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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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• American Championship Car Racing
  ...is 500]] has been a round of the National Championship since its inception in 1911. ...|AAA]]). AAA introduced the first championship for racing cars as early as in 1905 but it was cancelled after a couple of serious incidents. Barney Oldfi
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• Mike Hailwood
  ...g one of the few men to compete at the Grand Prix level on motorcycles and in auto racing. ...ted at [[Pangbourne College]], but left early and worked for a short time in the family business before his father sent him to work at Triumph motorcycl
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• Serenissima
  '''Scuderia Serenissima''' was a successful [[auto racing]] team in the early [[1960s]]. Funded by [[Giovanni Volpi]], Serenissima used [[Ferr In [[1963]], Volpi began developing his own prototype [[GT car]], the '''Jungl
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• Officine Meccaniche
  ...[[Italy|Italian]] car and truck manufacturing company, founded in [[1899]] in [[Milan]] as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche. SA Officine Meccaniche ha ...ri & C. Originally, OM manufactured railway stock. Car production started in [[1918]], using the plant of the former [[Brixia-Zust (Brixia-Züst)]], jus
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• Lancia Beta
  ...st Lancia produced by the company after it had been taken over by [[Fiat]] in 1969. The company chose the name Beta for a new vehicle to be launched in 1972. The choice of name symbolised a new beginning as it reflected the fac
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• Thierry Boutsen
  ...[[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Ligier]] and [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] teams in [[Formula One]]. ...was again second in the championship, this time behind [[Geoff Lees]]. The 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans started at 15h00 - one hour earlier than usual due to t
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• Lancia Gamma
  ...4-door [[fastback]] (called '''Berlina''') and 2-door [[coupé]] (presented in 1977), both designed by [[Pininfarina]]. There were only 15,272 berlinas an ...e following Greek character (Beta is second) appears as logical. The Gamma sports the '''γ''' (lower case gamma) sign on several badges both inside and outs
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• Ronde van Vlaanderen
  ...''Tour of Flanders'') is a [[Road bicycle racing|road cycling race]] held in [[Flanders]], [[Belgium]]. It is held every spring, exactly one week befor ...]] [[Steffen Wesemann]] climbing the Muur ''(wall)'' of [[Geraardsbergen]] in the 2004 edition of the Ronde van Vlaanderen.]]
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• Watkins Glen International
  '''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''<br>[[6 Hours of Watkins Glen|Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen ...class2 || [[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]][[Rolex Sports Car Series]]
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• 1000km Nürburgring
  ...[Endurance racing]] and [[Sports car racing]] event on the [[Nürburgring]] in Germany, organized by the [[ADAC]] since 1953. ...the race was not held in the following two years. It became quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s though, and even more so after [[Formula One]] decided
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• 1980 Monaco Grand Prix
  |class="next"|Next Race:<br />[[1981 Monaco Grand Prix]] [[Category:1980 in sports|Monaco Grand Prix]]
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• European Hill Climb Championship
  In 2005, the Championship visited the following countries: * 1981 EBM Herbert Stenger Sommerkahl Ford Escort BDA
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• Hatchback
  ...y doors and the hatch) or five-door (four entry doors and the hatch) cars. In Europe, [[city car]]s, [[supermini car|superminis]], and [[small family car ...ertical, to reduce the car's footprint. This is an important consideration in countries where small streets and traffic congestion are factors. Hatchback
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• Formula 2
  ...pe of [[formula racing]]. It was replaced by [[Formula 3000]] in 1985, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championshi ...o racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant a need for a path to reach this peak. For much
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• Alfa Romeo Alfasud
  It was built at a new factory at [[Pomigliano d'Arco]] in southern Italy, hence the car's name, ''Alfa Sud'' (Alfa South) and develop It was shown at the [[Turin]] Motor Show in 1971 and was immediately praised by journalists for its styling (by [[Giorg
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• Michele Alboreto
  |Years || 1981 - 1994 |First race || [[1981 San Marino Grand Prix|1981]] [[San Marino Grand Prix]]
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• Tourist Trophy
  Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials. ...he TT race series the most significant motor-cycle road-racing competition in the world.
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• Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce
  ...ustin Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman's]] Spider (1966 1600 Duetto) runs out of gas in ''[[The Graduate]].'']] ...North American market). Widely regarded as a design classic, it remained in production for almost three decades with only minor aesthetic and mechanica
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• Bertone
  ...cia]], [[Lamborghini]], [[Mercedes Benz]] and [[Volvo Cars]] among others. In addition the Bertone studio were responsible for two of the later designs o ...ompany is based in [[Turin]]. It was founded as '''Carrozzeria Bertone''' in [[1912]] by [[Giovanni Bertone]], with designer [[Nuccio Bertone]] taking o
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