Racing boats ( often called shells ) are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to reduce drag to a minimum.

Racing boats, usually together with oars, riggers, and other equipment for rowing, are stored in specially designed storage areas — or boathouses.

BMW Oracle Racing owns four IACC boats.

Starting in 1973, Martini Racing sponsored Carlo Bonomi and Cesare Fiorio's boats in the Powerboat World Championship, winning back-to-back championships in 1975 and 1976.

Nevertheless, Thursday Evening Racing takes place with up to 100 boats registered to race every Thursday night during the summer, hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club.

* RS, a range of sailing boats produced by LDC Racing Sailboats including the RS200, RS300, RS400, RS500, RS600, RS700, RS800, RS Vareo, RS Tera, RS Feva, & RS Vision dinghies as well as the RS K6 & RS Elite keelboats

Racing honours are evenly divided between the wooden and the plastic boats.

Under Performance Handicap Racing Fleet rules most boats are allowed 155 % genoas without a penalty.

Racing Bathtub boats are small watercraft designed around bathtubs or close facsimiles and are used in bathtub races.

* Racing and Regatta's are common group activities in the sub-culture of boaters owning larger ( twenty-five foot plus ) small boats and larger Yachts, and are frequently organized around a Yacht club or Marina organization

Racing is generally either one design, where the boats are close to identical, or handicapped where the boats ' finishing times are adjusted based on their predicted speed potential.

Racing is further broken down into ocean racing, where boats start at one port and race in the ocean and back to the same port or a new destination, or buoy racing where boats race around prescribed courses and return to port at night.

Conner's luck that year would not improve, as Alinghi and Oracle BMW Racing, two well financed boats, would contest for the spotlight.

These are cruising boats, though these boats are viable for Performance Handicapped Racing Fleet ( PHRF ) handicapped racing.

The K777 Team are a combination of engineers, boat racers, boat builders, gas turbine specialists and Members of Windermere Boat Racing Club who are all passionate about jet boats and going faster on water than anyone has ever been before.

The World Sailing Speed Record Council, founded in 1972, is the body authorized by the International Sailing Federation ( formerly International Yacht Racing Union ) to confirm speed records of sailing crafts ( boats or sailboards ) on water ( not on ice or land ).

He raced in the Southern Ocean Racing Circuit from 1968 until 1983. and in 1981 was skipper of his own Runaway, a 40 foot fractional sloop which finished fifth in class and won the Nassau Cup, the final event of the series, in Class C. Under Kirby's command Runaway also won the 1980 Block Island Week in class and sailed on the Canadian team in the 1981 Admiral's Cup in England, finishing 9th out of the 39 boats from 13 countries.

The IOR was run by the ITC, or International Technical Committee, of the Offshore Racing Congress, chaired between 1979 and 1987 by the late Gary Mull of San Francisco .. As with all published handicapping formulae, there was an ongoing game between the designers finding ways of designing boats that took advantage of shortcomings in the measurement system and handicapping formulae, and the rule makers closing the loopholes to ensure fair racing and a reasonable competitive life for the boats.

: See also: Aston Martin Racing, List of Formula One constructors

He also raced a No. 3 sponsored by Wrangler on July 2, 2010 for Richard Childress Racing at Daytona.

Multiple fuel Evinrude and Mercury Racing engines also burn kerosene, as well as jet fuel.

Miller Park also features another fan favorite, Klement ’ s Racing Sausages, in a race of five costumed mascots, held before the bottom of the sixth inning.

Racing thoughts also interfere with the ability to fall asleep.

It also oversees NASCAR Local Racing, the Whelen Modified Tour, the Whelen All-American Series, and the NASCAR iRacing. com Series.

It has also been announced that both Nights and Reala will be playable characters in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

The smaller Formula Two Stock Car Racing, previously known as " The Juniors " or " Junior Stock Cars ", is also very popular.

He also announced that he was licencing the Minardi name to established team GP Racing in the junior Euro Formula 3000 series, to be entitled ' Minardi Team by GP Racing '.

Mikuni also made Automotive Racing Carburetors for Japanese, British and European cars.

Bill Freeman was also Sports Car Club of America ’ s Southern Pacific National Champion during the Newman Freeman Racing period.

He was also a partner in the Atlantic Championship team Newman Wachs Racing.

Racing can also be done in more humoristic and entertaining ways such as the Sausage Race and the Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix.

From 2013, Nissan will provide a third manufacturer, providing a V8 Altima sedan to Kelly Racing .. From 2013 also Mercedes-Benz will provide a fourth manufacturer, providing an E-class based sedan to be engineered by Stone Brothers Racing.

* The Hispania Racing F1 Team is also based in Murcia, and receives sponsorship from the tourist board

He also received a gold medal from the Organized Bodies of American Racing Pigeon Fanciers in recognition of his extraordinary service during World War I.

Should that horse have also won the Kentucky Derby, speculation and excitement immediately begin to mount as to whether that horse will go on to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing at the Belmont Stakes in June.

Racing skates, also known as speed skates, have long blades and are used for speed skating.

Villeneuve also had two starts in the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, both for Braun Racing, with his best performance starting 6th and finishing 4th at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, again under wet conditions and the second time rain tires were used in a NASCAR event.

* Amon ( Formula One team ), also known as Chris Amon Racing

More recently, the online subscription-based simulation iRacing, also designed by Kaemmer and built on the NASCAR Racing 2003 Season code base.

It is also regarded as the " Cathedral of Motorcycle Racing.

A common misconception is that Richard Childress Racing " owns the rights " to the No. 3 in NASCAR competition ( fueled by the fact that Kevin Harvick's car has a little No. 3 as an homage to Earnhardt and the usage of the No. 3 on the Camping World Series truck of Ty Dillon ), but in fact no team owns the rights to this or any other number: However, according to established NASCAR procedures, RCR would have priority over other teams if and when the time came to reuse the number.

Racing Siberians tend to have more leg to enable them more reach when running.

When depicted in movies and cartoons, zebras are most often miscellaneous characters, but have had some starring roles, notably in Madagascar and Racing Stripes.

Mercury Marine, Mercury Racing, Tohatsu Outboards, Nissan Marine, Honda Marine, Suzuki Marine, and Yamaha Marine, China Oshen-Hyfong marine have all developed new four-stroke engines.

The drinks manufacturer Red Bull, which already owned another Formula One team, Red Bull Racing, decided to set up a second team to promote American drivers that have risen through its young driver programme, Red Bull Driver Search.

Presently known as the Kumho V8 Touring Car Series this series runs on the programme of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships, V8 Supercar Australia have no involvement in the running of this series and race cars have to be de-registerred from involvement in the Fujitsu Series prior to being run in this series.

However, two Daily Racing Form clockers claimed the time was 1: 53, which would have broken the track record ( 1: 54 by Cañonero II ).

These large scale models have been popular in Europe for over a decade and have recently become very popular in the US thanks to companies like HPI Racing producing affordable high quality models locally.

Several major movies have been filmed at and around Fort Bragg, including " The Majestic ", " Racing with the moon ",

Many movies have been filmed in and around Mendocino and Mendocino County, including Dying Young, The Russians Are Coming ; Overboard ( actually filmed in Fort Bragg ); The Dunwich Horror ; The Karate Kid, Part III ; Dead & Buried ; Forever Young ; Same Time Next Year ; Racing with the Moon ( partially filmed in Fort Bragg ); Pontiac Moon ; and The Majestic ( also partially filmed in Fort Bragg ).

Racing dinghies usually have a daggerboard or centreboard to better sail upwind.

Signs at the town's outskirts have the text ' Birthplace of British Motor Racing ' appended below the town's name.

Racing fuels, avgas, liquefied petroleum gas ( LPG ), and alcohol fuels such as methanol may have octane ratings of 110 or significantly higher.

Racing paddles also have special designs.

Racing games have typically been at the forefront of threading with the physics engine running in a separate thread long before other core subsystems were moved, partly because rendering and related tasks need updating at only 30 – 60 Hz.

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is an infamous example of a game which either has a failing collision detection system or does not even have one.

Within Formula One, two teams have had their base of operations in Banbury, the former Simtek team which competed in the 1994 and 1995 F1 World Championships was based on the Wildmere Industrial Estate, whilst the current Virgin Racing team has it's manufacturing and production facility sited on Thorpe Way Industrial Estate, utilising the building formerly owned by Ascari Cars, a luxury sports car manufacturer.

Both Simtek and Virgin Racing have been brought to Banbury by Nick Wirth, who owned the Simtek team and was the former Technical Director at Virgin.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed will have a racetrack that also takes place in Seaside Hill.

IDBF member associations or federations have been established in 62 countries or territories, since 1991 ( e. g. China DBA, Hong Kong DBA, Chinese Taipei DBA, Macau DBA, Singapore DBA, Australian DBF, United States DBF, Dragon Boat Canada, British DB Racing Association, Italian DBF, German DBA, Swiss DBA, South African DBA, Danish DBA, Chilean DBF, Uganda DBF, Trinidad & Tobago DBA ) as well as many others and there are a further 15 other Countries known to the IDBF, with a developing interest in Dragon Boating.