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• Cristiano da Matta
  ...the cockpit, he was knocked unconscious. He remained unconscious when the safety crew extricated da Matta from the car and was airlifted to Theda Clark Medi
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• List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
  | Road accident ...] of the road. Both vehicles had to be dragged away in order to clear the road. The van driver only suffered slight injuries, while Guilbert died a few ho
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• Spanish Grand Prix
  ...on a 300-kilometre road circuit at [[Guadarrama]], near [[Madrid]], on the road to [[Valladolid]]. ...at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] resulted in regulations governing spectator safety, and the pedestrian-lined street track at Pedralbes was dropped from the ra
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• Bicycle brake systems
  The [[1870s]] saw the development of the "[[safety bicycle]]" which was roughly the bicycle we would recognize today, with two ...e introduction of dual-pivot caliper brakes they were used on all types of road bicycles. They consist of two curved arms that cross at a pivot above the w
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• Bicycle gearing
  ...se a high gear when cycling downhill, a medium gear when cycling on a flat road, and a low gear when cycling uphill. ...he distance covered per revolution depending only on the wheel size. The [[safety bicycle]] introduced driving the rear wheel via a chain, allowing faster tr
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• Fuji Speedway
  ...he project and only one of the bankings was ever designed. Converted to a road course, the circuit opened in December of 1965 and proved to be somewhat da ...driver and Super GT team manager [[Masanori Sekiya]] and there is a Toyota Safety Education Center, a mini circuit. In addition to motorsports, Fuji also hos
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• Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  |Track shape || Oval/Combined Road Course |Track length || Oval - 4.023 kilometers(2.5 miles)<br>Combined Road Course - 4.192 kilometers (2.605 miles)
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• Future of Formula One
  ...e key areas which determine changes to the rules of Formula One: increased safety, lower costs and increased excitement for the spectator. === Safety ===
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• Laforza
  ...nced four-wheel drive. Laforza can easily handle hazardous weather and bad road conditions.
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• Graphite-reinforced plastic
  ...irections. This type of carbon fiber assembly is most widely used in the "safety cell" monocoque chassis assembly of high-performance race cars. ...tors]] and [[BMW]] have started to use carbon fiber technology in everyday road cars.
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• Motorcycle
  ...rive a crank on the rear wheel. This machine predates the invention of the safety bicycle by many years, so its chassis is also based on the "bone-crusher" b ...single front wheel, but these were prone to rollovers.) ATVs are used off-road for utility and recreation. However, a proper motorcycle has fewer than fo
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• History of the bicycle
  ...t why it failed in the United States, but one explanation is that American road surfaces were much worse than European ones, and riding the machine on thes ...up in the air and traveling at a great speed. If he hit a bad spot in the road he could easily be thrown over the front wheel and be seriously injured (tw
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...urope featured straights the length of the [[Mulsanne]]. The fact that the road is public and therefore not maintained to the same quality as some permanen ...d more exotic [[supercar]]s due to manufacturers wishing to develop faster road cars for the purposes of developing them into even faster GT cars.
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• Omloop "Het Volk"
  ...[Europe]]an [[List of important cycling events|semi classic]] single day [[Road bicycle racing|cycle race]] held in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[E ...ilar story in [[2004]] with race organiser Wim Van Herreweghe saying: "The safety of the riders could not be guaranteed, the snow and freezing cold made the
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• Auto Club Speedway
  |Layout2 || Infield Road Course ...rly 1997, and has additional configurations and facilities to accommodate "road" races, motorcycle races, vehicle testing, and [[drag race]]s (Auto Club Dr
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• Maserati MC12
  [[Image:35 Maserati MC12.jpg|thumb|300px|An MC12 GT1 at [[Road Atlanta]] in the [[American Le Mans|ALMS]] in 2005]] In 2004 Maserati completed 25 road cars and 3 race cars intended for [[FIA GT]] GT1 class. In 2004 the [[Germa
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• Targa Florio
  The '''Targa Florio''' was an open road [[endurance]] automobile race held in the mountains of [[Sicily]] near [[Pa ...t was a national sports car event until it was discontinued in 1977 due to safety concerns. It is since run as a [[rallying]] event, and is part of the ''[[I
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• Fiat 124
  ....lbf (95&nbsp;Nm). Its performance belied this small engine, though. ''[[Road & Track]]'' praised the car's acceleration, comparing it with cars in the 1 ...ad reputation due to their outdated technology, poor (by modern standards) safety level and equipment when compared with modern automobiles, but are still f
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• Bugatti
  ...n 1919). The company was known for its advanced engineering in its premium road cars and its success in early [[Grand Prix motor racing]], winning the firs ...on the engine blocks, lightening holes in every conceivable location, and safety wires threaded through almost every fastener in intricately laced patterns.
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• Automobile
  ...roduction run in 1860. One of the major problems was the poor state of the road network. [[Santler (car)|Santler]] from Malvern is recognised by the Vetera ==Safety==
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