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While motorsports worldwide appears to be dominated by men, over the years, there have been several women who have taken on the boy’s club in the pits. Today the names of Danica Patrick and Courtney Force are familiar names to even the most casual viewer. However, just because Danica is a NASCAR regular and Courtney does burnouts on the NHRA tracks, does not mean that women have always found their way to the finish line. Fans of 1980s NASCAR may remember Shawna Roberts or Patty Moise, but neither woman made it much further than the lower tiers of the sport.
Dale Earnhardt Jr: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a stock car race driver for NASCAR. He races for Hendrick Motorsports and for his own team JR Motorsports. There is a long line of NASCAR drivers in his family including his dad, the Hall of Famer, Dale Earnhardt Sr. and both of his grandfathers Ralph Earnhardt and stock car fabricator Robert Gee. Dale currently drives No. 88 Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports and drives the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for his own team, JR Motorsports. Dale has won multiple awards and achievements and is hoping to continue succeeding.
Alex Alonso talks about something very personal in his article “Overcoming Bias: A Personal Statement.” Coming from Latino roots, he has found himself a victim to bias. Bias, (according to the Glossary, The SHRM Body of Competency and Knowledge, 2017) is conscious or unconscious beliefs that influence a person’s perceptions or actions, which may cause that person to become partial or prejudiced. A past professor of his offered him and his high school peers some words of wisdom; “A mind made noble leads a noble life.” This piece of advice has consoled Alonso for years.
It was Petty's common touch, far more than his dominance of the sport, that won NASCAR the following it enjoyed as the 1990s ended. That just proves that he loved the fans and the fans loved
Kelley Earnhardt told Lee Spencer of the Sporting News that when they were growing up together she would not have guessed that her brother would become a racer: "He spent a lot of time playing with Matchbox cars, but he was not aggressive, and didn't take risks. " At first Earnhardt joined another branch of the family business, going to work at his father's Chevrolet dealership. However, by his late teens he had begun racing. Dale Jr. And his half-brother Kerry Bought a Monte Carlo to race and the rest is
So you have to ask yourself how in the world is that possible? Basilar skull fracture is the #1 cause of deaths in NASCAR and is the way many have died including Earnhardt. After that everyone started asking questions on how can we improve safety and avoid that
Just 3 Sundays ago on Nov 22, the Nascar(National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing) and Sports world watched and admired the end of one of the most extraordinary careers in its history, that of Superstar Jeff Gordon. What makes Jeff unusual is he broke all the stereotypes of what was once known as a “Southern only sport” to that of global implications and sponsorships and basically made Jeff Gordon an ambassador for “good guys” can succeed in the rough and tumble dangerous world of Nascar stock car racing. Jeff Gordons roots were not that of a North Carolina born and bred short track racer but that of a cleancut kid from California whose parents Carol and John Bickford did what most parents would do for their own child who has shown
The first Indy 500 in 1911 changed several things for Indiana. This event made it more of a tourist area because of the new race track. Not only did it change Indiana, it changed racing. The first Indy 500 made racing with cars instead of horses more popular. It changed Indiana and car racing for the better.
I personally believe this moral that he lives by is the key to all his success. Jimmie Johnson is one of the few NASCAR drivers that has an all class act. He would never let his frustration get in the way of his success. Being the oldest of three Jimmie Johnson came from a regular blue collar family that struggled to make ends meet. His mother Kathy was a school bus driver, and his father was a machine operator for heavy machinery.
The winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2007, The Race Beat, was a novel written by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff; who were both American journalists and editors. The Race Beat was written based on the time period of the Civil Rights Movement. The centralized idea of this novel was to show how racism was finally brought forth and acknowledged as a whole from the nation. This idea was presented from both televised media and printed media. The way The Race Beat was organized was through a bunch of collected interviews, unpublished articles, notes from secret meetings, and even private correspondences.
The mix of formats for the future IndyCar races should use oval tracks races as this form is centrally more popular among the fans within the United States. Many believe this is what helps define the sport and its popularity. Furthermore, many critics fear that incorporating more road/street courses will weaken the sport and take the IndyCar series away from its roots (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). Moreover, IndyCar drivers are having to master the art of racing on a variety of tracks in order to excel in winning the championships. This further takes away from their fully mastering one skill over the other.
There is a lingering concern looming on the long-term future of IndyCar racing (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014). In effort to secure the future of IndyCar racing the wants of the racing fans and their direct competition must be considered. Should IndyCar racing series include oval races? That appears to be the million dollar question. People in the racing industry claim that the series should go away from the oval tracks; however fans prefer oval track racing (Ferrell & Hartline, 2014).
Introduction: One of the largest industries in the United States is the professional sports industry; it brought in $63 billion in 2015 1. Professional athletes are seen as strong and talented, but how much of their strength and talent is achieved naturally? Performance-enhancing drugs have been increasingly used in professional sports and are prohibited from being used, but should they be prohibited?
Not all diseases carry traits fulfilling requirements for a cure in the status quo; however, Gene Therapy provides hope for treatments with the possibility to evolve into cures for chronic diseases. With all issues there is a solution; it may not stay easily recognizable, but it exists. The specific issue of glioblastoma, an tumor found within the brain to aggressively attack cells, is a focus of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. Of the first ten patients treated within their study, one is living with a measure of eighteen months post-therapy. Two others have seen opposite effects with worsening of their condition and others have died.
About motor sports in general: Motorsports is one of the biggest sports in the world and it is known worldwide. The events of motorsports are using motorized vehicles whether it was cars or motorcycles. Motorsports doesn’t mean racing, but the most famous type of motorsports is racing. There are also various types of racing like car racing, motorcycle racing and boat racing. The most famous type of racing is car racing so let’s take a deeper look into it.
