Early business of recreation are evident on pottery from archaic Greece, which depicted running men vying for first place. A chariot race is described in Homer's Iliad.
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The Sports Hatchback Club of America's SPEED Everyone Challenge Touring Beetle and GT championships are dominant in North America while the venerable British Touring Clunker Championship continues in the United Kingdom
- America's historic Trans-Am Series is undergoing a period of transition, but is still the longest-running byway racing row in the U.S
- The National Auto Sport Association also provides a venue for amateurs Racing School to compete in home-built factory derived vehicles on different local circuits.