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• Gasoline
  ...fied this behavior led to the widespread adoption of the practice in the [[1920s]] and hence more powerful higher compression engines. The most popular addi ...n blended with gasoline, primarily to boost octane levels, since the early 1920s, standards to phase out leaded gasoline were first implemented in [[1973]].
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• Mugello Circuit
  ...ces were held on public streets ([[road racing]]) around Mugello since the 1920s. [[Giuseppe Campari]] won there in 1920 and 1921, [[Emilio Materassi]] in 1
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• Ronde van Vlaanderen
  ...ce was interrupted by [[World War I]], but continued in [[1919]]. In the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], the race became more popular, and is currently considered
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• Officine Meccaniche
  The O.M. developed a certain vogue in England during the mid-1920s. The 665 in particular was quite popular, frequently fitted with bodies by
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  ...[Bugatti]], but also including [[Delage]] and [[Delahaye]]) until the late 1920s, when the Italians ([[Alfa Romeo]] and [[Maserati]]) began to beat the Fren ...y this time were single-seaters (the riding mechanic vanished in the early 1920s), with 8 to 16 cylinder supercharged engines producing upwards of 600hp on
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• Capri
  ...styles. A satirical presentation of the island's [[lesbian]] colony in the 1920s is made by [[Compton Mackenzie]]'s novel ''Extraordinary Women'' (1928).
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• List of international Formula One colors
  ...lly in 1900-1905, and were definitely established in the [[Interwar period|1920s and 1930s era]] of [[Grand Prix motor racing]], when blue Bugatti and red A
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• Cockpit
  ...in 1913 on [[Igor Sikorsky]]'s airplane ''The Grand''. However, during the 1920s there were many passenger aircraft in which the crew were open to the air w
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• Philippe de Rothschild
  During the 1920s, Philippe lived the life of a wealthy playboy, often found in the company o
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• Ferrari
  ...of [[Württemberg]], just like the city is placed within the state. In the 1920s, Ferdinand Porsche had constructed supercharged cars for [[Mercedes-Benz]] ...z]] (from Stuttgart itself) and later [[Auto Union]] at race tracks in the 1920s and 30s, so each knew of the other.
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• List of Formula One Grands Prix
  ...irst decade of the 20th Century and the [[Grand Prix motor racing]] of the 1920s and 1930s.
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• Tractor
  ...rd]] and [[Deere & Company|John Deere]] began manufacturing them. By the [[1920s]], tractors with a gasoline powered [[internal combustion engine]] had beco
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...n in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types of racecars predominated—[[Open-wheel|op
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• Dirt track racing
  ...n in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types of racecars predominated—[[Open-wheel|op
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• Alberto Ascari
  ...of [[Antonio Ascari]], a talented [[Grand Prix motor racing]] star in the 1920s, racing [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]s. Antonio was killed while
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• Cinema of Italy
  ...rks despite the introduction of sound, and it was only at the end of the [[1920s]] that some innovative films were directed by [[Alessandro Blasetti]], [[Ma
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• Isotta-Fraschini
  ...e 1940s, Norma is a forgotten former silent film star from the 19teens and 1920s, and the car represents both the height her glamour and how its time has pa
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• Compression ratio
  ...VCR engines, the first being built and tested by [[Harry Ricardo]] in the 1920s. This work led to him devising the [[octane rating]] system that is still i
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• List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
  ...who died in a practice session in May 1997. Two drivers total died in the 1920s, with another two in the 1930s, one in the 1940s, five in the 1950s, five i
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• Gucci
  ...ements featured models in sleek, simple gowns inspired by the glamour of [[1920s]] [[silent film]] stars. Ford priced up the ready-to-wear and used exotic f
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