Car Racing - The Many Types

There are many types of racing and can beto Touring car racing and is an American version of
categorized as follows:the same. The car racing series popular in this type
(1) Rally Racing: Rallying involves racing in off-roadof racing is the NASCAR. This is generally conducted
areas where general people don't drive their vehicles.on ovals and the cars used in racing are similar to
The drivers and the co-drivers rally at some pointproduction cars but are specifically built for racing.
and then leave the place at regular intervals to reach(6) Drag Racing: Drag racing involves completing a
a particular point. The drivers and their co-drivers canparticular distance in the shortest possible time.
explore the track beforehand in order to have aGenerally this distance is 400 m and the range of
better idea of the roads. The co-drivers help thecars participating in this race can be everyday car to
drivers to choose the best possible way to reach thehigh class racing cars. It depends on which type of
destination. World Rally Championship is the mostcar is being used for drag racing as a street racing
popular championship in this type of race.car can cover 400m in 15 sec and the same distance
(2) Single-seater Racing: This is one of the mostcan be covered by a specially designed fuel dragster
famous motor sports and involves a lot of speciallycar in 4.5 sec.
designed high-speed cars. These are open-wheels(7) Sports Car Racing: Sports car racing takes place in
cars and generally the cars have aerofoil wings in thea closed circuit and in this race, purpose-built cars and
front and as well as rear to have a better adhesionsports cars production versions compete with each
to the track. Formula One is a World Championshipother. This race is particularly for long distances like
that is now known to every motor sport enthusiast.1000km and that is why this race involves more than
This championship is the highest level of motor sportone driver switching between them.
and every car racer wants to participate in this(8) Off-road Racing: The name tells it all, the racing of
competition.some modified cars takes place off road i.e. away
(3) Ice Racing: This type of racing takes place infrom city traffic. Off road famous championship
snow or on frozen lakes. Obvious requirement forseries is CORR.
such race is extreme weather conditions and this(9) Hill Climbing: This type of race involves racing for
motor sport generally takes place in high latitudes.the best time completion. The cars have to climb the
These cars involve full rubber and studded tires for aextremely steep hills and the car with the best
better adhesion.completion time is the winner.
(4) Touring Car Racing: This type of race involves(10) Kart Racing: Generally, most motor sport
highly modified production cars and it is comparativelyenthusiasts start their career from Kart racing. The
slower than the sports car racing or the single-seaterracing tracks are quite small and the karts used in the
racing. The most popular championship is the Worldrace are quite different from the normal cars that
Touring Car Championship.run on roads.
(5) Stock Car Racing: This type of car racing is similar