Proper Training is Worth It: Don’t just throw your kids out there with a motorized vehicle, get them some training. Use your Hughesnet to search for local teachers or drivers who want some extra side-moneyit’s a great way to get your kids equipped.

Buy the Right Stuff: Don’t cheap out when it comes to safety features, period. Helmets and roll bars are both crucial aspects to any successful motorsport career and even if your kids aren’t going fast they need to be in the safest vehicle you can afford.

Set Some Boundaries: Always watch when your kids are riding and lay down some firm ground rules from the get go. If they drive too fast or you see them horse playing take away the privilege immediately and for a time. They’ll learn to be safe sooner or later.

There are several places where this wonderful sport can be observed. For example, there is Monterey Classic Car Week, in Monterey, California, which is anchored by the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Road America in Wisconsin offers the Kohler International Challenge, which often attracts anything up to 500 cars, either actively racing or simply on display.

Fans can also check out the CPL Systems Historic Cup National Roadrace Series, which has its finale at one of the most famous tracks in the world: the Daytona International Raceway in October, proving that vintage racing is not limited to small clubs and tracks. Of course, there are many such small clubs and tracks in the United States, and almost certain to be one near you.

If on vacation in Europe, the Goodwood Revival Festival at Goodwood in England is one of the biggest celebrations of vintage and historic race cars in the world and often attracts both fans and competitors from all over the world.Want to know more? Go ahead: 2011 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion

Accomplishments during his racing career include becoming only one of a handful of racers to become two-time winners of the prestigious Daytona 500 by posting back-to-back wins in 1995 & 1996. Marlin was awarded the Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year award in 1983 and was named Tennessee Professional Athlete of the Year in 1995 & 1996.

Sterling Marlin’s career spanned 32 years and included appearances in 825 races in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. Of these races, he posted 12 wins and 238 top ten finishes. Marlin also enjoyed a third place finish in the Winston Cup Series in both 1995 & 2001.

Marlin announced his retirement from the Sprint Cup Series in March 2010. He is married and has a daughter and one son who often participates in the Nationwide Series.

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 of race cars, found their way into production cars after it was noticed that they also significantly lowered emissions.

How about four-wheel drive in passenger cars? Introduced by Porsche in the 1900s after successful use on a race car (interestingly, the original race car was also the world’s first hybrid car, making one wonder what happened with that technology). Right now, the KERS system is being developed for Formula One, and one has to assume that this technology, in a version optimized for saving fuel rather than increasing top speed, will show up in our passenger cars.

Racing is a way manufacturers test the technology and show it off. It sells cars, and it helps make better ones.

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 de Dion-Bouton company (a member of the de Dion family came along as a passenger).

Thus, the first true auto race should be considered to be the Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux (Competition of Carriages Without Horses). This race was a cross country, long distance race from Paris to Rouens, a distance of 128 kilometers. It took place, after a 50 kilometer qualifying heat, on July 22, 1894. The very first motor race also saw the very first disqualification. The best time was Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, in, of course, a de Dion steam car. However, the judges also expected the cars to be safe, easy to handle and not cost a lot to run. They decided that the steam car’s requirement for a stoker fell outside this. The first winner of the first motor race was, therefore, Georges Lemaitre, driving a Peugeot.