Motorships in the United States are deeply rooted in the history of our country. Everything from Indy 500 to Nascar, Muscle Cars, V8 engines and more are in the heart of American automotive culture. While races and cars in general enthusiasts around the world can be seen as a universal language, America’s chapter is a little more unique.
The founding of Nascar, the leading racing series of our nation, is based in a fascinating story that can be resounded with the past. Nascar jumps result from the illegal world of the Moon Schüner during the prohibition period and tell a story of ingenuity and determination. In the early 20th century, these moonlings faced the discouraging challenge of surpassing the law enforcement officers to pursue their secret alcohol operations. In order to overcome this obstacle, they began looking for cars that could master the treacherous back streets of the southern United States. This persecution led to the birth of Stock Car Racing, in which this moonshhiner transformed its ordinary vehicles into powerful machines that were able to navigate robust terrain and to escape the law. This era not only laid the basis for Nascar, but also showed the resilience and ingenuity of a community that is united by a common thing.
We draw a moving parallel to the fights of a century a century ago and are on the abyss of another era of the ban in 2023. Similar to the moon shears, which resisted the restrictions of the prohibition period, Car -Enthusiasts are today their own challenges. The local car shows that were once events in which enthusiasts gather and appreciate the sports cars and exotic ones who went through have now become a goal of the exam or pedestrians are on the roadside. As a result, cities and local law enforcement agencies have closed their doors for aspiring car shows, since liability predominates the potential economic benefits of so many people in a local shopping area. Likewise, the illegal road traffic takeovers in large American cities, despite the lack of direct participation or connection to these events, have occupied a shadow to the auto community in general.
Despite the further progress in the 2020s, there was a clear indicator that the bad press, surrounding the car enthusiasts, created a new form of an underground auto community that goes to the racetrack, be it as a spectator or participant. This is also the redesign of the approach that automotive content manufacturers have when publishing on social media or on YouTube. There was a growing trend of Youtubers like Adam LZ, TJ Hunt, Gears & Petrol and Rob Dahm, who are increasingly involved on the racetrack than 5-10 years ago by gridlife, driding and other track events. There is no coincidence that all of this coincides with YouTube who are preparing against content creators, the street takeovers or anything that is classified as unsafe by the platform.
At the same time, the rise of racing simulators such as Gran Turismo, Assetto Corsa and Iracing is increasingly popular, with a little help from Covid in 2020, when people were forced to stay at home. With all the attention that is now concentrating on the organized racing series, the interest of the public in F1, WEC, IMSA and GT World Challenge is not only on the rise, but we also experience a new renaissance and appreciation for racing spaces that do not ‘ I was seen in over 50 years.
At the beginning of August in Road America it was reported that the IMSA was a record every time visiting record that was stored in 1979. For those who see it as well as those who participate. Another track that has been at home in recent years is Lime Rock, where they had record crowds for the 2nd year in a row when IMSA came to Neuengland.
Even at the local level, they now encounter more enthusiasts and auto photographers who share their time between car shows and the race track. For me, the number of friends who participate in a track day has increased steadily in recent years. Perhaps we all get older and our interests on cars are developing, but there could be a connection between members of the auto community that are frustrated about the closer restrictions, shows and meetings.
What I have learned to appreciate motorsport and spend a weekend on a route is that the complete experience completely predominates when you flow into a car show. Each of their senses is committed. You listen to the noise of the engines when the cars come past them, but you also feel it in your soul, smell the racing stick and experience some of the best drivers in the world, from which we can maneuver your cars in a way that we can only maneuver from can dream. While you meet with great friends in your local cars and coffee and have a precise encounter with your favorite sports car, the current trajectory, where the car culture is today, is one of the time, unless we see a big reversal.
For this reason, if we go through a new era of the ban, a new generation of moon shearing is clear for the 2nd wave of American motorsport enthusiasm, which nascar, indycar or even F1 exceeds. There is a basic movement of millennials and zoomers who work on their cars, understand mechanical subtleties and work on their skills both in the paddock and on the route. While classic cars express their opinions on fate and darkness and ask what has gone wrong with the younger generations, we are all part of a special time in the car culture that we cannot really appreciate, like our predecessors, like our predecessors We are no longer.
