TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Racing from the Start 5 CHAPTER 2 Fast and Faster 11 CHAPTER 3 The Ford GT 19 THAT'S AWESOME The Ferrari SF70H 22 CHAPTER 4 Build a Race Car 25 Focus on Building Race Cars 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
CHAPTER 1 RACING FROM THE START The first gasoline powered automobile was built around 1885 Ten years later in 1895 Émile Levassor became the first car racing champion The course was more than 700 miles 1 127 km across France Levassor averaged only 15 miles per hour 24 km h And he finished in just under 49 hours The first race cars were no match for those of today
