Auto racing organizations Auto racing organizations The American Speed Association (ASA) was a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States from 1968 until its demise in 2004 due to financial problems. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana. ASA was most famous for a national touring series which began in 1973; but ASA also santioned a late model series, several regional touring series, and track member programs. The national touring series used late model racecars body styles. Races were held primarily in the Midwest. Many series races were televised on several cable channels (especially TNN) from the 1990's until 2004. The ASA series was replaced by the ASR series in 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Speed Association"
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"
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 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"
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established on June 20, 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile"
Formula One Management, or FOM, is a corporate entity dealing with media relations and financial matters regarding Formula One. FOM is a subsidiary of Formula One Holdings and ultimately SLEC Holdings, this structure will change as a result of the purchase of 73% of SLEC by CVC on November 25 2005. (see table). ...more on Wikipedia about "Formula One Management"
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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grand-Am"
Founded in 1957, the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs (ICSCC) is the largest sports car racing sanctioning body in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "ICSCC"
The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the promoter of a predominantly oval based open-wheel racing series in the United States and, more recently, Japan. Its centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500. The IRL is owned by Hulman and Co., which also owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex. The IRL was brought about in 1994 by Tony George and was created with a breakaway group of drivers from CART, which had coordinated Indy car racing since 1979,after breaking away from the United States Auto Club (USAC). George designed IRL as a lower-cost open-wheel alternative to CART, which had come to be technology-driven and dominated by a few wealthy multi-car teams much like in Formula One. Since then, the IRL has developed a consistent engine package and chassis rules which have produced some of the closest finishes in any racing series. Ironically, the series is now dominated by many of the same wealthy multi-car teams that once dominated CART. ...more on Wikipedia about "Indy Racing League"
IndyCar is most often used as a generic term for American Championship Car Racing, a form of open-wheel auto racing. The term comes from the name of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, held every Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. ...more on Wikipedia about "IndyCar"
The Infiniti Pro Series is a developmental racing series sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. It was founded in 2002 as a way to introduce new talent to the IRL and coincided with Infiniti's departure from the IRL's premier Indycar series. It is a spec series using a modified 3.5L version of the V8 engine used in the Infiniti Q45 combined with Dallara chassis. The series has struggled to attract drivers and some races have less than 10 entrants. However, with the introduction of a number of road-course races to the schedule in 2005, many of America's top prospects like Marco Andretti and Scott Mansell have been attracted to the series to run part-time schedules on the road courses. Throughout the series' history, Sam Schmidt Motorsports has been one of the most dominant teams and has been one of the only teams to consistently put forth a serious competitive effort towards the series. ...more on Wikipedia about "Infiniti Pro Series"
The International Hot Rod Association also known as IHRA is the 2nd largest drag racing sanctioning body after the NHRA. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Hot Rod Association"
The International Motor Contest Association was organized in 1915 by J. Alex Sloan. It is currently the oldest active auto racing sanctioning body in the United States. Sloan, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was instrumental in establishing the IMCA and ran more races than all other promoters in the United States combined, all under IMCA sanction. After Sloan's death in 1937 his son, John Sloan, continued to manage the IMCA. Under John Sloan’s leadership, IMCA continued to grow and held its first Late Model race on November 9, 1947, in Lubbock, Texas. In the late 1970s, Keith Knaack introduced the IMCA Modified division. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Motor Contest Association"
The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body. It was started by John, a former employee of SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) and Peggy Bishop in 1969 with help from Bill France of NASCAR. One race was organized that year. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Motor Sports Association"
The Middlesex County Automobile Club is a motor club based in London. ...more on Wikipedia about "Middlesex County Automobile Club"
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the NEXTEL Cup Series, the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series. It also oversees seven regional series and one local grassroots series. NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 38 states, Canada, and Mexico. ...more on Wikipedia about "NASCAR"
The National Electric Drag Racing Assossiation is a North American-based racing league for competing EVs against each other and against current high performance or classic muscle cars. Their goal is to show that electric cars aren't just golf carts, but can instead be high performance machines capable of out-accelerating most current production cars today. Examples of this are the Maniac Mazda ** , a Mazda RX-7 which can achieve 1/4 mile times of under 12 seconds. Another example is White Zombie , a converted Datsun 300 sedan which can win against a Dodge Viper and has recently broke 100 mph and into the 13 second range for the 1/4 mile. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Electric Drag Racing Association"
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. The "Nationals", held in the summer and the winter each year, are the premier events in drag racing that brings together the best cars and drivers from across North America. The Nationals are now held at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Indiana and are officially called the U.S. Nationals. In May, the Southern Nationals are held at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Hot Rod Association"
Prodrive is an auto racing and automotive engineering group based in Banbury, United Kingdom. It designs, constructs and races cars for companies and teams such as Subaru, Aston Martin and British American Racing (BAR). Its Automotive Technology division based in Warwick provides road car design and engineering consultation for various car manufacturers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Prodrive"
Rally America is an auto racing organization that sanctions rallying in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rally America"
The United States Automobile Club (USAC) is an open-wheel auto racing sanctioning body. From 1956 to 1979 the USAC sanctioned the United States National Championship, and from 1956 to 1997 it sanctioned the Indianapolis 500. ...more on Wikipedia about "United States Automobile Club"
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