Motorsport and racing
Motor sports have been around for a long time and started basically when vehicles were made. Many vehicle companies try to make the fastest vehicle and beat other companies’ records while others try to win racing sometimes they do both though. Not just cars are a part of Motorsports motorcycle, dirt bikes, airplanes, trucks, and boats, some common some not you may never have even thought boat racing was a thing!
Car Motorsport (Track)
Car Motorsport is the most common and is very popular. It includes track racing, rallying, drag racing, and street/road racing. It all started when cars were made and people modified them to go faster. A lot of people tried to test cars but have crashed and died. One of the most popular races is the 24 hours of Le Mans in Italy. They even made a movie about it called ‘Ford v Ferrari’ and it was pretty popular. Sometimes the cars have to do timed races which is where one car at a time goes on a track and they see who gets the fastest time. In Nascar racing, they mostly have cars go in a big oval shaped track. In F1 racing, they usually do it in all places around the world and they use normal streets and use them as tracks after they block them off.
Car Motorsport (Rallying)
Many people are also familiar with rallying, which is dirt racing. Many people use small but fast cars made to work on the dirt without slipping or crashing (even though sometimes they do). The most popular rally race in history is Panzer Platte, Rally Deutschland. Rallying is also very dangerous and hard but they still try to make the cars as safe but fast and good as possible. Rallying is also a pretty old Motorsport and has been around for a pretty long time.
Motorcycle Motorsport (Track)
The motorcycle was made in 1885 one of the most popular is Harley Davidson. The first of the races started in 1903 and became very popular. Motorcycle racing is also extremely dangerous and has killed many racers. Motorcycles are also fast and can corner very well. The most famous motorcycle race is the Isle of man TT.
Dirt Bike racing (Dirt)
Dirt bikes are motorcycles but made for dirt racing or just messing around but, dirt bike racing can also be dangerous. Some people are super good at riding dirt bikes and they can do tricks on them, those people most likely go to the X-games.
Baja racing (Dirt)
Baja racing is big but light and fast trucks (or buggies) that race in the dirt. Baja racing is pretty safe because the trucks have roll cages (metal frame inside the truck) in them to keep the driver safe if they flip or roll. Baja racing started in 1967 and is still a popular Motorsport and the biggest event for it is the Baja 1000.
Plane racing (Air)
Plane racing mostly consists of planes with propellers but are made to go fast. In plane racing they either have checkpoints that each plane has to go through (one at a time) and they see who can go the fastest, or they have long distance racing where the planes need to go from point A to point B.
Boat racing (Water)
Boat racing is not a very popular sport a lot of people don’t know or care about, but it still can be an interesting Motorsport. The boats are either small and fast or big and fast. Usually the boats have to complete laps around a lake, ocean, or reservoir.
