Banger racing (in North America either street stock or enduro racing, and in Australia, "stock car racing") is a tarmac or dirt track racing type of motorsport event popularised in both North America and Europe and especially United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands in which drivers of old vehicles race against one another around a race track and the race is won in terms of the first car to the chequered flag. The race tracks are usually oval, around 440 yards (400 metres) but on occasion are constructed in a figure eight design. One notable exception is the Frank Kimmel Street Stock Nationals, held at longer (1,600m and longer) ovals such as Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina, a 1.017 mile oval.
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