Poster/History of DIRT Motorsports racing

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for color theory, I just thought it was kinda neat

It was altered in photoshop just a bit

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What - Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. The track surface may be composed of any soil, but most racers prefer a track with a clay base. The track operators usually try to keep the surface tacky and may sprinkle water on it if it begins to dry. Some operators build flat ovals, but many are highly banked. A tacky track usually provides a lot of close racing while a dry track is slick and provides single file racing.
Northeast- Many long-time race enthusiasts felt that an end to an era had come when Langhorne (Pa.) Speedway closed for the final time after the 1971 Race of Champions. Just a half-dozen years earlier another era had quietly passed by when the Langhorne one-mile oval was paved. Since its beginning in 1951 the RoC had evolved into the biggest year-end extravaganza for Modified teams and their loyal supporters. When the asphalt arrived in 1965 it seemed to once and for all end the great years of major league dirt track racing in the Northeast.
Enter Glenn Donnelly. The fledgling track owner announced the first Schaefer 100 (today’s Rite Aid 200) at the New York State Fairgrounds in 1972 and a brand new era in dirt racing was begun. To promote the inaugural 'World Series of Dirt Track Racing' event at the historic Syracuse Mile he devised a series of qualifying races to guarantee starting berths for the autumn event. Today the same tour is recognized in motorsports arenas everywhere as the Super DIRTcar Series, yet it now runs from spring to fall and determines the best Big-Block Modified team in the Northeast.
While the Series' has naturally grown in proportion to increased point fund dollars, television and internet coverage, such a high degree of corporate response and national notoriety were never the intention. The original idea centered around having the best drivers from the best tracks meet for one final showdown at Syracuse. It was never designed to have drivers follow an entire series loyally.
As the years rolled on company money was secured to keep the qualifying trail alive and help it generate an identity of its own. While a Syracuse trophy still remained the top prize in DIRTcar Racing, the prestige of capturing the Super DIRTcar Series became just as evident to competing teams. Today, lucrative purses and ‘live’ webcast schedule have made it one of the most recognized series of its kind in the country.

The Modified stock car is auto racing's oldest organized form. When stock car racing replaced midgets as America's most popular short track racing following World War II, it was the Modifieds which were the essence of the sport.

The first major stock car racing sanctioning body was the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. And when NASCAR started business in 1948, it sanctioned only one class of cars: Modifieds. Sportsman, Grand National (now Cup) and late model divisions all came later.

In this early era, the word "modified" was a reference to engine specifications. Modified racers were allowed to modify their motors by boring cylinder walls and using oversized pistons. This was contrasted by the sportsman car which had basically a stock engine. Because of the boring, modified motors had a larger cubic inch displacement than their sportsman counterparts. Although both classes of car have evolved dramatically from their WWII infancy, the names modified and sportsman still remain with us in racing today. And the names are still symbolic of the 1940s stockers; meaning a modified is generally a powerful race car and a sportsman type is a smaller engine race car.

A typical 1940-50s modified was generally a stock automobile, with glass removed, a rollcage installed, and a souped up motor. Hence the division's name: Modified Stock Car.

When - It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types of racecars predominated—open wheel racers in the Northeast and West and stock cars in the South. While open wheel racecars are purpose-built racing vehicles, stock cars (also known as fendered cars) can be either purpose-built racecars or street vehicles that have been modified to varying degrees.

Where - Dirt track racing is the single most common form of auto racing in the United States. There are hundreds of local and regional racetracks throughout the nation: some estimates range as high as 1500. The sport is popular in Australia and Canada also


How - Nearly all tracks are oval and less than 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) in length with most being ½ mile (804 m) or less. The most common increments in the U.S. are ½ mile, ⅜ mile (603 m), ⅓ mile (536 m), ¼ mile (402 m), and ⅛ mile (201 m). With the longer tracks, the racecars achieve higher speeds and the interval between cars increases. This decreases the chance of crashes but increases the damage and chance of injury when cars do crash.

This cover was made to direct the eye to the "This is Your College". The original critique was that it had become to busy (the blue design). The other with arrows was weak and looked incomplete. I might consider changing the photos perhaps more active.

I like this better, the images are clear and upbeat. They give direction. The emphasis is "This is your college" The color helps to pop the images. It keeps the simplicity of the original image without being boring or lacking.

What is wrong with this? I took a little direction with this and i kinda of like it.