The SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge racing series, run by the Sports Car Club of America, and the International Motor Sports Association, respectively, utilize modified production-based cars, sports cars, and touring cars, similar in spirit to the original Trans-Am racers.
Submarines, Inc. & Associated Firms. U.S. Submarines, Inc. founded in 1993. The company developed the concept of. the personal luxury submarine and has also designed deep submersibles for. marine science research, diesel electric submarines, tourist submarines with both. steel and transparent acrylic pressure hulls; military patrol and surveillance.
Submarines were first built by Dutch inventor Cornelius van Drebel in the early 17th century, but it was not until 150 years later that they were first used in naval combat. David Bushnell, an American inventor, began building underwater mines while a student at Yale University.