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It started as a one-mile (1.6 km) horse-racing track in the 19th century. The first closed-circuit automobile race was held on September 7, 1896 at the Narragansett Trotting Park in Cranston, Rhode Island, [ 11] and was won by an electric car built by the Riker Electric Vehicle Company .
This list of current motorsport championships is a list of national and international motorsport championships decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races across Multiple Disciplines including Single Seaters, Sports Cars, Single Make series, Prototype racing, Touring cars, Stock Cars, Karting Prototype Bike Racing, Production Bike Racing, Dirt Track, Rally, Rally ...
Motorsport Ireland is the National Governing Body for four-wheeled motorsports in Ireland. Motorsport Ireland is affiliated to the supreme authority for world motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) based in Geneva and Paris. Motorsport Ireland jurisdiction covers the 26 counties and has under its umbrella 32 ...
The Algarve International Circuit ( Portuguese: Autódromo Internacional do Algarve ), commonly referred to as Portimão Circuit, is a 4.653 km (2.891 mi) race circuit located in Portimão, Algarve region, Portugal. The development includes a karting track, off-road track, technology park, five-star hotel, sports complex and apartments.
From the beginning of organised motor sport events, in the early 1900s, until the late 1960s, before commercial sponsorship liveries came into common use, vehicles competing in Formula One, sports car racing, touring car racing and other international auto racing competitions customarily painted their cars in standardised racing colours that indicated the nation of origin of the car or driver.
Irish International Grand Prix. 1. Henry Birkin. 2. Giuseppe Campari. 3. Brian Lewis. The Irish Grand Prix also known Irish International Grand Prix was an open-wheel racing car motor race which was held three times on a 4.25 mile circuit laid out in the grounds of Phoenix Park in Dublin. [1]
Stock car racing originally used production 'stock' cars, the vehicles are now purpose-built prototype sports cars or single-seater cars. In the most prominent series organised by NASCAR in the US, Canada and Brazil amongst others, the cars maintain a silhouette body of a production road car.
Auto racing. 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.