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• Champcars
  ...n [[American Championship Car Racing]] for many decades, primarily for use in the [[Indianapolis 500]] auto race. Such racing has been sanctioned by the ...PG IndyCar World Series''', the '''CART FedEx Championship Series''', and, in the organization's second to last year, the '''Bridgestone Presents The Cha
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• Fiat Grande Punto
  |Successor:||Still in production ...he [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Fiat]] since [[1994]]. It is currently in its third generation.
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• Alfa Romeo in motorsport
  ...ad 6 liter straight-4 engine. [[Alfa Romeo]] quickly gained a good name in motorsport and gave a sporty image to the whole marque. ....L.F.A 40/60 HP|40-60HP]], [[Enzo Ferrari]] was second in [[Targa Florio]] in same year. Year later Giuseppe Campari
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• 1995 Formula One season
  | Current = 1995 ...[Michael Schumacher]] of [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] for the second year in a row, beating [[Damon Hill]] of [[WilliamsF1]] by 33 points. Benetton won
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...[[Triple Crown of Motorsport]]). The history, spectacle and glamour result in the race being considered "the jewel of the Formula One crown". ...tight corners, making it one of the most demanding tracks in Formula One. In spite of the relatively low average speeds, it is a dangerous place to race
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• Austrian Grand Prix
  The first event, in [[1964]], was held at a [[race track]] on the [[Zeltweg Airfield]]. The rac ...o located near [[Zeltweg]]). These events were moderately successful, but in [[1987]], this track was also deemed too dangerous, by FIA standards, where
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• Supercross
  ...percross-0118.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Supercross riders from the 2006 series in Anaheim]] ...om the sport of [[Motocross]]. While Motocross and Supercross are similar in many respects, there are significant differences as well. For example, the
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• Phil Hill
  ...ship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the bi ...tions. He and Gendebien would go on to win the famous endurance race again in [[1961 24 Hours of Le Mans|1961]] and [[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|1962]].
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• Minardi
  ...m to Australian businessman [[Paul Stoddart]], who sold it to [[Red Bull]] in 2005. The team is now known as [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]], [[Italian language| ...ace of 4th three times: Martini twice in 1991 and [[Christian Fittipaldi]] in 1993.
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• Damon Hill
  ...ill''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born [[17 September]] [[1960]] in [[London]]) is a retired [[United Kingdom|British]] racing driver and the 1 ...aces, Hill ascended another tier of open wheel racing by joining Mooncraft in the International [[Formula 3000]] championship, where, although often comp
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• Lamborghini
  ...rari]] in the Italian sports car business. The Italian company was founded in 1963 by businessman [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]] (April 28, 1916 February 20, ...process, he discovered that the design shared components with the clutches in the tractors manufactured by his own company. Encouraged by his discovery,
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• Auto Club Speedway
  |Broke ground || 1995 ...ia Speedway''') is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval [[superspeedway]] in [[Fontana, California]], similar to its "sister track" [[Michigan Internati
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• Michele Alboreto
  ...ans]] and [[2001 12 Hours of Sebring]] sports car races. Alboreto competed in [[Formula One]] from {{f1|1981}} until {{f1|1994}}, racing for a number of ...ean Formula Three Championship|European Formula Three]] Championship crown in 1980 paved the way for the Italian's entrance into Formula One with the [[T
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• World Rally Championship
  ...tsworld Communicators]], who also produce the daily event highlights shown in 186 countries. ...ip season|1973]]. The [[World Rally Car]] is the current car specification in the series. It evolved from [[Group A]] cars which replaced the banned [[Gr
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• Australian Grand Prix
  ...t|thumb|Promotional poster for the first Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1985. Melbourne is now the host of this event.]] ...rix demonstration event melbourne.JPG|thumb|220px|Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix]]
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• Gilles Villeneuve
  |Championships:||0 (2nd in [[1979 Formula One season|1979]]) ...ort career at the highest level. In 1979 he finished second by four points in the championship to teammate [[Jody Scheckter]].
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• Formula One sponsorship liveries
  ...nsor (commercial)|sponsor]]s becoming more important with the rising costs in Formula One, many teams wanted to be able to display the logos of their spo ...ver the years however, like the red color of Ferrari, which has its origin in a shade of red known as [[rosso corsa]] being the national racing color of
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• Nigel Mansell
  ...season|1992]], [[1994 Formula One season|1994]]–[[1995 Formula One season|1995]] ...information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...1965 to 1985, and then with live flag-to-flag coverage beginning in 1986. In May 2006, the race celebrated its 90^th running and 61<sup>st</su ...nsidered Harroun to be a hazard during the race, as he was the only driver in the race driving without a riding mechanic, who checked the oil pressure an
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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  ...Company|Wrigley's]] [[Chevrolet Impala]] for [[Earnhardt Ganassi Racing]] in the [[Sprint Cup Series]]. ...with [[Jacques Villeneuve]]) who has won two legs of the [[Triple Crown of Motorsport]].
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