10 Facts About Sportscar racing

Sports car Sportscar racing is a form of motorsport road Sportscar racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels.

The late Georges Faroux contended that sports-car Sportscar racing was not born until the first 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1923, and while as a joint-creator of that race he may have been prejudiced in his opinion, it is certainly true that sports-car Sportscar racing as it was known after 1919 did not exist before the First World War.

In Britain 2-litre sports cars were initially popular, subsequently 1100 cc sports racers became a very popular category for young drivers, with Lola, Lotus, Cooper and others being very competitive, although at the other end of the scale in the early to mid-1960s the national sports Sportscar racing scene attracted sophisticated GTs and later a crop of large-engined "big bangers" the technology of which largely gave rise to Can-Am but soon died out.

Peculiarly American form of sports car Sportscar racing was the Can-Am series, in which virtually unlimited sports prototypes competed in relatively short races.

Sports prototype is the name given to a type of car used in sports car Sportscar racing and is effectively the next automotive design and technological step up from road-going sports cars and are, along with open-wheel cars, the pinnacle of Sportscar racing-car design.

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Since the World Sportscar racing Championship was conceived there have been various regulations regarding bodywork, engine style and size, tyres and aerodynamics to which these cars must be built.

Grand Touring Sportscar racing is the most common form of sports car Sportscar racing, and is found all over the world, in both international and national series.

GT Sportscar racing gradually fell into abeyance in Europe in the 1980s and 1990s, with silhouette cars continuing to race in IMSA races in the USA.

When GT Sportscar racing revived after the collapse of the World Sports Car Championship at the end of 1992, the lead in defining rules was taken by the ACO.

The SCCA's sports-Sportscar racing classes include C and D Sports Racing, Sports 2000 and Spec Racer Ford, in descending order of speed and sophistication, as well as a number of production-based and one-make classes.