Centuries following the times of ancient Rome, the four- horsepower chariots are no longer the fastest set of wheels in town. The illustrious Ben Hurr would be proud of the racing machines of today. Motor sports have a long history of fortification. Comptrolling organizations, immense speedways, eminent drivers, and unique automobiles paved this history. Behold the history of NASCAR, the NHRA, drag racing, muscle cars, and the Muscle Car Era. .
The idea of racing cars as a spectator sport was an advertising idea of Henry Ford's. Ford developed a team of racecar drivers to race his Model T, drivers that would eventually be great names to motor sports; drivers such as Ed Winfield, Harry Miller, and Pierre Bertrand. The competitive driving style made Model T owners want their car to be as fast as the race cars they watched on race day. As a response to this demand Ford began to manufacture high performance aftermarket parts for Model T roadsters. .
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Model T racing became so popular that small racing circuits started forming and all types of automobiles were raced. The racing of stock automobiles became known as stock car racing and some financiers started funding stock car racing events. One of these financiers was Bill France. A former driver and mechanic that towered to six feet seven inches tall, he promoted stock car events in the Daytona, Florida are and throughout the southeast upon moving to the area in the 1930's. Bill France forefelt the success of stock car racing if it was sanctioned by a reputable organization. Consequent to intuition thirty-five men assembled on top of the Daytona Beach Hotel in December of 1947; these thirty-five men consisted of businessmen, moon shiners, racecar drivers, promoters, and mechanics. Some of the mechanics were so authentic that they still had grease on their hands. They organized a stock car racing organization that would combine the entire array of small independent racing organizations that tried to claim superiority over each other, each also had their own national champion.
All museums and cultural institutions have to address certain legends, myths and symbolism. At the Australian War Memorial it is the ANZAC Legend. ... THE ANZAC LEGEND The ANZAC Legend is a very challenging program Year 11 and 12 students. ... The courage displayed by ... wounded Australians will never be forgotten ... In fact I have never seen anything like these wounded Australians in war before ... ...
An incident that has become a family legend one that reveals the character of a family member. ... Many people are not prepared to die but one day you have to be ready. ... She dies at sixty-two. ... Missouri had died at 6:33a.m. that morning and we never got a chance to say our last good-bye, before she died. ... To conclude this story became a family legend because so many family members were involved in her well being. ...
Why exactly have the Arthurian legends continued to be popular for so many centuries? ... Richard Gere played a chivalrous knight who repeatedly showed that he wasn't afraid to die. ... This legend would not be as popular if it lacked the mystical and magical elements many readers crave. ... This has yet to bring the readers complete closure of this legend. ... There is a never ending wellspring of modern thoughts and ideas on the subject that proves the study of Arthur can be an all-encompassing one. ...
King Arthur is a figure at the heart of the Arthurian legends (Michaels, 2000). ... The legends as we know them search for truth and existence. ... It is also important to note that Nennuius recorded that Arthur died in 539 A.D. ... There is not just one true version of the legend of King Arthur (Keuchenius, 1998). ... It is clear he will never die even if he never lived. ...
Some say he never grew-up, others, that he didn't have to. ... Humpfry Bogart said, "Dean died at just the right time. He left behind a legend. If he had live he"d never have been able to live up to the publicity." ... His impact on people caused his legend to live on, and he can never die in societies harts. ...
Some say he never grew-up, others, that he didn"t have to. ... People went to see it as a tribute to the late legend. ... He left behind a legend. If he had live he"d never have been able to live up to the publicity." ... His impact on people caused his legend to live on, and he can never die in societies harts. ...
" In the "Legend of the Sea Goddess" many examples of Inuit culture are limited in the legend. ... This shows how culture was limited in the legend because the myth did not give real life examples. ... This proves how culture was limited in the legend because the Legend of the Sea Goddess never said that everyone believed in the spirits of people & animal lived in another world after they died. This proves how culture was limited in the legend because "the Legend of the Sea Goddess" never said that everyone believed in the spirits. ... How culture is revealed...
She believed that a land never inhabited by man (and therefore not tainted by him) would be safe. ... Bith died from drowning, and one of the other men soon after. Cessair died from grief, and soon all the other women had died, leaving one man Fionntan as the sole survivor. ... Partholon prevailed and drove the Fomorians away but died thirty years later. ... The Spear of Lugh from southern city of Finias never missed its mark when hurled and always came back to the hand that threw it. ...
One of those legends passed down to us from generations is the legend of Robin Hood, the so called "Prince of Thieves." ... There are many twists on the way that Robin Hood died. ... Legend has it that before Robin died, he stood and shot one arrow out the window and told Little John to bury him where the arrow fell. ... Legend says that Robin Hood was 87 years of age by his death (Paul Creswick, Adventures of Robin Hood: An English Legend). ... As the years go by the legend of Robin Hood never dies. ...
