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- Sports Car Racing
- Types of Cars in Sports Car Racing
Sports Car Racing
Sports car racing is a type of auto racing, in which, as evident from its name, sports cars are used. Major car manufacturers like Ferrari, Porsche, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW, all have cars that compete in races. The sport is popular in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia. The racing class 'Touring cars' is also very similar to sports car racing.
Sport cars are typically cars made up of two seats, often with a closed cockpit and bodywork that covers the wheels. These cars are designed for maximum speed not only on straightaways, but also through a series of corners and S-curves (two turns in a row that together form the shape of a letter S). Sports cars differ from the more popular stock cars in that stock cars are more like the typical American-built sedans and coupes that are seen on the road every day. Sports cars are often exotic looking, usually low-slung with a rounded body style, and they are frequently built outside of North America. 토토 Ferrari, Porsche, Lotus, and Jaguar are the best-known sports car automakers and are popular throughout the world. The cars have traditionally featured lightweight, aerodynamically tuned, and smooth-cornered bodies that surround the driver in a cocoon of protective roll bars. In the early years, the engine was placed in the front of the car, but by 2004, most sports cars were either mid-engine or rear-engine models. The new Daytona Prototype that was introduced to the Rolex Sports Car Series featured state-of-the-art sports car design, with a specially built, closed cockpit and, typically, a Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota, Maserati, or BMW engine.
Sports Car Racetracks Sports car races are often run on permanent road courses (tracks that include straightaways and both left-and right-hand turns), on modified oval tracks that feature temporary corners and curves, and on oval tracks. Portland International Raceway (Portland, Oregon) and Watkins Glen, located in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, are two examples of permanent road courses. There are many popular oval racetracks in the United States, including Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Florida) and the California Speedway (Fontana, California). Daytona International Speedway also adds a road course to its permanent oval track; the road course includes numerous left- and right-hand turns.
Types of Cars in Sports Car Racing
Sports Prototype This type of car is the pinnacle of racing-car design. It is considered as the highest level in sports car racing. They are purpose-built cars with enclosed wheels and open or closed cockpits. Sports prototypes are considered as one-of-a-kind machines and they have no relation to any road-going vehicle.
To make it simple, sports prototypes are two-seat racing cars with bodywork covering their wheels. They are technical advances and are quicker than their single-seat counterparts.
Grand Touring The term grand touring came for the Italian Gran Turismo. This is the most common form of sports car racing and it has events all over the world. Originally, Grand Touring cars had to be in series production, however, in 1976, the class was split into production based Group 4 Grand Touring Cars and Group 5 Special Production Cars. These were essentially pure-bred racing cars with production-lookalike bodies.
