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...e Mans Series|ALMS]] [[Grand Prix of Mosport]]<br />[[NASCAR Canadian Tire Series]], [[Can Am]] | Record_class = [[American Le Mans Series|ALMS LMP1]]

| Events = [[Formula One]], [[Champ Car|CART]], [[Trans-Am Series|Trans-Am]] Starting in 1984, the [[Sports Car Club of America|SCCA]] [[Trans-Am Series]] held a support race during the Grand Prix weekend. The '''Motor City 100'

| Events = '''[[American Le Mans Series]]'''<br>[[12 Hours of Sebring]] | Record_class = [[Le Mans Prototype|LMP1]]

...added in Turn 2, while Turns 6 and 10 were modified to create two separate circuits which could be run simultaneously. The signature hump was lowered 3.5 metr ...Grand Prix|hosted a round]] of the [[Champ Car World Series]], marking the series' [[Champ Car Mont-Tremblant 07|first race]] at the circuit since Indy cars

...Mans Endurance Series]] (LMES), the Euro version of the [[American Le Mans Series]] ([[ALMS]]). ...lso 1 of 2 drivers to win the 1000 km Spa on both the original and current circuits, the other being [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]].

...ian Grand Prix]] events from 1985 to 1995 as well as an [[American Le Mans Series]] [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance race]] on New Year's Eve in 200 ...ll on a short straight on Wakefield Road to East Terrace. They then have a series of right angle turns along East Terrace. The short form of the track has th

...Izod IndyCar Series]]'''<br>Long Beach Grand Prix<br>'''[[American Le Mans Series]]'''<br>Grand Prix of Long Beach |Record_class = [[Champ Car World Series]]

The '''World Sportscar Championship''' was the world series run for [[sports car racing]] by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Aut ...st automakers spent millions of dollars per year. The official name of the series changed throughout the years, however it was generally been known as the Wo

...rcycle Grand Prix<br>[[Champ Car World Series|CART]]<br>[[American Le Mans Series]]<br>[[Monterey Historic Automobile Races]] ...ents are held at the raceway, ranging from [[superkart]]s to [[American Le Mans]] racing to music festivals.

...uelled autos. In 1894, the first contest was organized by Paris magazine ''Le Petit Journal'', a reliability test to determine best performance. But the ...or the event. Many single-seater races in North America are held on "oval" circuits and the [[Indy Racing League]] races mostly on ovals.

...ded circuit are limited to just a few per year (usually for higher-profile series such as [[A1 Grand Prix]] and the [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]]). ...leads into Hawthorn Bend. The track then loops around the woodland with a series of mid-speed corners, most notably the dip at Westfield and the blind Sheen

...ar racing]], this style of racing is often associated with the annual [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] endurance race. First run in 1923, it is one of the oldest motor ...year, but an error in the [[team orders]] of the [[Ford GT40]] team at Le Mans in 1966 took the win from him, although he finished first.

...celebrate this feat. It was contested by a handful of amateurs and several American factory teams. ...models being small and often quite underpowered (especially with regard to American and other German opponents) [[Porsche]] enjoyed some success in the race, m

...cecar that gave [[Porsche]] its first overall wins at the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] in [[24_hours_of_Le_Mans#1970-1971_The_Porsche_917_years|1970 and 1971]]. In the 1973 [[CanAm]] series, the turbocharged version Porsche 917/30 developed over 1100 bhp, and as mu

...r organized was on April 28, 1887 by the chief editor of Paris publication Le Vélocipède, Monsieur Fossier. It ran 2 kilometers from Neuilly Bridge to On July 22, 1894, the Parisian magazine ''Le Petit Journal'' organised what is considered to be the world's first car ra

...straight, which made that section of the Ring dangerously narrow. A second series of three more F1 races were held until 1976, but even higher demands by the The new circuit also had a characteristic of many of the circuits at the time, in that it offered few overtaking opportunities.

'''[[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IZOD IndyCar Series]]'''<br>[[Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500-Mile Race]] '''[[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]]'''<br/>[[Brickyard 400]]

...er line up, [[Jacques Villeneuve|Villeneuve]] moved to new team, [[British American Racing|BAR]] and [[Heinz-Harald Frentzen|Frentzen]] moved to [[Jordan Grand ...signed. In 1999, the team had a Williams car with a BMW engine testing at circuits, in preparation for a debut in [[2000 Formula One season|2000]]. Williams s

...er line up, [[Jacques Villeneuve|Villeneuve]] moved to new team, [[British American Racing|BAR]] and [[Heinz-Harald Frentzen|Frentzen]] moved to [[Jordan Grand ...signed. In 1999, the team had a Williams car with a BMW engine testing at circuits, in preparation for a debut in [[2000 Formula One season|2000]]. Williams s

...1.5 litres to 4.5 litres. The maximum power achieved in the history of the series was around 1200 bhp in racing trim, during the 1980s 'turbo era'. The Formula One series has its roots in the European [[Grand Prix Motor Racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre