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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. It was inaugurated on 12 May 1940, by the federal intervener of the São Paulo province, Adhemar de Barros. The traditional name of the circuit and of the neighborhood itself comes from the fact that it is located in a region between two large artificial lakes, Guarapiranga and Billings, which were built in the beginning of the 20th century to supply the city with water and electricity. In 1985, the circuit was renamed to honor the Formula 1 driver José Carlos Pace, who died in a plane crash in 1977. Attached to its facilities there is a kart circuit named after Ayrton Senna. The circuit runs counterclockwise.
Stock Car Pro Series, formerly known as Stock Car Brasil, is a touring car auto racing series based in Brazil organized by Vicar. It is considered the major Brazilian and South American motorsports series. Starting in 1979 with Chevrolet as the only constructor, the series has also seen other constructors joining in and leaving such as Mitsubishi, Peugeot and Volkswagen, currently the only other besides Chevrolet is Toyota. The series is composed of 12 rounds, with the most important race, the Corrida do Milhão being worth double points and has a prize pool of R$1 million. The competition has seen many internationally famous drivers in its ranks, such as Rubens Barrichello, Felipe Massa, Jacques Villeneuve, Lucas di Grassi, Nelson Piquet Jr., Ricardo Zonta, Tony Kanaan and António Félix da Costa.
Max Wilson is a racing driver of Brazilian parentage.
Carlos Eduardo Santos Galvão Bueno Filho, better known as Cacá Bueno is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Cruze for Crown Racing. He is best known for winning the Stock Car Brasil championship five times.
Ricardo Maurício is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil series, which he won in 2008, 2013 and 2020. Prior to this he raced in several European single-seater formulae, winning the Spanish Formula Three Championship and recording podium finishes in International Formula 3000.
The 2011 Copa Caixa Stock Car season was the 33rd Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 20 at the Curitiba and ended on November 6 at the Velopark, after twelve rounds. For this season, the Manufacturer Peugeot announced that the 408 was to be the new representative in the championship replacing the 307.
The 2012 Copa Caixa Stock Car season was from the 34th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 25 at the Interlagos and ended on December 9 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds. Chevrolet, came to have Chevrolet Sonic as representation of the manufacturer. The category announced changes for 2012 season, excluding the super final and system of dropped. The scoring system was change with the top twenty drivers in each race are awarded points on a scale of 22, 20, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.
The 2010 Copa Chevrolet season was the first Copa Chevrolet Montana season. The category is the second tier of Stock Car Brasil replaces Copa Vicar. It began on April 11 at Curitiba and ended on December 5 at same circuit after nine rounds.
The 2009 Copa Nextel Stock Car season was the 31st Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 29 at Interlagos and ended on December 6 at same circuit after twelve rounds.
The 2013 Stock Car Brasil season was the 35th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 3 at the Interlagos and ended on December 15 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds. Pirelli return to the championship after a five-season absence, replacing Goodyear as tyre supplier.
The 2008 Copa Nextel Stock Car was the 30th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on April 13 at the Interlagos and ended on December 7 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds. This season Volkswagen announced the retired from the championship.
AH Competições is a Brazilian auto racing team founded in 1996 by Stock Car Brasil co-founder Washington Bezerra and former racing driver Wilson Fittipaldi. The team won the championship in Stock Car Brasil, Stock Car Light and Brazilian GT Championship. In 2010 the team was renamed for AH Competições with former racing driver Antonio Hermann became the team owner alongside Bezerra. In 2013 the team joined FIA GT Series with BMW under the name BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil.
The 2014 Circuito Nova Schin Stock Car Brasil season was the thirty-sixth season of the Stock Car Brasil.
The 2007 Copa Nextel Stock Car was the 29th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on April 22 at the Interlagos and ended on December 9 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds.
The 2006 Copa Nextel Stock Car was the 28th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on April 9 at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace and ended on December 10 at the same circuit, after twelve rounds. Cacá Bueno was crowned champion. The season was notable for the arrival of Volkswagen as one of the series' manufacturers, alongside Mitsubishi and Chevrolet.
The 2003 Stock Car Brasil was the 27th Stock Car Brasil season. It began on March 23 at the Curitiba and ended on November 30 at Interlagos, after twelve rounds.
The 2016 Stock Car Brasil Championship is the thirty-eighth season of the Stock Car Brasil. The season began at Curitiba on March 6 and finished at Interlagos on December 11.
The 2002 Stock Car Pro Series is the 24th season of Stock Car Brasil. The season started at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba on March 23 with the final race of the season being held at the Interlagos Circuit on November 30.
The 2017 Mercedes-Benz Challenge is the seventh season of the Mercedes-Benz Challenge.
The 2022 F4 Brazilian Championship was the inaugural season of the F4 Brazilian Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Tatuus F4 T-421 chassis.