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Motorsports: Daniel Garver & Nick Landi
Motorsports: Daniel Garver & Nick Landi
What is Motorsports?
Any type of organized event in which man and machine compete
Motorcycle
NASCAR
Formula 1
AMA Supercross
Indy Car
Enduro
Sport Car
Trials
Harescramble
Rally Cross
Moto GP
Motorcycle Racing
Amateur Title
Regional Title
National Title
Constant traveling
Sponsorship appearances
Costs of Racing
Auto Racing
Motorcycle Racing
Formula 1 $470,000,000
Moto GP $ 11,500,000
NASCAR $142,000,000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkKKMI9laIU
Rivalry
Inherently Dangerous
Technology
Training
Commitment of family
Financial Strain
Motorsports Community
Amateur levels
Professional levels
Common bond
Economy
1000s of teams
Job creation
Advertisement
Entertainment
Technology
New Materials
Better Equipment
Electronics
Safety equipment
Drivetrain technologies
Petroleum engineering
How Racing
Effects Your
Daily Life
Seatbelts
Transmissions
Fuel
Engine designs
Composite materials
Advertisement
Entertainment
Local economy
Psychological analysis
of a racecar drivers
brain.
Same Mentality
Stresses role on the
individual
A Spectator Sport
Ease of access
Entertainment quality
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Deaton, Jamie How Stuff Works. Top 10 Everyday Car Technologies That Came From Racing.
Online Article. August 4, 2009. Date of Access. March 22, 2015.
Fiorini Phillip, Purdue University. Purdue-led study highlights motorsport industry's significant
impact across Indiana, worldwide. Online Article, Updated December 6,2012. Date of access
March 21,2015
Henry Yunick, Smokey Yunick: Best Damn Garage in Town. Online Auto biography. Updated
July 8 2009. Date of Access March 22, 2015.
Sparco Racing Online Editorial. Employee. The Technology Behind the Suit. Online source.
Updated March 14,2013. Date of access, March 20, 2015
"Fitness for Motor Sports." Fitness Training for Motor Sports. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2015.
"Driver Deaths in Motorsport." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2015.
"Study Shows Motorsports Impact on Indiana Economy." - 13 WTHR Indianapolis. N.p., n.d.
Web. 26 Mar. 2015.