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Sprint cars are open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Historically known simply as "big cars," distinguishing them from "midget cars," sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
In the beginning, teams received little support from the car companies themselves, but by the mid-1960s, teams began creating partnerships with American manufacturers to provide factory support. Chrysler , Ford and General Motors were the primary, if not only, competitors for much of NASCAR's history.
GT-Sprint Cup Ultimate Cavalino Tridente Cup: Lyle Schofield GT-Sprint Cup Ultimate Cavalino Tridente Cup Teams': SR&R SRL Porsche Supercup, Porsche Carrera Cup, GT3 Cup Challenge and Porsche Sprint Challenge Porsche Supercup: Larry ten Voorde: 2024 Porsche Supercup: Teams: Schumacher CLRT: Rookies: Robert de Haan: Porsche Carrera Cup Asia ...
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is visible in the background at the Knoxville Raceway. The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is a hall of fame and museum for sprint car drivers, owners, mechanics, builders, manufacturers, promoters, sanctioning officials and media members.
Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races Chevrolet: Beard Motorsports: 62 Anthony Alfredo: Darren Shaw 2: TBA 2: Erebus Motorsport: TBA Brodie Kostecki: TBA TBA: Live Fast Motorsports: 78 B. J. McLeod: TBA 1: TBA 5: Team AmeriVet: 50 TBA TBA TBA: Trackhouse Racing: TBA TBA: TBA 7: 91 TBA TBA TBA: Ford: Front Row Motorsports: 36 Kaz Grala ...
Formula One sprint winners Rank Driver Country Sprint wins Seasons active First sprint win Last sprint win 1 Max Verstappen † Netherlands: 11 2015– 2021 British Grand Prix: 2024 United States Grand Prix: 2 Valtteri Bottas * Finland: 2 2013– 2021 Italian Grand Prix: 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix: Oscar Piastri * Australia: 2 2023– 2023 ...
Steve Kinser's 2007 World of Outlaws sprint car at the King's Royal race. The series is a national tour of high power to weight, custom fabricated sprint cars. The race cars feature large adjustable wings on the top and large rear tires that transfer their power to the dirt tracks they race on.
[1] [2] The high power and small size of the cars combine to make midget racing quite dangerous; for this reason, modern midget cars are fully equipped with roll cages and other safety features. Some early major midget car manufacturers include Kurtis Kraft (1930s to 1950s) and Solar (1944–46). Midgets are intended to be driven for races of ...