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The 54.36-mile (87.48 km) course ran from the south side of the city, north along the lakefront to Evanston, Illinois, and back again. Frank Duryea won the race in 7 hours and 53 minutes, beating the other five entrants. [8] The first regular auto racing venue was Nice, France, run in late March 1897, as a "Speed Week".
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, [1] or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non-racing disciplines. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile.
The start of the 2015 Daytona 500, the biggest race in NASCAR. Motor sports are widely popular in the United States, but Americans generally ignore major international series, such as Formula One and MotoGP, in favor of home-grown racing series. Road racing has generally waned, though an extensive, albeit illegal street racing culture persists. [1]
The class most resembling the North American form of stock car racing are known as Saloon cars. Super Saloons are similar to dirt late models with the main differences being the bodies closer resemble production cars, use iron engines up to 7.1 litres (434 cu in) with no rear offset and run much larger sprint car tyres on the rear.
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC Sport Auto racing Category Stock car racing Sports car racing (IMSA) Abbreviation NASCAR Founded February 21, 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-02-21) Affiliation ACCUS-FIA Headquarters Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. (main) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Concord, North Carolina, U.S. President Steve Phelps Peter Jung (Vice President, CMO) Chairman Jim ...
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the official sanctioning body of the sport of stock car racing in North America. [1] [2] It was formed in February 1948 by race car driver Bill France Sr. as the replacement for the National Championship Stock Car Circuit sanctioning body.
Trophy of the ACA-sanctioned American Grand Prize. In 1908, the AAA increased their membership dues, leading to a falling out with the ACA. The Automobile Club of America (ACA) created the American Grand Prize, the first traces of Grand Prix style racing in the U.S. along, and in competition with, the then established Vanderbilt Cup – sanctioned by the AAA's Racing Board.
CARS Tour, American Canadian Tour, Pro All Stars Series, NASCAR Whelen All-American Late Model Series, Limited Late Models, Super Trucks, Street Stock, Renegades, Houston Motorsports Park: Texas Houston: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) D-shaped Oval (asphalt) NASCAR Late Models, Modifieds, Legends, Bandoleros Kalamazoo Speedway [21] Michigan Kalamazoo