Talk:Road racing

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Where does it say "regular and regulated motorsports?"GT

What is said below by GT is not controversial - it is nonsense and does not belong on a page about regular and regulated motorsports. --Matthead 23:19, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

This may be controversial. Nothing here is implied to suggest breaking any laws or operating a motor vehicle in an unsafe manner. Nonetheless these activities take place every day, wherever there are drivers and roads.

Street Road Racing, where not prohibited, involves three simple rules. The role of leader and pursuer may change many times during contention, but there can be only one winner.


 * 1. The Winner is in front at the finish.
 * 2. The Leader chooses the course.
 * 3. The finish is when the Stalker quits.

Unorganized, unregulated, low speed contests between strangers, are probably the most common of all motor sports confrontations. From the first cross continental races, to the last person you prevented from passing. Your use of a motor vehicle in an attempt to out-gain, out-distance,  prevent another vehicle from passing or to arrive someplace first, constitutes a Street Race. Victory in all of these cases is covered by these essential rules.GT

What is road racing?
I totally disagree with the opening sentence in this article. In the UK (and possible the rest of Europe) road racing is used to describe racing on public road which is different to circuit racing which is on purpose build tracks. If you look at the entry for circuit racing Race track and Road Racing they pretty much say the same thing. If no one has any objection it is my intention to change this sentence and also over time to enlarge the article with examples of real road racing (e.g. Isle of Man TT, North West 200, Monaco Grand Prix and the original Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps). Bjmullan (talk) 18:19, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
 * So I would like to change the opening to the following: Road racing is a term used to describe motor racing which is held on temporary circuits (as opposed to circuit, oval and off-road racing) such as closed-off public roads and paved airport runways. In the United Kingdom the term is mainly associated with motorcycle racing events such as the Isle of Man TT and the North West 200. Comments welcome. Bjmullan (talk) 23:05, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * North Americans use "road racing" to describe primarily racing on permanent courses. --190.135.73.50 (talk) 15:06, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Origins of Auto racing
Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built. ~ Henry Ford -oo0(GoldTrader)0oo- (talk) 00:33, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * And you point is? --Falcadore (talk) 01:57, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Bold Revert Discuss
I had a contribution made 8 March reverted by User:David Hawley 30 March in this edit with the edit summary "it removed useful information and includes statements that are not wholly accurate" I am a specialist editor mainly regarding classic bikes and road racing, generally 1955 to 1985, and my work is seldom, almost never, reverted. All I added was to clarify the term road racing as it is normally referred to on British hard tarmac circuits, not public roads, by adding a small piece into the imporatant lead section. No information was removed, and as I consider the edit-summary as spurious, I left a statement on the talk page of David Hawley 14 April. However, as this editor has made only 4 edits in the last 14 months, I have no way of anticipating when the next log-on might be, so I decided to go ahead and revert his reversion. I have tried to anticipate what the "includes statements that are not wholly accurate" aspect of the edit-summary might refer to, and accordingly I have further expanded and clarified the lead in the hope of addressing any ambiguities. I have invited User:David Hawley to state any objections here. Comments are welcome from others.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 11:15, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Following a response from David Hawley at his talk page, I have ascertained his objections which caused his reversion; these have been addressed, but the accusation of removal of content is simply false as no information was removed, as can be clearly seen in the page history. I subsequently have made further edits to clarify and expand the prose I added, and I hope that now is an end to ths sequence.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 01:30, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Britain is in Europe
Why the various references to "Great Britain and Europe" and similar phrases? Britain is a constituent part of Europe and indeed Western Europe. Unless there's any good reason not to, I propose changing such phrases. 95.150.59.128 (talk) 20:10, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Do you think Wikipedia editors are psychic, and can read your mind and between the lines? Cryptic remarks like the above should be clarified with examples, otherwise it's just a mini-rant. Also, there is a distinction between Britain and United Kingdom; and no, not in Europe.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 22:19, 26 June 2022 (UTC)