Download or read book Motorsport Venues in England written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Brooklands, Top Gear test track, Brighton Speed Trials, Donington Park, Silverstone Circuit, List of Top Gear test track Power Lap Times, Rockingham Motor Speedway, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Brands Hatch, Firle Hill Climb, Santa Pod Raceway, Blandford Camp, Hawkstone Park Motocross Circuit, Oulton Park, Croft Circuit, Goodwood Circuit, Lewes Speed Trials, Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Great Auclum National Speed Hill Climb, Crystal Palace, Aycliffe Stadium, Mallory Park, Cadwell Park, Foxhill motocross circuit, Loton Park Hill Climb, Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Bedford Autodrome, Thruxton Circuit, Hednesford Hills Raceway, Castle Combe Circuit, Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb, Oliver's Mount, Harewood speed Hillclimb, Davidstow Circuit, Rufforth Circuit, Westbrook Hay Hill Climb, Arena Essex Raceway, Fromes Hill, Rye House Kart Circuit, Twyford Wood, St Boniface Arena, Mendips Raceway, Lulsgate Aerodrome, Eddie Wright Raceway, Whitchurch Circuit, Ellough Park, Shakespeare County Raceway, Thruxton Karting Circuit, Longridge circuit, Skegness Stadium. Excerpt: The Top Gear test track is used by the BBC automotive television programme Top Gear. It is located at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, United Kingdom. The track was designed by Lotus Cars. It is used to test both cars and drivers seen on the programme, mainly in Power Laps and Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. The track is on a former Canadian airbase constructed during the Second World War and later used by British Aerospace as a manufacturing and test facility. The track's main route, marked by painted lines and simple structures such as stacks of tyres, was designed by test drivers from Lotus. The layout of the track is designed to put the car through various conditions, ranging from provoking understeer to testing brake...

Download or read book Virginia International Raceway written by Chris Holaday and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the August 1957 VIR race program: "The rolling Virginia hills have been painstakingly clad with an ultra-smooth skin of macadam to provide a course of great natural beauty. The superb spectator visibility is nicely equated to a road layout that will test the best in racing machines and men." In the late 1950s, a group of sports car enthusiasts dreamed of creating a first-class racing facility. The result was Virginia International Raceway, a challenging 3.2-mile course with 12 turns, 2 straightaways, and over 100 feet of elevation change. Located in southern Virginia, east of Danville and just across the North Carolina border, the track opened in 1957. During VIR's first 18 years of existence, races featured some of the top names in American motorsports including Carroll Shelby, Roger Penske, Walt Hansgen, and Richard Petty. The track also hosted numerous important events including SCCA Nationals, the President's Cup, a Trans-Am race in the first season of that circuit, as well as IMSA races in the early 1970s. Facing financial difficulties, the track shut down in 1974, and for the next 25 years VIR was a cow pasture. It was reopened in 2000 and the outstanding new facility is again one of the top racing venues in the country.

Download or read book Motor Racing Circuits in England written by Peter Swinger and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of motor racing circuits in Britain includes not only the best known names in sport - Brooklands, Silverstone and Brands Hatch - but also lesser well known circuits about which hitherto little has been written. Line drawings and photographs illustrate the developments of these circuits over the years.

Download or read book Motorsport Explorer written by Julian Hunt and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to identify as many of these sites as possible, and to present information so that readers may find and visit or drive over the historic courses for themselves. There are over 800 sites associated with motor sports history in Britain. Some were used only once, others frequently over a number of years. Many of the roads used for the early events are still in use and can be driven over today. The aim of this book is to identify as many of these sites as possible, and to present information so that readers may find and visit or drive over the historic courses for themselves.

Download or read book Chicago s Horse Racing Venues written by Kimberly A. Rinker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popularity of horse racing in Chicago has yet to be rivaled in any other metropolitan area. Since the 1800s, the Windy City's enthusiasm for both harness and Thoroughbred racing led to 10 major racetracks being built in the Chicago area. Four of those raceways--Balmoral, Maywood, Hawthorne, and Arlington--are still racing and thriving today. From Washington Park, Lincoln Fields, and Worth Raceway on the city's South Side, to the Near West Side venues of Hawthorne Race Course and Sportsman's Park, to Arlington Park's northwest locale and Aurora Downs to the west, Chicago's racing community has enjoyed a long and sometimes scandalous history. Chicago's Horse Racing Venues provides insight into Chicago's rich racing history and a behind-the-scenes look at the people and horses involved.

Download or read book The Running Centaur written by Sinclair W. Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the practice of horse racing from antiquity to the modern period, and in this way offers a selective global history. Unlike previous histories of horse racing, which generally make claims about the exclusiveness of modern sport and therefore diminish the importance of premodern physical contests, the contributors to this book approach racing as a deep history of diachronically comparable practices, discourses, and perceptions centered around the competitive staging of equine speed. In order to compare horse racing cultures from completely different epochs and regions, the authors respond to a series of core issues which serve as structural comparative parameters. These key issues include the spatial and architectural framework of races; their organization; victory prizes; symbolic representations of victories and victors; and the social range and identities of the participants. The evidence of these competitions is interpreted in its distinct historical contexts and with regard to specific cultural conditions that shaped the respective relationship between owners, riders, and horses on the global racetracks of pre-modernity and modernity. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Download or read book The Evolution of English Sport written by Neil Wigglesworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work uses original material from clubs and sporting organizations to illuminate the evolution of sporting activity nation-wide. It relates these documents to themes such as commercialism and club fortunes. It concludes by discussing the outlook for English sport.

Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to England written by Stephen Brewer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-06-18 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps you have the perfect trip to England and includes: information that's candid, critical, and objective; a planner for all of England, including London.

Download or read book The Rough Guide to London written by Rob Humphreys and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 999 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to London is the essential travel guide with clear maps and coverage of London's unforgettable attractions. From the big hitters like the Tower of London and the London Eye to hidden gems like the Sir John Soane's Museum and Highgate Cemetery the Rough Guide steers you straight to the unmissable sites of London, unearthing the best hotels, restaurants, traditional pubs, cafés and nightlife across every price range. A guide for travellers and London locals alike, you'll find detailed coverage of the city's fantastic free museums as well as the little-known nooks and crannies you should be exploring. The Rough Guide to London includes detailed accounts of all the palaces, museums and galleries, big and small, and why they're worth (or not worth) visiting. There are specialist sections on nightlife, the gay and lesbian scene, classical arts and detailed information on the capitals best markets and shopping-spots, all written by London-based experts. Explore all corners of the city with authoritative background on everything from Jack the Ripper to top London clubs, relying on the clearest maps of any guide. Make the Most of Your Time with The Rough Guide to London

Download or read book Playing to Win written by Beverly Aston and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 1996 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fast Forward written by Adam Skinner and published by Wide Eyed Editions. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel back through time to experience 18 iconic moments in motor racing history in this lavishly illustrated book, which gives you the inside track on classic cars, routes, and racers. Race 'The Green Hell’ in a Porsche 911, complete the course at Le Mans in a Ford GT40, compete in the Festival of Speed at Goodwood in a Jaguar E-type, and take on the Nascar drivers at Daytona’s Speedway. Bursting with facts, figures, stats, and racing stars, this is a racing book of dreams.

Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to London written by Lesley Logan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-01-10 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the publishers of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World "A Tourist's Best Friend!" - Chicago Sun-Times "Indispensable" - The New York Times Five Great Features and Benefits offered ONLY by The Unofficial Guide : Over 50 detailed profiles of hotels rated and ranked for value and quality The best restaurants for every taste and budget All the details on London's attractions - which ones are worth your while, and how much time to budget for the must-sees Money-saving tips, including how to get into museums for free or reduced prices, and how to tour London on a double-decker bus for a All the details on how to enjoy London with your kids

Download or read book Yorkshire Motorsport written by Larry Carter and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feast of motor sport nostalgia from Yorkshire from the last 100 years. Will appeal to all enthusiasts in the area and beyond.

Download or read book Homes of British Speedway written by Robert Bamford and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having arrived in Britain in the late 1920s, dirt-track racing soon established itself as an incredibly popular national sport. By the end of 1928, there were more than 50 tracks throughout Britain. Many venues were opened and run sporadically over the next seven decades, particularly during the heyday of speedway after World War II, when interest was phenomenally high. As a result, the sport has taken place at numerous locations throughout the country. Featuring more than 300 venues, this new edition is fully updated with new tracks, updated track information, and a host of new illustrations. Every track is afforded statistical information, including address, years of operation, track lengths, promoters, and club successes. The more important homes of Speedway, for example Belle Vue, Swindon, Wimbledon, and Coventry, all receive highly detailed synopsis.

Download or read book Autodrome The lost race circuits of Europe written by SS Collins & Gavin David Ireland and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the history of ten of Europe's great abandoned race circuits and seen as they are today in stunning photographs.

Download or read book Midget Car Racing written by Derek Bridgett and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was by chance that the author stumbled across a long lost programme for the opening meeting of Hanley Car Speedway for 21 July 1938. The programme had been hidden away in family papers for almost sixty years and it sparked an enduring interest in Midget Car Speedway. Motor sport had been the preserve of the rich and glamorous, but now the ordinary man could build a car and race it on a shoestring budget. It was the start of motor racing as we know it today and without the development of midget car racing, we perhaps would not have seen the Formula Three, Formula Ford and other series that we take for granted today. Although a short-lived craze that hit the UK during the 1930s, midget car racing was an incredible motor phenomenon with some races and events attracting over 60,000 people from all over the country. Derek Bridgett's Midget Car Racing chronicles this bizarre but immersive little-known motorsport. Focusing specifically on the Belle Vue Speedway, this incredible book is profusely illustrated with photographs from the period.

Download or read book Corvette Racing written by David Kimble and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chevy’s Corvette is without question one of the most recognized sports cars in the world. Since its introduction at GM’s Motorama, Corvettes have been favorites for fans and drivers in a wide variety of racing venues, including endurance events, hillclimbs, Trans-Am, drag racing, and GT Racing. For six decades, Corvettes have battled and defeated some of the the biggest names in the sports car world—Ferrari, Porsche, Cobra, Jaguar—at storied road courses like Le Mans, Daytona, the Nürburgring, Sebring, and Laguna Seca.Beginning with the Real McCoy, a Zora Arkus-Duntov special raced at Sebring in 1956, this book draws on the history of factory-sponsored and private racing efforts, chronicling the history of the various Vettes that have been put to the test as racing machines. Noted automotive writer and renowned artist David Kimble delves deep into Vette’s on-track history to provide the most thorough Corvette racing history ever published. Corvette Racing is illustrated with rare images from GM’s media and design archives and complemented by Kimble’s own stunning cutaway artwork. For Corvette and racing fans, this book is the definitive word on Corvette’s nearly 60 years of competition.