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Founded in 2003, drifting was brought to America from Japan. In 2004, Road Atlanta paves the infamous "horseshoe" in 10 making the track perfect for drifting and the first Formula Drift round is held. Over the years, events have been held around the world and has now expanded to an 8-round championship series.
Once practice is over, each driver on the grid has two chances to qualify for the single elimination top 32 tandem field. The judging criteria for these two runs comes down to three aspects: line, angle, and style.

Exotic cars, international stars and premier road course and street circuits define the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the top level of sports car competition in North America. A total of 14 manufacturers and championship drivers from NASCAR, open-wheel and international sports car competition compete for the top step on the podium at prestigious endurance events such as the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen and Petit Le Mans.

The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) was formed in 1991 to deliver high quality motorsports events to enthusiasts at major racing venues throughout the nation. NASA has created programs that allow owners of both racecars and high-performance street-driven vehicles to enjoy the full performance capabilities of their cars in a safe and controlled environment. NASA offers many different programs that will allow you to enjoy motorsports on a number of different levels, including our High Performance Driving Events (HPDE), Time Trial, and Road Racing programs.

NASCAR sanctions and produces stock car racing, with drivers, sponsors and passionate fans from all over the world attending events in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.
Continuing its tradition of innovation, NASCAR, in collaboration with drivers, teams, and manufacturers, built a new generation of car — the NASCAR Next Gen car — aimed to further reduce costs for teams and make racing more compelling than ever for fans.
NASCAR continues to expand its footprint to include esports series as a way to further entertain fans and develop the next generation of driver talent. The national and regional levels of the sport continue to thrive, and NASCAR now holds over 1,000 races per year throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.
And NASCAR’s diversity and inclusion efforts continue to create an inclusive environment in all facets of the industry, from drivers, team owners, fans and beyond as the sport continues to race into the future.

The National Hot Rod Association, the largest auto racing organization in the world, has come a long way since Wally Parks founded it in 1951.
Though it has grown into a global sports-entertainment business, NHRA has not lost sight of Parks’ original goal: to provide competitors a place to race. But now those places are deluxe supertracks in major U.S. markets, and the racing runs the gamut from 10,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragsters to 5-horsepower Jr. Dragsters. Drag racing’s journey through the decades has been sometimes swift, sometimes rocky, but always exciting and always worth the trip.

CCA Pro Racing, located just outside of the Racing Capital of the World in Brownsburg, IN, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sports Car Club of America, Inc. – a 65,000-member organization dedicated to motorsports events and voting member of the Automobile Competition Committee of the United States (ACCUS) – the FIA delegate for the United States.
Since our first event in 1963, SCCA Pro Racing has been at the forefront of the professional racing landscape in the United States, and we continue to provide full-service organization, operational support, and sanctioning for numerous professional racing series.
Known for its operational expertise, SCCA Pro Racing has been the choice of privately owned racing series, as well as those promoted by automobile manufacturers, to conduct all facets of their Championships.