By Sherry Gross


The United States Auto Club or USAC is one of the permitted bodies in the United States for an auto racing. For few years, it support the United States National championship and today it also supported the Indianapolis 500. Nowadays, the usac sprint car racing series provides a full support for these series, which includes the Ignite ethanol fuel, National Midget, National sprint car and the silver crown series.

Commonly, the highest powered racing vehicles are the sprint cars. These automobiles are well designed to run faster in a circular, paved or short oval track. This kind of car racing event is quite popular in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and in the United States. It consist a full forced ratio speed of 140 miles for every hour.

It has also power outputs of 900 up to 1,100 horsepower for its machine. The safety measures for most racers has been improved for many years to protect them. Most of the NASCAR and Indy Car Series drivers are using the racing in sprinting car as a stepping stone for divisions with high profiles.

In the past years, this event has developed and improved more in terms of safety regulations. Some of these regulations are to have a vehicle with roll cages to protect the driver, a harness for a younger participant or for a newbie, fuel tank bladders for leakage prevention and an alcohol fuel. It is also mandated for all the drivers wear driving gloves.

There are requirements that are added to the current safety guidelines. These include the use of helmets, the arm, neck, and head restraint system usage. The mandatory for a headrest usage and rock screens for a roll cage. All of these are some of the general requirements for the safety guidelines.

There are two kinds of sprint cars, the winged and the non winged kind. The winged automobile was first created in 1958. This was a great feature, so every driver placed some wings to their cars. This is intended for a full force power of the automobile that gives the right control direction on many ways. It provides the sideboards to turn the automobile to the corners. It also increases a fast control and a maximize traction.

These wings are also designed to reduce an airborne. When an automobile gets airborne, the wings are also broken and there is a deep absorption of the impact of the flip. These are one of the features that provides a great protection whenever there is an accident happen. Sometimes, racers change their wings during the stoppage and if the race resumed, they will return it back.

A non winged vehicle becomes popular in Australia. Wingless automobiles are referred as nos sprints. It is powered by an engine of six cylinder and can reach a speed of 180 kilometers per hour. It composed the same body structure just like a sprint car. The difference is that it has no wings.

This competition is not only considering the kinds of vehicles used by the racers, the organization also ensures that each driver is safe throughout the track. Whether, they join the track for fun or to gain popularity, safety must be considered first. Through following the proper guidelines, surely everyone can obtain an enjoyable race track experience.




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