07/05/2008

Watch them Race…

Crying buckets over a missed auto show? Just looking for a funny car video? Or merely want to experience the thrill of car racing? Do not worry! If you are a true car enthusiast and you’re just about engines, pistons and wheels, or you’re merely looking for current automobile trends, then online car video clips have everything to offer, in the arena of automobiles.

If you are a car-gamer or just a race-watcher and you enjoy the bracing experience of racing cars then, car video clips on the web, have just what you want, to take you through a thrilling and enlivening car experience!

06/26/2008

World Touring Car Championship

ff28fe668c966585b06234883f3c06f5.gif World Touring Car Championship, WTCC , as it is shortly called is one among the most important and eventful car races in the world. It is regarded as the third most important FIA championship after Formula One and the World Rally Championship.

The first WTCC was held in the year 1987, and then it was held simultaneously with the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC). Later it gained immense popularity and was a victim of its own success with FIA stopping the championship, fearing that it would take money away from Formula 1. But soon after, in the year 2001, ETCC was resumed which was later renamed as WTCC in 2005 at the request of interested manufacturers.

With the support of major car manufacturers like BMW, Chevrolet, SEAT and Alfa Romeo, the race is held at major prestigious circuits. The race features compact and midsize cars that fall between slightly modified super production cars and the extinct super touring class. Being the next most popular race after F1 and WRC, WTCC attracts car enthusiasts s from all over the world.

06/18/2008

Baja 1000

Previously known as “NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally”, Baja 1000 has been a rally of different order with many car enthusiasts following it around the world. This race takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula in the fall and includes various types of vehicle classes such as small and large bore motorcycles, stock VW, production vehicles, buggies, trucks, and custom fabricated race vehicles.

Held since 1967, this rally has had it's own share of issues. Well the Baja has two course's included in it's race schedule. First being point-point race, that uasually starts from Ensenada (or Tijuana and Mexicali) and spans over 1000miles and later ends in La Paz. Second is the loop race that starts in Ensenada (it has also started in Mexicali) and with a course length of over 850miles ends back in the same place where it had begun.

Hey, check this out! Another peculiar fact about Baja 1000 is, it has made news for its “Sabotage and booby-traps”. These are traps, traps like digging holes, blocking river flow, or burying obstacles, set or created by local spectators as jumps or obstacles for spectator entertainment. Are these spectators crazy, they will kill those contestants man!

06/16/2008

Dakar Rally

01236d13b335e477b0754f7d6a9eebc2.jpg The Dakar Rally , formerly known as The Paris Dakar, is an annual off-road race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Open to all riders, amateurs and professionals alike, the most prestigious rally-trek, sponsored by national and international federations, brings together an average 500 competitors every year, be it car, motorcycle or truck.

This concept was introduced in the year 1978 by racer Thierry Sabine after he got lost on his motorbike in the Libyan desert and then decided that this would be a good location for a regular rally. Since then, the Paris-Dakar has been a unique event sparked by the spirit of adventure, carrying a message of friendship between all men. Over the course of almost thirty years, it has generated innumerable sporting and human stories and has never failed to challenge, surprise or excite us.

Originally, the rally was from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal through the treacherous desert, interrupted by a transfer across the Mediterranean, however due to politics and other factors, the course, including origin and destination, have been varied over the years.

The rally has also had its share of criticism from several sources. Some of the accusations are about the race's impact on the inhabitants of the countries through which it passes, environmental impact and killing of the local inhabitants and livestock due to collisions with vehicles involved in the race.
Even with these accusations and its own share of problems of being cancelled or stopped, the Dakar Rally has been a great entertainer for many car enthusiasts all over the world.