Turning corners in a car takes longer, and all of the cars wouldn't go as smoothly because you need to slow down some to turn a corner. Since racetracks are ovals the drivers just need to turn, which you don't really need to slow down for.
They threatened to imprison him as well as kill him for going against the beliefs of the church
It is a court case that is studied because it has legal and historical importance.
Hawaii is very similar to Southeast Asia. I lived in Okinawa, Japan, actually, and the Ryukyu islands are very similar to the Hawaiian islands in the Pacific.
US government has a limited power because it cannot do certain things, and specifically it is not allowed to breach certain individual freedoms: so it can be said that the motivation for a limited government is to protect individual freedoms.
See for example the text of the first amendment:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" - this limits the power of the government so that people have a freedom to practice their religion.