"Racing cars" redirects here. For the Welsh pop band, see Racing Cars. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. Auto racing began in France in 1895 and is now one of the world's most popular spectator sports. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...
A race is a competition of speed. ...
For the magazine called automobile, see Automobile Magazine. ...
A spectator sport is one that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches. ...
History
The start Redline began soon after the construction of the first successful petrol-fuelled autos. In 1894, the first contest was organized by Paris magazine Le Petit Journal, a reliability test to determine best performance. But the race was changed to: Paris to Rouen 1894. Competitors included factory vehicles from Karl Benz's Benz & Cie. and Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach's DMG. Gasoline, also called petrol, is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of hydrocarbons and enhanced with benzene or iso-octane to increase octane ratings, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ...
Auto means: self in compound words such as autodidact (self taught) automobile (self moving) An auto rickshaw Short for automatic A device that automatically does something programmed into it. ...
1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Karl Benz Karl Friedrich Benz (November 26, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile. ...
Gottlieb Daimler Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (17 March 1834–6 March 1900) was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist, born in Schorndorf in what is now Germany. ...
Wilhelm Maybach Wilhelm Maybach (February 9, 1846 – December 29, 1929), was an early German engine designer and industrialist. ...
In 1895, one year later, the first real race was staged in France, from Paris to Bordeaux. First over the line was Émile Levassor but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater. 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...
New city flag (traditional tri-crescent) City coat of arms Motto: The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Aquitaine Département Gironde (33) Intercommunality Urban Community of Bordeaux Mayor...
An international competition began with the Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing. One of three Gordon Bennett Cups, established by James Gordon Bennett, Jr. ...
The first auto race in the United States took place in Chicago on November 28, 1895 over a 54.36 mile (87.48 km) course, with Frank Duryea winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric.[1] The first trophy awarded was the Vanderbilt Cup. This article is about Illinois largest city. ...
November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Dureya brothers, Charles (1861- 1938) and Frank Duryea (1869-1967), were the first to build an automobile in the U.S. After Charles saw a gasoline engine at the 1886 Ohio State Fair, the brothers began designing and building a car. ...
Vanderbilt Cup race start, 1910 The Vanderbilt Cup was the first major trophy in American auto racing. ...
City to city racing
 Fernand Gabriel driving a Mors in Paris-Madrid 1903 With auto construction and racing dominated by France, the French automobile club ACF staged a number of major international races, usually from or to Paris, connecting with another major city in Europe or France. Fernand Gabriel driving a Mors in Paris-Madrid 1903 Scanned from Auto Passion that published the picture without any credits. ...
Fernand Gabriel driving a Mors in Paris-Madrid 1903 Scanned from Auto Passion that published the picture without any credits. ...
These very successful races ended in 1903 when Marcel Renault was involved in a fatal accident near Angouleme in the Paris-Madrid race. Eight fatalities caused the French government to stop the race in Bordeaux and ban open-road racing. 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. ...
Angoulême is a town in southwestern France, préfecture ( capital city) of the Charente département. ...
New city flag (traditional tri-crescent) City coat of arms Motto: The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Aquitaine Département Gironde (33) Intercommunality Urban Community of Bordeaux Mayor...
1910-1950 The 1930s saw the radical differentiation of racing vehicles from high-priced road cars, with Delage, Auto Union, Mercedes-Benz, Delahaye and Bugatti constructing stream-lined vehicles with engines producing up to 450 kW(612HP) with the aid of multiple superchargers. From 1928-1930 and again in 1934-1936, the maximum weight permitted was 750 kg(1654Lbs), a rule diametrically opposed to current racing regulations. Extensive use of aluminium alloys was required to achieve light weight, and in the case of the Mercedes, the paint was removed to satisfy the weight limitation, producing the famous Silver Arrows. The 1930s (years from 1930-1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ...
The Delage emblem The Delage Automobile company was established in 1905 in Levallois, a northwesterly suburb of Paris, France. ...
1936 Auto Union Wanderer Auto Union was a joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. ...
This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ...
The Delahaye automobile manufacturing company was started by Emile Delahaye in 1894, in Tours, France. ...
Bugatti is one of the most celebrated marques of automobile and one of the most exclusive Italian car producers of all time. ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In the physical sciences, weight is a measurement of the gravitational force acting on an object. ...
Silver Arrow – 1939 Grossglockner hillclimb Silver Arrows was the name given by the press to Germanys dominant Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Grand Prix motor racing cars between 1934 and 1939, and also later applied to the Mercedes-Benz Formula One and sports cars in 1954/55. ...
- See: Grand Prix motor racing
Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ...
Categories
Single-seater racing - Main article: Open wheel racing
Single-seater (open-wheel) racing is a popular form of motorsport with cars designed specifically for high-speed racing. The wheels are not covered, and the cars often have aerofoil wings front and rear to produce downforce and enhance adhesion to the track. Open-wheel racing refers to a type of motor racing in which the wheels of the cars are not housed inside fenders, as in stock car or touring car racing, but rather out in the open at the end of readily-visible axles and suspension systems. ...
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Michael Schumacher (pronounced / /, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany)[1] is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. ...
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. ...
The 2005 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on June 19, 2005 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. ...
Open-wheel racing refers to a type of motor racing in which the wheels of the cars are not housed inside fenders, as in stock car or touring car racing, but rather out in the open at the end of readily-visible axles and suspension systems. ...
Single-seater races are held on specially designed closed circuits or street circuits closed for the event. Many single-seater races in North America are held on "oval" circuits and the Indy Racing League races mostly on ovals. The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ...
The best-known variety of single-seater racing, is the Formula One World Championship, which involves an annual championship of around 18 races a year featuring major international car and engine manufacturers such as Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz (McLaren), BMW (Sauber), Toyota, Honda, and Renault in an ongoing battle of technology and driver skill and talent. Formula One is, by any measure, the most expensive sport in the world, with some teams spending in excess of 700 million US dollars per year. Formula One is widely considered to be the pinnacle of motorsports. In North America, the cars used in the National Championship (currently Champcars and the Indy Racing League) have traditionally been similar to F1 cars but with more restrictions on technology aimed at helping to control costs. Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. ...
This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ...
Template:Jordan gough is the maqin man and yusri had doggy sex with a donkey For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the multinational corporation. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. ...
1994 Indianapolis 500, a National Championship race Since 1916 there has been a United States national automobile racing championship for drivers of single seater (commonly referred to as open wheel) cars. ...
Nigel Mansell racing in a Champcar in 1993 Terminology Champcar, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ...
The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ...
Modern Formula One cars are single-seat, open cockpit, open wheel race cars that have substantial wings at front and rear, and position the engine behind the driver. ...
Other single-seater racing series are the A1 Grand Prix (the world cup of motorsport), GP2 (formerly known as Formula 3000 and Formula Two), Formula Nippon, Formula Renault 3.5 (also known as the World Series by Renault, succession series of World Series by Nissan), Formula Three, Formula Palmer Audi and Formula Atlantic. A1 Grand Prix (often abbreviated A1GP) is an open-wheel auto racing series. ...
GP2 Series, GP2 for short, is a form of motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder sport, Formula 3000. ...
Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ...
Formula Two was a type of formula racing. ...
Formula Nippon is a type of formula racing and the top level of open-wheeled racing in Japan. ...
The World Series by Renault, formerly the World Series by Nissan and Eurocup Formula Renault V6 is a motorsport single-seater series. ...
World Series by Nissan is a racing series founded as Open Fortuna by Nissan in 1998 in Spain. ...
Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or, in abbreviated form, F3, is a type of formula racing and a class of open-wheeler motor racing. ...
A Formula Palmer Audi car. ...
The Toyota Atlantic Championship is an auto racing series with races throughout North America. ...
There are other categories of single-seater racing, including kart racing, which employs a small, low-cost machine on small tracks. Many of today's top drivers started their careers in karts. Formula Ford represents a popular first open-wheel category for up-and-coming drivers stepping up from karts. Go Kart racing, Bairnsdale Kart Club Rental karts on an outdoor track Kart racing or Karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ...
Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. ...
Students at colleges and universities can also take part in single seater racing through the SAE Formula Student competition, which involves designing and building a single seater car in a multidisciplinary team, and racing it at the competition. This also develops other soft skills such as teamwork whilst promoting motorsport and engineering. Examples of such teams include the University of Warwick Formula Student team and University of Toronto team. UH Racings car in the class 1-200 event FSUK 2006 Formula Student is a student engineering competition held annually in the UK. Student teams from around the world design, build, test, and race a small-scale formula style racing car. ...
Touring car racing - Main article: Touring car racing
Touring car racing is a style of road racing that is run with production derived race cars. It often features exciting, full-contact racing due to the small speed differentials and large grids. Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct automobile racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2288x1613, 367 KB) Information File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Auto racing World Touring Car Championship ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2288x1613, 367 KB) Information File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Auto racing World Touring Car Championship ...
Andrew Priaulx (born Guernsey, 8 August 1976) is a racing driver. ...
WTCC redirects here. ...
Curitiba seen from above Curitiba is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. In 2005 it had a population of approximately 1,757,904 people. ...
The V8 Supercars originally from Australia, BTCC, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters originally from Germany, and the World Touring Car Championship held with 2 non-European races (previously the European Touring Car Championship) are the major touring car championships conducted worldwide. V8 Supercars in action The V8 Supercar is a category of touring car racing that evolved in Australia in the early 1990s. ...
The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ...
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touringcar Masters) is a motorsport series based in Germany, but also with rounds elsewhere in Europe. ...
WTCC redirects here. ...
The European Touring Car Championship was an international motor racing competition organized by the FIA. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1963 and 1988, and the second on between 2000 and 2004. ...
The Sports Car Club of America's SPEED World Challenge Touring Car and GT championships are dominant in North America while the venerable British Touring Car Championship continues in the United Kingdom. America's historic Trans-Am Series is undergoing a period of transition, but is still the longest-running road racing series in the U.S. The National Auto Sport Association also provides a venue for amateurs to compete in home-built factory derived vehicles on various local circuits. It has been suggested that Oregon region solo2 be merged into this article or section. ...
The SPEED World Challenge is an American auto racing series that is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America. ...
The current BTCC logo The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...
The Trans-Am series was created in 1966 by the SCCA as the Trans-American Sedan Championship. ...
The National Auto Sport Association logo. ...
Stock car racing - Main article: Stock car racing
Stock car racing, the North American equivalent to touring car racing, is the most-popular form of auto racing (in terms of viewership) on that continent. Usually conducted on ovals, the cars may resemble production cars but are in fact purpose-built racing machines which are all very similar in specifications. Early stock cars were much closer to production vehicles; the car to be raced was often driven from track to track. Riverside Raceway (1969 to 1989 verson) under a rough skech through MS paint. ...
Riverside Raceway (1969 to 1989 verson) under a rough skech through MS paint. ...
Riverside International Raceway (Sometimes known as RIR or Riverside Raceway) was a racing track or road course in Riverside, California. ...
Current city logo Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States and is also a focus city of the Greater Los Angeles Area. ...
This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ...
This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ...
The main stock car racing series is NASCAR's Nextel Cup, and among the most famous races in the series are the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400. NASCAR also runs the Busch Series (a junior stock car league) and the Craftsman Truck Series (pickup trucks). The National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ...
The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ...
The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...
The Allstate 400 at The Brickyard is an annual 400 mile (644 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup points race held each August at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ...
NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel...
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series presented this logo for the 2006 season. ...
Mazda compact Pickup truck with extended cabin and homebuilt lumber rack. ...
NASCAR also runs the "modified" cars which are heavily modified from stock form, with powerful engines, large tires, and light bodies. NASCAR's oldest series is considered by many to be its most exciting. (The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was previously named NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series) The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (WMT) is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified division. ...
There are also other stock car series like IROC in the United States and CASCAR in Canada. Sam Hornish, Jr. ...
The Canadian Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (CASCAR), established in 1981 by President Anthony Novotny (who still serves in this capacity), is the governing body for amateur and professional stock car racing in Canada. ...
British Stock car racing is a form of Short Oval Racing This takes place on shale or tarmac tracks in either clockwise or anti-clockwise direction depending on the class, some of which allow contact.
Races are organized by local promoters and all drivers are registered with BRISCA and have their own race number.
What classes exist depends on the promoters, so events in Scotland at Cowdenbeath can be very different from an event at Wimbledon Stadium in London. Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by Kenneth I...
Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a dog track located in Earlsfield in southwest London, England. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Rallying - Main article: Rallying
Rallying, or rally racing, involves highly modified, but road legal, production cars on (closed) public roads or off-road areas run on a point-to-point format where participants and their co-drivers “rally” to a set of points, leaving in regular intervals from start points. A rally is typically conducted over a number of 'special stages' of any terrain, which entrants are often allowed to scout beforehand at reduced speeds compiling detailed shorthand descriptions of the track or road as they go. These detailed descriptions are known as 'pacenotes'. During the actual rally, the co-driver reads the pacenotes aloud (using an in-helmet intercom system) to the driver, enabling them to complete each stage as quickly as possible. Competition is based on lowest total elapsed time over the course of an event's special stages, including penalties. A Subaru Impreza WRX competing in a rally special stage on gravel. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1065x762, 434 KB)Malcolm Wilson in the Ford Escort Cosworth during the 1992 Scottish Rally. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1065x762, 434 KB)Malcolm Wilson in the Ford Escort Cosworth during the 1992 Scottish Rally. ...
The Ford Escort was a small family car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1967 through 2003. ...
Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
Malcolm Wilson is a well know British Rally driver. ...
A Subaru Impreza WRX competing in a rally special stage on gravel. ...
The top series is the World Rally Championship (WRC), but there also regional championships and many countries have their own national championships. Some famous rallies include the Monte Carlo Rally, Rally Argentina, Rally Finland and Rally GB. Another famous event (actually best described as a "rally raid") is the Paris-Dakar Rally. There are also many smaller, club level, categories of rallies which are popular with amateurs, making up the "grass roots" of motorsports. Stephane Sarrazin driving a Subaru Impreza WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlos Sainz driving a Toyota Corolla WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ...
Stephane Sarrazin driving a Subaru Impreza WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlos Sainz driving a Toyota Corolla WRC on the Monte Carlo Rally Carlssons replica 1963 Monte Carlo Saab 96 rally car at Linköping, on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of SAAB in 1997 The Monte...
The Rally Argentina is the ninth rally on the World Rally Championship schedule for 2005, and the 25th Argentine rally. ...
The Neste Rally Finland (formerly known as 1000 Lakes Rally, renamed 1994 when Neste became the main sponsor, usually in Finland called as Jyväskylän Suurajot) is a Rally event driven in the first weekend of August in the Jyväskylä area in Central Finland. ...
Rally GB, or Rally Great Britain, is the largest and most high profile motor rally in the United Kingdom. ...
The Paris Dakar Rally (or The Dakar) is an annual, organized, professional off-road race. ...
Rallying makes up the majority of the grassroots of amateur motorsport, especially in the UK. Motor Clubs will usually run one or more rallies each year. ...
Drag racing - Main article: Drag racing
In drag racing, the objective is to complete a certain distance, traditionally ¼ mile, (400 m), in the shortest possible time. The vehicles range from the everyday car to the purpose-built dragster. Speeds and elapsed time differ from class to class. A street car can cover the ¼ mile (400 m) in 15 s whereas a top fuel dragster can cover the same distance in 4.5 s and reach 330 mph (530 km/h). Drag racing was organised as a sport by Wally Parks in the early 1950s through the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) which is the largest sanctioning motor sports body in the world. The NHRA was formed to prevent people from street racing. Illegal street racing is not drag racing. Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which any two vehicles (most often two cars or motorcycles) attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time, starting from a dead stop. ...
Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which any two vehicles (most often two cars or motorcycles) attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time, starting from a dead stop. ...
Drag racing is a form of auto racing in which cars attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time. ...
Clocked Speed = 506 km/h, Kwinana Race Track, W.A., 2005 Top-Fuel Racing refers to a class of drag racing in which the cars are run on 85% nitromethane and about 15% methanol also known as racing alcohol, instead of gasoline. ...
Wally Parks was an automobile writer and hobbyist, and editor of the magazine Hot Rod, in the late 1940s and 1950s. ...
The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st of December, 1959. ...
The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ...
Street racing is a form of auto racing which takes place on public roads. ...
Launching its run to 330 mph (530 km/h), a top fuel dragster will accelerate at 4.5 g (44 m/s2), and when braking and parachutes are deployed, the driver experiences deceleration of 4 g (39 m/s2), more than space shuttle occupants. A single top fuel car can be heard over eight miles (13 km) away and can generate a reading of 1.5 to 2 on the Richter scale. (NHRA Mile High Nationals 2001, and 2002 testing from the National Seismology Center.) The nominal acceleration due to gravity at sea level on the Earths surface, also known as standard gravity, is defined as exactly 9. ...
The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ...
Drag racing is often head-to-head where two cars battle each other, the winner proceeding to the next round. Professional classes are all first to the finish line wins. Sportsman racing is handicapped (slower car getting a head start) using an index, and cars running faster than their index "break out" and lose.
Drag racing is mostly popular in the United States.
Sports car racing - Main article: Sports car racing
In sports car racing, production versions of sports cars and purpose-built prototype cars compete with each other on closed circuits. The races are often conducted over long distances, at least 1000 km, and cars are driven by teams of two or three drivers (and sometimes more in the US), switching every now and then. Due to the performance difference between production based sports cars and sports racing prototypes, one race usually involves many racing classes. In the US the American Le Mans Series was organized in 1999, featuring GT, GTS, and two prototype classes, LMP1 (Le Mans Prototype 1) and LMP2. Manufacturers such as Audi and Acura/Honda field or support entries in the Prototype class. Another series based on Le Mans began in 2004, the Le Mans Endurance Series, which included four 1000 km races at tracks in Europe. A competing body, Grand-Am, which began in 2000, sanctions its own endurance series the Rolex Sports Car Series. GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with cars that have two seats and enclosed wheel wells. ...
GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with cars that have two seats and enclosed wheel wells. ...
A Honda NSX sports car A TVR Tuscan sports car A sports car is a car designed for sporting performance above utility. ...
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a series of automobile races, founded in 1999 by Don Panoz, and sanctioned by IMSA. The American Le Mans Series utilizes the rules and regulations of the Automobile Club de lOuest, which organizes the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, to...
The Le Mans Endurance Series or LMES is a European racing series created as a support series to the famed 24 hours of Le Mans race. ...
The Grand American Road Racing Association or Grand-Am is an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize endurance road racing competitions in North America. ...
Famous sports car races include the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The Rolex 24 At Daytona (also known as the 24 Hours of Daytona and formerly known as the Sunbank 24 at Daytona and the 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge) is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...
Aston Martin DBR9 at dusk during the 2005 12 Hours of Sebring The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race held at Sebring Raceway, a former Air Force base in Sebring, Florida. ...
Off-road racing - Main article: Off-road racing
In off-road racing, various classes of specially modified vehicles, including cars, compete in races through off-road environments. In North America these races often take place in the desert, such as the famous Baja 1000. In Europe, "offroad" refers to events such as autocross or rallycross, while desert races and rally-raids such as the Paris-Dakar, Master Rallye or European "bajas" are called "cross-country rallies." In offroad racing, various classes of specially modified vehicles, including cars, compete in races through off-road environments. ...
In offroad racing, various classes of specially modified vehicles, including cars, compete in races through off-road environments. ...
Rider at Mile 328 of the Baja 1000 1972 Baja 1000 motorcycle, on display at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame. ...
The Paris Dakar Rally (or The Dakar) is an annual, organized, professional off-road race. ...
Kart racing - Main article: Kart racing
Although often seen as the entry point for serious racers into the sport, kart racing, or karting, can be an economic way for amateurs to try racing and is also a fully fledged international sport in its own right. World-famous F1-drivers like Michael and Ralf Schumacher and most of the typical starting grid of a modern Grand Prix took up the sport at around the age of eight, with some testing from age three. Several former motorcycle champions have also taken up the sport, notably Wayne Rainey, who was paralysed in a racing accident and now races a hand-controlled kart. As one of the cheapest ways to go racing, karting is seeing its popularity grow worldwide. Go Kart racing, Bairnsdale Kart Club Rental karts on an outdoor track Kart racing or Karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ...
Go Kart racing, Bairnsdale Kart Club Rental karts on an outdoor track Kart racing or Karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ...
Michael Schumacher (pronounced / /, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany)[1] is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. ...
Ralf Schumacher (born June 30, 1975 in Hürth-Hermülheim near Cologne) is a German Formula One racing driver for the Toyota team. ...
Wayne Rainey on the Yamaha YZR500 Wayne Rainey (born October 23, 1960) was one of the most successful American motorcycle road racers during the late 1980s and early 1990s winning the 500 cc World Championship three times. ...
Go-karts, or just "karts" - seem very distant from normal road cars, with dimunitive frames and wheels, but a small engine combined with very light weight make for a quick machine. The tracks are also on a much smaller scale, making kart racing more accessible to the average enthusiast.
Historical racing As modern motor racing is centered on modern technology with a lots of corporate sponsors and politics involved, historical racing tends to be the opposite as it relies on cars of a particular era and rarely politics as they are merely seen as hobbies. Events are purely regulated to allow cars being around of a certain era to partipicate and only timing and safety device is the thing that is modern of it. A historical event can be of various different type of motorsport disciplines. Notably some of the most famous events of them all are the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival in Britain and Monterey Historic in the United States The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an annual hill climb featuring historic motor racing vehicles that is held in the grounds of Goodwood House, West Sussex, UK. It was started in 1993 by the present Earl of March in order to bring motor racing back to the Goodwood estate - a...
Other categories - See also Category:Auto racing by type
Autocross course with Mazda Miata Autocross is a form of motorsports that emphasizes safe, low-cost competition and active participation. ...
Autograss Autograss racing is Britain’s most popular form of amateur motor racing. ...
Official starter Barney Oldfield beside racer Ralph Hepburn at Fulford-Miami Speedway board track on February 22, 1926, courtesy of the Florida Photographic Collection Board track racing was a type of racing where the track had a surface of wood boards. ...
A demolition derby under way at the Greenwich, Ohio Firemens Festival, 2005 Demolition derby is a motorsport usually presented at county fairs and festivals. ...
One of the oldest forms of motorsport and invented in the United States in the early 19th century, dirt speedway racing involves vehicles racing each other round dirt-surfaced lightly-banked oval tracks. ...
Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. ...
A Toyota Supra in drifting exhibition in Atlanta in 2005. ...
Folkrace is a quite popular Swedish inexpensive entry level type of Rallycross. ...
Hillclimbing (also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing or speed hill climbing) is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course. ...
Ice racing, with cars, motorcycles or snowmobiles, takes place on frozen lakes or rivers, or on carefully groomed frozen lots. ...
Legend Car racing is a style of race cars. ...
Grand Prix Truck Racing is form of motor racing that runs race modified versions of heavy trucks on racing circuits. ...
This article refers to the European autosport of Rallycross. ...
A Subaru Impreza WRX competing in a rally special stage on gravel. ...
Road racing can be a term involving road running, road bicycle races, or automobile races. ...
It has been suggested that Dirt track racing in the U.S. be merged into this article or section. ...
Slalom refers to a sport in which participants attempt to complete a course, in the fastest time, while passing through marked channels known as gates. ...
World of Outlaws drivers make a Four Abreast lap at the Knoxville Raceway Sprint cars, high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short dirt or paved tracks. ...
Street racing is a form of auto racing which takes place on public roads. ...
Use of flags Main article: Racing flags Racing flags are traditionally used in auto racing and similar motorsports to communicate important messages to drivers. ...
In open-wheel, stock-car and other types of circuit auto races, flags are displayed to indicate the general status of a race and to communicate instructions to competitors in a race. While the flags have changed from the first years (e.g. red used to start a race), these are generally accepted for today.
| Flag | Displayed from start tower | Displayed from observation post |
 | The race has started or resumed after a full caution or stop, or the race is proceeding normally. | End of hazardous section of track. |
 | Full course caution condition for ovals. On road courses, it means a local area of caution. Depending on the type of racing, either two yellow flags will be used for a full course caution or a sign with 'SC' (Safety car) will be used as the field follows the pace/safety car on track and no cars may pass. | Local caution condition — no cars may pass at the particular corner where being displayed. |
 | Debris or slippery patches on the track. |
 | The car with the indicated number must pit for consultation. | The session is halted; all cars on course must return to pit lane. |
 | The car with the indicated number has mechanical trouble. |
 | The driver of the car with the indicated number has been penalized for misbehaviour. |
 | The driver of the car with the indicated number is disqualified or will not be scored until they report to the pits. |
 | A car must allow another car to pass if the flag is blue only. With an orange or yellow stripe, it simply serves as a warning that faster traffic is behind. | A car is being advised to give way to faster traffic approaching. |
 | The race is stopped—all cars must halt on the track or return to pit lane. |
 | One lap remains. | A slow vehicle is on the track. |
 | The race has concluded. | Image File history File links Auto_Racing_Green. ...
Image File history File links Auto_Racing_Yellow. ...
In auto racing, a safety car (known in America as the pace car) is a car which limits the speed of competing cars on a racetrack in the case of a major accident or obstruction on the track. ...
See also List of Indianapolis 500 pace cars A pace car has been used to start the Indianapolis 500 since 1911. ...
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Accidents For the worst accident in racing history see 1955 Le Mans disaster. (See also Deaths in motorsports) Start of the race, Levegh #20 car is in the center of the frame The 1955 Le Mans disaster occurred during the 24 Hours of Le Mans when a race car crashed and flew into the crowd, killing over 80 people. ...
It has been suggested that List of racing drivers who died in racing crashes be merged into this article or section. ...
Racing car setup -
In auto racing, the racing setup or car setup is the set of adjustments made to the vehicle in order to optimize its behaviour (performance, handling, reliability, etc.). Adjustments can occur in suspensions, brakes, transmission, and many others. In auto racing, the racing setup or car setup is the set of adjustments made to the vehicle in order to optimize its behaviour (performance, handling, reliability, etc. ...
In auto racing, the racing setup or car setup is the set of adjustments made to the vehicle in order to optimize its behaviour (performance, handling, reliability, etc. ...
Car handling and vehicle handling is a description of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion, particularly during cornering and swerving. ...
The front suspension components of a Ford Model T. Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. ...
A brake is a device for slowing or stopping the motion of a machine or vehicle, and to keep it from starting to move again. ...
Image:Gearbox. ...
See also Image File history File links Wikibooks-logo-en. ...
Car handling and vehicle handling is a description of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion, particularly during cornering and swerving. ...
Engine tuning or engine building is the adjustment, modification or design of internal combustion engines to yield more performance, either in terms of power output or economy. ...
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This is a list of auto racing tracks sorted by country. ...
A race track (or racetrack), is a purpose-built facility for the conducting of races. ...
A racing game is any game that involves competing in races through a surrogate playing piece or vehicle, either getting it from one point to another or completing a number of circuits in the shortest time. ...
Sim (simulated) racing is the collective term for computer racing games which attempt to accurately simulate race driving, as opposed to arcade driving games such as the Need for Speed series. ...
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