Group C was a category of sports car racing introduced by the FIA in 1982 and continuing until 1993, with Group A for touring cars and Group B for GTs.
A sticker on a race car from the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans, denoting the car is part of the Group C category.
The Porsche 956 was a dominant car in its many factory and customer built forms in the early 1980s.
Jaguar XJR-8 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2008.
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.
