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Methods In
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Research
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Submitted by: Areeba Mehboob, Noor-e-Hira,

Ismail Akber, Dr Bilal and Samra Afaq

Submitted To: Sir Kamil Yousaf

Submission Date: 27-9-09

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 Hypothesis:
“Racers Dream-A Huge Race Track
should be built in Pakistan”

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INTRODUCTION

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Brief history of Race Tracks

• Hippodromes of the Ancient Greeks and the
circuses of the Roman Empire

• The stadium of the Circus Maximus in Rome, Italy,

is an example that could hold 200,000 spectators.

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History of Race Track

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• In 1780 the Earl of Derby created a horse-racing course

on his estate at Epsom; the English Derby continues to
be held there today.
• In the late 19th/early 20th century, horse racing courses
and racing began in September, 1896, at Narragansett
Park in Cranston, RI. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway
was opened in August 1909.

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Types of Race Track

• Concrete (motorsport)
• Asphalt (motorsport, athletics)
• Grass (horses, amateur motorsport)
• Dirt (automobiles, motorbike (track racing), stock car, horses, greyhound)
• Sand (horse, camel, greyhound)
• Wood (cycling) (board track racing)
• Ice (Ice racing - when on dirt tracks, Bobsleigh, speed skating).

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• Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially

referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest
class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de
l'Automobile (FIA).
• The following teams are signed with Formula One Management and make up
the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA):
• Ferrari
• McLaren-Mercedes
• BMW Sauber
• Renault
• Toyota
• Toro Rosso-Ferrari
• Red Bull-Renault
• Force India-Mercedes
• Brawn-Mercedes

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Pakistan’s participation in
International Car Racing
• Pakistan has made its mark in the elite World Cup
of Motor Sports by taking part in the A1 Grand
Prix. Nearly 80 per cent of the total population
around the globe had watched the event.

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Illegal Street racing in

Pakistan
• In Karachi ( Devil’s point, North nazimabad etc)
• Sometimes races are held in other areas like
Gulshan-e-iqbal &
Gulistan-e-Johar

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Illegal Street racing in

Islamabad

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3 Pictures Of 2Street racing In 1
Karachi

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Methodology

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• Sample Size: 300 Respondents

• Demographic Chosen for Racers:
• Age: 16 to 35
• Occupation: Student, working individuals, business owners
(Real estate, car dealers etc).
• Demographic chosen for Viewers:
• Age: 13 and above
• Status: Upper middle class and upper class
• Income: Above 60 thousand
• Questionnaire Design: The questionnaire consists of 25
closed ended questions to get accurate responses.

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Questionnaire
Analysis

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Q.1Are You Aware of Racing?

9%

YES
NO
91%

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Q.2Have You Ever Visited a

Race Track?

40%
YES
NO
60%

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Q.3 Do you Street Race often?

48% YES
52%
NO

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Q.4 Is racing dangerous for you

rather than entertaining?

44% YES
56% NO

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Q.5 Do you agree that racing

should be made legal?
29%

YES
NO

71%

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Q6.Do you think that security

concerned would be breached while
building a race track here?

37%
YES
NO
63%

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Q.7 Do you think that the government of Pakistan

has a major role in assisting the idea of a race
track?

46% YES
54% NO

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Q8.Is car racing feasible with safety

riding concept in Pakistan?

38%
YES
NO
62%

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Q.9. Do you think car racing movies and games have

helped increase more passion of racing in youngsters?
12%

YES
NO

88%

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Q10. Do you think grooming a child from the age

of 10 to 11 years is necessary to make the perfect
level of racers?

YES
49% 51%
NO

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Q11.If we start now it would take 3 to 4 years at

national level to built the race track, do you agree?/
Do you think building a race track would be possible in
the proceeding years?
25%

YES
NO

75%

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Q12. A responsible driver now can be a

responsible racer tomorrow, do you agree?

42%
YES
58% NO

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Q13.Gambling is quite common in racing

which is forbidden in Islam, do you think it will
be against the laws prescribed by Islam?

34%
YES
NO
66%

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Q14.Do you think racing

portrays your status symbol?
37%
YES
NO
63%

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Q15.Do you think teenagers of today have more

passion for racing rather than the previous
generation?
16%

YES
NO

84%

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Q16.Do you believe that it will be an opportunity

for youth to utilize their talent in racing?
17%

YES
NO

83%

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Q17.The existence of race track in our country will not

only attract foreign attention but will also boost sports
activities in our country. Do you agree?
18%

YES
NO

82%

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Q18.If youngsters are provided a proper platform

for racing then it will definitely discourage street
racing?
33%
YES
NO
67%

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Q.19. Do you think we have enough

money and talent in Pakistan to
harness a club racing series?
34%
YES
NO
66%

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Q20. Pakistan will host race events in future and will be

able to compete with other countries on international level,
do you agree?
31%
YES
NO
69%

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Q21.Race track will have a positive

impact on our economy, do you
agree?
32%
YES
NO
68%

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Q22. Do you think investing in race track is a wiser

decision rather than investing on infra structure of
the country?

42% YES
58% NO

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Q.23.Do you think that racers can make

a career out of this opportunity?
25%

YES
NO

75%

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Q24.If proper race track are made in

Pakistan would you be interested in
racing?
24%

YES
NO

76%

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Conclusion

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From the analysis we can conclude that if a race track is built in

Pakistan it will boost up our economy, create career
opportunities for racer, reduce illegal street racing to a certain
extent, promote sports activities in Pakistan, and portray a
good image for the country on international level. Hence we
can say that our hypothesis is true that
“Racer’s-Dream-A huge race track should be built in Pakistan”

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Th@nKyOu!

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