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• Vehicle dynamics
  * [[Automobile drag coefficient]] ...d by a [[Pacejka]] Magic Formula model, or a similar concept. [[Sim_racing|Racing car games or simulators]] are also a form of vehicle dynamics simulation, a
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• Hemi engine
  ...ta T engine]] are other well known hemi engines. [[Harry Arminius Miller]] racing engines were also a notable example. ...wer levels it was banned from NASCAR races, though allowed in certain drag racing classes. After the NASCAR ban, Ford continued to produce the 427 SOHC for s
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• German Grand Prix
  ...[[Hockenheim]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]. Amongst other motor racing events, it holds the annual [[Formula One]] [[German Grand Prix]]. Situated ...that name was used until [[1947]]. After the war, [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]] events were held, with the [[German motorcycle Grand Prix]] alternating b
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• Ferrari 488
  The racing versions of the 488 GTB are the successors to the [[Ferrari 458#458 Italia ...nderbody vortex generators to create ground effect without adding unwanted drag. A newly designed blown rear spoiler (actually a slotted flap) integrated i
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• Buddy Lazier
  | Current series || [[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IndyCar Series]] | Current team || [[Hemelgarn Racing]]
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• Supercharger
  ...superchargers (as well as turbochargers) have been widely applied to both racing and production cars, although their complexity and cost have largely relega ...of the halved air density and the plane thus has half the [[Drag equation|drag]]. For this reason supercharged planes fly much faster at higher altitudes.
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• Jacky Ickx
  ...', (born [[January 1]], [[1945]] in [[Brussels]]) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] racing driver known for his success in [[Formula One]] and his six wins in the [[2 Jacky Ickx' daughter [[Vanina Ickx]] is also a racing driver.
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• Shock absorber
  ...reduces the damping ability of the unit. In very heavy duty units used for racing and/or off-road use, there may even be a secondary cylinder connected to th ...as a means of improving [[car handling|handling]] and reducing aerodynamic drag by lowering the vehicle when operating on improved high speed roads.
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• Bandini 750 sport internazionale
  ...dini 750 international sport''' also called simply '''"Saponetta"''', is a racing [[car]] built from [[1957]] until [[1961]] by [[Bandini|Bandini Cars]]. ...ar of soap was much in demand [[USA | USA]] where it was used both as auto racing that as "out of range" to be submitted to the streets in the city.
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• Ferrari F430
  ...]. The large oval openings in the front bumper are reminiscent of Ferrari racing models from the 1960s, specifically the [[Ferrari 156|156 "sharknose"]] [[F ...revious V8 Ferraris were descendants of the "[[Ferrari Dino engine|Dino]]" racing program of the 1950s. This 50 year development cycle comes to an end with
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• Formula One car
  ...rrent Formula One regulations specify that cars must be constructed by the racing teams themselves. ...signed to provide maximum [[downforce]] with a minimum of [[Drag (physics)|drag]]; every part of the bodywork is designed with this aim in mind. Like most
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• Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
  ...k in 1962, the circuit hosted its first [[Formula One]] [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] the same year, as a non-Championship race. The following year ...pionship [[1962 Mexican Grand Prix]] (Ricardo's brother [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro]] would also lose his life behind the wheel years later).
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• |Record team2 || [[Chip Ganassi Racing]] ...ivers [[Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)|Ricardo]] and [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]].
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• Auto Club Speedway
  |Record team || [[Penske Racing]] |Layout3 || Drag strip
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• Alfa Romeo TZ
  ...f 134mph.The TZ was built both for street and racing trim, with the latest racing versions producing up to 160bhp. Alfa's twin-spark cylinder head, as also u ...success of this tail treatment in their "coda tronca" Sprint Zagato sports-racing cars, and it was a natural evolution to adapt this to the Giulia TZ.
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• Graphite-reinforced plastic
  ...eight ratio]], and low weight is essential for high-performance automobile racing. Race car manufacturers have also developed methods to give carbon fiber p ...gh speed, thus changing the angle of attack of the wing in order to reduce drag. [[Downforce]] was also affected, but compensated for with design of the c
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• Car tuning
  Car tuning is related to [[auto racing]], although most performance cars never compete. Rather they are built for ...for a sound system, or taking out the front seats and replacing them with racing seats - commonly known as bucket seats.
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• List of Auto Racing tracks
  This is a '''list of [[auto racing]] tracks''' sorted by country. There are 35 racing circuits in Brazil's history. 13 of them are active.
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• Countach
  ...ised a skin of aircraft-grade aluminum over a tubular space-frame, as in a racing car. This is expensive to build but is immensely strong and very light. The ...ir narrowness and the slick styling meant that this version had the lowest drag coefficient of any Countach model and possibly the highest top speed.
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• Hot rod
  ...[[Wally Parks]] created the National Hot Rod Association [[NHRA]] to bring racing off the streets and onto the tracks. The annual [[California Hot Rod Reuni ...emi]] was popular in applications that required more power, such as [[drag racing]].
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