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• Rick Mears
  ...American racing. For 1978 Mears was offered a ride in nine of the eighteen championship races, including the Indianapolis 500. ...ins and four seconds in the eleven CART-eligible races won Mears his first championship. His worst finish in the season was fifth. In 1980 the [[ground effect]] Ch
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• Motor racing
  ...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional The top series is the [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC), but there also regional championships and many countries have thei
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• Watkins Glen International
  '''[[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]]'''<br>[[Centurion Boats at the Glen]] '''NASCAR [[Nationwide Series]]'''<br>[[Zippo 200]]
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• Al Unser
  ..., road and dirt tracks to capture the [[United States Auto Club]] national championship. Unser also won the [[Champcar]] championship in 1970, 1983, and 1985.
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• Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  ...ile Race]]<br>'''[[Formula One]]''' - [[United States Grand Prix]]<br>'''[[NASCAR]] [[Nextel Cup]]''' - [[Allstate 400 at The Brickyard]] ...much the 500-Mile Race became part of the [[Formula One|Formula One World Championship]] for 11 years (1950-1960), even though none of the Indy drivers raced in F
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• Supercross
  ...rodigious cycle racing organization, or the [[THQ]] series of Supercross [[Championship]] events that are in part the work of [[Clear Channel]], who in 2004 contr ...]] racing). The American Motorcyclist Association awards three Supercross Championship Champs each year. They are Supercross Champion which until 2006 was referre
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• Race car
  ...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional The top series is the [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC), but there also regional championships and many countries have thei
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• Jim Clark
  ...2 saw Clark battling [[Graham Hill]] who drove for [[BRM]] for the [[World Championship]] in Chapman's brilliant [[Lotus 25]], but in the final race an oil leak ca ...the [[1964 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]]. He made amends and won the Championship again in [[1965]] and also the [[1965 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]] i
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• Indy Racing League
  ...same time, [[Toyota Racing Development]] is preparing for entry into the [[NASCAR Nextel Cup]] Series in 2007. This has left Honda as the sole supplier of po ...metimes "Indy Car" or "Indy car") is most often used as a generic term for championship [[open wheel car|open wheel auto racing]] in the United States. The term wa
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• Formula 2
  [[Image:March BMW Marc Surer.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Marc Surer]]'s 1979 Championship winning car]] ...85, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship will begin at Valencia on the 31 May. Visit the official F2 website [http:/
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...part of the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Drivers' Championship]] between 1950 and 1960, [[Ferrari]] made a discreet appearance at the 1952 ...s as any of the other races it was by far the highest-profile event of the championship, with the largest purse of the year.
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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  ...20]], [[1975]], in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]) is a [[race car driver]] in [[NASCAR]] and a former [[Formula One]] and [[CART]] driver. He has enjoyed great su ...3000|International F3000]] championship in 1998, and the [[Champ Car|CART Championship Series]] in 1999, as well as victories in some of the most prestigious race
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• Nikon Indy 300
  ...el racing in America has further devalued the event in recent times with [[NASCAR]] dominating the U.S. racing scene to the point where the growing influence ...d not count towards the [[2008 IndyCar Series season|2008 IndyCar Series]] Championship and would be a stand-alone demonstration event, in light of the recent merg
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• Mario Andretti
  ...Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]], [[World Sportscar Championship]] and [[NASCAR]] (the other being [[Dan Gurney]]). He also won races in [[midget car racin ...g with [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], the only driver to have won a race in the [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American
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• Champcars
  ...Sports Car Club of America]], Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), the [[Championship Racing League]], the [[Indy Racing League]], and the Champ Car World Series ...iously known as the '''CART PPG IndyCar World Series''', the '''CART FedEx Championship Series''', and, in the organization's second to last year, the '''Bridgesto
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• V8
  ...USA where it is required in [[Indy Racing League|IRL]], [[ChampCar]] and [[NASCAR]]. [[Formula One]] will use V8 engines for the 2006 season onwards. ...ngement. Repco-powered [[Brabham Racing Organisation|Brabham]]s won the F1 championship twice, in 1966 and 1967.
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• Kart racing
  The [[FIA]] championships, including the [[Karting World Championship]], take place in this format. ...Oakes from the UK, who currently in 2006, is racing in the Formula BMW UK Championship, for Carlin Motorsport.
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• Formula One
  ...s first run in 1950. A championship for constructors followed in 1958. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to the rising cost of c ...g Moss]] was able to compete regularly, he was never able to win the World Championship. Fangio is remembered for dominating Formula One's first decade and has lon
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• Paul Newman
  ...the 2007 film ''[[Dale (film)|Dale]]'', about the life of the legendary [[NASCAR]] driver [[Dale Earnhardt]], which turned out to be Newman's final film pe ...team [[Newman Wachs Racing]]. Newman also owned a car [[NASCAR Sprint Cup|NASCAR Winston Cup]] before selling it to [[Penske Racing]], where it now serves a
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...paint has been polished off but no damage to the tire has occurred.(Note: NASCAR legal race cars have coil springs on all four corners) ...he entire length. The same would be true of a Rear Anti-Roll Bar. (Endless NASCAR, Indy, Formula-1 etc. teams set up their car's in the shop and take them to
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