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Enclosed Wheel Racing

Enclosed wheel racing, sports car racing, stock car racing, touring car racing, and off-road racing are the main categories of wheel-based racing. Sports car racing includes races like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and has international sanctioning bodies. Stock car racing is organized by NASCAR and races purpose-built cars that resemble production vehicles on oval tracks. Touring car racing uses modified street cars racing on tracks, while off-road racing uses modified street vehicles racing on off-road courses and events like the Dakar Rally.

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Enclosed Wheel Racing

Enclosed wheel racing, sports car racing, stock car racing, touring car racing, and off-road racing are the main categories of wheel-based racing. Sports car racing includes races like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and has international sanctioning bodies. Stock car racing is organized by NASCAR and races purpose-built cars that resemble production vehicles on oval tracks. Touring car racing uses modified street cars racing on tracks, while off-road racing uses modified street vehicles racing on off-road courses and events like the Dakar Rally.

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Enclosed wheel racing[edit]

A Ford Focus WRC rally racing car during 2010 Rally Finland

Enclosed wheel racing is a set of classes of vehicles, where the wheels are primarily enclosed
inside the bodywork of the vehicle, similar to a North American 'stock car'.
Sports car racing[edit]
Main article: Sports car racing

Sports car racing is a set of classes of vehicles, over a closed course track, including sports cars,
and specialised racing types. The premiere race is the 24 Hours of Le Mans which takes place
annually in France during the month of June. Sports car racing rules and specifications
differentiate in North America from established international sanctioning bodies.[11]
Stock car racing[edit]
Main article: Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a set of vehicles that race over a speedway track, organized by NASCAR.
While once stock cars, the vehicles are now purpose built, but resemble the body design and
shape of production cars. Bootleggers throughout the Carolinas are often credited for the origins
of NASCAR due to the resistance during the prohibition.[12] Many of the vehicles were modified to
increase top speed and handling, to provide the bootleggers with an advantage toward the
vehicles local law enforcement would use in the area.[13] An important part to the modifications of
stock cars, was to increase the performance of the vehicle while also maintaining the same
exterior look giving it the name Stock car racing. Many legends in NASCAR originated as
bootleggers in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina like Junior Johnson.[14] Organized
oval racing began on Daytona Beach in Florida as a hobby but quickly gained interest from all
over the country. As oval racing became larger and larger, a group gathered in hopes to form a
sanctioning body for the sport.[15] NASCAR was organized in 1947, to combine flat track oval
racing of production cars.[16] Daytona Beach and Road Course was founded where land speed
records were set on the beach, and including part of A1A. The highlight of the stock car calendar
is the season-opening Daytona 500, also nicknamed 'The Great American Race' which is held
at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.[17] NASCAR has now held over
2,500 sanctioned events over the course of 70 seasons.[15] Richard Petty is known as the king of
NASCAR with over 200 recorded wins in the series and has competed in 1,184 races in his
career.[18]
Touring car racing[edit]
Main article: Touring car racing

Touring car racing is a set of vehicles,[19] modified street cars, that race over closed purpose built
race tracks and street courses.
Off-road racing[edit]
Main article: Off-road racing

Off-road racing is a group of vehicles that specialize in off-road racing and are modified street
cars that can race on close purpose built off-road tracks and courses. Off-road racing is popular
all over the world. Premier off-road events include the Dakar Rally and the Baja 1000 desert
race.[20] Series like the National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA) which was founded in
1967, sanctions events utilizing off-road vehicles racing through the Baja Desert.[21] The first event
sanctioned by the organization was the 1967 Mexican 1000 rally that began in Tijuana and
ended in La Paz.

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