Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built (Prototype) or related to road-going models (Grand Touring). Broadly speaking, sports car racing is one of the main types of circuit auto racing, alongside open-wheel single-seater 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 ( not always) endurance races that are run over relatively large distances, and there is usually a larger emphasis placed on the reliability and efficiency of the car (as opposed to outright speed of the driver though driver performance plays a role) than in some of the other types of auto racing. The FIA World Endurance Championship is an example of a sports car racing series. A type of hybrid between
Las carreras de automóviles deportivos son una forma de carreras de automóviles por carretera que utiliza coches deportivos que tienen dos asientos y ruedas cerradas. Pueden ser construidas con fines específicos (Prototype) o relacionadas con modelos de carretera (Grand Touring). En general, las carreras de automóviles deportivos son uno de los principales tipos de carreras de automóviles de circuito, junto a las carreras de automóviles de dos asientos abiertos (como la Fórmula Uno), las carreras de automóviles de turismo (como el British Touring Car Championship, que se basa en los 'automóviles de salón' en oposición a los 'exóticos' vistos en coches deportivos) y las carreras de automóviles de stock (como la NASCAR). Las carreras de automóviles deportivos son a menudo (no siempre) carreras de resistencia que se llevan a cabo sobre distancias relativamente grandes, y generalmente hay un mayor énfasis en la fiabilidad y la eficiencia del coche (en contraposición directa de la velocidad