response: Well, actually, a lot of the initial events were trials to prove that they were practical for transportation.
original_response: Yeah it would be strange ! Many of the earliest events were effectively trials
history: I like to study, collect and race cars in my free time. Cool, so you participate in motor racing or automobile racing as it is known. Yeah, it's really fun. Do you happen to know when racing with vehicles started? Not sure when it started, but the first recorded race was held in 1867. That's so cool. I guess that's just our competitive spirit. Yeah, since after the invention of automobiles, different races were organized. Do you happen to know if they were racing for trophies and prizes all the way back then?
knowledge: Many of the earliest events were effectively reliability trials, aimed at proving these new machines were a practical mode of transport, but soon became an important way for competing makers to demonstrate their machines.