He raced in Australian Superbikes in the late 1980s, and also won both races as Superbike World Championship visited Oran Park in.

NASCAR also operates the Nationwide Series, a stock car junior league, and the Camping World Truck Series, a junior league where pickup trucks are raced.

In the 2008 World Final, held at Ipswich, Andy Smith raced to victory becoming the 2008 BriSCA F1 Stock Car World Champion for the second time in his career, taking the crown from brother Stuart Smith Jnr.

He has, since the demise of the Champ Car World Series, raced in IndyCar and NASCAR.

* The old World Touring Car Championship, plagued by lack of support from the FIA, raced under the Group A regulations in 1987.

An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation ( WTC ) consisting of a swim, a bike and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break.

* Truly on the borderline between middle and longer distances, the 3000 m ( 7. 5 laps ) is a standard race in the United States, though it is not raced at the outdoor IAAF World Championships.

In the 1987 World Cup opener against Italy, Kirwan raced 90 meters to score one of the tries of the tournament.

The team raced Saleen Mustangs in the SCCA World Challenge, with Allen and Saleen as the team's drivers.

King-Clark was one of last two surviving drivers who raced at Brooklands before World War II, and was the oldest surviving member of the British Racing Drivers ' Club.

The track ’ s reputation improved so much the 500-Mile Race became part of the Formula One World Championship for 11 years ( 1950 – 1960 ), even though none of the Indy drivers raced in Formula One and only Ferrari's Alberto Ascari of the F1 drivers at the time raced in the 500.

Both his parents had raced production cars shortly after the Second World War and Wilson Sr was also responsible for the first Mil Milhas race in 1956, in São Paulo, having been inspired by the 1949 Italian Mille Miglia.

In 2002 the Serpentine hosted the World Rowing Sprints, in which several international crews raced over 547 yards ( 500 m ).

Notable drivers to have raced at Westwood include Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg, Indianapolis 500 winners Bobby Rahal and Danny Sullivan, Gilles Villeneuve and Michael Andretti.

He raced successfully in two World Sportscar Championship events and achieved praise from Eddie Jordan, in whose Formula Three team Toivonen made a few guest appearances.

He also raced in other formulae than single seaters, once finishing second in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship driving a Team Schnitzer BMW M3.

Until World War I, big cutters and raters were raced by gentlemen amateurs employing skippers and crew.

* July 31, 2010: The Camping World Truck Series raced for the first time at Pocono, with the Pocono Mountains 125.

After the IRL season ended, he raced in the Champ Car World Series race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for Forsythe Racing and finished 10th.

Bansko has recently hosted FIS World Cup alpine ski races: the women raced in 2009 in two downhills and a super G. The men's circuit made its first stop at Bansko in 2011 with a super combined and a slalom.

The car raced only once in the World Championship at the British Grand Prix.

The Peugeot 307 has also been raced in the World Touring Car Championship, the British Touring Car Championship and TC2000 and the Danish Touring Car Championship.

In the following two years he struggled with injuries and raced little, though he did manage to win the gold medal in the 1, 500 meters at the 1987 Pan American Games, defeating both Jim Spivey ( who within the next month would win a bronze medal at the World Championships ) and American mile record holder Steve Scott.

A less than successful season ( 1 podium and difficulty push-starting the bike ) saw him returning home in 1985 to join the Maclean Racing team in U. S. 250 and Formula 1 classes, and then on to the American Honda team from 1986 to 1987 where he raced Superbike and F1.

Their bikes have been raced over the years, winning several early Superbike World Championship races.

Bostrom first raced full-time in the Superbike World Championship in 2000 on a factory Ducati.

For 2009, Bostrom raced a 1000cc Yamaha YZF-R1 in the American Superbike class.

David raced in the World Superbike Championship for two years, without a great deal of success collecting only a handful of points in each season.

Hopkins has raced previously in MotoGP, AMA Superbike Championship, and Superbike World Championship.

In he raced for the Alstare Suzuki Team on the GSX-R1000 which enabled him to regain his position as Superbike World Champion, winning the championship after a run of early-season victories-later in the season Chris Vermeulen and Noriyuki Haga were usually the men to beat.

In and, Noriyuki raced for Ducati Xerox Team alongside Michel Fabrizio on the new Ducati 1198 in the Superbike World Championship.

In 1999 he raced in the Australian Superbike Championship, despite only having participated in a handful of professional races beforehand.

In 2003 he raced in the British Superbike Championship for Rizla Suzuki, alongside double British champion John Reynolds, and had won three races when he crashed heavily at Cadwell Park.

The Boston Barracudas raced in the British League Division Two, ( now the Premier League ) and in 1973 completed a clean sweap winning the League, Knock-out Cup, and Arthur Price won the League Individual Championship, after the New Hammond Beck Road Stadium was sold for re-development in 1988 attempts to secure a new venue failed in the 1990s a team, known as Boston, raced in the Conference League out of King's Lynn

He raced in the 1995 British Formula Vauxhall Championship, winning three races and finishing third in the championship.

Gerry raced Lotus Elans, the special Costin Amigo, Ford Escorts ( winning the inaugural Mexico Championship from Jody Scheckter in 1971 and also finishing runner up to Roger Clark in the 1974 Avon Tour of Britain ), Lola T70, Holden Torana at Bathurst, Hillman Avenger, Clan Crusader, Austin Marina, Birdcage Maserati, Mk2 Jaguar, Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans, Porsche 924, an Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet Camaro and BMWs.

Born in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, South America, Castroneves started his career in karting, and later raced in the Paul Stewart Racing team, and finished third in the 1995 British Formula Three Championship.

Many are still raced, including in the British Endurance Championship ( Britcar ), and at least one has been converted for road use.

* V8 Supercars have raced on a track located within the precinct in the Sydney Telstra 500 in 2009 and 2010 as a round of the V8 Supercar Championship.

Team JMB Giesse raced the cars during the 2001 FIA GT Championship season and won the championship.

* Chevrolet Intrepid, the International Motor Sports Association GT Championship car, which raced from 1991 to 1993

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

In the last few years the World Championship was raced with 100 cc Formula A karts.

From 1985 to 1987, the Electramotive-developed GTP ZX-Turbo was raced in the IMSA GT Championship's GTP class and also the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, badged as a Fairlady Z, using a Lola T810 chassis and a VG30ET engine.

Ferrari would go on to win the over 2000cc class of the FIA's International Championship for GT Manufacturers in 1962, 1963 and 1964, the 250 GTO being raced in each of those years.

The Championship Course is that of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race but, unlike the Boat Race, the Head of the River Race is raced on an ebb tide from Mortlake to Putney.