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• Ducati V-twin
  ...ine to appear after the [[Ducati Apollo]] was the 90°V twin, initial Grand Prix racing versions being 500 cc, and the production bikes were 750 cc. There w ...00 cc V twins were built to compete in Italian championship and Grand Prix events. Ducati felt that this would demonstrate the bike before a large aud
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• Culture of Italy
  ...nizes all professional soccer events in Italy. The famous [[Italian Grand Prix]] is held at [[Monza]]. The beginnings of [[chess theory]] developed in Ita ...rganizes all professional soccer events in Italy. The famous Italian Grand Prix is held at Monza. The beginnings of chess theory developed in Italy in the
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• Ferrari 512
  ...ship season]] by the factory ([[Scuderia Ferrari]], [[SEFAC]]) and private teams. Later that year, modified versions resembling the main competitor [[Porsch ...factory itself, as personnel and funds were provided by these professional teams. And even the privateers like AAW Shell Racing and [[David Piper]] Racing r
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• History of Formula One
  [[Formula One]] has its roots in the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. Howe ...anned. The first race under the new regulations was the [[1946 Turin Grand Prix]] held on [[1 September]], the race being won by [[Achille Varzi]] in an [[
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• Indy Racing League
  |Teams || 18 ...nically, the series is now dominated by many of the same wealthy multi-car teams that once dominated CART.
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• Suzuka 8 Hours
  ...ear. As the name implies, the race runs for eight hours consecutively and teams are composed of two riders and one alternate. ...Suzuka 8 Hours race is that it normally features star riders from [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]] and Superbike racing factions from around the wo
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• Culture
  ...nizes all professional soccer events in Italy. The famous [[Italian Grand Prix]] is held at [[Monza]]. The beginnings of [[chess theory]] developed in Ita ...provisational theatre]] , although it is still performed today. Travelling teams of players would set up an outdoor stage and provide amusement in the form
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• Ferrari P
  ...nded that the 250 LM be homological for racing as a [[Grand tourer|Group 3 Grand Touring Car]], however in April 1964 the [[FIA]] refused to do so as Ferrar .... Their three-valve cylinder head was modeled after those of Italian Grand Prix-winning Formula One cars. To this was added the same fuel injection system
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• Ferrari 250 LM
  ...rs, new 250 LMs were sold to private customers and campaigned by privateer teams. From 1964 through 1967, 250 LMs were raced by Scuderia Ferrari, NART, Mara ...a "customer version" of the famous 330 P3 race car, built for independent teams like NART (0844), Scuderia Filipinetti (0848), Francorchamps (0850), and Ma
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• Ermini
  ...countryman: Emilio Materassi, which had purchased all TALBOT for the Grand Prix of 1926. In 1928, during a [[Grand Prix of Italy]], Materassi had a tragic accident, but the team continued its act
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• Max Mosley
  ...'' Mosley, recalling March's first F1 race, the [[1970 South African Grand Prix]]'' ...n in-house [[wiktionary:factory team|works team]] and the rest by customer teams. Mosley also negotiated [[sponsorship]] from tyre maker [[Firestone Tire an
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• 24 Hours Nürburgring
  ...he [[Porsche 911 GT3]]. The participation of manufactures and professional teams and drivers has varied over the decades. As spectator numbers had dropped i Due to various changes and versions of the ''Grand Prix Strecke'', the overall length of the track varied from the original 22.835
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• Officine Meccaniche
  ...ational recognition came later, with a victory in the 1925 [[Tripoli Grand Prix]], followed by success in Spain and a fourth-place tie for the two-car team ...and more power. A few cars were supercharged for competition use by works teams.
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• Stanguellini
  ...ries, notably when Vincenzo Auricchio in a Stanguellini 1100 won the Grand Prix of Pescara ahead of Cortese. Similarly at [[Florence]] the Stanguellini aga ...ems. A lack of sponsorship funding made further competing with the British teams impossible.{{-}}
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• 2003 World Superbike season
  ...lso new for 2003 [[Carl Fogarty]]’s Foggy [[Petronas]] as the only factory teams. As a result of most of the field being Ducati motorcycles the championship | |[[Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit|Phillip Island]]
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...(183 in³) engine, inspired by the Peugeot [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] engine which had been serviced in his shop by [[Fred Offenhauser]] in 191 ...eam owners banded together and formed [[Champ Car|Championship Auto Racing Teams]] (CART), which started organizing the Indycar World Series in 1978. Howeve
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• Drifting (motorsport)
  ...track racing]], [[motorcycle speedway]], and [[rallying]]. Early [[Grand Prix]] drivers such as [[Tazio Nuvolari]] also used an at the limit form of driv ...g as possible. At the top levels of competition, especially the [[D1 Grand Prix]] from [[Japan]] and others in [[Malaysia]], [[Australia]], the Republic of
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• Ferrari
  ...uce cars of his own; the Ferrari team first appeared on the European grand prix scene after the end of [[World War II]]. ...4 [[pole position]]s, 11,182 laps led, and 180 fastest laps in 1622 grands prix contested.
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• Gino Bartali
  | Pro teams || 1935 Frejus<br /> | Major wins || '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
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• OSCA
  ...cessful but the arrival of the Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union [[Grand Prix]] teams meant that the success became increasingly difficult to achieve and that le
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