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'''Sports car racing''' is a form of [[motorsport]] [[road racing]] which utilises [[sports car]]s that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built [[Sports prototype|prototypes]] or [[grand tourer]]s based on road-going models. Sports car racing is one of the main types of circuit [[auto racing]], alongside [[open-wheel racing]] (such as [[Formula One]]), [[touring car racing]] (such as the [[British Touring Car Championship]], which is based on 'saloon cars' as opposed to the 'exotics' seen in sports cars) and [[stock car racing]] (such as [[NASCAR]]). Sports car races are often, though not always, [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance races]] that are run over particularly long distances or large amounts of time, resulting in a larger emphasis on the reliability and efficiency of the car and its drivers as opposed to outright car performance or driver skills. The [[FIA World Endurance Championship]] is an example of one of the best known sports car racing series.
A type of hybrid between the purism of [[open-wheeler]]s and the familiarity of touring car racing, this style is often best associated with the annual [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] endurance race. First run in 1923,
The prestige of storied marques such as [[Porsche]], [[Audi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audi.com/en/audisport/history.html|title=Audi Sport|access-date=2017-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030831/http://www.audi.com/en/audisport/history.html|archive-date=2017-12-01|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Chevrolet]], [[Ferrari]], [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]], [[Bentley]], [[Aston Martin]], [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]], [[Maserati]], [[Lamborghini]], [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Lancia]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], and [[BMW]] is built in part upon success in sports car racing. These makers' top road cars have often been very similar both in engineering and styling to those raced. This close association with the 'exotic' nature of the cars serves as a useful distinction between sports car racing and touring cars.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brooklyn |first=Billie B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJJhDwAAQBAJ&dq=distinction+between+sports+car+racing+and+touring+cars&pg=PA14 |title=Sports Car Racing |date=2014-12-15 |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |isbn=978-1-4994-0166-0 |language=en}}</ref>
The [[12 Hours of Sebring]], [[24 Hours of Daytona]], and
==History==
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