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- ...]], [[1950]]. He won 1 race, achieved 4 podiums, and scored a total of 20 championship points. *He was inducted in the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] in 2000.3 KB (348 words) - 07:50, 14 June 2009
- ...egarded as the greatest driver never to win the Formula One Drivers' World Championship. He came second four times in a row from [[1955]] to [[1958]]. ...ar to Moss's four. It was sufficient to make Mike Hawthorn Britain's first World Champion.5 KB (876 words) - 08:19, 8 October 2009
- ...rmula One]], [[British Touring Car Championship]], [[British Formula Three Championship|British F3]], [[Superbike racing|British Superbikes]], [[Grand Prix motorcy [[Image:WorldSeriesByRenault.jpg|right|thumb|World Series by Renault at Donington Park's [[Melbourne Hairpin]] in 2005.]]6 KB (825 words) - 21:58, 10 March 2009
- | Cons champ || 1 <small>([[1972 World Sportscar Championship season|1972 WSC]])</small> ...a new engine would have been necessary. Thus, Porsche did not enter world championship sports car races after 1971 and sold the 908s to customers who would have t6 KB (834 words) - 09:05, 11 March 2009
- ...went on to win the [[European Championship (auto racing)|European driving championship]] three times between 1934 and 1938. As the two drivers who all but defined ...ious accident ended his comeback attempt well before the new [[Formula 1]] championship was first contested in 1950. Caracciola died of a bone disease in 1959.4 KB (513 words) - 18:04, 26 September 2009
- ...American racing. For 1978 Mears was offered a ride in nine of the eighteen championship races, including the Indianapolis 500. ...ins and four seconds in the eleven CART-eligible races won Mears his first championship. His worst finish in the season was fifth. In 1980 the [[ground effect]] Ch37 KB (5,153 words) - 20:25, 20 September 2009
- ...on [[May 30]], [[1950]], with 1 race victory, 1 podium, and a total of 12 championship points. He was inducted in the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] in 2004.3 KB (273 words) - 09:43, 8 October 2009
- ...up with little formal education but a strong desire to race cars. During [[World War I]] he was a mule-skinner, his father Alfredo and brother Dino died in ...the first victory was not until the British Grand Prix of 1951. The first championship came in 1952-53, when the [[Formula One]] season was raced with [[Formula T6 KB (935 words) - 08:51, 15 June 2009
- ...ories in the series. Vasser was the last American to win the [[Champ Car]] championship. ...ement to drive the 3rd [[KV Racing Technology]] car in the final Champ Car World Series event at the [[2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach]].36 KB (5,161 words) - 21:08, 30 April 2009
- ...ebut in [[1965 South African Grand Prix|South Africa]] he scored his first Championship point. Before the end of the year he won his first race at [[1965 Italian G ...]] in a Renault F1 became champion, he was the only driver to have won the championship driving a [[France|French]] car. For the 1970 season, Matra insisted on usi8 KB (1,269 words) - 11:08, 8 October 2009
- ...l' racing organised by enthusiasts in [[Bristol]] just before the [[Second World War]] - British racing after the war picked up slowly and home-built 500cc ...no private tuning can be carried out. [[Honda]] engines (tuned by [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]]) have perennially been popular, as have engines produced by [[Volks7 KB (1,038 words) - 10:10, 14 June 2009
- ...DTM]]; [[Le Mans Series|1000km]]; [[Grand tourer|GT]]; [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] ==Major Motorsports Events==8 KB (1,145 words) - 21:09, 24 February 2009
- The annual National Championship for Club Racing is called the "Runoffs" and has been historically held at [ ...onals") held in September. 2006 ushers in a new site for The Solo National Championship, replacing [[Forbes Field]] with the newly renovated [[Heartland Park Topek16 KB (2,033 words) - 01:30, 2 April 2009
- ...ers' Champions|World Champion]]. He is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport. == Formula One/World Championship career ==19 KB (2,625 words) - 13:05, 11 May 2010
- .... After surpassing Fangio's long standing record for total number of World Championship titles, [[Michael Schumacher]] said - ''"Fangio is on a level much higher t ...and he was Argentine National Champion in 1940 and 1941. The outbreak of [[World War II]] halted his rise, and he could not begin racing in [[Europe]] until12 KB (1,623 words) - 16:07, 26 March 2010
- ...to become a [[Formula 1]] driver. He won the [[Indy Racing League]] (IRL) championship in [[2003]] at his first attempt. ...13 wins in 14 races. In [[1996]] he won the full New Zealand Formula Ford championship.7 KB (1,129 words) - 16:24, 13 June 2009
- ...tland|Scottish]] [[Formula One]] (F1) [[Auto racing|racing driver]]. Twice World Champion, he was the dominant driver of his era. ...2 saw Clark battling [[Graham Hill]] who drove for [[BRM]] for the [[World Championship]] in Chapman's brilliant [[Lotus 25]], but in the final race an oil leak ca20 KB (2,956 words) - 09:59, 11 April 2009
- ...racing, taking pole, and finishing fourth overall. With 1986 came another championship in FF2000, this time the European title. ...aren for Blundell, this time, in a race seat. Teamed with future two-time world champion [[Mika Häkkinen]], Blundell recorded five points finishes and onc10 KB (1,430 words) - 14:03, 13 April 2009
- ...nishing at night. For many years Sebring was part of the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. ! Championship18 KB (2,108 words) - 18:17, 11 June 2009