Some of the best racing stories do not begin in a conventional paddock. They begin beside a hydroplane on the Ohio River, in a hangar at Roswell, beside a stand-up ski at Lake Havasu, in a heated snowmobile trailer at Eagle River, in the Figure 8 pits on the east side of Indianapolis, or on the salt at Bonneville.

This is the merchandise marketplace for those corners of motorsports.

Shop racing shirts, hats, hoodies, jackets, teamwear and fan apparel connected to alternative motorized competition with a human driver, rider or pilot. That can include air racing and STOL, offshore powerboats and hydroplanes, PWC and jet ski racing, snowmobile and snocross, Figure 8 and demolition derby, swamp buggy and mud racing, lawn mower racing, hill climb, land speed, big-rig racing and selected monster truck teams and events.

Shop the Racing You Actually Follow

Other Racing is intentionally broad because the people in these disciplines do not all speak the same language or race in the same environment.

A hydroplane fan may be looking for a team shirt from a summer regatta. A PWC family may want rider apparel after a weekend at Lake Havasu. A snocross racer may sell hoodies to help fund the next trip north. A Figure 8 driver may have shirts printed for the World Figure 8 weekend at Indianapolis Speedrome. A land-speed team can turn a record attempt at Bonneville into shirts and hats that help tell the story long after the salt is washed off the trailer.

Listings may include:

• Racing T-shirts and long-sleeve shirts
• Team and driver shirts
• Pilot and air-racing apparel
• Boat-racing and hydroplane teamwear
• PWC and jet ski racing shirts
• Snocross and snowmobile racing hoodies
• Figure 8 and demolition derby apparel
• Swamp buggy, mud racing and mega-truck shirts
• Hill-climb and land-speed racing apparel
• Lawn mower racing shirts and hats
• Big-rig racing apparel
• Monster truck team and event merchandise
• Jackets, hoodies and sweatshirts
• Hats, caps and beanies
• Polos and crew-style shirts
• Women's, youth and children's apparel
• Event, track, regatta and race-weekend merchandise

From Roswell to Havasu, Bonneville to the Speedrome

The appeal of this family is the variety.

The National Championship Air Races now compete at Roswell Air Center, where seven classes range from Unlimited and Sport to Jet, T-6, Formula 1, Biplane and STOL Drag. Marine racing stretches from APBA offshore events at Atlantic City, Michigan City, Clearwater, Englewood and Key West to H1 Unlimited weekends in Madison, the Tri-Cities, Seattle and San Diego. PWC racing brings stand-up skis and runabouts together at events such as the IJSBA World Finals in Lake Havasu City.

Winter has its own culture. Snocross teams race Pro, Pro Lite, Pro AM Women, Sport and youth classes, while oval and vintage snowmobile racers build their own communities around events such as Eagle River and Valcourt. Figure 8 racing has its own heroes, families and traditions at Indianapolis Speedrome, including the three-hour World Figure 8 endurance race. Land-speed racers chase numbers at Bonneville and El Mirage, while lawn mower racers can spend a summer night fighting for inches on equipment that started life with an entirely different job.

Those differences should show up in the merchandise. A generic racing shirt is one thing. A shirt that means something to a driver, team, pilot, rider, hometown track or racing family is another.

Buying Alternative Motorsports Apparel