Editing Oldsmobile (section)

==Motorsport==
===NASCAR===
Oldsmobile is especially known for its competition in [[NASCAR]]. Beginning with the [[Oldsmobile 88|Rocket 88]], Oldsmobile proved heavily competitive in [[stock car racing]]. In the Sixties, the Rocket 88 was replaced by the [[Oldsmobile 442|442]]. Eventually, the Cutlass would lead Oldsmobile into the Eighties before GM reduced its entries to Chevrolet and Pontiac in the Nineties. It was the restyled body of the Cutlass Supreme that (along with the [[Chevrolet Monte Carlo]], [[Buick Regal]], and [[Pontiac Grand Prix]]) ushered in the downsized cars into NASCAR cup competition. While the Cutlass looked almost identical to the [[Buick Regal]] (which scored 35+ victories in the 1981 thru 1985 seasons), the Cutlass (like the [[Dodge Mirada]]) didn't take one checkered flag, and many teams moved away from it in 1983 to the Regal, Grand Prix, and restyled Monte Carlo SS. This was a rude awakening to Oldsmobile, which was getting used to wins on the NASCAR circuit. The body style of the 1988 to 1992 Cutlass proved to be a winner for NASCAR competition and it visited the victory circle 13 times between 1989 and 1992, when Oldsmobile ended its racing program.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}

===IMSA GT===
In the [[IMSA GT Championship]], Oldsmobile would provide power for [[Group C|IMSA GT Prototype]]s alongside Chevrolet and Buick. The Cutlass was used in IMSA GTO along with other vehicles also being used in Trans Am and NASCAR. The Aurora bodystyle was utilised in the [[IMSA GT Championship|IMSA WSC era]] series in the mid 1990's in the GTS-1 class to develop the [[Northstar_engine_series|Northstar V8 engine]] which was later used in IRL racing.

===IndyCar===
Oldsmobile was an engine supplier in the [[IndyCar Series]] along with Infiniti between 1997 and 2001, when General Motors switched the brand used in the then-Indy Racing League to Chevrolet.

===Trans Am Series===
The Cutlass was used in the [[Trans Am Series]] during the 1980s. Many vehicles also being used in NASCAR at the time were used in Trans Am and IMSA GTO.