Of the many instances of racing drivers assuming false names, two more are Louis Krages, who raced under the name " John Winter " to keep his mother from finding out about his " habit ", and former F1 driver Jean Alesi.

Road cars sold by these manufacturers have in many cases been very similar to the cars that were raced, both in engineering and styling.

Sports car racing has intermittently been popular in Japan – in the 1960s small-capacity sports racers and even a local version of the Group 7 cars as raced in Can-Am were popular ; a healthy local sports prototype championship ran until the early 1990s and now the Super GT series provides high-budget exposure to manufacturers, with many international drivers appearing.

The Arabian is primarily used today in endurance racing, but is also raced over traditional race tracks in many countries.

The Macedonians raced into it, slaughtering all the men whom they met and plundering the residences ; many of the houses belonged to the common people and were abundantly supplied with furniture and wearing apparel of every kind ….

McQueen raced in many top off-road races on the West Coast, including the Baja 1000, the Mint 400 and the Elsinore Grand Prix.

However, it was raced successfully by many privateers and went on to win races all the way into the 1970s.

Although the prototype XJ13 was built in the mid-1960s it was never raced, and the famous race was then left for many years, until in the mid-1980s when Tom Walkinshaw's TWR team started designing and preparing Jaguar V12-engined sports prototypes for European sports car races.

They set themselves apart from many other internationally successful crews by winning almost every time they raced.

While an active driver, Foyt entered into a longtime partnership with Kalamazoo, Michigan businessman Jim Gilmore, and raced under the Gilmore-Foyt Racing name for many years.

However, it was raced successfully by many privateers and went on to win races all the way into the 1970s.

In many towns, the player may also raise a Grunty, a pig-like sentient creature who can be ridden in fields and, in later games, raced for prizes.

By the 1930s the business was managed by Pietro ’ s grandson, Serafino, and the company had become a leading manufacturer of small racing boats, many of which he raced himself.

Mini Marcos cars were raced widely, especially as a budget endurance race car, but also in local championships in many countries including Modsports in the UK.

In a pattern that repeated itself at many of their stops, Lou owned and operated saloons with assorted entertainments while Sam developed mining claims in the surrounding mountains, served occasionally as a peace officer and, in his spare time, raced horses.

However, while helping the horses in the short term, the increased use of medications at the track had a downside, as many more horses were raced while injured.

Even after production of the car was discontinued, many privateer teams still raced the AE86, and it is still a popular choice for rallying and club races today.

The rear wheel drive configuration, combined with the AE86's light weight ( approximately 2300 lb ( 950 – 970 kg ) curb weight ), balance and relatively powerful ( and easy to tune ) 4A-GEU engine made it popular among the Japanese hashiriya ( street racers in Japanese ), many of whom raced in mountain passes ( touge in Japanese ) where the corners suited the AE86 best, especially on the downhill.

In the 1920s, Karl Irion raced many Adlers ; popular models of the period included the 2298 cc, 1550 cc, and 4700 cc four-cylinders and the 2580 cc six-cylinders.

until the early 1990s ; At least 2 series 400 arrived, one residing at Hawthorn Melbourne for many years before residing in Ballarat VIC during late 1970s through 1980's ; At least one Series 500 ( standard car ) arrived in Australia, it was raced by the Parammatta Aurea Mechanic ( in standard form ) in the first, and several successive Warrick Farm ( Sydney ) raceway events.

He became a friend of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1949 and they raced together at Cowes Week on many occasions.

The C10 raced against many cars including the Toyota 1600 GT ( RT55 ), Isuzu Bellett GTR, Mazda Familia ( R100 ) & Capella ( RX-2 ) – even Porsche.

He raced many Le Mans 24 hour races and living in Florida is still active appearing at the 36th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races in August 2009.

The Dragon and Squib keelboat classes and many dinghy classes including Laser and Topaz Omega are raced by club members.

Using the natural contours of the land, many cyclists from around London practised, raced and ran time trials on the dirt roads carved out by farm machinery.

Having previously only raced in very junior open-wheel categories, he was given his Super Licence from the Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile ( FIA ) after a performance delivery promise by his team boss, Peter Sauber.

The Imp was also successfully raced and rallied in other parts of the world, notably Asia where Drivers like Andrew Bryson and Pardaman Singh regularly won saloon car categories even till as late as the eighties.

Today they are still being raced in " Turismo Carretera ", " TC4000 " and " Turismo Zonal " categories.

Since leaving Formula One he has raced in a number of categories, including CART, various kinds of Sports car racing, and Grand Prix Masters.

The racetrack dictates what type of late model is raced, but most fall in to one of these categories:

In addition, there are a variety of Masters categories which can be raced.

During the decade in which he raced long distances, he helped to found the 3, 000-mile nonstop transcontinental bicycle Race Across America ( along with Lon Haldeman and John Marino ), in which he competed five times ( 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989 ), was assistant race director six years, and executive race director seven years.

The engine regularly fitted was the 901 / 20 6-cylinder lightweight racing engine with 220 hp and carburetors, although some examples that were raced by the factory team received fuel-injected or 8-cylinder engines, especially in hillclimbing events where Porsche competed with Ferrari Dinos for the European championship.

He has competed in the series every year since then, and has also raced in Superleague Formula ( SC Corinthians ) and the FIA GT1 World Championship.

At the Pyroil 500, he competed against his brothers Mike and Rusty, marking the first time since Bob, Fonty, and Tim Flock raced that three brothers competed in the same race.

Lindgren also competed against Mills in the 1965 AAU Nationals meet, where they raced the.

In 1946, he competed, with his Delahaye 135CS, in several races including the Grand Prix of Bourgogne-Dijon where he finished at the 4th position and the Le Mans Grand Prix, raced on the Nantes race track this year, where he finished in 5th position, driving a Delahaye.

Roy competed in the USA as a privateer for a number of years, where he raced both the AMA Motocross and Supercross classes.

For the next eight seasons, Hensley competed on-and-off in the Winston Cup Series and raced full-time in the Busch ranks.

He raced motorcycles in his earlier years ; it was after he entered the prestigious Mille Miglia in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly.

The engine was tested in an AGS Formula One car, and in a Norma sports car, but never raced.

Minnikhanov is a keen motor sports enthusiast and a regular competitor in the FIA European Championship for Rallycross Drivers, in 2007 driving a Citroën C4 T16 4x4 with 550 + bhp that was built and raced in 2006 by 14 time European Rallycross champion Kenneth Hansen of Sweden.

He raced in touring cars, Formula Vee and Formula Ford before a period in sports car racing.

The H16 engine was redesigned with a narrow-angle 4-valve head and magnesium main castings to reduce weight and increase power, but never raced in a car ( it was intended for the 1967 BRM P115 ) as BRM decided to use the V12 unit which was being sold to other F1 and sports car teams with encouraging results.

Influenced by the English and European sports cars being raced on road racing circuits after World War II, Earl decided that General Motors needed to make a sports car.

The TR4 continues to be raced in vintage sports car events and even won an SCCA class championship as late as 1991.

For the next few years he made his living in Japan where he raced for Kunimitsu Takahashi ’ s Advan-backed Alpha team in Formula 3000 and sports cars.

The first full season of " modified " stock car racing was 1949. International sports car racing star Phil Walters, who raced modifieds and midgets under the name " Ted Tappett ", won the season championship.

Capelli also continued with BMW touring cars for the Schnitzer team, as the March budget was tight ( so tight in fact that they raced at the Belgian Grand Prix with a detuned 3. 3 litre sports car engine rather than the full 3. 5l Formula One unit ), and the Schnitzer team had works status with BMW, allowing him to be on the German company's payroll.

During 1998 & 1999 Johansson raced for various sports car teams ( like the unreliable Audi R8C Coupé at Le Mans ) but in 2000 he started Johansson-Matthews racing with an American businessman called Jim Matthews.

He raced motorcycles for Moto-Guzzi prior to changing to sports cars and Grand Prix racing.

In 1935, he raced in the Coppa Ciano, finishing third and went on to capture the Italian driving championship in the 1100 cc sports car class.

Unable to make a success in CART, he returned to Europe in 1994 and raced sports cars in the BPR Global GT series.

AAA midgets raced on an 1 / 8th mile oval on a parking ramp and sports cars on a simulated road circuit using the runways and taxiways.

He later raced a number of times for the Surtees team, it was to be in sports car racing that he built a strong reputation as a world class and championship winning racer.

He also owned and raced a Jaguar C-Type sports car which he raced in Ireland at " The Curragh ", known throughout the world as the home of Irish horse racing, and could also boast of having no less than two motor racing circuits in the late 1940s and early fifties.

John Cannon ( born 21 June 1933, in London, U. K. – 18 October 1999, in New Mexico, USA ) was a sports car racer from England, who raced under the banner of Canada.

He entered three 1947 Grands Prix with his ten-year-old Talbot-Lago T150C, the car in which Louis Rosier had won the 1937 French Grand Prix — Johnson raced it both as a sports car and a single-seater, simply removing the mudguards to convert it to Grand Prix configuration.