Why Car Racing Has Become A Popular Adventure Sport?

Now a days, car racing or Formula One is one of the most exciting sport and the drivers participating in it are amongst the highest paid sport personalities in the world. Formula One, Grand Prix, the most popular form of modern era car racing began in 1950s, but the roots of Formula One is far earlier, including such pre world war II legends as Italian Tazio Nuvolari and the great German teams, Auto Union and Mercedes Benz.

The first road races are believed to take place in France, in the 1890s. In the beginning the cars were upright and heavy, road were tarred sand or wood, and races were too long.

A 1200 km road race from Paris to Bordeaux race in 1899, at a speed of 19.9 mph is regarded as the 1st proper motor race. Over the years, German technology of car making companies such as Auto Union and Mercedes Benz started arranging car racing.

 

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Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a motorsport involving racing cars. It is one of the world's most watched television sports.

Sports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built or related to road-going sports cars.

A kind of hybrid between the purism of open-wheelers and the familiarity of touring car racing, this racing is often associated with the annual Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race. First run in 1923, it is one of the oldest motor races still in existence. Other classic but now defunct sports car races include the Italian classics the Targa Florio (1906 - 1977) and Mille Miglia (1927-1957), and the Mexican Carrera Panamericana. Most top class sports car races emphasise endurance (races are typically anywhere from 2.5 to 24 hours in length), reliability and strategy over pure speed. Longer races usually involve complex pit strategy and regular driver changes - sports car racing is seen more as a team sport than a gladiatorial individual sport and team managers like John Wyer, Tom Walkinshaw, driver-turned-constructor Henri Pescarolo, Peter Sauber and Reinhold Joest have become almost as famous as many of their drivers.

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Why Do People Love To Go For Trekking?

Trekking is a method of taking a break from the daily routine through some good hard work. Trekking can be a wonderful and, at the same time, an exhausting experience. To go trekking, it requires some stamina and the spirit of adventure along with a light bag containing some food, a water bottle and a camera.

A typical trekking day starts easily at 6 in the morning. There is always a trekking guide who instructs his group about the direction to follow and precautions to be taken. The trekkers get to see beautiful landscape on their way. By the end of the day the trekkers are completely exhausted, but not at all stressed.

 

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The word trek has entered the English language as one of few words derived from Afrikaans. It means a long, hard journey, and is derived from the Dutch trekken (meaning to pull or haul).

Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking have been confirmed in studies.[1] The word hiking is understood in all English-speaking countries, but there are differences in usage.

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Why Do We Wear Shoes?

Footwear has a history that goes back many thousand years, and has long been an article of prestige. The earliest shoe is believed to have been made from grass held to foot with thongs, probably to protect the feet while walking on a rough surface.

In ancient times civilizations such as Egyptians, Chinese and Vikings used to wear shoes. There are many references of shoes in many folk tales and fairy tales. The type of shoes worn depended on the climate. In Warmer climate sandal is more popular.

Though, the requirement of fashion neglects the comfort factor. Specialized footwear for specific purpose of shoes has improved; people wear shoes to suit both comfort and fashion requirements.

 

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A shoe is an item of footwear evolved at first to protect the human foot and later, additionally, as an item of decoration in itself. The foot contains more bones than any other single part of the body, and has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years in relation to vastly varied terrain and climatic conditions. Together with the proprioceptive system, it is what makes possible balance and ambulation.

The majority of people did not wear shoes until recent years; shoes were not worn by most of the world's population—largely because they could not afford them. Only with the advent of mass production, making available for the first time the cheap flip-flop-type sandal, for example, has shoe-wearing become predominant.

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Why Was Robin Hood Considered To Be An Important Character In Literature?

Robin Hood was a balled character, who was invented to express the poor peasants resentment and their needs.

Though stealing is considered to be wrong still Robin Hood is admired as a hero because he used to steal from the rich and give it to the poor and needy.

It is believed that he lived during the 12th century. Because of his good deed he was made a hero as he would neither let any woman get hurt nor took riches from the poor. He was considered to be a great sports person and archer. Robin Hood loved nature.

 

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Robin Hood is a hero in English folklore, a highly-skilled archer and outlaw. In particular, he is known for "stealing from the rich and giving to the poor" assisted by a group of outlaws known as his "Merry Men".[1] Robin and many of his men wore Lincoln green clothes.[2]

There are many songs and stories about him, starting in medieval times, and continuing through more modern literature, films and television series. In the earliest sources Robin Hood is a commoner, but he was often later portrayed as an aristocrat, wrongfully dispossessed of his lands and made into an outlaw.

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