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| What is a motorsport?
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Motorsport [ mṓtər spàwrt ] is a sport in which participants race motor vehicles, usually around a track. The sport is said to have began in the late 1800's and is now one of the world's most popular sport. A year after the first contest was organized by Le Perit Journal (a Paris magazine), the first real race was conducted in France and covered Paris to Bordeaux.
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- … that a Top Fuel dragster can complete the quarter mile in less than 5 seconds?
- … that the first world championship race was held at Silverstone, England in 1950?
- … that Offshore Powerboat Racing is the equivalent of F1 car racing and the sport of the elite, due to the exceptionally high costs?
- … that Shelsley Walsh hillclimb, in Worcestershire, England, has been run on the same course since 1905?
- … that Ice Racing started in Ontario in the 1960s as an inexpensive novelty on frozen lakes and rivers?
- … that Mud Racing, or mud bogging/mud drags, have one sole aim - to drive a machine, usually a truck, through a mud pit of a set length, in the shortest time?
- … that Truck Racing began in Melbourne, Australia in 1988 as a one off race using working vehicles and their regular drivers?
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