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The purpose of this project is to bring information on sports car racing to Wikipedia and thus into public view. By having a collaborative effort, we will be able to present information about sportscar racing in a standardized fashion that will allow people to find the information they want on sportscar racing with ease. At the same time we will also be able to help articles expand and provide fact checking for others, giving us truly encyclopedic information. Most of all, as editors and sports car racing fans, we will be able to expand our own knowledge of the sport by working with others who enjoy this sport as much as we do.
What This WikiProject Covers
WikiProject Sports Car Racing will cover various areas in motorsports. By our definition, sports car racing will include racing involving racing sports cars (or prototypes) as well as Grand Touring style GT cars.
Please note that WikiProject Sports Car Racing will not be attempting to cover open wheel racing, touring car racing, stock car racing, rallying or anything else that does not fit within the definition of sports car racing.

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Sports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built or related to road-going sports cars.
A kind of hybrid between the purism of open-wheelers and the familiarity of touring car racing, this style of racing is often associated Carc with the annual Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race. First run in 1923, it is one of the oldest motor races still in existence. Other classic but now defunct sports car races include the Italian classics, the Targa Florio (1906–1977) and Mille Miglia (1927–1957), and the Mexican Carrera Panamericana. Most top class sports car races emphasise endurance (races are typically anywhere from 2.5 to 24 hours in length), reliability and strategy over pure speed. Longer races usually involve complex pit strategy and regular driver changes—sports car racing is seen more as a team sport than a gladiatorial individual sport, and team managers like John Wyer, Tom Walkinshaw, driver-turned-constructor Henri Pescarolo, Peter Sauber and Reinhold Joest have become almost as famous as many of their drivers.
The prestige of storied marques such as Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, Lotus, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, and Aston Martin is derived in part from success in sports car racing and the World Sportscar Championship. Road cars sold by these manufacturers have in many cases been very similar to the cars that were raced, both in engineering and styling. It is this close association with the 'exotic' nature of the cars that serves as a useful distinction between sports car racing and touring cars.
The 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona, and 24 Hours of Le Mans were once widely considered to be the trifecta of sports car racing; driver Ken Miles would have been the only driver to win all three in the same 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.

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Tasman Revival Photo Gallery: Glenn Albert
It’s a fresh new year, and that means a whole new set of opportunities to enjoy historic motorsport!
Like this Tasman Revival photo gallery from Glenn Albert, which captures the atmosphere in the pits and paddock and takes to the track to check out some historic racing action.
Entry Pack for Wakefield Park All Historic Summer February 2013
Entry packs for our upcoming Wakefield Park All Historic Summer race weekend, coming this February 22-25, were sent out early this year. Additionally, the entry form, supplementary regulations (read them), and entry letter are available for download right here on the club website.
To enter the HSRCA Wakefield Park Summer Meeting: Click this link: www.motorevententry.org or type it into your browse If you are new to the system, click ‘Create an Account’ and follow the prompts – wait foconfirmation email in your normal email, then go back to the MotorEventEntry websi Go to ‘Toolkit’ and fill in your details, cars and team, Log on to the system using your MotorEventEntry ID and password,
Click ‘Upcoming Events’, view the HSRCA Wakefield Park 2013 Summer meeting and then click ‘Enter Event’. You can pay by direct debit, cheque or credit card. If you pay on-line by credit card (via Paypal) the usual 3% fee will be waived.

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Sunday, 3 February 2013

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