Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Charlotte Motor Speedway (known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009 due to sponsorship reasons) is a 1.500-mile (2.414 km) quad-oval intermediate speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It has hosted various major races since its inaugural season of racing in 1960, including NASCAR , IndyCar , and IMSA SportsCar Championship races.
Full-field oval open tests also took place on April 4, 2012, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway [44] and May 7, 2012, at Texas Motor Speedway. [45] The car's Indianapolis debut came in the 2012 Indianapolis 500. In its first three 500s the car saw 136 lead changes, including a track-record 68 in 2013.
American open-wheel car racing, generally known as Indy car racing, or more formally Indianapolis car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United States. As of 2024 , the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sanctioned by IndyCar .
This is a list of all auto racing tracks in the United States.The track length stands for the standard, full courses for each track. The major series listed are only series that currently hold a race at the track.
Camping World IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen, Detroit Indy Grand Prix presented by Firestone, Honda IndyCar Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio, Honda IndyCar Grand Prix at St. Petersburg, Nikon Indy 300 (NC), Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County, Rexall Edmonton Indy, Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach: Champ Car World Series 2007: 14 - -
A similar series named Indy Lights filled the developmental role for the CART series, and ran from 1986 to 1993 as the American Racing Series and Dayton Indy Lights from 1991 to 2001. The current IndyCar sanctioned series was founded in 2002 as the Infiniti Pro Series as a way to introduce new talent to IndyCar, with the moniker Indy Lights ...
IndyCars with Ford engines first competed in 1935 using a production-based Ford flathead V8 engine in the Miller-Ford racer. [7] [8]With the Offenhauser 4cyl 4.4 litre engine mounted in front-engine roadsters dominating Indy 500 races since the 1930s, and with a British Invasion of successful nimble rear-mid-engine Formula One single seater coming to the US, like two time F1 World Champion ...
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington.It hosts a number of racing series such as IndyCar, IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, along with other club events such has SCCA and National Auto Sport Association.