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The concept of using obstacles for competition has been in use since the 1800s, including the 200m Obstacle Swim at the 1900 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, with the first formal land-based races in the Obstacle Run [6] of military pentathlon, first held at the Military Physical Training Centre, at Freiburg, in the French occupation zone in Germany, in August 1947.
An illegal street race in Bogotá, Colombia. Street racing is a typically unsanctioned and often illegal form of auto racing that occurs on a public road.Racing in the streets is considered an ancient hazard, as horse racing occurred on streets for centuries, and street racing in automobiles is likely as old as the automobile itself.
The Adams Motorbungalo was the first recreational vehicle designed by Curtiss in 1920 that went into production.. Although Adams wrote in 1921 that the Camp Car weighed over two tons and was too heavy to navigate sandy or swampy ground, [15] there was sufficient interest in the idea from other campers for Curtiss and Adams to refine the design and go into limited production. [15]
Later the term stock car came to mean any production-based automobile used in racing. This term is used to differentiate such a car from a "race car", a special, custom-built car designed only for racing purposes. The degree to which the cars conform to standard model specs has changed over the years and varies from country to country.
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