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Pickup Truck Racing is an auto racing series, running in the United Kingdom, including races on both road courses and ovals. It is currently the only racing series that races on the Oval Circuit at Rockingham Motor Speedway. ==History== Launched in 1997 by Sonny Howard, the Pickup Truck Racing series, intended to bring the American pickup truck culture to Europe,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What are Pickups? : History )〕 is for purpose built racing specials. They have a tubular space frame chassis, are powered by a 2 litre multi-valve twin-cam engine and weigh . The race trucks are designed to place an emphasis on driver ability. In 2001 the Pickup series became the main support for the Rockingham-based oval SCSA (then called ASCAR) racing series. At this time the Pickups were right hand drive in configuration and as such not permitted to race on the anti-clockwise 1.5-mile speedway. An 'oval' course was created to allow the drivers to compete. For the 2003 season the Pickups were converted to left hand drive and finally allowed onto the oval track, as can be seen. Pickup Truck Racing is unique in 'big' oval racing, in that unlike e.g. NASCAR the trucks have rain tyres, wipers and rear safety lights, and will race on the ovals in the wet. Speeds are about 18 mph slower than when racing in fully dry conditions. Pickup Truck Racing is also the only racing series in the UK for which no race-by-race entry fees are charged. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pickup Truck Racing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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