Motorsport

Since the advent of the invention of the internal combustion engine humankind has been fascinated and enthralled by the need for speed which immediately led to a competitive spirit amongst manufacturers of vehicles powered by these engines as well as by an  enthusiastic public spurred on by motorsport spectators. The first car race took place in Paris in 1887 and although only one car showed up for the event which it “won” this heralded the beginning of motorsport which has had one of the greatest impacts on human society in the history of the world.

This first motor race took place on public roads and many thereafter, resulting in nine fatalaties in the year 1903 when Marcel Renault had a fatal accident during the Paris to Madrid event of the same year. This led to the banning of motorsport on public roads by the French government and the construction of  purpose built race tracks began, the first being at Brooklands in Surrey, England. This was a 4.43 km concrete track featuring fast banked corners which was officially opened in June 1907 and was in use until 1939 when it was damaged by bombs in WW2 and never reopened.

During the 1930’s expensive road cars were transformed into pure racing vehicles with aerodynamic bodies and powerful multi-stage supercharged engines producing 450 kw. Between 1934 and 1936 weight restrictions limiting maximum weight to 450kg were introduced and the use of lightweight materials became prevalent such as aluminium alloys for bodywork and went  to such extremes that Mercedes actually removed the paint from their machines to be able to meet these regulations thus creating the famous silver arrows racing team.

The motorsport of today involves cutting edge technology with high caliber technicians and engineers maintaining levels of competition of a new age of performance standard production cars that are used for motor racing and private road use. This has led to a rapid advancement in technology both on and off the track which filters down to improving these vehicles that are to be found on public roads. FIA regulations are formulated not only  to make motor racing more exciting as a spectator sport but to benefit the road going public as a whole. Improvements in better and more efficient car parts, engines and gearboxes have resulted.

Vehicles of today utilize these rapidly improving technologies making them far more complex and more expensive to maintain. The expiry of auto manufacturers motorplans leaves consumers in the unenviable position of having to pay for expensive car parts whenever the need arises. These costs are exorbitant and unaffordable to many. Fortunately there are alternatives to sourcing good new and used OEM parts on the internet website Looking4spares, a free parts locator service which connect the motorist to all participating scrapyards and parts suppliers and, provides a cost effective and eco friendly solution to the end user.

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