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• Johor Circuit
  |Events || [[Superbike racing|Superbikes]], [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]], [[Champ Car]] ...t round on his 500 cc [[Gilera]] with an average speed of 161.4 km/h. In [[1954]] the Britain Geoff Duke reached 169.7 km/h. Until [[1955]] this old circui
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• Formula One engines
  ...ght regulation. "Formulas" limiting engine capacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after [[World War I]]. The engine formulae ...es were still held in those years. The Indianapolis 500 used pre-war Grand Prix regulations, with 4.5 L atmospheric and 3.0 L supercharged engine
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• Moto Morini
  '''Moto Morini''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] maker of [[motorcycle]]s. It was founded by [[Alfonso Morini]] in [[Bolog ...hased by Morini Franco Motori spa, a company founded by Morini's nephew in 1954.
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• Gilera
  ''(Loosely translated from Italian)'' '''Gilera''' is one of the Antichi Marchi Italian's still producing [[motorcycles]], founded by[[Giuseppe Gilera]] in 1909 op
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• Aermacchi
  ...n the race tracks. The firm designed and produced models incorporating the Italian word "Ala" (wing) in its names, such as "Ala Verde", "Ala Blu" and "Ala d'O ...highest level. Inexplicably, after the second [[prototype]] developed in [[1954]], management decided not to put it into production and, probably, this was
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• Macau Grand Prix
  [[Image:Lisboa.jpg|thumb|right|380px|Macau Grand Prix]] The '''Macau Grand Prix''' is a motor-racing event held annually in November in the streets of [[Ma
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• MV Agusta
  [[Image:54-mv-175-cstl.jpg|thumb|right|1954 MV Agusta CSTL 175 Turismo Lusso]] ...derably less than the cost of an MV Agusta. Rather they compete with other Italian models such as [[Ducati]] sports bikes the [[Ducati 996|996]], 998, 999, an
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• Luigi Chinetti
  | Nationality || {{flagiconItaly|1861}} [[Italy|Italian]] <small>(to 1946)</small><br />{{flagiconUSA}} [[United States|American]] ...inetti''' ([[July 17]], [[1901]] – [[August 17]], [[1994]]) was an [[Italy|Italian-born]] [[racecar driver]], who emigrated to the [[USA]] during [[World War
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ! colspan=2 |'''[[Monaco]] Grand Prix – [[F1]]''' The '''Monaco Grand Prix''' (''Grand Prix de Monaco'') is a [[Formula One]] race held each year on the [[Circuit de M
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• Lancia
  '''Lancia Automobiles S.p.A.''' {{IPA|[ˡlantʃa]}} is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile manufacturer]] founded in 1906 by [[Vincenzo Lancia]] and wh * Lancia CL51 (Z 20) (1954) ''troop transporter''
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• Mille Miglia
  ...later the [[Carrera Panamericana]], the ''MM'' made ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' (Grand Touring) sports cars like [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] (which debuted as a m ...in response to their home town of [[Brescia]] 'losing' the [[Italian Grand Prix]] to Monza. Together with a group of wealthy associates, they chose a race
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• Nardi
  ...Alfa Romeo (6C2500 units), Fiat (1100) and Lancia (Aurelia) as well as non-Italian units (Crosley 750's). Bodies were constructed by various carrozzeria, incl '''Ufficine Nardi''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile]] and [[racing car]] maker, named for their creator.
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• Zuri Metzgete
  ...st notable foreign winner in this period was [[Gino Bartali]] in 1946, the Italian beat arch rival [[Fausto Coppi]] in a contentious race, the two Italians ro ...nd’s greatest riders [[Ferdi Kubler]] (1943) and [[Hugo Koblet]] (1952 and 1954) were triumphant at Zurich in this era, another Swiss Henri Suter set the r
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• Tourist Trophy
  ...per hour|mph]] (161 [[Kilometres per hour|km/h]]) lap, riding his [[Italy|Italian]] [[Gilera]]. Two years later, a new racing team, [[Honda]] of [[Japan]], p ...ng|Motorcycling World Championship]] and was the home of the British Grand Prix until 1976. The most successful rider was the late [[Joey Dunlop]] who won
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• Alfa Romeo 6C
  | Production || 1925; 1954 ...Romeo 6C''' name was used on road, race and sports cars made between 1925–1954 by Alfa Romeo. 6C refers to to a straight 6 engine. Bodies to these cars we
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• Cisitalia
  ...thumb|right|250px|'''[[Tazio Nuvolari]] next to the 1950 Cisitalia [[Grand Prix]], the lack of money would not allow the stunning car to be completed.''']] ...]] sports and racing cars like [[Ferrari]] and [Maserati], other wealthy [[Italian]] industrialists with a passion for motor sport yearned to build their own
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• Targa Florio
  ...t of the ''[[Italian Rally Championship|Campionato Italiano Rally]]'', the Italian national rally championship. ...[[Mille Miglia]] had been established yet. [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races were still isolated events, not a series like today's F1.
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• Ducati Singles
  By [[1954]], Ducati Meccanica SpA was producing 120 bikes a day, but cheap cars were ...by vertical shaft and bevel gears. This bike came to dominate its class in Italian racing. In [[1956]] there was a [[dohc]] 125&nbsp;cc version of the Gran Sp
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• Formula 2
  ...he rules for voiturette racing permitted 1.5 L supercharged engines; Grand Prix cars were permitted 3.0 L supercharged or 4.5 L "normally aspirated" (unsup ...dified in 1948 by [[FIA]] as a smaller and cheaper complement to the Grand Prix cars of the era.
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• Ferrari
  '''Ferrari''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by [[ ...uce cars of his own; the Ferrari team first appeared on the European grand prix scene after the end of [[World War II]].
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