iBilib: How did car racing become so popular?

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00:00Ready, set, go!

00:02Wow!

00:04Oh, it's yellow!

00:06Nice one, Kuya Chris!

00:08Wow, it's exciting to race a car.

00:12Yes, imagine if it's a real car that's racing.

00:16Yes, Kuya Chris, I'm really curious.

00:18Kuya Chris, how is the racing of cars popular?

00:22Good question, Ate Shia.

00:23And that's the first question we'll answer this morning.

00:25Let's go.

00:27Let me test your knowledge in sports, iBelievers.

00:32Janet Guthrie was an aerospace engineer before she became an athlete.

00:36Do you know what her sport is?

00:40The answer is automobile racing.

00:44Janet Guthrie was the first woman to qualify for the Indy 500.

00:48Good job!

00:50And the question we'll answer about race car driving.

00:55When the car was first invented, there was already car racing.

01:01The first race took place in England in 1867.

01:05Steam-powered vehicles were used back then and the racetrack was only eight miles long.

01:12In the U.S., the first car race took place in 1895.

01:16It was a 54-mile loop around Chicago.

01:20It took almost eight hours to reach the finish line.

01:23And the fastest car ran for almost seven miles per hour.

01:27Unbelievable.

01:30It was talked about.

01:31Trending!

01:33That's why many were excited about car racing.

01:38In 1903, car racing became popular in Milwaukee Mile, the oldest operating raceway in the U.S.

01:45Wow!

01:49At first, only ordinary cars were racing.

01:54But in the 1930s, lightweights with supercharged engines and only one driver became popular in Europe.

02:06Meanwhile, in the U.S., cars were also upgraded.

02:10Not only for racing, but also for the illegal sale of alcohol.

02:15Really?

02:16Between 1920 and 1933, alcohol was prohibited in the U.S.

02:21But even then, there were some who secretly sold alcohol.

02:26And they were known as bootleggers.

02:32To escape the police, they used small cars.

02:36These cars were built to be faster and not to be chased by the police.

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