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• History of the automobile
  ...owered vehicle was able to travel on [[wheel]]s on land and via a [[paddle wheel]] in the water. ...ric hybrids]], [[multi-valve]] engines, [[overhead cam]]shafts, and [[four-wheel drive]], were attempted and discarded at this time.
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• Four-wheel-drive
  ...l (mechanics)|differential]] and uses [[traction control]] to recover from wheel spin.]] ...ter control on many surfaces, and is an important part of [[rallying|rally racing]].
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• Fiat 8V
  ...few different versions. They weren't a commercial success, but did well in racing. Apart from the differential the car did not share any parts with the other ...ch was tested in a wind tunnel; very advanced for that time. Even the rear wheel spats contributed to reducing drag and increased the top speed by 4 kph.
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• Paul Newman
  ...won several championships in [[open wheel racing|open wheel]] [[Indy Car]] racing. ...o provide voice work for films. In keeping with his strong interest in car racing, he provided the voice of [[List of Cars characters#Doc Hudson|Doc Hudson]]
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• Gilles Villeneuve
  ...rld champions Ferrari for the end of the season - in only his fifth season racing cars - and from 1978 to his death in 1982 drove for the Italian team. He wo ...Villeneuve took his family on the road with him in a motorhome during the racing season, a habit which he continued to some extent during his Formula One ca
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• Motorcycle
  [[Image:Mika_Kallio_KTM_125_II.jpg|thumb|250px|Contemporary racing motorcycle]] ...motorcycle''' is a two-wheeled [[vehicle]] powered by an [[engine]]. The [[wheel]]s are in-line, and at higher speed the motorcycle remains upright and stab
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• Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  ...red;"|'''Indy, The Brickyard,<br>The Greatest Race Course in the World,<br>Racing Capital of the World''' |Closed || Open
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• Ferrari America
  ...w [[Ferrari Lampredi engine|Lampredi]] [[V12]] developed for [[Formula 1]] racing, the 340 America could produce over 200&nbsp;hp. Bodywork was done by [[Pi ...as a coupe, spider, or cabriolet with custom Pinin Farina bodywork. Four-wheel [[disc brake]]s were a new addition. 50 400s had been built when the 400 s
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...[[IndyCar]]" class of [[formula racing|formula]], or [[open wheel car|open-wheel]], race cars that have competed in it. It has been broadcast live over radi Although the first race was won by an American driver at the wheel of an American car, European makers such as the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Fiat]]
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• Ferrari Dino
  ...torio Jano]], Dino influenced Enzo Ferrari's decision to produce a line of racing cars in the 1950s, with V6 and V8 engine designs. History shows that Alfred In 1966 Ferrari wished to race in the 1.6&nbsp;L class of the [[Formula 2]] racing series with [[Ferrari Dino engine|Dino's V6]]. However, the company could n
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• Lancia Augusta
  ...do not need of frequent lubrications, the inseribile or disinseribile free wheel from the guide place, [[the Transmission (mechanical) |trasmissione]] with ...the indicated term!)'' that it compensates the weight of the cover and the wheel, therefore the entirety does not have the tendency to falling violentemente
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• Manual transmission
  ..., is only used for starting from a standstill. This procedure is common in racing vehicles and most production motorcycles. ...mission is slower than that of shifting a nonsynchromesh transmission. For racing of production based transmissions, sometimes half the dogs on the synchros
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• Fernando Alonso
  ...9]], [[1981]] in [[Oviedo]], [[Asturias]], [[Spain]]) is a [[Formula One]] racing driver, currently living in [[Oxford]]. On [[September 25]] [[2005]] he won ...jump to open-wheel cars, racing the Spanish [[World Series by Nissan|Euro Open MoviStar by Nissan]] (his first and last season in the series) with the hel
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  ...tion soon saw speeds exceeding 100 mph, but because the races were held on open roads there were frequent accidents with the resulting fatalities of both d ==Organized Racing==
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• Fiat X1/9
  ...ut || [[Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive]] ...ize:87%;"><blockquote>"From the moment you slip behind the neat four-spoke wheel and fire up the engine it is obvious all other small sports cars - with the
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• Car handling
  ...is reason. It is also part of the reason that traditional sports cars are open or convertible. ...cars often have a more rearward weight distribution. In the case of pure racing cars, this is typically between "45/55" and "40/60." This gives the front
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• Michele Alboreto
  .... Alboreto competed in [[Formula One]] from {{f1|1981}} until {{f1|1994}}, racing for a number of teams, most notably the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari factory ...ved the way for the Italian's entrance into Formula One with the [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] team.
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• Watkins Glen International
  '''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''<br>[[6 Hours of Watki '''[[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IndyCar Series]]'''
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• Nigel Mansell
  ...Lotus]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]] | Former teams || [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
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• Formula One
  ...hest class of single-seat [[open-wheel]] [[formula racing|formula]] [[auto racing]]. It consists of a series of races, known as [[List of Formula One Grands ...a World Championship before [[World War II]], but due to the suspension of racing during the war, the World Drivers Championship was not formalised until 194
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