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...a serious accident at the age of eighteen. The resolution held for three years, after which he began racing again. More serious accidents did not break h ...e entered that year. Further success came his way in the three subsequent years, giving him the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]]

! colspan=1 |'''Years in Business''' | [[Sighinolfi]] || 1940's - || || <font color=red>'''R'''</font>

! colspan=1 |'''Years in Business''' | [[Aermoto]] || 1938 - 1940 || ||<font color=blue>'''S'''</font>

...early European race-driver. Henry began competing in 1932, when he was 19-years-old, and became successful in the midget cars. ...napolis 500]] in 1936. He also drove as a relief driver in 1937, 1939, and 1940, with a 21st place finish in 1938.

...ylinder engine, also emerging in 1908. This entered production a couple of years later as the 8-10HP with a 800cc engine (still V2 air-cooled) and productio ...1920's, and in 1925 ceased producing cars. The UK company continued until 1940.

...ndurance racing, driving to victory in the Mille Miglia for three straight years from 1947 through 1949 and the [[Targa Florio]] in 1948 and 1949. He won mo ...e was forced him to retire in 1954. He died early the following year at 57 years old.

'''Felice Nazzaro''' ([[Turin]], [[Italy]], [[1881]] - [[March 21]], [[1940]]) was an [[italy|Italian]] [[racecar]] driver. He won the [[French Grand P ...utting no less than 3 hours between himself and the runner-up! A couple of years later an improved model, the Nizzaro Tipo 3 was released. The company organ

! colspan=1 |'''Years in Business''' |[[Premoli]] || 1935 - 1940 || [[Varese]] || <font color=green>'''M'''</font>

|Years:||1950 - 1955 ...driver at the outbreak of [[World War II]], and it would be another eight years before he would win a major race.

| Production Years || 1907-1908 | Width || 1740/1940

...Although preceded by [[Enzo Ferrari]]'s [[Auto Avio Costruzioni 815]] of 1940, the 125 S was the first vehicle to bear the Ferrari name when it debuted o ...azing discovery of an old stamping that could very well read 01C. For many years it was covered by a layer of aluminum, which featured the 010I stamp. It wa

![[1940 Indianapolis 500|1940]] ...hampionship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Chet Miller

! colspan=1 |'''Years in Business''' | [[Maserati]] || 1940 - || [[Modena]] ||<font color=red>'''R'''</font>

...importer italoamericano, I bought one, at the end of [[years 1940 | forty years]], rigorously painted red, which led to [[New York]] to run it in the categ

...perform the necessary calculations to air navigation, which he achieved in 1940. Over the years this moped was then subject to continuous updates. His job opportunities ar

...he most prestigious events in racing, including during the [[Formula One]] years. ! 1940 - 1946

...was the American-made [[Crosley]], a four passenger vehicle from the late 1940's. While many cars of the [[1960s]] are small enough to be considered city In addition, in the last few years some "true" city cars were released, like the '''[[Fiat Panda]]''' (2003),

[[Image:Kubelwagen.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''1940 Intermeccanica Kubelwagen''']] ...Intermeccanica developed the &laquo;Indra&raquo; (1971), followed by a few years assembling the [[Squire]] car.

|Years:||1950 - 1955 ...driver at the outbreak of [[World War II]], and it would be another eight years before he would win a major race.

...[[August 16]], [[1993]]) was a French driver who raced automobiles for 14 years in the [[1920]]s and [[1930]]s, the Golden Era of [[Grand Prix motor racing ...to win three consecutive [[French Riviera]] championships in the next five years. In [[1929]] he entered his first professional race, the inaugural [[Grand

...rson must be retired from their specialty in motorsports for at least five years unless approved on special means (age or worthy of special early induction) !Active years

...ard Dickerman Straight]] and heiress [[Dorothy Payne Whitney]]. He was six years old when his father died in [[France]] of [[influenza]] during the [[Spanis Flying was his passion, and while 16 years old, still too young for a pilot's licence he had already achieved over 60

...t the longest continued existence of any of cyclings major races. For many years the event was held in early May, not an ideal date as the majority of the t ...at an average speed of 42.228 km/h, a record speed which stood for over 50 years. Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha won the 2004 edition of the race in a record

...Although preceded by [[Enzo Ferrari]]'s [[Auto Avio Costruzioni 815]] of 1940, the 125 S was the first vehicle to bear the Ferrari name when it debuted o ...azing discovery of an old stamping that could very well read 01C. For many years it was covered by a layer of aluminum, which featured the 010I stamp. It wa

...ft, but a contract clause restricted him from racing or designing for four years. ...pany supplying parts to other racing teams. But in the [[Mille Miglia]] of 1940 the company manufactured two cars to compete, driven by [[Alberto Ascari]]

...homegrown engine would be a V12, and the same basic design would last many years, with development continuing long after original designer Colombo had been

...[[naturally-aspirated]] engine, has made something of a comeback in recent years due largely to the increased quality of the alloys and machining used in mo For the early years of the war this was simply how it was and this led to the seemingly odd fac

Before 1926, the race was always over 400km, but this has reduced over the years with 2004 being 225km, although as recently as 1987 the distance was 309km ...rg]], [[Mont Saint Roch]] and the [[Keperenberg]]. The race ended for many years in the [[Anderlecht]] district of [[Brussels]] outside the Constant Vanden

In the early years the main difficulty of the race was the [[Passo del Turchino]], but when cy ...stayed away. He credited his win to the lesson learned from the previous years' failed attempt, which was won by sprinter extraordinaire [[Mario Cipollini

|Years || F1 1950 - 1956} ...rallies at the age of twenty-two with a [[Lancia|Lancia Lambda]] and a few years later acquired a [[Fiat|Fiat Balilla]] with which he and his brother Emilio

...and Prix''' was the premier [[auto race]] of [[Switzerland]]. In its later years it was a [[Formula One]] race. ! 1946<br>-<br>1940

...aking of the Pinarello began in Catena di Villorba, towards the end of the 1940's. The roots of Pinarello can be traced back to the beginning of WW II. Thi ...hat boosted the fame and substance of the Pinarello reputation. After many years of team affiliations in the professional field, this was an instant and sen

Two years after that, using a version specially designed for competitions, Tonino the ...er [[supercharged]] 250cc racing bike. This was intended to compete in the 1940 season, building on Benelli's success in the [[1939 Isle of Man TT]]. With

...]], although he never practiced law. He joined a tank [[regiment]] in June 1940 when Italy entered [[World War II]]. He fought at the Russian front, being ...f which Rockefeller was chairman; Agnelli sat on this committee for thirty years. He was also a member of a syndicate with Rockefeller that for a time in th

At only 17 years Gilberto Colombo began working with his father for the development of facil '''1940'''

| Years || 24hLM 1932 - 1935, 24hLM 1937 - 1939, 24hLM 1949 - 1953 ...o the United States of America with Dreyfus from the Ferrari team, for the 1940 [[Indy 500]]. He remained in the U.S. during the war, working for the Itali

...e exception of 1936, where the race was not run due to worker strikes, and 1940 to 1948, due to [[World War II]]. Records for wins are also listed. ! 1948<br>to<br>1940

...Engineer Fabio Taglioni developed a [[desmodromic]] valve system in these years, a system that opens ''and'' closes the valves mechanically, without the ne ...une 1, 1935, the cornerstone of a factory in Borgo Panigale was laid. By [[1940]], the company was engaged in the manufacture of electronic equipment for t

| Amateur years || 1931-1934 | Pro years || 1935-1952<br />

...ts cars like [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] (which debuted as a marque in the 1940 event), [[Maserati]] and also [[Porsche]] famous. ...fter an accident in 1938 killed a number of spectators. When it resumed in 1940 during war time, it was dubbed the Grand Prix of Brescia, and held on a 100

...at the [[Coppa Acerbo]], [[Coppa Ciano]] and [[Tripoli Grand Prix]] in May 1940. Soon World War II stopped development of the car for six years. After the war the engine was developed further to push out 254&nbsp;bhp in

...Premio di Pescara''). The race was run between 1924 and 1961 and over the years was held to a variety of vehicle class regulations and durations. In F1 195 ...uto Union]] would come to eclipse all their rivals for the subsequent five years. Although the race was again won by two Italian drivers during this time, i

...ed and has an extensive automotive design- and prototyping program for the years to come. It represents the continuation of a long and rich tradition of Ita * 1940 [[Auto Avio Costruzioni 815]]

...Championship in 1950. In the immediate post-war period, and the first two years of the Formula One category, the 4CLT was the car of choice for many privat ...tailed international competition. Villoresi took the 4CL to victory in the 1940 [[Targa Florio]], but with entry restricted to [[Axis powers of World War I

! Active years ...hael Bailey Hailwood [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]''' ([[April 2]] [[1940]] &ndash; [[March 23]] [[1981]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Grand P

...rg and the Côte de Trieu, which were unavailable through roadworks in past years and the first ascent of the Eikenmolen. Spectators try to watch the Ronde p * [[1940]] - [[Achiel Buysse]] -- {{flagiconBEL}}

...of [[Ferrari]] (a company in which [[Fiat]] has a majority stake) for some years. ...s sold their shares in the company to the [[Adolfo Orsi]] family, who in [[1940]] relocated the company headquarters to their hometown of [[Modena]], where

== The Pre-WW II years == ...all but three of the official Championship Grands Prix races run in those years. The cars by this time were single-seaters (the riding mechanic vanished in

...orinese]] in two periods, from [[the 1931]] to [[the 1936]] and from [[the 1940]] to [[the 1942]]. ...ep. The production seems to stop at the beginnig of [[the 1936]], but four years after, when by now also [[Italy]] is in order to enter in [[second war mond

...ther than the 500-mile that would be held on the grounds for seventy-eight years. ...ree-time winners, with Shaw also being the first back-to-back winner (1939-1940).

==Early years of Stanguellini== ...ni. Severi finished 1st overall in the [[Targa Florio]] of 1937. The early years saw many more important victories for Squadra Stanguellini, one of the most

...the first copy). The first deliveries to the customers go back to January 1940.<br> ...acks. Of the Rates Rome 450 they will come realizes to you, in three years 1940-1942, 501 exemplary (511 second some sources). <br>

...acciola]] repeated a similar upset win at the [[Mille Miglia]] a couple of years later. In 1926, [[Eliska Junkova]], one of the great female drivers in [[Gr So, over the years, the greats of [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix racing]] and [[Formula

...the country that had been associated with motor sport since the very early years of racing before the turn of the century. To accommodate [[Grand Prix motor ...ne stage in its history it had rained at the Belgian Grand Prix for twenty years in a row. Frequently drivers confront a part of the course that is clear an

|Years:||1950 - 1951, 1953 - 1958 ...stly in long distance road races and he was Argentine National Champion in 1940 and 1941. The outbreak of [[World War II]] halted his rise, and he could no

...e [[Mille Miglia]] of 1938. This model was produced in small numbers until 1940. The 508C was produced from 1937 to 1948, when it was replaced by an update ...ther. Only one hundred and twenty thousand examples were produced in eight years.

...e quit Alfa. Because he was prohibited by contract from racing for several years, the Scuderia briefly became [[Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari]], which osten ...ng-at-heart). Other design houses that have done work for Ferrari over the years include [[Scaglietti]], [[Bertone]], [[Touring]], [[Ghia]], and [[Vignale]]

...Championship in 1950. In the immediate post-war period, and the first two years of the Formula One category, the 4CLT was the car of choice for many privat ...tailed international competition. Villoresi took the 4CL to victory in the 1940 [[Targa Florio]], but with entry restricted to [[Axis powers of World War I

...rial ensigns to [[Constantinople]], the Western Roman Empire ends; for few years Italia stayed united under Odoacer rule, but later it was divided between s ...at once imperial city remained poor and largely in ruins through the first years of the Renaissance. As a cultural movement, the [[Italian Renaissance]] aff

...th technology used at Le Mans finding its way into production cars several years later. This has also led to faster and more exotic [[supercar]]s due to man ...Each car is required to have no fewer than two seats, although in recent years only the ability to place a seat in the cockpit has been understood but not

...name of [[SAID]], Societa Anonima Italiana Darracq, but within just three years was reorganized under a different set of initials, [[ALFA]] – [[Anonima L ...d mining engineer who returned the company to good fortune within just two years of his takeover by making tractors, railway equipment, aero [[engines]], [[

| Birth date || 04/13/1940 '''Max Rufus Mosley''' (born 13 April 1940) is president of the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA),

...engines generally smaller, these penalties are more burdensome. In recent years, automatic transmissions have significantly improved in their ability to su [[Oldsmobile]]'s 1940 models featured [[Hydra-Matic]] drive, the first mass-production fully auto

...st World War]], which blocked the running of the [[championship]] for four years, from 1915 until 1918, Constante would have gained additional victories. De | 1940 || [[Gino Bartali]] || [[Pietro Rimoldi]] || [[Osvaldo Bailo]]

...engines generally smaller, these penalties are more burdensome. In recent years, automatic transmissions have significantly improved in their ability to su [[Oldsmobile]]'s [[1940]] models featured [[Hydra-Matic]] drive, the first mass-production fully au

...tely to become one of [[Italy]]'s largest industrial groups of the pre-war years, the giant Caproni group. On 27 May 1910 the Caproni biplane flown by Tabac ...istons engine and the first one of the first [[Italian]] jet aircraft, the 1940 Caproni Campini CC2, that flew the first time during a 1941 flight to [[Mil

|Years ||1968 - 1972, 1974 - 1982 '''Mario Gabriele Andretti''' (born February 28, 1940) is a retired [[People of the United States|American]] [[automobile]] [[aut

...metropolitan area, built in 1973, was the biggest in [[Europe]] until few years ago), and has the first Italian vegetable and fruit market. Bologna also ha ...rbit with Cardinal [[Albornoz|Gil de Albornoz]] in [[1360]]. The following years saw an alternation of Republican governments (like that of [[1377]], which

==Early years== ...rticipating in races at [[Faenza]], [[Lugo di Romagna]], and [[Imola]]. In 1940, he first took part in the [[Mille Miglia]], driving a [[Fiat 508|Fiat Bali

The [[Pikes Peak Hillclimb]] was a round of the championship in the years 1947 to 1955 *[[1940]] - [[Rex Mays]]

...stralian Grand Prix|2006]], since the event moved to Melbourne. During its years in Adelaide, the Australian Grand Prix was the final round of the Champions ...ation Award for the best organised Grand Prix of the year in its first two years of 1996 and 1997.

...a [[single cylinder engine|horizontal single]] that dominated the first 45 years of the company's history in various configurations. Through 1934, each engi ...he ''V-twin + drive shaft'' arrangement that Guzzi developed more than ten years later, ultimately to become iconic of the company. The [http://www.casalamb

The city's history extends nearly 2,800 years, during which time it has been the seat of [[ancient Rome]] and, later, the ...ce as the cultural capital of [[Western Roman Empire]] for several hundred years leading up to the [[Renaissance]]. Rome remains influential today, as the c

! Years ! <font color=black>1946<br>-<br>1940

...g, and the Michaux company continued to dominate the industry in its first years. ...r]] with his [[Western Wheel Works]] became the "Ford of the Bicycle" (ten years before [[Henry Ford]]) by copying Pope's mass production methods and by int

...er a period of neutrality, Italy entered [[World War II]] on [[10 June]] [[1940]] alongside [[Germany]], in which the Regia Aeronautica could deploy more t ...[[Kuwait]], Italy joined the coalition forces and for the first time in 45 years Italian pilots and aircraft were tasked with military wartime operations.

...lace in other events, the Tour was contested by national teams for several years during the 1950s and early 1960s. In recent years, the first stage had been preceded by a short [[individual time trial]] (1

==Foundation and early years== ...he onset of [[World War I]] halted automobile production at ALFA for three years.

...see [[May 1968]]), and was cancelled only in [[1936]] (economy) and from [[1940]] to [[1948]] ([[World War 2]]). ...] (8.1&nbsp;[[mile|mi]]) long, using mostly normal country roads. Over the years, several purpose-built sections replaced the normal roads, especially the '

...the [[Marchese Lotario Rangoni Machiavelli di Modena]] drove them in the [[1940]] [[Mille Miglia]], [[World War II]] put a temporary end to racing and the ...ix World Championship had been laid out before the war but it took several years afterward for the series to get going; meanwhile Ferrari rebuilt his works

...ments to a ferocious military repression. Ruled under martial law for many years Sicily (and southern Italy) was ravaged by the Italian army that summarily *[[Paolo Borsellino]] (1940 &ndash; 1992), judge

...one light vehicle plants are projected to permanently close in the coming years with the loss of another 200,000 jobs in the sector, on top of the 560,000 *[[Continental (automobile)|Continental]] (1907 and 1910 and 1940)