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• Vittorio Brambilla
  ...Brambilla - March Ford 761 (Foto Spu 1976-07-31).jpg|thumb|right|Brambilla driving a [[March Engineering|March]] [[March 761|761]] at the [[1976 German Grand ...intersection of Ocean Boulevard and Linden Avenue. He lost the right rear wheel on his March on the 35th lap of the [[1976 United States Grand Prix]] after
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• François Cévert
  ...rt joined the Tecno Formula 2 team and finished third overall in [[1969]], driving in the F2 class of the [[German Grand Prix]]. When [[Jackie Stewart]] had a ...now 29 seconds in the lead! Cévert coasted home, taking both hands off the wheel to wave as he crossed the line. <sup>''[http://www.forix.com/asp/notes.asp?
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• Connecting rod
  ...vents, such failures are quite rare on production cars during normal daily driving. This is because production auto parts have a much larger [[factor of safet ...[crank pin]]s are often mounted directly on one or more pairs of [[driving wheel]]s, and the axle of these wheels serves as the crankshaft. The connecting r
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• Fiat 124 Coupé
  ...th 6 or 8 slot configuration. All of these coupes are fun competent modern driving cars which look fantastic in their original forms. They are akin to other I
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• Sequential manual transmission
  ...river is provided with (usually) a pair of flipper paddles on the steering wheel, rally cars often utilize just a double-acting single paddle. Pulling on th ...the ability to skip gears—allows more driver input and a more traditional driving experience.
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• Hungaroring
  ...from the city. Its location on sandy soil also means that if a car drops a wheel off the track, it kicks up massive clouds of dust. ...duels of [[Nelson Piquet]] and [[Ayrton Senna]], [[Nigel Mansell]]'s lost wheel in 1987, [[Damon Hill]]'s dramatic race with an [[Arrows]] in 1997, maiden
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• Hand brake
  ...other end. The lever is most commonly a handle on the floor between the [[driving|driver]] and front passenger (hence the ''hand brake'' name), or a [[pedal] ...ront wheel drive car and possibly GM's inexperience at the time with front wheel cars, led to a tendency for the rear wheels to lock up under braking, which
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• Danica Patrick
  ...sing primarily on road racing, Patrick raced in several developmental open-wheel series while in Europe, including [[Formula Ford]] and [[Formula Vauxhall]] ...Pro Series]], she moved to the [[Toyota Atlantic Championship]] for 2003. Driving for the highly regarded Rahal Letterman team with sponsorship from [[Argent
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• CMN
  ...aly]] entering the war, De Vecchi was constructing military trucks, [[four wheel drive]] artillery tractors and ambulances for the army. Also under the new [[Image:CMNEnzo1919.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''[[Enzo Ferrari]] driving in the [[Parma-Poggio di Berceto]]''']]
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• Sam Hornish, Jr.
  ...es|American]] race car driver and [[Indianapolis 500]] champion, currently driving in the [[Indy Racing League]] for [[Penske Racing]]. He also competes in th ...d [[Tony Kanaan]] in the standings and the top placement of any driver not driving for [[Andretti Green Racing]].
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• Jimmy Vasser
  ==Driving career== ...ame one of the drivers for the two-car operation. Vasser retired from open wheel racing in 2006, but still has an ownership stake. He temporarily came out o
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 308
  ...ng a [[Mercedes-Benz W154]] was the winner. In this race [[Eugenio Siena]] driving a 312 was killed after hitting a wall.
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• Air brake (road vehicle)
  ...pplies and releases the brakes when one uses the brake pedal during normal driving. ...e oil. If the compressor has its own oil supply check the oil level before driving.
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• Car tuning
  ...e its '''performance, handling and presentation''' and improve the owner's driving style. As most vehicles leave the factory set up for average driver expecta ...e cars never compete. Rather they are built for the pleasure of owning and driving such a vehicle. Another major facet of tuning includes performance modifica
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• Economy car
  ...extremely simple. Advances such as [[monocoque]] construction and [[front wheel drive]] would allow progressively more advanced small cars to be produced, ...compact]]s like the [[Volkswagen GTI]], which combined economy of use with driving fun.
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• Bicycle gearing
  [[Image:Bevelgear.jpg|thumb|[[Bevel gear|Bevel ring gear]] on the rear wheel of a [[shaft-driven bicycle]]]] On a bicycle, power is transmitted from the rider's legs to the rear wheel via the [[bicycle pedal|pedal]]s, [[crankset]], [[bicycle chain|chain]] or
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• Automobile emissions control
  ===Increasing driving efficiency=== * driving technique (some 10-30% reduction)
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• Lamborghini Aventador
  | class="lightbg" id="car_specsright" | All wheel drive ...e version of the Aventador, a vehicle that perfectly balances the ultimate driving experience with the ultimate in sports car sophistication.
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• Ferrari 125 F1
  ...ded to a [[de Dion tube]] for 1950. [[Worm and sector]] steering and four-wheel [[drum brake]]s were the norm for the time. The 2160&nbsp;mm (85&nbsp;in) ...t-cylinder [[Alfa Romeo 158]] and four-cylinder [[Maserati 4CLT]]. Strong driving and a nimble chassis, however, allowed the company to place third in its fi
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• Hermann Lang
  ...ars but after the war ended, he returned to racing in 1946 without a team, driving a six-year-old [[BMW]] to victory in the first post-war race in Germany hel ...ined Grand Prix racing and Lang came back for another F1 season behind the wheel of a Mercedes W196. But at age 45, he had a less than successful campaign t
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