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Events and seriesEdit
Individual races and seasonsEdit
Motor racing circuitsEdit
If possible, please try to give the name of the actual circuit and not the name of the race (i.e. Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (circuit) rather than San Marino GP (race), or Circuito de Guia (circuit) rather than Macau GP (race)).
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SpeedwayEdit
- Adirondack International Speedway
- Holland NASCAR Motorsports Complex
- Lake County Speedway
- Nigel Pearson Speedway
- American Flat Track racetracks
- Current
- Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour race venues
- Current
- Canyon Speedway Park
- Creek County Speedway
- Devil's Bowl Speedway (Texas)
- Gallatin Speedway
- Grays Harbor Raceway
- I-30 Speedway (Little Rock)
- I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa)
- Jacksonville Speedway (IL)
- Lawton Speedway
- Petaluma Speedway
- Plymouth Speedway (IN)
- Riverside International Speedway (Arkansas)
- Route 66 Motor Speedway (Amarillo)
- Skagit Speedway
- Southern Iowa Speedway (Oskaloosa)
- US 36 Raceway (Osborn)
- Current
- Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race venues
- Current
- 300 Raceway (Farley)
- All-Tech Raceway (Lake City)
- Atomic Speedway
- Batesville Motor Speedway
- Brownstown Speedway
- Cherokee Speedway (Gaffney)
- Deer Creek Speedway
- East Bay Raceway Park
- Florence Speedway
- Golden Isles Speedway
- Jackson Motorplex
- Magnolia Motor Speedway
- Outagamie Speedway (Seymour)
- Pittsburgh's PA Motor Speedway
- Raceway 7 (Conneaut)
- Rome Speedway
- Talladega Short Track
- Tri-City Speedway (Illinois) (Granite City)
- Current
- World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series race venues
- Current
- 411 Motor Speedway (Tennessee)
- Brushcreek Motorsports Complex (Ohio)
- Cherokee Speedway (South Carolina)
- Cochran Motor Speedway (Georgia)
- Duck River Raceway Park (Tennessee)
- Fairbury Speedway (Illinois)
- Farmer City Raceway (Illinois)
- Fayetteville Motor Speedway (North Carolina)
- Genesee Speedway
- Grand Rapids Speedway (Minnesota)
- Jacksonville Speedway (Illinois)
- Lancaster Motor Speedway (South Carolina)
- Lavonia Speedway (Georgia)
- Lincoln Speedway (Pennsylvania)
- Moler Raceway Park (Ohio)
- Outagamie Speedway (Wisconsin)
- Outlaw Speedway (Dundee, New York)
- Plymouth Dirt Track (Wisconsin)
- Red Cedar Speedway (Menomonie, Wisconsin)
- Richmond Raceway (Kentucky)
- Thunder Mountain Speedway (Pennsylvania)
- Vado Speedway Park (New Mexico)
- Wayne County Speedway (Ohio)
- Current
MotocrossEdit
- Eric Cagle
- Night of the Jumps Official FIM World Championships in Freestyle Motocross
- Katherine Prumm
- Edgar Torronteras
- Soumik Dey official state representative super sport rider from west bengal,kolkata
- Tadeusz Taddy Blazusiak Enduro World Champion http://blazusiak.com/?page_id=32
- 2012 Motocross Des Nations
- 2011 Motocross Des Nations
- 2010 Motocross Des Nations
Motor racing driversEdit
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- Kenton Gray - NASCAR racer and Scientologist - see Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
- Christian Lester (Northern Irish racing driver whom competes in the Formula 4 Championship and is making his way to Formula One) [10] [11] [12]
Road racing/Endurance Racing driversEdit
- Lee Mueller (4 time SCCA National Champion, IMSA GTU Champion, 3 time winner of the 24 hours of Daytona, and 12 hours of Sebring winner.)
- John Mueller (racing driver)
- Neil Cunningham[4][5][6][7]
- Col. Ronald Jack "Ronnie" Hoare (or R.J. Hoare), had notability as a Ferrari distributor and former owner of Maranello Concessionaires, known presently as Maranello Sales, part of the Sytner Group.[8][9]
Super GT driversEdit
with pages in Japanese Wikipedia
- Hiroki Katoh
- Kazuho Takahashi
- Ryohei Sakaguchi
- Shogo Mitsuyama
- Yuya Motojima
- Hiroaki Nagai
- Koki Saga
- Naoya Yamano
- Hideto Yasuoka
- Akihiro Tsuzuki
- Haruki Kurosawa
- Masanobu Kato
- Shinya Hosokawa
- Kyosuke Mineo
- Masayuki Ueda
- Atsushi Tanaka
Drifting driversEdit
- Matt Field, Formula D
- Chelsea DeNofa, Formula D
- Dylan Hughes, Formula D
- Jeff Jones, Formula D
- Odi Bakchis, Formula D
- Masatoshi Asamoto, D1GP
- Kazuya Bai, D1GP
- Caper Canul, Formula D
- Drift Samurai, D1GP
- Hiroshi Fukuda, D1GP
- Mitsuru Haruguchi; D1GP, Formula D
- Toru Inose , D1GP
- Yuuki Izumida, D1GP
- Hisashi Kamimoto, D1GP
- Ken Maeda, D1GP
- Yukio Matsui, D1GP
- Damien Mulvey
- Kazuyoshi Okamura , D1GP
- Bill Sherman, Formula D
- Michihiro Takatori, D1GP, Formula D
- Gen Terasaki, D1GP
- Masayoshi Tokita, D1GP
- Akinori Utsumi , D1GP
- Paul Vlasblom
- Those winners of the Dakar Rally without articles Dakar_Rally#List_of_winners
Stock car driversEdit
- Matt Perry (NASCAR Driver who is the Only Active Duty Military Service Member racing in NASCAR.) [13][14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
- Tony Spanos - Australian who made 1 NASCAR Cup start, finishing 18th, at Martinsville in April 1987
- Adam Clarke (racing driver) - Australian who made 2 NASCAR Truck Series starts in 2002
- Terry Byers - Australian who made 5 NASCAR Cup starts in 1989/90
- Christine Beckers - Female driver from Belgium who made 1 NASCAR Cup start in 1977
- Lothar Motschenbacher - German who made 1 NASCAR Cup start in 1970
- Fritz Schultz - German who made 1 NASCAR Cup start in 1971
- Patrick Goeters - Mexican who made 1 NASCAR Nationwide start in 2006
- Rafael Martinez (racing driver) - Mexican who made 2 NASCAR Nationwide starts in 2005 and 2008
- Ruben Garcia Novoa - Mexican who made 1 NASCAR Nationwide start in 2005
- Buddie Boys - Canadian who made 3 NASCAR Cup starts in 1984/86
- Jack Donohue (racing driver) - Canadian who made 5 NASCAR Cup starts in 1974/76
- Jackie Fox (Nascar Grand National Driver) - North Carolinian who made 2 NASCAR starts in 1967
- John Banks (racing driver) - Canadian who made 4 NASCAR Cup starts in 1974/75
- Jack Simpson (racing driver) - Canadian who made 3 NASCAR Cup starts in 1973/78
- Les Covey - Canadian who made 7 NASCAR Cup starts in 1972
- Serge Adams - Canadian who made 3 NASCAR Cup starts in 1968
- Nick Rampling - Canadian who made 3 NASCAR Cup starts in 1966
- Jim Bray (racing driver) - Canadian who made 15 NASCAR Cup starts in 1962/74
- Dick Foley - Canadian who made 7 NASCAR Cup starts in 1957/60
- Norman Schihl - Canadian who made 1 NASCAR Cup starts in 1956
- Jim Wilson (racing driver) - Canadian who made 3 NASCAR Cup starts in 1955/56
- Wally Branston - Canadian who made 1 NASCAR Cup start in 1954
- Leo Bergeron - Canadian who made 2 NASCAR Cup starts in 1953
- Geoffrey Dessault - Canadian who made 1 NASCAR Cup start in 1953
- Lloyd Shaw (racing driver) - Canadian who made 1 NASCAR Cup start in 1953
- Albert Lemieux (racing driver) - Canadian who made 1 NASCAR Cup start in 1952
- Allen Heath - Canadian who made 4 NASCAR Cup starts in 1951/54 and was the first foreign born driver to race at Cup level
- Mike MacKenzie (racing driver) - Canadian who made 1 NASCAR Nationwide start in 2007
- Rick Bye - Canadian who made 1 NASCAR Nationwide start in 1995
- Victor Sifton - Canadian who made 1 NASCAR Nationwide start in 1995
- Kevin Dowler - Canadian who made 1 NASCAR Truck start in 2004
- Jason Thom - Canadian who made 6 NASCAR Truck starts in 2000/02
- Robbie Thompson (racing driver) - Canadian who made 2 NASCAR Truck start in 1999/00
- Raul Cilloniz - Peruvian who made 2 NASCAR Cup starts in 1959
- Jackson Humanic - American teenager who has broken records in Dirt Oval Stock Car Racing in 2006/08
- Rick Hanley- Competed in the NASCAR Sportsman Series, now the NASCAR Xfinity series, between 1982-1983
Australian/NZ driversEdit |
Female driversEdit
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Touring car driversEdit
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Motor racing teamsEdit
- Auto Sport Racing
- American Spirit Team Johansson
- Avtodom Racing
- Azeta Racing
- Borousan Otomotiv Motorsport
- Brant Motorsports
- Bull Racing
- Carter 2 Motorsports
- CEK Racing
- Ceskoslovenský Motorsport
- CMS Operations
- CO2 Motorsport
- CoolCava Racing
- DB Motorsport
- Drumel Motorsport
- Dyna Ten Motorsport
- EC Motorsport
- Eifelland Racing
- Elgh Motorsport
- ELK Motorsport
- Equipe TekProm
- Facondini Racing
- G-Tec
- GD Racing
- GDL Racing
- Glidden Motorsports
- GP Racing
- HBR Motorsport
- Hixson Motorsports
- Kimmel Racing
- KMS Mortorsport
- Kolles & Heinz Union
- Kosifler Motorsport
- Lauderbach Motorsport
- LD Autosport
- Lohmann Motorsports
- Meycom
- Monaco Motorsport
- Petrol GT Racing Team
- Peugeot Sport Denmark
- Pole Services
- Poulsen Motorsport
- Q8 Oils Hache Team
- RS-Line Sport
- Scuderia del Girasole
- Scuderia La Torre
- Sighinolfi Autoracing
- SL Formula Racing
- Sonauto
- T-Sport
- Team Costa Rica
- Team E-Rain
- Team Formula Sport
- Team Great Wall
- Team Martello
- Team Midland Euroseries
- Team Olsbergs MSE
- TFS-Yaco Racing
- Thunder Asia Racing
- Zerocinque Motorsport
- American Spirit Team Johansson, CART and Indy Lights team owned by ex-F1 and CART competitor Stefan Johansson (some info available within Johansson's page)
- Avelon Formula (Team Avelon Formula is the works supported team of Wolf Racing Cars; Team Avelon Formula is the sole distributor of Wolf Racing Cars for Asia and Middle East) (https://www.facebook.com/Team-Avelon-Formula-353131458169488/info/?tab=page_info; http://www.wolfracingcars.com/notizie/ing/2010/%20/)
- Bee☆R , or Bee*Racing, Japanese tuning house and drifting team (D1GP regular)
- BimmerWorld Racing, Speed World Challenge competitor and race winner owned by James Clay http://www.bimmerworldracing.com
- Compass 360 Racing- currently participating successfully in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and the Pirelli World Challenge
- CoolCava Racing, Porsche Sports Cup Scandinavia and Porsche GT3 Cup racing team http://www.coolcavaracing.eu
- Hayashi Racing
- Hayhoe Racing, Early 1990's CART team employing Jimmy Vasser in his early IndyCar career before signing with Chip Ganassi Racing
- Jim Hall Racing, former CART IndyCar team, drivers included John Andretti, Teo Fabi, and, finally, Gil de Ferran.
- Leader Cards Racing multi-Indy 500 winner
- Luigi Racing, Raced BMW[29][30] and Alfa Romeo[31][32][33] in ETCC, Le Mans 24 Hours[34] and Spa 24 Hours[35][36].
- Motorsports In Action - Currently racing in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (https://www.motorsportsinaction.com)
- Navi Connection
- Rocky Robinson http://www.rocky-robinson.com
- Signal Auto; Japanese tuning house, famous in import drag racing for its chop top Civic
- Suzuki Endurance Racing Team , most successful FIM Endurance World Championship team
- Top 1 Ack Attack, Motorcycle land speed racing team. (current record holders / FIM certification 360.913 mph)
- Whelen Racing- Rolex Sports Car Series team, formerly in the World Challenge
- Yashio Factory , Japanese tuning house and drifting team, a regular in D1GP
- Algarve Pro Racing Running since 2018 in multiple significant sportscar series and in 2022 competing in WEC. One of only 3 teams in 2022 WEC that do not have an article - many smaller / less successful teams have articles.
Templates for the following IndyCar teams: (many lesser-known stock car teams have templates)
- A. J. Foyt Enterprises
- Galles Racing
- Hemelgarn Racing
- Team Menard
- Newman/Haas Racing (dead link)
- Panther Racing
- Patrick Racing
- Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
- American Spirit Team Johansson
Super GT (JGTC) teamsEdit
- Teams who are or were regulars
- 5Zigen International (aka Team 5Zigen), 2001 Formula Nippon champion, also known as a brand of alloy wheels
- Tomei Sports
- Cerumo , Formula Nippon regular
- Hasemi Motorsport
- Hitotsuyama Racing
- Cars Tokai Dream28 , formerly Honda Cars Tokai, 2008 GT300 champion
- Inging
- Kondo Racing , and Formula Nippon, redirect ro Masahiko Kondo, its team owner
- Kraft (racing team)
- Japan Lamborghini Owner's Club
- Team Daishin
- Gainer Racing
- Up Garage
- apr Racing
- LM corsa
- Team Mach
- Mola International
- Nova Engineering , 1992 Japanese Formula 3000 champion
- Okura Rotary Racing
- Taisan International , 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner
- Team Takeuchi
- Tsuchiya Engineering
Moto2 MotorcylesEdit
I note that it seems that none of the motorcycles in the Moto2 championship 2018 Moto2 season have articles. I'm not sure how notability works for individual racing motorcycles, but list the models here in case someone else does.
PeopleEdit
- Thomas Michael Cadwalader - American Racing Driver competed in Bertil Roos F2000 Series in 2019, Skip Barber E series, and Skip Barber F4 Series in 2020
- Teena Gade - Female motorsport engineer in the World Rally Championship.
- Kourtney Hungerford - Professional Athlete, Known as the OG of Freestyle Snowmobiling. From West Yellowstone, MT.
- Scott A. Robinson
- Gordon Brown (racer) - (req. prior 2008-04-02) - (1938-2003), Canadian race car driver and inventor of the automotive restraint
- W. Hulsey Smith- NASCAR, IndyCar, Harding Road, Team Owner- A young enterpernureal team owner in NASCAR Nationwide Series and IndyCar who founded Harding Road with a partner David Gravelle. Harding Road is based in Dallas, and a recent article was published about Smith in the May 15th issue of American Way Magizine. Referecne http://www.americanwaymag.com/05152009
- Ed Lynch Jr., Sprint Car drivernet.
- Andrew Craig - CART CEO from 1994 to 2000, before being replaced by Bobby Rahal and then Joseph Heitzler.
- John von Neumann (racing driver) - (Dec. 16, 1921 – Dec. 24, 2003) Co-founder of the California Sports Car Club, winner of early SCCA races, leading importer and seller of Ferrari, Porsche, and Volkswagen on the West Coast, widely noted Ferrari collector, not to be confused with the more famous computer scientist John von Neumann.
- Jack Nicholls - Commentator
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- Aki Ajo - Team manager for Ajo Motorsport competing in Moto2 and Moto3 classes
- Doug Skinner (engineer) Australian. Former motor racing designer and engineer, responsible for the Panoz GTR-1, and Q9 hybrid. Design manager at G-force winning the 2000 Indianapolis 500. Head of engineering at Holden Racing Team, Holden Commodore (VF), winning the Bathurst 1000. Senior engineer-aerodynamics at McLaren with a Monaco GP win. Chief designer for both Cadillac Northstar LMP and Nissan R391, Le-Mans 24 hr programs. References [45] [46] [47] [48]
- Mario Rossi (NASCAR), a NASCAR race engineer who disappeared in 1983 [49]
- Kym Illman, photographer and journalist.
- Steve Torrance, NHRA racer nominated for Best Driver ESPY Award in 2019
- Art Chrisman, NHRA drag racer and early pioneer of drag racing.
Motorsport by countryEdit
- Motorsport in Argentina
- Motorsport in Austria
- Motorsport in Belgium
- Motorsport in Brazil
- Motorsport in China
- Motorsport in the Czech Republic
- Motorsport in Denmark
- Motorsport in Estonia
- Motorsport in Finland
- Motorsport in France
- Motorsport in Germany
- Motorsport in Greece
- Motorsport in Ireland
- Motorsport in Japan
- Motorsport in Mexico
- Motorsport in Monaco
- Motorsport in Morocco
- Motorsport in Norway
- Motorsport in Portugal
- Motorsport in Russia
- Motorsport in Saudi Arabia
- Motorsport in South Africa
- Motorsport in Spain
- Motorsport in Sweden
- Motorsport in Switzerland
- Motorsport in Turkey
- Motorsport in the United Arab Emirates
- Motorsport in Vietnam
OtherEdit
- Owner/driver (or owner-driver) - commonly found in sports car racing and NASCAR, IndyCars and sports car racing, in which the team owner drives the car or one of the cars
- 7-post shaker rig
- Virginia Beach Beast - First Monster Tank/ First and Second Monster Tank Rollover. (USHRA Monster Tank)
Intervention Marshalling - Set up in 2010 to improve the effectiveness of first response intervention marshalling, interventionmarshals.co.uk is growing rapidly and now has members across the world.
- Air Titan - Race track / pavement drying apparatus, designed to be towed behind vehicle, usually a full-size pickup truck, first employed by NASCAR at the beginning of 2014 race season.
- Tinny Bashing - A sport where small aluminium boats perform stunts. "https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/shock-footage-man-swings-bridge-suspended-tinny/3375770/", "https://jalopnik.com/tinny-bashing-boat-hoons-are-terrorizing-australias-wat-1789691841", "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5569867/Meet-tinny-rats-group-teenage-boat-drivers-boast-illegal-stunts-online.html"
- Motor sports photography - specialized genre of photography
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Mini Challenge".
- ^ "Driver Database - Dominic Wheatley".
- ^ "Mini Challenge - DOMINIC WHEATLEY: 'THIS TITLE IS WORTH 100 RACE WINS!'".
- ^ http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/673811/Neil-Cunningham-James-Bond-stunt-racing-driver-Stig
- ^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/racing-car-driver-james-bond-11385444
- ^ http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/124477
- ^ http://www.brdc.co.uk/Notice-of-Death---Neil-Cunningham-1962---2016
- ^ https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/worlds-largest-ferrari-and-maserati-showroom-opens-uk
- ^ http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-1997/48/maranello-concessionaires-racing-team