Racing Manila
By Charlie. Filed in Travel |
I became fully educated about all types of auto racing when I attended Manila’s International Auto Show . I was just tagging along with my husband has he got to satisfy not only his love of cars, but his business obligations as an automotive engineer which brought us to Manila. I was thinking when we arrived and checked into our Hotel Manila Philippines, that I’d just hang around the pool while my husband went off to the Auto Show. But, after much prodding from my husband, saying that I’ll really enjoy myself and maybe, just maybe catch the same auto fever that he has had ever since he was a boy, I caved in.
How could I resist, especially since he promised that if I came along with him, he would treat me to a fantastic dinner afterwards. When we arrived at the Auto Show, I suddenly became invisible to my husband. The call of the new and beautiful cars made him only see ‘car’ and deaf to hearing me asking ‘where are you going?’ This didn’t upset me, I expected it. But, then,I too became swept of my feet by another aspect of the automobile. Auto Racing . The Auto Show was loaded with fine specimens. I found cars build for Rally Racing, a race that takes place on public roads with modified production especially built for road cars. Modern rallying originated in Europe in the early 20th century. This unique motor sport distinguishes itself by running not in a Formula 1 style circuit, but in a point-to-point format where the driver and the co-driver rally to a set of points, leaving in regular intervals from start points.
What I really fell in love with were the cars built for Drift Racing. Drifting refers to the difference in slip angle between the front and rear tires of a car. When the rear wheels are slipping at a greater angle than the front wheels, the car is drifting, or more commonly known as over-steering. The rear end of the car appears to chase the front end around a turn, while the front tires control the actual direction of the car. I really really would like to try Drifting.
I was also educated, by a very excited young man, about Stock car Racing, which is mainly found in the United States. Formula racing, Sprint Racing, even Midget Racing: a very small race car and a very high power-to-weight ratio race car. Despite the name, Midget race cars are fully capable of being driven by an average-sized driver. The last racing car is saw brought back memories when I was in High School, Drag Racing cars. As a teenage, I participated in these type of races with my own car. But the cars I saw at the Auto Show far exceeded anything I experienced back-in-the-day.
As I was drooling, my husband tapped me on the shoulder and gave me a smile of recognition; I had become what he was always hoping for in a wife, a car enthusiast.
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