ORECA is a French racing team and race car constructor, founded in 1973 and run by Hugues de Chaunac, former team manager of F1 team AGS. Oreca has had success in many areas of motorsport. Since the early 1990s the team has concentrated on running sports cars and GT cars.
An Audi R8 used by Oreca in 2005.
An Oreca 03-Nissan, raced by Boutsen Energy Racing at the 2011 6 Hours of Castellet.
Image: Team Oreca Oreca 01 2009 1000km of Okayama (Race 2)
Image: PLM12 52 PR1 Mathiasen LMPC Rudy Junco
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 prototypes or grand tourers based on road-going models. Sports car racing is one of the main types of circuit auto racing, alongside open-wheel racing, touring car racing and stock car racing. Sports car races are often, though not always, 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.
Sports car racing
1900 NW Rennzweier (The Double Racer)
1926 Bentley 3 Litre Le Mans
The 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans was won in a Jaguar XKD.