| Car racing, a form of motor racing involving cars | | | | exclusively for racing, sports cars are |
| built to combine aspects of racing and touring | | | | nevertheless able racing machines and are often |
| cars. Although there are many conflicting | | | | entered in competitions with their own kind, Most |
| definitions of sports cars, it is usually conceded | | | | of the world's sports-car racing is conducted for |
| that in normal production form they do not | | | | amateur drivers by local and regional organizations. |
| resemble Grand Prix (Formula I) racing machines. | | | | Some of the world's tccsctcam cot taesng, |
| Whereas the latter is a single.seat design carrying | | | | tsptciaiy in suc'n important as Mans, where the |
| spartan cockpit furnishings and utterly functional | | | | reputations of manufacturers are very much at |
| equipment throughout, the sports car is usually a | | | | stake, has brought about some prototype sports |
| two- seater, sometimes a four, characterized by | | | | cars that are, in reality, little different in their |
| its nimble abilities (if not speed and power) | | | | power and speed potentials from Formula I |
| together with general suitability for high- speed | | | | machines. A world sports-car championship was |
| touring on ordinary roads. Unlike a Grand Prix car, | | | | awarded from 1953 to 1961. It was replaced in |
| it is usually series-produced,handmade. Some | | | | 1962 by a manufacturer's championship, for which |
| manufacturers of Grand Prix machines, such as | | | | grand touring and prototype cars also compete, |
| Ferrari and Lotus, also make sports cars. Other | | | | awarded annually to the make of car that |
| makes include MG, Jaguar, Aston Martin, AustinI | | | | achieves the best record in a specified series of |
| Healey, Triumph, Porsche, Lancia, Morgan, and | | | | races. |
| Chevrolet Corvette. Although not usually designed | | | | |