The Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade (CNV, National Speed Championship) is a Portuguesemotor racing competition, encompassing GTs, prototype racing cars and touring cars. It was established in the 1960s.
The competition was established in the 1960s and today has Group 5 and Group 4 (racing) cars. In the 1970a and 1980s, Group A and Group B cars took part towards the end of the 1980s and into the 1990s. This was superseded by Group N, that is, production cars with similar specifications to road-legal cars, from the end of the 1990s until 2006.
In 2007, the Campeonato Nacional de Turismos was created for S2000 cars. In 2011, this championship ended because of lack of participants, so the GT cars went to race in the higher class.
Since 2010 the series has been organised by Full Eventos under the "Racing Weekend" brand. As of 2015, the competition consists of five qualifying races and two finals. The CNV is run alongside other competitions such as the Campeonato de Portugal de Clássicos and together they are known under the English-language name "Racing Weekend". These other competitions include:
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Campeonato Sudamericano de GT previously known as GT3 Brasil Championship, GT Brasil and Campeonato Brasileiro de GT was a sports car racing series based in the Brazil organized by the SRO Latin America.
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This article describes all the 2015 seasons of TCR Series across the world.
The 2016 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos is the second season of the TCR Portuguese Series. Starting from this season, the championship will run separate from the GT Class of the championship organised by FullEventos. As for the Italian series, TCR cars will be placed side by side with TCS, also with the addition of a trophy cars category.
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The 2018 Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos is set to be the fourth season of Campeonato Nacional de Velocidade Turismos that will run under the TCR regulations. The series is organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Automobilismo e Karting (FPAK) and Full Eventos under the Racing Weekend banner. Francisco Mora is the defending drivers' champion.
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