Stock car racing
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2025) |
 NASCAR vehicles practicing at Daytona International Speedway with Jeff Burton, Elliott Sadler, Ricky Rudd, Dale Jarrett, and Sterling Marlin in 2004 | |
| Highest governing body | NASCAR |
|---|---|
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | Yes |
| Team members | Yes |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Venue | All types of oval tracks and road courses |
Stock car racing is a kind of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses. It originally used production-model cars which is where the name "stock car" comes from. It started in the southern United States and later spread to Japan. Other countries, such as Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, have forms of stock car racing worldwide as well.[1] Top-level races are between 200 and 600 miles (322 and 966 km) in length.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Stock Car - Corridas, Torneio, Pilotos, Carros e mais". www.stockcar.com.br. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
