Auto racing competitions

The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race held at Sebring Raceway, a former Air Force base in Sebring, Florida. ...more on Wikipedia about "12 Hours of Sebring"

The 24 Hours Nürburgring is an Endurance racing event on the Nürburgring, inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Daytona. ...more on Wikipedia about "24 Hours Nürburgring"

The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona is an automotive endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...more on Wikipedia about "24 Hours of Daytona"

The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 heures du Mans) is the world's most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. It is organised by the Automobile Club de L'Ouest (A.C.O). ...more on Wikipedia about "24 Hours of Le Mans"

A1 Grand Prix, often shortened to A1GP or simply A1, also known as the World Cup of Motorsport, is an international motor racing series, unique in the field of motorsport in that drivers compete for their country instead of a private team or constructor. ...more on Wikipedia about "A1 Grand Prix"

The Adelaide 500 (also known as the Clipsal 500 for naming sponsor Clipsal Electronics) is an annual racing carnival for Touring Cars held on a street circuit in the east end of Adelaide on a shortened form of the former Australian Grand Prix track. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adelaide 500"

All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC is a grand touring car race series authorized by the Japan Automobile Federation. In 2005 the series changed its official name to Super GT. ...more on Wikipedia about "All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship"

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The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a series of automobile races. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Le Mans"

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) consists of a series of endurance street races based on the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. The American Le Mans Series was started in 1999 by pharmaceutical and motorsport magnate Don Panoz and quickly attracted racing teams from several of the well known performance car manufacturers including Porsche, Audi and others. The Series has had between 6 and 10 races in each of its last six seasons with races of different lengths up to 1,000 miles. Over the past few years The American Le Mans Series has grown steadily in popularity and is drawing millions of spectators a year. ...more on Wikipedia about "American LeMans Series"

American Solar Challenge is a solar car race across North America. Originally called Sunrayce, organized and sponsored by General Motors in 1990, it was renamed American Solar Challenge in 2001, sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Beginning in 2005, it is now called North American Solar Challenge with the addition of co-sponsor Natural Resources Canada. It is customarily held once every two years in the summer, though there was a three year gap between the first two races. Teams from universities in the United States and Canada compete in a long distance test of endurance as well as efficiency, driving thousands of miles on regular highways. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Solar Challenge"

The Auto Racing Club of America (ARCA) is an auto racing sanctioning body in the United States. Similar to NASCAR, ARCA races stock cars, although the equipment is often more elderly and smaller than the stock cars used in NASCAR. ARCA's competitors contain a mix of both professional racers as well as hobby racers alike, in addition to younger competitors trying to make name for themselves, sometimes driving as part of a driver development program in the NASCAR series. The current President of ARCA is Ron Drager. ...more on Wikipedia about "ARCA"

Baja 1000 is an off road race that takes place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula during a full moon to aid the racers. The competition was offically started in 1967 (it had previously been the site of informal dirt bike racing), and originally went from Tijuana, Baja California, to La Paz, Baja California Sur. Now it starts from Ensenada, some 40 km to the south. It is usually held the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baja 1000"

The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000 km motor race for touring cars, conducted at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bathurst 1000"

The British Formula Three Championship is an annual series of motor races. It is one of the main Formula Three competitions in Europe. The majority of the meetings are held in the United Kingdom, but some are held on the Continent. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Formula Three Championship"

The British Hill Climb Championship is the most prestigious championship in British hillclimbing, and has been held every year since 1947. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Hill Climb Championship"

The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958. The championship was run with a mix of classes, divided according to engine capacity, racing simultaneously. After the domination of the Ford Sierra Cosworth in the late 1980s, the BTCC was the first to introduce a 2.0 L formula, in 1990, which later became the template for the Supertouring class that exploded throughout Europe. The BTCC continued to race with Supertouring until 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Touring Car Championship"

The Canadian Rally Championship is an automobile rallying tournament sanctioned by the Canadian Association Of RallySport (CARS). ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian Rally Championship"

The Canadian-American Challenge Cup or CanAm, was an SCCA/ CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974. A second generation of Can Am followed, but this was a fundamentally different series based on obsolete Formula 5000 cars with sports car bodies. ...more on Wikipedia about "CanAm"

The Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, widely known simply as the Cannonball Baker or Cannonball Run, was an unofficial, if not outlaw, automobile race run four times in the 1970s from New York City to Los Angeles. Conceived by car magazine writer and auto racer, Brock Yates, and fellow Car and Driver editor, Steve Smith, in 1971, the run was not a real competitive race with high risks, but intended both as a celebration of the United States Interstate Highway system and a protest against strict traffic laws coming into effect at the time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash"

The CASCAR Super Series is CASCAR's preeminent racing event. ...more on Wikipedia about "CASCAR Super Series"

Champ Car, a shortened form of "Championship Car", has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. It is also the common name for the Champ Car World Series, a North American open-wheel racing series that was formerly known as CART, or Championship Auto Racing Teams. The series was formerly known as the CART PPG IndyCar World Series and the CART FedEx Championship Series. ...more on Wikipedia about "Champ Car"

The Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) is an organization founded in 1952 to celebrate the grand automobiles of the prewar period. At the time, the vehicles covered by the Club were considered too modern to be of any interest by such organizations as the Antique Automobile Club of America and despite their often stupendous cost when new, were considered practically worthless. ...more on Wikipedia about "Classic Car Club of America"

The Coppa Acerbo was an automobile race held in Italy, named after Tito Acerbo (the brother of Giacomo Acerbo). ...more on Wikipedia about "Coppa Acerbo"

The Coppa Ciano was an automobile race held in Italy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coppa Ciano"

The Crown & Corona Fan Club Finland is a Finnish organization founded in 1993 to celebrate the Toyota automobiles built before 1962. After the time period, the vehicles are considered too modern to be of any interest. Vehicles such as the Toyota Crown, Toyota Corona, and Toyota Cressida were originally considered practically worthless despite their high sale value. Since that time, opinion has swung and these Toyota vehicles are eligible for Crown & Corona Fan Club Finland membership and are now some of the most highly valued Toyota cars in existence. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crown & Corona Fan Club Finland"

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