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A sports prototype, sometimes referred to as simply a prototype, is a type of 
Prototype racing cars have competed in sports car racing since before
* Group 7
* Group 6
* Group C
* Group CN
* Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)
*
race car
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that is used in the highest-level categories of sports car racing
Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built prototypes or grand tourers based on road-going models. Broadly speaking, sports car racing is ...
. These purpose-built racing cars, unlike street-legal and production-based racing cars, are not intended for consumer purchase or production beyond that required to compete and win races.
Prototype racing cars have competed in sports car racing since before World War II
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, but became the top echelon of sports cars in the 1960s as they began to replace homologated
Homologation (Greek ''homologeo'', ὁμολογέω, "to agree") is the granting of approval by an official authority. This may be a court of law, a government department, or an academic or professional body, any of which would normally work fr ...
sports cars. Current ACO regulations allow most sports car series to use two forms of cars: grand tourer
A grand tourer (GT) is a type of car that is designed for high speed and long-distance driving, due to a combination of performance and luxury attributes. The most common format is a Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, front-engine, rear-wh ...
s (GT), based on street cars, and prototypes, which are allowed a great amount of flexibility within set rule parameters.
In historic racing, they are often called "sports racing cars". Sometimes, they are incorrectly referred to as "Le Mans cars", whether they are competing in the Le Mans race or not.
Types of sports prototypes
Since the 1960s, various championships have allowed prototypes to compete. However, most championships have had their own set of rules for their prototype classes. Listed here are some of the more commonly known types of prototypes.
* Group 7
* Group 6
* Group C
* Group CN
* Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)
* Le Mans Prototype
A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is the type of sports prototype race car used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series. Le Mans Prototypes were cr ...
(LMP)
* Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC)
* Le Mans Hypercar (LMH)
* Daytona Prototype
A Daytona Prototype is a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series as their top class of car, which replaced their main prototype racing class, specificall ...
(DP)
* Daytona Prototype International (DPi)
* Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh)
* Sports 2000
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