Touring Car Racing -

Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition that uses race prepared touring cars. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing, which is popular in the United States.

Former series
The old World Touring Car Championship, plagued by lack of support from the FIA, raced under the Group A regulations in 1987.
Germany’s former DTC adopted ETCC rules in 2004 and was renamed to DMSB-Produktionswagen-Meisterschaft (DPM) until 2005
Asian Touring Car Championship (2000–2002, 2005–2011)
Benelux Racing League 2004–2009
Belgian Touring Car Series, last season in 2011.
Australian Super Touring Championship ran from 1993 to 2001.
Japanese Touring Car Championship (JTCC) ran from 1994 through 1998.
Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW) ran from 1994 through 1999.
North American Touring Car Championship (NATCC) ran from 1996 to 1997.

Scandinavian Touring Car Championship 2012.
Swedish Touring Car Championship (1996–2010)
South American Super Touring Car Championship ran from 1997 through 2000.
Norwegian Touring Car Championship
Danish Touring Car Championship (1999–2010)
Italian Superturismo Championship (1987–1999, 2003–2008)
Superstars Series (2004–2013)
French Supertouring Championship (Championnat de France de Supertourisme), last season in 2005.
Campeonato Español de Turismos (Spanish Touring Car Championship) ran from 1959 to 1998.
Bankfin Touring Car Championship (South African Touring Car Championship) which ended in 2000.
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (1984–1994) then turned to ITCC by the FIA in 1995, based in heavily modified cars, began to be too expensive and due to retirement from Opel and Alfa Romeo the ITCC series were cancelled in 1996.
V8Star Series
New Zealand V8s (1994–2015)
V8SuperTourer