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...Automobile Association|AAA]] and [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]] [[Championship Car]] series, racing in the 1952-1960 seasons with 72 starts, including eac ...1954(AAA), 1956 and 1957(USAC) [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]].

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...raced midget cars and in his first season won the [[New South Wales|NSW]] Championship and formed a partnership with [[Ron Tauranac]]. ...Championship with a [[Coventry Climax]] engined Cooper. In 1960 he won the championship again with Cooper.

...y the nickname '''Fast Freddie''', is an [[United States|American]] former World Champion [[motorcycle racing|motorcycle racer]]. Spencer is regarded as on ...versus Britain Trans-Atlantic Match races when he won two legs, defeating World Champions [[Kenny Roberts]] and [[Barry Sheene]] in the process. In [[1981

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...e]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. His penchant for consistently finishing in the points earned hi ...rbike Series 1981 and 1982. He also won the AMA 250cc road racing National Championship in 1980 and 1981 for Kawasaki.

...cing well in the championship standings, but never winning a major race or championship. ...bsequent years, giving him the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] in [[1946]], [[1947]] and [[1948]]; this was the first three-time win. H

[[Image:957b.jpg|thumb|right|350px|'''World of Outlaws drivers honor the fans with a Four Abreast lap at the Knoxville ...f Outlaws. Racing throughout the United States from March to November, the World of Outlaws is the premier dirt sprint car racing series. Famous tracks feat

...y 400 in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. He later successfully won back-to-back [[World 600]]s (NASCAR's longest race, now the [[Coca-Cola 600]]) and back-to-back ...ns, finishing fourth in the points standings while Waltrip went on win the championship.

...tion]] established the [[American Championship Car Racing|national driving championship]]. ...h line to take twelfth place. He went on to earn the U.S. national driving championship that year, but was almost killed in an accident at on October 5th at the We

...9]] and [[1962]] [[Indianapolis 500]]. He also was the 1959 and 1962 USAC Championship Car champion. Ward was born in [[Beloit, Kansas]], and died in [[Anaheim, C ...tor Company|Ford]] hot rod. He was a [[P-38 Lightning]] fighter pilot in [[World War II]]. He enjoyed flying so much he thought of making it his career. He

...ed out of racing, and he finished fifth in the championship. The won the [[World War I]] shortened 1917 season, and then he retired. He was inducted in the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] in 2001.

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...ianapolis 500]], the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] and the [[Formula One]] World Championship. ...er and won the world championship with them in [[1962]]. His second world championship came after joining [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] in [[1968]]. Hill was part of the

...PR Global GT Endurance Series. The circuit soon became the hotbed of local motorsports with teams from Hong Kong and Macau setting up their bases inside the circu ...omed the new [[FIA GT Championship]]. In 1999, the circuit held the FIA GT Championship again, after that the circuit went quite on the international scene for 5 y

...[[racing driver]], who won the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] in [[1951]] and [[1958]]. ...Automobile Association|AAA]] and [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]] [[Championship Car]] series, racing in the 1941 and 1946-1961 seasons with 121 starts, inc

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] ...st of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc Road Racing World Championship]].

...]], [[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.

...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.

...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.]]

| 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 t

...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.

...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]] Ch

...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.

...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 T

...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]].

...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 usi

...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 [[Volks

...DTM]]; [[Le Mans Series|1000km]]; [[Grand tourer|GT]]; [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] ==Major Motorsports Events==

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 Topek

...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 ==

.... 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]] until

...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.

...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 ca

...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 onc

...nishing at night. For many years Sebring was part of the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. ! Championship

...Junior was racing sprint cars. After high school, he was already in the [[World of Outlaws]] series of sprint car racing. He soon moved into road racing, w ...ernational Race of Champions|IROC]] championship in [[1986]], winning that championship with two victories in four races. At the age of 24, Unser was the youngest

'''Irwindale Speedway''' is a motorsports facility located in [[Irwindale, California]]. It features banked, paved 1/ ...then, it has become the series regular opening round in February and a non championship event in December and has also hosted a round of the domestic series, [[For

...and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoroughly [[comme ...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional

...and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoroughly [[comme ...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional

...nd the only American-born driver to win the [[Formula One]] World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in th ...e race at [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]] as the newly-crowned World Champion. When he returned for [[1962 Formula One season|the following seas

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His racing career was interrupted by [[World War II]], after which he began racing in Grand Prix with [[Maserati]]. His ...hared a 2nd place at F1's first race in [[Monza]]. He was only 5th in the championship standings however. He won his first F1 race the following season on the [[

...to [[Japan]] at the end of the 1976 season. The race had a dramatic World Championship battle between [[James Hunt]] and [[Niki Lauda]], and in awful rainy condit ...k remained its 1.3&nbsp;km long straightaway, one of the longest in all of motorsports.

...the final preparatory step for drivers hoping to enter the [[Formula One]] championship. [[Formula Two]] had become too expensive, and was dominated by works-run ...ared; a rumoured [[Lamborghini]] V8 never raced. In later years, a [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]]-[[Honda]] V8 became the thing to have, eclipsing the DFV; Cosworth

...ormula Three]] title. Disaster struck in 1988, though, as Herbert, then a championship hopeful in International [[Formula 3000]] was caught up in a major accident ...circumstances at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], finishing 4th in the championship.

...Grand Prix is famously known as one of the most demanding circuits in the world. Many current or former [[Formula One]] drivers have participated in the ev ...s officially become the final two races of the [[FIA]] [[World Touring Car Championship]] (WTCC).

...l. For example, the Supercross races are heavily advertised and televised motorsports events held within major cities. ...rodigious cycle racing organization, or the [[THQ]] series of Supercross [[Championship]] events that are in part the work of [[Clear Channel]], who in 2004 contr

...uced, the Daytona Continental, which counted towards the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. The first Continental was won by [[Dan Gurney]], driving a 2.7L Coventry ...n as part of the [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] [[IMSA GT Championship|GT series]].

...e of the V-12 engine, rated at 540hp and Ferrari marketed it as one of the world's fastest convertibles, with a top speed of 199mi/h. The GTC handling packa ==Motorsports==

...the behest of the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA). The championship is mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout the years has visited othe ...in '''FIA GT3 European Cup''', a support series in some rounds of the main championship.

...1925]] Alfa Romeo won the first [[Grand Prix motor racing|World Grand Prix Championship]]. Over 4 rounds the [[Alfa Romeo P2]] won the [[European Grand Prix]] at ...fa Romeo P3|P3]] whilst the German [[Silver Arrows]] dominated the other 4 championship events. However the P3s won 18 of the 35 Grands Prix held throughout Europe

...pionship|BTCC]]; [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]]; [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] ...ert's]] epic duel with [[Chris Amon]] in [[1968 in sport|1968]] and future World Champion [[Nigel Mansell|Nigel Mansell's]] emotional first win in [[1985 in

...mula One]] driver from [[England]]. He remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels. He is also the ambassador of th ...ponsored ride aboard the Nortons. He finished the year by beating reigning world champion Duke at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] and then at [[Brands H

...and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoroughly [[comme ...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional

...|| [[Dreyer & Reinbold Racing]]<br>[[Panther Racing]]<br>[[Sam Schmidt Motorsports]] ...n for the team in 2000 with Buddy winning 2 races on his way to the series championship followed by a second place effort in 2001. Following the influx of former C

...," has been the name for a class of [[automobile|car]]s used in [[American Championship Car Racing]] for many decades. ==The Champ Car World Series (CCWS)==

...and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoroughly [[comme ...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional

...ionship race was at Riverside. The [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]] Championship Trail also held their season ending race from 1967 to 1969. ...erence in a chicane and Turn 9 (the track will be known as the [[Riverside Motorsports Park]]).

...ormed on [[Oval racing|oval tracks]]. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types o *[[World of Outlaws]] Sprint cars

...n Racing]] in the [[Indy Racing League]]. He is the son of 1991 [[IndyCar World Series]] champion [[Michael Andretti]] and the grandson of racing legend [[ ...i won eight races in the 2003 [[Skip Barber|Barber]] Formula Dodge Eastern Championship, and was champion in the Barber National and Southern class the following y

...hampionship Racing League]], the [[Indy Racing League]], and the Champ Car World Series (CCWS). ...anization's second to last year, the '''Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered By Ford'''. The series merged into the [[IndyCar Series]] b

...further include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoroughly [[comme ...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional

...to [[Alain Prost]] in the [[1985 Formula One season|1985 Formula One World Championship]], as well as winning the [[1997 24 Hours of Le Mans]] and [[2001 12 Hours ...] and a [[FIA European Formula Three Championship|European Formula Three]] Championship crown in 1980 paved the way for the Italian's entrance into Formula One wit

...sh]] former [[Formula One]] driver. His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999. In 1989, Salo competed in the British [[Formula Three|Formula 3]] championship racing for [[Alan Docking Racing]]. He raced with the [[Reynard Motorsport|

...desire to win, and a complex character who fascinated Formula One fans the world over, his death in 1994 is still mourned, particularly in Brazil. ...American Kart Championship]], and was runner up several times in the World Championship but never won.

...perceived as the stepping stone to the higher and more expensive ranks of motorsports. ...tire]]s are much smaller than those used on a normal car. Similar to other motorsports, kart tyres have different types for use appropriate to track conditions:

...ng driver and three-time [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|F1 World Champion]]. He has founded and run two airlines and was manager of the [[Ja ...the [[1974 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch GP]]. He finished fourth in the Drivers' Championship and demonstrated immense commitment to testing and improving the car.

...metimes "Indy Car" or "Indy car") is most often used as a generic term for championship [[open wheel car|open wheel auto racing]] in the United States. The term wa ...ng in [[1980 in sports|1980]], IndyCar became the name used to advertise [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]] which had become the dominant governing body for o

...] derbies) and [[lawn mower]]s have been practiced in various parts of the world. Larger vehicles such as [[pickup truck]] and [[SUV]]'s were rarely used i ...Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] ''[[Wide World of Sports (US TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]'', featured demolition derbies on several broadcasts in the 197

...curring throughout Europe, Le Mans was envisioned as a different test from motorsports at the time. Instead of focusing on the ability of a car company to build t Beginning in the late 1970s, the demand for fuel economy from around the world led the race to adopt a fuel economy formula known as [[Group C]] in which

...p racing [[Kart|go karts]], highly successfully, winning the world karting championship in [[1987]]. He raced three-quarter midgets for a handful of years before ...n laps of a 200 lap race. He became the leading contender for the series' championship after a bad slump knocked points leader [[Davey Hamilton]] out of first pla

...lante'' (''The Flying Mantuan'') or ''Nivola''. He was the 1932 [[European Championship (auto racing)|European Champion]] in [[Grand Prix motor racing]]. Dr [[Ferd ...Corse]]. In 1932 he took two wins and a second place in the three European Championship Grands Prix, winning him the title. He won four other Grands Prix including

...o try to win the event, which they did from 1913 to 1919. However, after [[World War I]], the native drivers and manufacturers regained their dominance of t ...ed until [[1919]] when the name "Liberty Sweepstakes" was used following [[World War I]] in [[1919]] only. The race went back to "International Sweepstakes

...ula One]], [[American Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]], [[World Sportscar Championship]] and [[NASCAR]] (the other being [[Dan Gurney]]). He also won races in [[m ...anapolis 500|1969]]), [[Daytona 500]] (1967) and the [[Formula One]] World Championship, and, along with [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], the only driver to have won a race

...ed to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the [[Indianapolis 500]] and the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] (with wh ...and was included in the first Formula One [[1950 Formula One season|World Championship in 1950]]. The race is held on a narrow course laid out in the streets of M

...ntscoring systems]] for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. | Titles || CART IndyCar World Series champion, CART Rookie of the Year

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...ormed on [[Oval racing|oval tracks]]. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types o *[[World of Outlaws]] Sprint cars

...uble Formula One world champion, [[Graham Hill]], and is the only son of a world champion to win the title. ...en wheel racing by joining Mooncraft in the International [[Formula 3000]] championship, where, although often competitive, he never won a race.

...7 Formula One season|2007]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world champion]], finished the season ranked 3rd.]] ...ovember after eighteen Grands Prix. [[Lewis Hamilton]] became the Drivers' World Champion while [[Scuderia Ferrari|Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro]] won the Const

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...along the lines that later would be picked up by another great of Italian motorsports, [[Carlo Abarth]]. From 1935 onwards Stanguellini became synonymous as a tu ...rio Stanguellini re-launched his team and in 1946 won the Italian National Championship for sportscars, while in that same year the 1100 Stanguellini with [[Franco

...five victories that season that would make him France’s first Formula One world champion. © Schlegelmilch]] ...ngio]] and [[Michael Schumacher]] have won more Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles. From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most [[History of Fo

...eer at the highest level. In 1979 he finished second by four points in the championship to teammate [[Jody Scheckter]]. ...ver give up' attitude. His son, [[Jacques Villeneuve]], became Formula One world champion in 1997.

For decades people have intentionally used [[oversteer]] in motorsports such as [[dirt track racing]], [[motorcycle speedway]], and [[rallying]]. ...ing started out as a racing technique popular in the All Japan Touring Car Championship races over 30 years ago. A [[motorcycle racing|motorcycling]] legend turned

...hafts, four valves per cylinder and twin ignition. However, the onset of [[World War I]] halted automobile production at ALFA for three years. ...lfa Romeo P2|P2 Grand Prix car]], which won Alfa Romeo the inaugural world championship for Grand Prix cars in 1925. For Alfa road cars Jano developed a series of

...One season| Formula One World Champion]] [[Nigel Mansell]] in [[1993 CART World Series season|1993]]. He has also equalled [[Graham Hill]]'s feat of being ...t respect [[Mario Andretti]]'s caliber of success (except for the F1 World Championship); And shares honors as well with [[Dan Gurney]] in being IndyCar/F1/NASCAR

...e governing body for [[Formula One]] and other international [[auto racing|motorsports]]. ...bbels]] and [[Adolf Hitler]]. Max was born in London early in the [[Second World War]], in April 1940. In May, Sir Oswald, who had campaigned for a negotiat

Newman served in the [[United States Navy|Navy]] in [[World War II]] in the [[Pacific Theater of Operations|Pacific theater]]. He was s Newman was an avid auto racing enthusiast, and first became interested in [[motorsports]] ("the first thing that I ever found I had any grace in") while training f

...was cancelled only in [[1936]] (economy) and from [[1940]] to [[1948]] ([[World War 2]]). At the end of the season, having won World Championships in [[Formula One]] and [[Sports car racing|Sports Cars]], Mer