horses have flaws you just have to ask yourself if it’s a flaw you can live with. Sometimes the strengths or flaws won’t show up until you’re on the road and really competing. And then you might discover that your horse has the heart and grit that the great horses posses That winning determination...
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...Illegal Street Racing In America Car enthusiasts all over the world take part in illegal street racing. Street racing is a part of history and has been around as long as the automobile itself. The dangers and consequences are high, but it is only exceeded by the excitement and entertainment that one gets from competition. Racing, which is usually done at the racetrack, has easily found its way to the local streets. Drag racing is the most common form of illegal racing. What is supposed to be a quarter mile has transformed into light-to-light street racing. Traffic racing can also be seen on a day-to-day basis. Cars weave in and out of each other and try to get past ever one during rush hour. These types of street racing seem to serve as a means to entertain. To some driving fast is fun, why else would there be cars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche? If these cars were made for just modes of transportation then why are they not built to go the speed limit or have a top speed of seventy-five. Simple, because these cars were built for speed as well as entertainment. Consumers can spend up to millions of dollars on a single car because ordinary just isn't fun. The most ideal area for street racing would be on the back roads outside of the city. Every once in a while this will occur, but this kind of racing happens very rarely. Every town will have its own spots for cruising, sometimes "the spot” is a main street, and other times it's a big loop that goes around a...
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...Illegal street racing can be considered a deviant subculture. Why don’t people get into forms of legal racing? What can we do to encourage people to race legally? Walter Miller (1970), said that deviant subcultures are characterized by (1) trouble, arising from frequent conflict with teachers and police; (2) toughness, the value placed on physical size, strength, and agility especiallyon males; (3) smartness, the ability to succeed on the streets and and out-smart others; (4) a need for excitement, the search for thrills, risk, or danger; (5) a belief in fate, a belief people lack control over their own lives; and (6) a desire for freedom, often expressed as hostility toward all authority figures. Most of these terms could easily apply to participants in illegal street racing. Most of my thoughts on street racing is based on personal experiences. Street racing in Omaha is on the rise in the past few years. With movies such as The Fast and The Furious, young people are gaining interest in automotive tuning and racing. Movies such as this seem to promote street racing for various reasons. One reason could be that people race for money and this is a quick way to make it. Another reason is the respect. People that go to organized street racing know there will be spectators they can show off in front of. The lack of a dragstrip/track in Omaha could be another variable. The closest track to Omaha is in Scribner, Nebraska which is nearly...
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...Some people think that drag racing should be banned or illegal. They say it is something that is too dangerous to do. Drag racing is not just something one can play around with doing. It is a way of life, not just a hobby. Drag racing has been around for decades, brings people together, and gives a person an adrenaline rush. Racing has been viewed in many aspects through many years. People have raced on the back of horses, on motorcycles, and of course in motor vehicles. Drag racing, itself, has been around as long as cars have been on the road. It has become very popular within the last 50 to 60 years. There have been a great number of laws placed against drag racing on the public streets through these years. Now, many racers stick to taking their hot rods to the track to race them. At these tracks, many people come together to gawk and to talk big to each other. People often times try to bet on the car that they think will get down the track the quickest. Through everything, the people that have the same passion for racing, become a type of family. Everyone has each other’s backs. A racing family is completely different from any other type of...
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...English 2010 April 16, 2012 Illegal Street Racing: an Unknown Danger It is the primal urge amongst male teenagers; vehicles side by side, engines revving, to put the pedal to the floor and see who wins. It is street racing and it has caught on in the U.S. over the past decade as one of the worst influences on young impressionable minds today. The feeling you get when you’re going fast cannot be replaced by any other stimulant known to man and is just as addictive as any drug. Influential sources like the media, celebrities and peers all have the ability to pressure one into an adrenaline fueled race to the finish. The consequences of street racing, however, outweigh the rush it gives its participants. Laws passed to deter would be street racers with consequences including, but not limited to: Fines, loss of driving privileges, and imprisonment are all results of street racing, not to mention the ever present risk of serious injury or death to participants and bystanders alike. Many different ways of preventing and detecting street racing have been put into action over the last few decades by various agencies and organizations, from lowering the national maximum speed limit, installing speed cameras on buys roads, or providing innocent drivers with safer vehicles, this nation is fighting a war on street racing that many don’t even know exists. Street racing originated from drag racing on the quarter-mile strip. The concept of drag racing is when two racers in different cars would...
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...Chariot racing plays an important role in sports history. It was one of the most popular and influential sports in ancient history. The sport has many claimed origins and thrived during the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Empires. The sport that started out so simple evolved as it moved from one era to the next, gaining more importance at every advancement. It was an extremely dangerous sport, as drivers frequently suffered gruesome injuries and unfortunate deaths. Chariot racing teams, or factions, had a very strong fan base. These factions drew tons of spectator support, which would lead to many conflicts between differing factions. These conflicts were politicized, affecting both society and their respective empire. Roman and Byzantine emperors eventually took control of these factions and had their officials running them, placing even more importance on the sport. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, chariot racing only survived in the east, the Byzantine Empire. These Roman factions transitioned with the sport, which played an important role in the history of Byzantium. These factions had an even stronger social and political influence, and in the end, played a role in the demise of its own sport, along with the eventual demise of an empire. The origin of Chariot Racing is an unknown commodity. The first known reference to the sport was by Homer at a funeral for Patroclus where he claimed they raced only one lap around a tree. According to a legend, chariot racing founded...
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...William Bill France Sr The founder of NASCAR Who was a mechanic and would later own an auto repair shop owner got into Daytona’s racing scene and help promote races but ,After witnessing that ruled that very from race to race and how it dishonest promotion were. Bill felt that there was a need for rules and restrictions. Bill gathered a group of racing members to Discuss about stock car racing and they came up with Nascar or The National Association for stock car auto racing and NASCAR was born Being officially Corporation in 1948. The first NASCAR race was raced on Sandy beaches of Daytona Beach course on February 15, 1948 but Nascars first race on a paved surface was in Darlington International Raceway in on September 4th 1950 they raced...
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...So in the 70s a lot happened to the racing culture. 1970 NHRA adopts and renames Pro Stock class. They are beneath the Top Fuel and Funny Cars. Pro Stock is high performance and brand identification. Season-long points competition would produce Professional Drag Racing. Season-long points competition would produce World Champions in several classes, with winners with the highest points at the end. Winners could win as much as $25,000. In 71 Catastrophic crash saw a racer hospitalized. Spectators losing interest made them add a bunch of safety features. Fire extinguishers more powerful withstanding engine blocks. Nitromethane caused motors to need rebuilt frequently so they don't explode and hurt spectators. In 72 the first five-second Top Fuel car ran. It happened in Ontario Canada. NHRA outlaws big-block Pro Stock cars. Small...
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...Different types of cars are involved in the racing industry. They cost outrageous amounts of money. Dirt track racing is an entertaining sport with more people getting involved. 100 According to auto.howstuffworks.com, there are many different types of race tracks. There are circle shaped tracks. There are D shaped tracks, with a straight straightaway and a circle shaped back straightaway. There are also oval shaped tracks where there are two straightaways on each side. These are favorite tracks of most racers. 100 According to wikipedia, there are all makes and models of racing vehicles. There are very expensive cars with high dollar motors. There are also cheaper cars with cheaper motors. Usually, the cars with the high dollar motors are faster. Most of the cars such as the modifieds, factory stocks, and street stock cars, use 350 Chevrolet motors, there are other types of cars that use those motors. There are also bombers which is a type of car who run 305 motors, also a Chevy motor....
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...all driven by the desire to make money, leaving the horses to suffer terribly. In an era where beating animals is considered cruelty in every other arena, the whipping of horses is still a familiar sight in Australian racing. Despite changes to the whip rules in 2009, jockeys can use the whip as many times as they like in the last 100 meters – the most frenzied and desperate stage of a race – which means that horses can be struck as many as 13 times in a row, just as they are reaching the limits of their endurance. Striking the horse in the abdomen, also referred to as the flank, is likely to be more painful to the horse than a strike on the hindquarters because there is little muscle in this area to absorb the impact of the whip. The flank also extends to the stifle joint and is extremely sensitive and vulnerable to injury. For this reason, strikes to the flank are prohibited under international racing rules – At a 2008 race, the horse named Appeal to the City suffered hemorrhaging around her eye when jockey Jeremy Rose “engaged in extreme misuse of the whip.” There are few penalties for extreme whipping in the U.S., even though jockeys in other countries face severe penalties for hurting horses in this way. One U.K. jockey was banned from racing for five days for excessive use of a whip after his horse-required oxygen after a race. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, (P E T A), has long called for a ban on whips, and there are signs that the industry is...
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...Racing horses was discovered in 1604, when King James VI was asked to be king of England. James Stuart arrived in London and realized that the people of London had gone horse crazy. Horses were always a symbol since medieval times, but James decided to change things up. He loved hunting and racing, and wanted to take place in these sports every chance he could. He then bred the English horses with the Eastern horses and these became the horses with the most speed, toughness, and refinement. Their leg bones were much stronger than the English horse themselves, so there top speed was better. (Warren, Patricia Nell) These horses are now known as Thoroughbreds. (Collins, J, et al.) These horses are now the horses typically used for racing, betting,...
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...Seabiscuit was a great racehorse who brought Americans together and gave them hope during the Great Depression. He is famous for his lineage, racing career, and later races, as well as his retirement. His Jockey, Red Pollard, who overcame equal adversity in his own career and personal life, once said “He may be little, but he is fierce” when asked about the horse that had helped make his career. Seabiscuit was an underdog for some of his racing career. Seabiscuit was an amazing horse with a big heart which brought hope to many during his time. Seabiscuit’s trainer once said, ‘’Sure, he’s small in the body, but big in the heart.’’ What if Seabiscuit had not been racing during the Great Depression? Seabiscuit’s dam is Swing On and his Sire is Hard Tack. His father had a horrible disposition and hated the starting gate,...
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