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• Hillclimbing
  ...ing under one minute for the fastest drivers to complete. For this reason, cars and drivers do not generally cross between the British and continental Euro ...of the European national series, attracting many new F2 and 2-litre sports cars during the 1970s and early 1980s. Notable champions from this period inclu
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• World Rally Championship
  ! colspan=2 |'''World Rally Championship''' | Current season || 2009 World Rally Championship season
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• Alfa Romeo in motorsport
  Alfa Corse closed for 1933 and locked the cars in the factory, but they eventually transferred them to [[Enzo Ferrari]]'s ...went on to manage the team, and after that went on to manufacture his own cars.)
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• Jacky Ickx
  ...rabham]]<br>[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]<br>[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]<br>[[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]<br>[[Wolf]]<br>[[Ensign]]<br>[[Ligier]] ...nevertheless after 4 laps he was already 5th, overtaking 12 full-blown F1 cars. Unfortunately his front suspension broke and he was forced to retire after
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• Automobile racing
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. ...] saw the radical differentiation of racing vehicles from high-priced road cars, with [[Delage]], [[Auto Union]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]] and [[Bug
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• Hellé Nice
  ...etitions for auto enthusiasts. Hellé Nice loved the thrill of driving fast cars and as such she jumped at the opportunity to compete in a racing event at t ...events and road rallies all over Europe including the famous [[Monte Carlo Rally]]. On September 10, 1933, she was a competitor in one of the most tragic ra
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• Motor racing
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. ...] saw the radical differentiation of racing vehicles from high-priced road cars, with [[Delage]], [[Auto Union]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]] and [[Bug
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• Sports Car Club of America
  ...''') is a club and sanctioning body supporting [[road racing]], [[rallying|rally]], and [[autocross]] in the [[United States]] and was formed in [[1944]]. I ...e original vehicle) and designed-from-scratch "formula" and "sports racer" cars can be used in club racing.
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• All wheel drive
  [[Image:Car rally.jpg|thumb|right|224px|A [[Subaru Impreza]] [[rally car]] uses 4WD for traction on loose dirt.]] ...rovides better control on slick ice and is an important part of [[Rallying|rally racing]] on mostly-paved roads.
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• Sports cars
  ...[automobile]] designed primarily for performance driving while not being a rally orientated car. While opinions differ as to the exact definition, most sports cars have two seats and two doors and are designed to provide excellent [[Car ha
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• World Touring Car Championship
  |Category || [[Touring car racing|Touring cars]] The first WTCC, which was open to [[Group A]] Touring Cars, was held in [[1987 World Touring Car Championship season|1987]] concurrent
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• Fiat 131
  ...The 131 was given the Mirafiori name after the [[Turin]] suburb where the cars were produced. Naming the car in this way marked a break with the former F ..., [[Timo Salonen]] and [[Walter Röhrl]] at the wheel. The official "works" cars were sponsored by Italian airline [[Alitalia]] and bore their distinctive r
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• Alfa Corse
  ..., that it is occupied some planning, accomplishment and maintenance of the cars from contest of the [[Alfa Romeo|house]] of [[Arese]]. ...pionship of the World of Formula 1]], until the [[World Rally Championship|rally]].
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• Four-wheel drive
  [[Image:Car rally.jpg|thumb|right|224px|A [[Subaru Impreza]] [[rally car]] uses 4WD for traction on loose dirt.]] ...rovides better control on slick ice and is an important part of [[rallying|rally racing]] on mostly-paved roads.
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• Race car
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. ...] saw the radical differentiation of racing vehicles from high-priced road cars, with [[Delage]], [[Auto Union]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]] and [[Bug
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• Lancia Monte Carlo
  Above all else, rust is the number one problem facing these cars. A rust free Monte Carlo or Scorpion is truly a remarkable find. For every problem with the cars, there is a documented solution. Replacement panels are being produced. P
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• Mark Blundell
  ...illiams]]. By 1990, Blundell had abandoned F3000 to concentrate on sports cars. That same year, he set a new lap record and earned pole position at the p ...st being a full-time tester for McLaren, he also countinued to race sports cars. That year, with the factory [[Peugeot]] outfit, he won the Le Mans 24 Hou
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• Fiat 124
  ...h. ''[[Road & Track]]'' praised the car's acceleration, comparing it with cars in the 1800-2000&nbsp;cc class. ...124 Sport Spider]], and [[124 Coupe]], both sought after [[1970s]] classic cars. A stretched and more luxurious version of the 124 sedan known as the 125
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• Jim Clark
  ...as sufficiently impressed to give Clark a run in one of his Formula Junior cars, and the rest, as they say is history. ...competing in the [[Australasia]] based [[Tasman]] series, run for older F1 cars, and was series champion in 1965, 1967 and 1968 driving for Lotus. He won 1
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• Mille Miglia
  ...anamericana]], the ''MM'' made ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' (Grand Touring) sports cars like [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] (which debuted as a marque in the 1940 eve .../Jenkinson car, #722, left Brescia at 7:22 AM (see below), while the first cars had started at 9 PM the previous day. In the early days of the race even wi
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