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This list of current motorsport championships is a list of all Active National and International motorsport championships decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races across Multiple Disciplines including Single-seat Open Wheel, Karting, sportscar and endurance Racing, StockCar, Modified StockCar, Modified Dirt Stock, Tour Car, One Manufacture Series, Rally, Rally ...
This is a list of auto racing and moto racing circuits sorted by country. Note: Circuits carrying a "†" were, are, or will be hosting Formula One and/or MotoGP Grand Prix. Algeria
The original Assen track was first used for the 1926 Dutch TT (Tourist Trophy) race, after the first 1925 event was held on country roads through the villages of Rolde, Borger, Schoonloo and Grolloo, and organized by the Motorclub Assen en Omstreken. The brick- and semi-paved track had a length of 28.57 km (17.75 mi).
Name Date Description Hendrik Dik: 22 March 1952: Dik's Peugeot did not stop after completing the stage, but went straight on through some fences. The car then hit a small hill and rolled. It was later determined that Dik had suffered a fatal heart attack at the wheel of his car. Wim Gerlach: 10 June 1957
[5] [6] The CCWS and the IRL merged in February 2008 to unify American open-wheel car racing and the merged body has run the sport under the IndyCar Series name since then. [7] [8] The season consists of a series of races held variously on permanent road courses, closed city streets and oval tracks, usually in the United States and in a few ...
An East Series car at Thompson in 2009. Following cleanup from the hurricane of 1938, John Hoenig built a combined 0.625 mi (1.006 km) paved oval and 1.700 mi (2.736 km) road racing course on his farmland in the northeast corner of Connecticut.
Some of the bends are named after family members e.g. Mansfield, Charlie and Chris. One of the biggest developments in the circuit's history occurred in January 2004, when Jonathan Palmer 's MotorSport Vision company completed the purchase of Cadwell Park and the other Octagon venues ( Brands Hatch , Oulton Park , and Snetterton ). [ 5 ]
Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, is the oldest racing venue, and one of the most prestigious, in the United States. It was built in the late 1800s at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Iowa. It was built for a horse-racing track, just like the Milwaukee Mile. Although sanctioned races were not held until 1914, one automobile race was held in ...