Circuits
Races are held most in road courses, in 2009 for the first time a race was held in a street circuit in Salvador. The circuits for the 2012 season are:
- Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos), São Paulo, SP
- Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Pinhais, PR
- Velopark, Nova Santa Rita, RS
- Ribeirão Preto Street Circuit, Ribeirão Preto, SP
- Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Londrina, PR
- Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Jacarepaguá), Rio de Janeiro, RJ
- Salvador Street Circuit, Salvador, BA
- Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel, Cascavel, PR
- Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã, Viamão, RS
- Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brasília, DF
Former circuits in the Stock Car Brasil championship include:
- Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, RS (last race: 2011)
- Autódromo do Estoril, Portugal (last race: 1982)
- Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Argentina (last race: 2008)
- Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Jacarepaguá), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (full course. last race: 2005)
- Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura, Campo Grande, MS (last race: 2011)
- Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé, Guaporé, RS (last race: 2002)
- Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia), Goiânia, GO (last race: 2001)
- Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos), São Paulo, SP (old 8 km track. last race: 1989)
- Autódromo Internacional Virgílio Távora, Fortaleza, CE (last race: 1979)
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