The Carrera Panamericana
was a border-to-border sedan and sports car racing event on open roads in Mexico similar to the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio in Italy.
Running for five consecutive years from 1950 to 1954, it was widely held by contemporaries to be the most dangerous race of any type in the world.
The Daytona International Speedway
is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR.
The track was built in 1959 by NASCAR founder William "Bill" France, Sr. to host racing that was held at the former Daytona Beach Road Course.
The Mille Miglia
was an open-road, motorsport endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957.
In 1955, Mercedes made another attempt at winning the MM, this time with careful preparation and a more powerful car, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.
After 10 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds, Moss/Jenkinson arrived in Brescia with the now famous #722, setting the event record at an average of 157.650 km/h not to be beaten in the remaining two years.
A record for eternity.
Autodrome de Montlhéry,
established 4 October 1924, is a motor racing circuit, officially called L’autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry, located south-west of the small town of Montlhéry about 19 miles south of Paris.
The last certification for racing was gained in 2001.
The Nürburgring
motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer Nordschleife "North loop" track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains.
The north loop is 12.9 miles long and has more than 1.000 feet of elevation change from its lowest to highest points.
Jackie Stewart nicknamed the old track
"The Green Hell".
The Riverside International Raceway
was a motorsports race track and road course established in the Edgemont area of Riverside County, California, in 1957.
Riverside was noted for its hot, dusty environment and for being a somewhat complicated and dangerous track for drivers. It was also considered one of the finest tracks in the United States.
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is also referred to as Spa and is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, and the Spa 24 Hours and 1.000 km Spa endurance races.
The original Spa-Francorchamps circuit was essentially a speed course, with drivers managing higher average speeds than on other race tracks.
The Targa Florio
was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo.
Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973.
While the first races consisted of a whole tour of the island, the track length in the race's last decades was limited to the 45 miles of the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, which was lapped 11 times.
Bremgarten
The Circuit Bremgarten was a 7.280 km (4.524 mi) motorsport race track in Bern, Switzerland, which formerly hosted the Swiss Grand Prix from 1933 to 1954 (Formula One, 1947 to 1954) and the Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix in 1949 and from 1951 until 1954.
Autodromo de Buenos Aires
The Autódromo de Buenos Aires Oscar y Juan Gálvez is a 45,000 capacity motor racing circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina built in 1952.
It was later renamed after Argentinian racing driver brothers, Juan Gálvez (1916–1963) and Oscar Alfredo Gálvez (1913–1989).
Imola
The Imola Circuit, officially called the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, is a 4.909 km (3.050 mi) motor racing circuit.
It is one of the few major international circuits to run in an anti-clockwise direction. Initially used for motorcycle racing, the first race at Imola was held in 1953.
Interlagos
The Autódromo José Carlos Pace, better known as Autódromo de Interlagos or simply Interlagos, is a 4.309 km (2.677 mi) motorsport circuit located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Råbelövsbanan
Råbelövsbanan was former racing circuit in Kristianstad, Scania, Sweden. The circuit is located 5 km (3.1 mi) from Kristianstad.
The circuit had length of 6.537 km (4.062 mi) and width of 6–8 m (20–26 ft). The circuit was named after the Råbelöv Castle.
