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• Luigi Colani
  ;1957: Colani's [[Alfa Romeo]] design is the first [[sports car]] to clock a lap of under 10 minutes at the [[Nürburgring]]; it can no ;1959: The world's first monocoque sports car: [[BMW]] 700
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• Chris Amon
  ...Ian Raby Racing|Raby]], [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]], [[Amon (Formula One team)|Amon]], [[Ferrari]], [[March]], [[Matra]], [[Tecno]], [[Tyrrell]], [[BRM]] ...ver [[Reg Parnell]] who persuaded Amon to come to England and race for his team. In a test at [[Goodwood Circuit|Goodwood]] Amon continued to impress and w
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• 1955 Le Mans disaster
  ...he night as a sign of respect to the victims. Mike Hawthorn and the Jaguar team kept driving and won the race; they refused to take responsibility for the [[Category:Sports car racing]]
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• Rodger Ward
  ...ain. Ward used his midget car in 1959 to beat the top expensive and exotic sports cars in a [[Formula Libre]] race at [[Lime Rock Park]]. Midget cars were no In [[1959 Indianapolis 500|1959]] he joined the [[Triple W]] team with owner [[Bob Wilke]] and mechanic [[A. J. Watson]]. Ward won his first
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• Road America
  ...]]. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the [[Sports Car Club of America|SCCA]] [[Speed World Challenge Series]], [[American Le ...st [[World War II]] economy, and the influx of sporting automobiles. The [[Sports Car Club of America]]
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• AVUS
  ...wise. In 1926 the track played host to the first [[German Grand Prix]] for sports cars (won by [[Rudolf Caracciola]] in a [[Mercedes-Benz]]). ...ship [[Formula One]] race which was mainly a show by the [[Mercedes-Benz]] team, as no serious competition was present. In 1959, AVUS hosted its only world
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• Avus
  ...wise. In 1926 the track played host to the first [[German Grand Prix]] for sports cars (won by [[Rudolf Caracciola]] in a [[Mercedes-Benz]]). ...ship [[Formula One]] race which was mainly a show by the [[Mercedes-Benz]] team, as no serious competition was present. In 1959, AVUS hosted its only world
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• Circuit Bremgarten
  |Record team || [[Mercedes-Benz]] ...hosted an official [[motorsport]] event since 1955, when spectator racing sports, with the exception of [[hillclimbing]] and [[rallying]], were banned in Sw
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• Alberto Ascari
  |Team(s):||[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Maserati]], [[Lancia]] ...ars; it was after he entered the prestigious [[Mille Miglia]] in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly.
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• Ground effect
  ...up the turbulent airflow between the front and rear wheels. Both left the team shortly after and the idea was not taken further. Robin Herd at [[March Eng ...to win 6 races and the world championship for [[Mario Andretti]] and gave team-mate [[Ronnie Peterson]] a posthumous second place, demonstrating just how
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• Thierry Boutsen
  | Team(s) || [[Arrows]], [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams ...an in 1993, after which he retired from Formula One. Boutsen briefly drove sports cars in the US, driving for Champion Racing in a Porsche, alongside [[Bill
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• Formula 3000
  ...ner fitted with a straight-six short-stroke BMW. This was converted into a sports car, however. ...elationships based mostly upon shared sponsors and the use of the 'parent' team's name. The series grew dramatically through the late nineties, reaching an
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• Ferrari 488
  | class = [[Sports car]] ([[S-segment|S]])<!-- per [[WP:CARCLASS]], this should not be changed ...ar-wheel drive layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer [[Ferrari]], introduced in 2015 to replace the previous [[
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• Ferrari P
  The '''Ferrari P''' series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. Sports car racers followed in 1963. Although these cars shared their names (based
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• Football (soccer)
  ...of people regularly go to a football [[stadium]] to follow their favourite team, whilst millions more avidly watch the game on television. A very large num ...all)|football]]'') into the other team's goal, thereby scoring a goal. The team which has scored the most goals at the conclusion of the game is the winner
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• Miller Motorsports Park
  '''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''<br>Sunchaser 1000 |Record team || [[Penske Racing]]
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• Piero Taruffi
  |Team(s) || [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferr ==Sports car career==
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• Touring car racing
  ==Differences between touring cars and sports cars== ...sifying closed-wheel racing cars as 'touring cars' or '[[sports car racing|sports cars]]' (also known as GT cars). In truth, there is often very little techn
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• John Surtees
  | Team(s) || [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]], [[Lola Cars|Lola]], [[Scuderi | Team(s) || [[Scuderia Ferrari]]<br>[[Lola Cars]]/[[Surtees|Team Surtees]]
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• MV Agusta
  ...ed their first 1000 cc bike. 2004 marked the end of production for the 750 sports machines, with a limited production of 300 SR ("Special Racing") model in t ...it the best [[sportbike]] in the world. Tamburini designed the Ducati 916 sports bike (predecessor of the 748 and 996 series) which marked the return of Duc
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