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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...'''24 Hours of Le Mans''' (''24 Heures du Mans'') is a [[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance racing|endurance race]] held annually since {{24hLM|1923} ...race took a turn towards more extreme speeds and automotive designs. These extreme speeds led to the replacement of the typical standing ''Le Mans start'' wit
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• Scuderia Toro Rosso
  ...4th respectively on the final lap until cars on tires better suited to the extreme wet conditions passed them, demoting Vettel to 5th and Bourdais to 7th. The ...ampionship|WRC]] Champion [[Sébastien Loeb]] has been quoted in the French sports-paper [[L'Equipe]] as being interested in replacing Bourdais. It has been s
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• Puma Rome
  Later, in the eighties, '''Puma''' began the construction of a sports car, the "Big Brother", made with a 1200cc VW engine as the "Maggiolino" wa The company in addition to producing the Dune Buggy, has also produced sports cars and SUVs, all based on the chassis of the Beetle. She also performed s
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• Stanguellini
  There were only 24 Stanguellini Sports 750's and 21 Stanguellini Sport 1100's ever made, some were twin cam, some ...s succeeded by his son, Vittorio, still only 19 years-old. Vittorio had an extreme talent for engineering and guided the dealership along the lines that later
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• Maserati Coupe
  ...d controls the engine and brakes to help the driver control the vehicle in extreme driving situations. The MSP system integrates four different vehicle system ...national racing series, including the [[Italian GT Championship]], [[Rolex Sports Car Series]], and [[FIA GT3 European Championship]].
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• Grand Prix motorcycles
  ...e Motocyclisme (FIM)]] in 1949. The commercial rights are owned by [[Dorna Sports]]. Teams are represented by the International Road Racing Teams Association ...ditions, special tyres ('wets') with full treads are used, but they suffer extreme wear if the track dries out.
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• Laverda
  In 1968 Laverda debuted the result of this thinking. While not an extreme [[sport bike]] in any sense, it exhibited all the virtues that Laverda had ...the brand. Over the next 5 years, they launched a small selection of new sports models based on a thorough redo of the bulletproof DOHC 650cc parallel twin
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• Kart racing
  ...med by almost anybody, and as a [[motorsport]] in itself, it is one of the sports regulated by [[FIA]] (under the guise of [[CIK]]), permitting licensed raci 3.) TKM. This series incorporates the Senior TKM Extreme class, Formula Senior TKM 4 Stroke, Junior TKM 2 stroke, Junior TKM interme
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• Tire
  ...ion aids (''e.g.'' tire chains) on vehicles driven in certain areas during extreme conditions. ...e tire and the wheel is such that the tire will not budge even under quite extreme forces.
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• Enduro
  ! colspan=2 |ENDURO EXTREME TEST ...sionals make a living that is comparable to professional athletes in other sports. Even other off-road racing series' athletes make a substantially greater
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• Motorcycle
  The upsurge in extreme sports and hobbies coincides with the upsurge in * Extreme Distance Events (competitive long distance riding, including [http://www.ir
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• 2008 Formula One season
  ...e tyre supplier [[Bridgestone]] announced that they would be marking their extreme wet weather tyres with a white line in the central groove to differentiate ...ctice, qualifications and races were broadcast exclusively by [[Al Jazeera Sports]].
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• History of the bicycle
  ...erailleur-equipped ''[[racing bicycle|racing bikes]]'', variously called ''sports'' models, ''sport/tourers'', or simply ''ten-speeds''. These lighter bicycl ...llers to escape their surroundings via mountain biking and other [[extreme sports]]. These cycles featured sturdier frames, wider tires with large knobs for
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• Four-wheel-drive
  ...g freely, where there is no torque, it provides excellent handling in less extreme situations. A typical Torsen II differential can deliver up to twice as mu ...brothers Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker of [[Amsterdam]]. The two seater sports car, which was also the first ever car equipped with a six-cylinder engine
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• Pagani Zonda
  The '''Pagani Zonda''' is a [[Mid-engine design|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] produced by [[Pagani]] in Italy. It debuted in 1999 and continues th ...speed. It is also noted that the car's new rear bodywork is minimal in the extreme, being composed mostly of vent. This is thought to be symptomatic of the ne
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• Manual transmission
  ...be starved, causing a failure in the hydraulics. This could matter in some extreme off roading circumstances. Sports cars are also often equipped with manual transmissions because they offer m
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• Fiat Panda
  ...xtreme sport clothing manufacturer Dainese, the show star is equipped with sports seats incorporating a rigid titanium fibre shell. ...With no rear seats, the load floor offers flexible attachments for fixing sports kit, while an aluminium structure is designed to carry mountain bikes.
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• Bicycle
  ...bing and [[Graphite-reinforced plastic|carbon fiber]] stays and forks. It sports a drop handlebar and thin tires and wheels for efficiency and aerodynamics. ...ary]] and local [[police]] applications, [[courier]] services, and cycle [[sports]].
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• 2006 Formula One season
  ...ets of dry-weather tyres, four sets of wet-weather tyres and three sets of extreme-weather tyres. The thinking behind this is that the reduced engine size wil ...n to a Dutch consortium led by internet entrepreneur [[Michiel Mol]] and [[sports car]] manufacturer [[Spyker Cars]]. The team was renamed Spyker MF1 Team an
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• History of Formula One
  Ferrari was the great favorite with a 3 litre version of his well tested sports car V12 design, but the engines were underpowered and the cars were heavy; ...the risk was too great and that from now on he would refuse to race under extreme conditions.
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