mardi 24 juin 2014

The USAC Sprint Car Racing Series

By Sherry Gross


The United States Auto Club or USAC is one of the permitted bodies in the United States for an auto racing. For few years, it support the United States National championship and today it also supported the Indianapolis 500. Nowadays, the usac sprint car racing series provides a full support for these series, which includes the Ignite ethanol fuel, National Midget, National sprint car and the silver crown series.

Generally, the most powered racing vehicles are sprint cars. These are perfectly designed to be able to run in a short oval, paved or a circular dirt track. This type of car racing is very popular in the United states, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. These composed of a high power ratio that makes a speed of 140 miles per hour.

It also composed amount of outputs that reached up to 1,100 horsepower of the machines. For several years, safety measures have been improved to protect the drivers. The Indy car and NASCAR drivers are generally using the sprint cars as their stepping stone to reach in a high level of division.

In the recent years, the competition for this division is developed more to achieve a new mandate for safety regulations. These include the used of a roll cage for the protection of a driver, alcohol fuel, a fuel tank bladder to avoid leakage, safety harness for beginners and the standards for a driver. All drivers must also wear driving gloves.

There are also other requirements for equipments like the helmets, the use of an arm restraint system, headrest mandatory, a rock screen for the roll cage and the automobiles must also have a neck and head restraint system. These become a mandatory for all drivers to protect them and to keep away from danger.

There are two various kinds of racing cars, the winged and non winged cars. The very first winged vehicle was created in the year 1958 and since then, many drivers already installed wings for their cars. This is because the wings can increase the force on the automobile and helps the automobile to direct in the opposite way. It gives the sideboards to turn the vehicle to each corner. It can make the vehicle to maximize its traction and to keep it faster and easier to control.

The wings are also safety and it lessen the risk to airborne. Once a vehicle goes airborne, most of the wings are broken and penetrate the impact of a sudden movement. It gives protection to the driver when there are some accidents. Teams are sometimes changed their wings for every stoppage and replace it once the race resumed.

A non winged vehicle becomes popular in Australia. Wingless automobiles are referred as nos sprints. It is powered by an engine of six cylinder and can reach a speed of 180 kilometers per hour. It composed the same body structure just like a sprint car. The difference is that it has no wings.

The organization is also considering the welfare of all participants in an event. Thus, they make sure that the safety guidelines are properly followed by them. This is an assurance that very driver is safe while enjoying the track.




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