Key facts
- Classification
- Vehicle
- Application
- Recreation , sports
- Fuel source
- Gasoline , electric , hydrogen
- Powered
- Yes
- Self propelled
- Yes
- Wheels
- 4–6
- Aerofoils
- Optional
- Axles
- 2–4
- Inventor
- Ray Harroun
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- car classification
- Subclass of
- racing automobile
- Image
- 2011 Malaysian GP - Alonso.jpg
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- Commons category
- Single-seater racing automobiles
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Encyclopedic overview
An open-wheel car is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have their wheels below the body or inside fenders. Open-wheel cars are built both for road racing and oval track racing. Open-wheel cars licensed for use on public roads (street legal), such as the Ariel Atom, are uncommon, as they are often impractical for everyday use.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “open-wheel car” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.