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Most people know that the technology of the passenger car has come a long way over the years. However, a lot are not aware of how much of this development comes from motor racing.

The truth is that some motor racing series, especially those with high emphasis on constructors and developers, are used as laboratories and testing grounds by car companies, especially for safety technology. Many advanced braking systems, such as ABS and traction control, started their life as performance enhancing measures for the track. Variable valve timing systems, originally designed to increase the speed and fuel efficiency Read more…

Human beings have raced things for a very long time, starting with themselves. Racing cars was probably inevitable, and it began very early in their history.

In 1887, a French bicycling newspaper, Le Velocipede Illustre, sponsored an attempt at what might have been the first motor race. The newspaper had previously sponsored cross country bicycle racing, a tradition that remains very strong in modern France. Unfortunately, the event may or may not count. Only one entrant showed up, Georges Bouton driving a car from his own Read more…