A race track is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals. A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also used in the study of animal locomotion.
Touring Car race at Brands Hatch circuit
A typical racecourse
Motorcycles racing on a highly banked board track in 1911
Autódromo José Carlos Pace Racetrack showing safety fencing
Road racing is a North American term to describe motorsport racing held on a paved road surface. The races can be held either on a closed circuit or on a street circuit utilizing temporarily closed public roads. The objective is to complete a predetermined number of circuit laps in the least amount of time, or to accumulate the most circuit laps within a predetermined time period. Originally, road races were held almost entirely on public roads. However, public safety concerns eventually led to most races being held on purpose-built racing circuits.
Riverside International Raceway was an example of a road course
Automobiles competing in the 1906 French Grand Prix
A section of the Nurburgring
Formula One road racing action during the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix