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• International Motorsports Hall of Fame
  ...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
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• Whitney Willard Straight
  ...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
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• Zuri Metzgete
  ...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
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• Ferrari 125 S
  ...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
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• Enzo Ferrari
  ...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]]
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• Ferrari Colombo engine
  ...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
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• Supercharger
  ...[[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
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• Paris-Brussels
  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
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• Milan-San Remo
  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
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• Luigi Villoresi
  |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
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• Swiss Grand Prix
  ...and Prix''' was the premier [[auto race]] of [[Switzerland]]. In its later years it was a [[Formula One]] race. ! 1946<br>-<br>1940
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• Pinarello
  ...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
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• Benelli
  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
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• Gianni Agnelli
  ...]], 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
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• Gilco
  At only 17 years Gilberto Colombo began working with his father for the development of facil '''1940'''
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• Luigi Chinetti
  | 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
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• List of Le Mans 24h winners
  ...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
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• Ducati Singles
  ...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
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• Gino Bartali
  | Amateur years || 1931-1934 | Pro years || 1935-1952<br />
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• Mille Miglia
  ...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
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