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The World Endurance Championship name was previously used by the FIA from 1981 to 1985. The series features multiple classes of cars competing in endurance races , with sports prototypes competing in the Hypercar class ( LMH or LMDh ), and production-based grand tourers (GT cars) competing in the LM GT3 category.
The Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race founded in 1906- the track length of the last decades was limited to the 72 kilometres of the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, which was lapped 11 times. The Mille Miglia was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy 24 times from 1927 to 1957.
Figure 8 World Championship Racing .60 miles (0.97 km) Flat cross Little Valley Speedway: Little Valley: New York: 1932–2011(figure 8 track) Clay .28 miles (0.45 km) Flat cross Manzanita Speedway: Phoenix: Arizona: 1951–2010 Asphalt .70 miles (1.13 km) Bridge cross Riverhead Raceway: Riverhead: New York: 1951 Asphalt Figure 8 World ...
The first 12 Hours of Sebring was held on March 15, 1952, shortly growing into a major international race. In 1959, the track hosted the U.S.' first Formula One race (the successor to historic European Grand Prix motor racing), held as that year's instalment of the historic United States Grand Prix competition (although the Indianapolis 500 was ...
The name of the race series is a play on words alluding to both the long-running annual 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race in Le Mans, France, and the notion of "lemon" cars. The event is similar to the folkracing phenomenon in Nordic countries , and similar to the ChampCar Endurance Series , which developed out of the 24 Hours of Lemons, but ...
BMW's only previous entry into the FIA World Endurance Championship was in the GTE Pro category in 2018–19, while the Dallara-based M Hybrid V8, which debuted in the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship, marked BMW's return to top-class sportscar racing for the first time since winning the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans. [45]
Madras Motor Race Track: Irungattukottai India: Full 3.717 km (2.310 mi) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: Lexington United States: Grand Prix 3.630 km (2.256 mi) Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli: Misano Adriatico Italy: Short 4.048 km (2.515 mi) Long 4.226 km (2.626 mi) Mobility Resort Motegi: Motegi Japan: Grand Prix 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
Track Map IMSA GT Grand-Am American Le Mans Series WeatherTech Races Seasons Daytona International Speedway † 1971–1997: 2000–2013: 2014–present 93 [A 1] 53 Sebring International Raceway † 1973 1975–1998: 1999–2013: 2014–present 55 [A 2] 52 Road Atlanta † 1973–1992 1994–1998: 2013: 1999–2013: 2014–present 65 [A 3] 51 ...