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• Chris Amon
  ...966 Amon continued to race for McLaren in CanAm, but, with an unimpressive record of only two points from twenty Grand Prix starts, he failed to secure a ful ...[Gulf]] [[Ford GT40]] Mark II at the 1966 [[24 heures du Mans|Le Mans]] 24-hour race, spearheading a formation finish. He subsequently received an invitati
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• Le Mans 24 Hours
  ...alone and looked like the winner but made a shifting mistake in the final hour which handed victory to a [[Mercedes-Benz]] 300 SLR. The most successful marque in the history of the 24 hour race is [[Porsche]], with 16 overall victories (including seven in a row, f
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• World Rally Championship
  ...accelerate from 0-60 [[Miles per hour|mph]] (96 [[Kilometres per hour|km/h]]) in 2.3 seconds, on a gravel road. However, the season soon too ...elica GT-Four]]. Kankkunen moved to Toyota for the 1993 season and won his record fourth title, with Toyota taking its first manufacturers' crown. Frenchman
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...in both naturally-aspirated and supercharged form, and winning a likewise record-holding 18 consecutive years between 1947 and 1964. For 2005 the start of Indianapolis was pushed back one hour from noon to 1 p.m. [[Eastern Daylight Time]] to improve national televisio
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• Road bicycle racing
  ...ave been forgotten; for example in [[Athens]] in 1896, they attempted a 12-hour race, and in [[London]], in 1908, one of the events was a [[sprint]] for 60 At the time, ''Cycling Record'' wrote that he set off "as fast as lightning," overtook the favourite, Fra
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...behind Ayrton Senna's [[McLaren]]-Honda. Mansell, on fresh tyres, set lap record almost two seconds quicker than Senna's and closed from 5.2 to 1.9 seconds ...th win at the [[1993 Monaco Grand Prix|1993 race]], breaking Graham Hill's record for most wins at the Monaco Grand Prix, [[Damon Hill]] commented that "If m
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• Targa Florio
  ...Cagno]] won the inaugural 1906 race in nine hours, averaging 30 miles per hour (50 km/h). ...s not possible on the tight and twisty roads. [[Helmut Marko]] set the lap record 1972 in an [[Alfa Romeo T33]] at 33'41 min or an average of 128,253 km/h. T
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• Michael Schumacher
  ...cond faster than anyone else to catch up with the McLaren. He also set the record of being the only driver to win a race from the pit lane which he did in th ...broke into tears when asked about his feelings on equaling Ayrton Senna's record of 41 race wins.
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• Le Mans 24 hours races
  ...nto the top three coming from 32nd during the night and establishing a lap record at 131.375 mph (211.4 km/h). Just before 05:30 Phil brought the l ...Linge]]; the roadster was equipped with three 35 mm movie cameras to record the race for Steve Mac Queen's movie "Le Mans".
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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  ...on up with a record four straight pole positions. He also achieved another record that year by being the first driver to lap the entire grid at the [[Grand P ...urs of Daytona was 0.167 seconds, making it the closest finish in Rolex 24 hour history.
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• Nigel Mansell
  ...of the [[1984 Dallas Grand Prix]]. The 1984 Grand Prix was the hottest on record, and after 2 hours of driving in 104°F (about 40°C) conditions Mansell fa ...his wife, Roseanne. Unperturbed by Piquet's mind games, Mansell went on to record five Grand Prix wins in 1986 and also played part in one of the closest fin
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• Michele Alboreto
  Alboreto competed in eighty Grands Prix for Ferrari, which established a new record. It stood until the [[1995 Argentine Grand Prix]], when it was surpassed b ...the end of the season, he decided to retire from Grand Prix racing, with a record of 194 starts and five Grand Prix wins to his name.
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• Damon Hill
  ...e taking eight victories and the world championship in 1996. He went on to record the [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] team's first ever win at the [[1998 Belgia ...blame. Hill questioned why Schumacher was "suddenly doing nought miles an hour", while a majority of Schumacher fans described it as a "stupid move" by Hi
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• James Bond music
  Other major composers and record-producers include [[George Martin]], [[Bill Conti]], [[Michael Kamen]], [[M ...Thunderball" appears. A new song was composed and recorded in the eleventh hour titled "Thunderball", performed by Tom Jones. The melody of "Mr. Kiss Kiss
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• 2006 Formula One season
  ...o finished second to secure his second successive championship, adding the record of the youngest man to secure back-to-back titles to his ever-increasing li ...2005-spec V10s. Northampton-based engine builder Cosworth has an enviable record of success with V8 engines. It claimed to have made further history by beco
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• Ferrari
  ...ot to mention the most successful: the team holds nearly every Formula One record. As of 2004, the team's records include fourteen World Drivers Championship ...th American Racing Team, who raced Ferrari's in America) won the famous 24 hour race of the same name. As well, the [[Ferrari 250 GTO|250 GTO]]'s famous ac
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• 007 (disambiguation)
  ...elaborate with each film. ''The World Is Not Enough'' ([[1999]]) holds the record for the longest, running more than 15 minutes, whereas most are under five. ...d States dollar|USD]] for the rights to adapt ''Casino Royale'' into a one hour [[television]] adventure as part of their ''[[Climax! (television)|Climax!]
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• James Bond
  ...elaborate with each film. ''The World Is Not Enough'' ([[1999]]) holds the record for the longest, running more than 15 minutes, whereas most are under five. ...d States dollar|USD]] for the rights to adapt ''Casino Royale'' into a one hour [[television]] adventure as part of their ''[[Climax! (television)|Climax!]
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• Paris-Roubaix
  ...Josef Fischer]], the only German to have won. Only four finished within an hour. Garin would have come second had he not been knocked over by a crash betwe ...ure on this stretch, which cost him the chance to contest the sprint for a record equalling fourth victory.
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