Soon after the invention of the automobile, in the 1880’s people in Europe would hold races or what they called back then an endurance test. From Paris, to Bordeaux in France back and for averaging a speed of about 10.2 mph. Back in the United States early organized racing events began with a race from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois the day of Thanksgiving back in 1895. By the 1900’s many races were conducted from town to town. Some of which had to be stopped because of the number of rising accidents on public roads. One of the most amazing things about early racing that is still common today is most of the time manufactures were racing prototype models Europe and the United States of production models coming later that year. Another cool thing they would do is take already existing cars and strip then down for weight reduction, upgrade fuel tanks and add on race tires for extra grip. Racing automobiles has been around since its early inventions and without it we would not have some of the inventions we have in our cars now. Racing is something commonly shared around the world and it brings many different types of people together for generations, bringing new ideas and new inventions without early race cars I don’t know where cars would be today.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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