Renault Clio Gordini featuring the classic style of go-faster stripes.

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Racing cars of the 1950s and 1960s often had stripes applied to the paintwork to give them a distinctive appearance on the track - it made them easier to identify for spectators and commentators, and this later evolved into the corporate sponsorship colour schemes still seen. In some cases, the stripes were applied asymmetrically and were used to identify on which side of the racecar the driver was situated. Applying similar stripes to street cars was done to give them the appearance of these racing cars, and by association, that the cars themselves had been modified for extra speed, whether or not they really had been. It can be seen as a mild form of car customisation. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... A stripe may be one of a pattern of areas created by a family of parallel lines, as on the flag of the United States, also known as the stars and stripes in a candy-stripe pattern, on a diagonal and twisted round a cylinder, as for a candy cane... A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been modified to improve its performance by altering or replacing the engine and transmission and to make it look like no other car on the road. ...

A typical form of the 'classic' go-faster stripe is a pair of parallel stripes in a contrasting colour to the main bodywork which is fixed to the bonnet, roof and boot in a continuous run (with breaks for the windscreen and rear window). Other arrangements such as side stripes and stripes which form a loop across the bonnet or boot and along the sides are also frequently seen. The illusion of a racing car is continued by the application in some cases of competition number panels on the doors, bonnet, etc. The use of twin parallel striping was first applied by Briggs Cunningham's Cunningham team in 1952 and the Cunningham tradition was revived by Carroll Shelby's Cobra. In many sports, a competition number is used to identify competitors taking part. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... In sailing, a cunningham or cunninghams eye is a type of downhaul used on a Bermuda rigged sailboat to change the shape of a sail. ... Carroll Hall Shelby, (born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas) is an American racing and automotive design legend. ... 427 A/C Shelby America CSX 4109 Cobra Signature Series #3 of 4 Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Shelby Cobra Shelby Cobra redirects here. ...

Car manufacturers soon jumped on the bandwagon, and some "sportier" models of a manufacturer's range often featured stripes out of the factory. Therefore it soon became common in the 1960s and early 1970s for both race and road cars. The trend continues though striping has tended to become more subtle. Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s - 110s 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Note: Sometimes the 60s is used as shorthand for the 1960s, the 1860s, or other such decades in various centuries... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s - 110s - 120s 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 Note: Sometimes the 70s is used as shorthand for the 1970s, the 1870s, or other such decades in other centuries...

Go-faster stripes are popular with boy racers. Recently the twin parallel striping was used on the Dodge Viper, starting a revival in Europe. They are sometimes referred to as Viper Stripes as a result, though the more generic American racing stripes is also used. In North America, owners of performance sport compact cars or Ricers as they are called, use a thinner and sometimes single version of the classic striping on one side of the car similar that of the Renault Clio Gordini (pictured above). A Boy racer is a person- usually male and in their late teens or early 20s- who drives his car over the speed limit for fun. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... The term rice burner refers to automobiles that have the appearance of high performance but possibly with little or no functional mechanical modifications. ...