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Thierry Boutsen
| Team(s) || [[Arrows]], [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams ...an in 1993, after which he retired from Formula One. Boutsen briefly drove sports cars in the US, driving for Champion Racing in a Porsche, alongside [[Bill

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Formula 3000
...ner fitted with a straight-six short-stroke BMW. This was converted into a sports car, however. ...elationships based mostly upon shared sponsors and the use of the 'parent' team's name. The series grew dramatically through the late nineties, reaching an

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Ferrari 488
| class = [[Sports car]] ([[S-segment|S]])<!-- per [[WP:CARCLASS]], this should not be changed ...ar-wheel drive layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer [[Ferrari]], introduced in 2015 to replace the previous [[

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Ferrari P
The '''Ferrari P''' series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. Sports car racers followed in 1963. Although these cars shared their names (based

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Football (soccer)
...of people regularly go to a football [[stadium]] to follow their favourite team, whilst millions more avidly watch the game on television. A very large num ...all)|football]]'') into the other team's goal, thereby scoring a goal. The team which has scored the most goals at the conclusion of the game is the winner

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Miller Motorsports Park
'''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]''' Sunchaser 1000 |Record team || [[Penske Racing]]

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Piero Taruffi
|Team(s) || [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferr ==Sports car career==

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Touring car racing
==Differences between touring cars and sports cars== ...sifying closed-wheel racing cars as 'touring cars' or '[[sports car racing|sports cars]]' (also known as GT cars). In truth, there is often very little techn

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John Surtees
| Team(s) || [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]], [[Lola Cars|Lola]], [[Scuderi | Team(s) || [[Scuderia Ferrari]] [[Lola Cars]]/[[Surtees|Team Surtees]]

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MV Agusta
...ed their first 1000 cc bike. 2004 marked the end of production for the 750 sports machines, with a limited production of 300 SR ("Special Racing") model in t ...it the best [[sportbike]] in the world. Tamburini designed the Ducati 916 sports bike (predecessor of the 748 and 996 series) which marked the return of Duc

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All wheel drive
...th 100% of the power going to the '''rear''' axle under normal conditions. Sports cars using this type of system always drive only the rear under normal cond ...m to their [[1966]] [[Jensen FF]] that the system was used in a production sports car, but with a total of 320 build units this did not sell in appreciable n

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SPA 24 Hours
..., both a 24h and a 1000km race is held at Spa, as the [[1000km Spa]] for [[sports car racing]] were introduced in 1966. ...Bryner]] on the victorious [[Ferrari 550]] of the ''BMS Scuderia Italia'' team, the 2004 race marked the first time in history that a female driver has wo

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Maserati
...alian]] manufacturer of [[automobile racing|racing cars]] and [[sports car|sports cars]], established in 1914 in [[Bologna]]. The company's headquarters are ...ear contract with Orsi, went on to form the [[O.S.C.A.]] car builder. This team worked on several projects ([[Maserati 4CLT]], [[Maserati A6]] series, [[Ma

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Niki Lauda
| Team(s) || [[March Engineering|March]], [[British Racing Motors|BRM]], [[Sc ...irlines and was manager of the [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] Formula One racing team for two years.

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Maserati Biturbo
| Class || [[Sports car|Sports]] / [[Luxury vehicles|Luxury]] The '''Maserati Biturbo''' is a [[sports car]] introduced by [[Maserati]] in 1981. The Biturbo was a two-door, four-

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Formula Three
...uring their GP careers) although started to decline in the UK when small [[sports cars]] powered by [[Coventry-Climax]] and [[Ford]] engines became more impo ...rch Engineering|March]], [[Modus]], [[GRD]], [[Ralt]] and [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]].

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Ferrari
...' is an [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by [[Enzo Ferrari]] in 1929. At first, '''[[Scuderia Ferrari]]' ::'''[[Scuderia Ferrari]]''' ''for further history of the Ferrari racing team''

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Indy Racing League
...[[Champ Car|CART]], which had sancationed Indy car racing since [[1979 in sports|1979]], who incidently, had broken away from [[United States Auto Club|USAC Beginning in [[1980 in sports|1980]], IndyCar became the name used to advertise [[Championship Auto Racin

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Alfa Romeo in motorsport
...eventually transferred them to [[Enzo Ferrari]]'s now privatised 'factory' team [[Scuderia Ferrari]]. P3s then won six of the final 11 events of the seaso ...sourced team. (Enzo Ferrari drove for Alfa before he went on to manage the team, and after that went on to manufacture his own cars.)

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OSCA
...July Bayol won the Circuit du Lac at Aix-les-Bains beating the [[Gordini]] team. The change in the regulations for the [[World Championship]] in 1954 rende ...[Formula One]] and [[Formula Two]] events although they mainly built small sports cars of which some were designed by [[Pietro Frua]].

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Champcars
...[American Automobile Association]], the [[United States Auto Club]], the [[Sports Car Club of America]], Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), the [[Champio Gurney, joined by other leading team owners such Carl Hogan, [[Roger Penske]], and [[U.E. Patrick|U.E. "Pat" Pat

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Watkins Glen International
'''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]''' [[6 Hours of Watkins Glen|Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen |Record team || [[Penske Racing|Team Penske]]

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Project 1221
...ally the [[berlinetta]] has the potential to effortlessly outperform any [[sports car]] available today. With a four-digit power output, the engineers workin ..., headed by [[Emanuele Nicosia]] and [[Anna Visconti]], whilst a qualified team of engineers under command of [[Mauro Forghieri]], in Modena, are responsib

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Lamborghini
...wagen]]. Lamborghini is the main counterpart to [[Ferrari]] in the Italian sports car business. The Italian company was founded in 1963 by businessman [[Ferr ...d War II]], [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]] was able to cultivate an interest in sports cars. After owning a [[Mercedes-Benz 300SL]], a [[Jaguar E-Type]], and a [[

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Motorcycle speedway
...is no stated maximum due to the potential for tracks to be used for other sports such as Speedway Sidecar racing. The majority of FIM licensed tracks are dedicated to Speedway or other sports such as [[Greyhound racing]]. For larger events, the FIM occasionally sanct

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Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3
...was a [[sports car racing]] prototype raced by the [[Alfa Romeo]] factory team between 1967 and 1977. ...downforce as applied to the entire design. Once understood in terms of the sports car

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Cagliari
...iari Calcio]], winner of the Italian league championship in 1970, with the team led by one of the greatest Italian strikers of all times, [[Gigi Riva]]. The place is ideal for water sports like [[Kitesurf]], wind blows very often with the right intensity.

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Minardi
...nd:#333333; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Minardi F1 Team.png|280px|center]] ! colspan=2 |'''Minardi F1 Team'''

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Michele Alboreto
|Team(s) || [[Tyrrell]], [[Ferrari]], [[Larrousse]], [[Arrows]], [[Minardi] ...for a number of teams, most notably the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari factory team]].

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24 Hours Nürburgring
...Hours of Le Mans]]. The ADAC had held its first [[1000 km Nürburgring]] [[sports car racing]] event in 1953. As the [[1000 km Spa]] had been introduced in 1 ...dard road cars to [[European Touring Car Championship]] vehicles and GT3 [[sports cars]] like the [[Porsche 911 GT3]]. The participation of manufactures and

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Auto Club Speedway
|Record team || [[Penske Racing]] ...y California Speedway) - Sports Car.png|<center> Primary sports car layout

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FIA GT Championship
The '''FIA GT Championship''' is a [[sports car racing]] series organized by the [[Stéphane Ratel Organisations]] (SRO ...eries Grand Touring Cars'''. Each category has an annual driver champion, team champion, and manufacturer champion. Both categories are based on producti

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ATS
...Sport)'' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automotive]] constructor and [[racing team]] that operated between [[1963]] and [[1965]], formed after the famous "[[H ...enissima|Scuderia Serenissima]]'s [[Count Giovanni Volpi]], a road-going [[sports car]] and a [[Formula One]] car.

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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 ...anicals. The year 1937 saw the birth of the Squadra Stanguellini, a racing team that was composed of [[Baravelli]] and [[Zanella]] with [[Fiat 500]]'s, Ran

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List of Formula One records
|align="left"|{{flagiconGBR}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] ...rmula One season|1997]]-[[2002 Formula One season|2002]] The Arrows team competed under the Footwork name from 1991 to 1996

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Formula One car
...r the V8 engines. The only team to take this option was the [[Toro Rosso]] team, which was the reformed and regrouped Minardi. ...05 championship, they are required to last two full race weekends and if a team changes an engine between the two races, they incur a penalty of 10 grid po

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Ilario Bandini
.... These cars, when their headlights were removed, qualified to race in the sports category: they could also be adapted to qualify for the racing category sim ...750 in 1953's [[12 Hours of Sebring]] (the first [[sports car racing|World Sports Car]] [[World Sportscar Championship|Championship event)]], after coming in

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Ferrari 212
|Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...ls Motor Show]] that year, the 212 was an evolution of the 166 — a [[sports car]] for the road that could also win international races.

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2004 Formula One season
...enault]], as well as the poor performance of [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] and [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]. ...n podium finishes and one [[pole position]]. Along with [[Japan|Japanese]] team mate [[Takuma Sato]], [[British American Racing|BAR]] impressed by finishin

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24 Hours Spa
..., both a 24h and a 1000km race is held at Spa, as the [[1000km Spa]] for [[sports car racing]] were introduced in 1966. ...Bryner]] on the victorious [[Ferrari 550]] of the ''BMS Scuderia Italia'' team, the 2004 race marked the first time in history that a female driver has wo

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Monza
|Record team || [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Category:Sports venues in Italy]]

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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} ...ed a magnum of champagne. Looking down, he saw Ford CEO [[Henry Ford II]], team owner [[Carroll Shelby]] and their wives, as well as several journalists wh

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Macau Grand Prix
...ing Car Championship|ATCS]]'' race, ''Supercar Cup'' for road going exotic sports cars, the [[Formula V6 Asia]] race, the [[Porsche Carrera Cup]] Asia race, | [[Sports car]]

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Four-wheel drive
...ten with 100% of the power going to the rear axle under normal conditions. Sports cars using this type of system usually drive only the rear under normal con ...[[1966]] [[Jensen FF]] marking the first time 4WD was used in a production sports car. However, with a total of 320 build units this did not sell in apprecia

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Tour de France
...but the event began as a race for individuals; [[slipstream]]ing and other team tactics were initially savagely condemned by Desgrange, and he only accepte ...occur, including a number of mountain stages, individual time trials and a team time trial. The remaining stages are held over relatively flat terrain. Wit

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Cyclo-cross
...varying depending on the ground conditions. Like many international cycle sports, CX- as it is sometimes abbreviated- is administered by the [[Union Cyclis Napa Valley Velo Team (2005). "[http://members.aol.com/napavelo/cross.htm Cyclocross Circuit]". R

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Giotto Bizzarrini
...eded a test driver. He was quickly promoted to controller of experimental, Sports and GT car development. ...contender in the tracks, and Enzo Ferrari wanted to assure that his racing team did not suffer another loss as it had in the 1959 [[24 Hours of Le Mans|LeM

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Suzuka Circuit
|Record team || [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] ...cing series including the now defunct [[Group C]] class of the [[All Japan Sports Prototype Championship]], the Suzuka 1000km as of 2006 is now a points roun

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Bizzarrini
...oined Ferrari, were he was quickly promoted to controller of experimental, Sports and GT car development. ...ther two 250GT series cars were developed by Bizzarrini, Piero Drogo, and team-mates Neri and Bonacini to GTO spec and received distinctive bodies with si

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Damon Hill
|Team(s) || [[Brabham]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Arrows]], [[Jordan Grand Pri ...rands Hatch]]. In 1985 he moved on to four-wheel single-seater racing with Team [[Van Diemen]] in the [[Formula Ford]] championship, before moving up into

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Ferrari 250
The '''[[Ferrari]] 250''' is a series of [[sports car]]s from the 1950s and early 1960s. It was the company's most successfu ...'225 S''' introduced at the 1952 [[Giro di Sicilia]]. Two of the two-seat sports prototypes were built, an open barchetta and closed coupe both by Vignale.

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Gilco
...]], Gilberto Colombo knows Mario Speluzzi, professor and director of motor sports in the technical, begins to love the design issues in this field. ...bo [[Enzo Ferrari]] in [[Modena]] and begins to apply to the design of its sports cars, in a report that will remain tight collaboration of professional unti

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Alain Prost
|Team(s) || [[Team McLaren|McLaren]], [[Renault F1|Renault]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[ ...ce a year later, while he was driving for the [[Renault F1|Renault Factory team]].

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Alfa Romeo TZ
...d a 105 series chassis number, but was a purpose built [[Sports car racing|sports racing car]], with a tubular [[spaceframe]] chassis, light all-aluminum bod ...ed the success of this tail treatment in their "coda tronca" Sprint Zagato sports-racing cars, and it was a natural evolution to adapt this to the Giulia TZ.

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Formula One engines
...the new reduced engine 1.5 L formula took control of F1 just as every team and manufacturer switched from front to mid-engined cars. Although these we In 1966, with sports cars capable of outrunning Formula 1 cars thanks to much larger and more po

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Nigel Mansell
| Team(s) || [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[McL ...e by longtime Formula One commentator [[Murray Walker]]. In 2008, American sports television network [[ESPN]] ranked him 24th on their top drivers of all-tim

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Milan
==Sports== ...Korac Cups and 25 National Championships. It is the most important Italian team and one of the top 5 in Europe. Olimpia play at the Forum (capacity 14,000)

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2008 Formula One season
...were both testing their 2008 challengers. They were joined by every other team except Super Aguri for the next three days. 1 February saw testing move to ...p with Nakajima. The final multi-team test began on 25 February with every team but Super Aguri attending. Lewis Hamilton topped the time sheets faster tha

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Formula One sponsorship liveries
...From the 1992 to 1993, [[Camel (cigarette)|Camel]] sponsored the Benetton team, but, from the 1994 to 2001 the main sponsor was [[Mild Seven]]. |[[FedEx]] (1996-1999), [[Agip]] (1996-2000), [[Prince Sports]] (1996-1997), [[Kingfisher Airlines]] (1996), [[Mobil 1]] (1996-1997), [[A

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Lancia Fulvia
...to 132 hp depending on tune. This was the version used by the works rally team until 1974 when it was superseded in competition by the Stratos. ...with 1298 cc (818.303) engine producing 92 hp at 6000 rpm. These sports were normally fitted with brake servos.

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Mario Andretti
|Team(s) ||[[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[STP (motor oil company)|STP Corporation]], [[Ferra ...ting Company|ABC]]'s [[Wide World of Sports (U.S. TV series)|Wide World of Sports]] Athlete of the Year

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CNA
[[Image:RecordFirenzeMareTaruffi1935WP.jpg|right|thumb|The team of CNA prepares an attempt to record the Firenze-Mare in 1935]] ...ing this. It was probably because of the instance of the "winners" British sports authorities forbade the use of the compressor. The Gilera 4C was put into r

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Oversteer
...r is much more difficult to correct when one is not prepared for it. Many sports cars allow these systems to operate in more liberal modes or turned off com ...ce of a car. This is why two drivers with identical cars on the same race team often run with rather different balance settings from each other. And both

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Drifting (motorsport)
[[Image:Team_Drift.jpg||thumb|350px|right|Team Drift Competition in Melbourne, Australia.]] ...lti car group judging, seen in the Drift Tengoku videos where the four car team is judged in groups.

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Le Mans 24 Hours
...Le Mans''' (''24 heures du Mans'') is the most famous [[Sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance race]]. It is held at ''[[Circuit de la Sarthe]]'' near [ ...s. Until the early [[1980s]] most of the cars were raced with a two driver team. In [[1950]], [[Louis Rosier]] won the race with his son [[Jean-Louis Rosie

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Monaco Grand Prix
| Winning team || [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | Pole team || [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]

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Dante Giacosa
...lian]] car designer. His work covered a large range from [[minicar]]s to [[sports car]]s, using all the different layouts as and when they were the best solu ...It was with a 508C chassis that as engineering manager Dante Giacosa led a team that developed the Fiat 508CMM a streamlined coupe. Fiat used the car to wi

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Tazio Nuvolari
...s and agreed to race for [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]'s factory team, [[Alfa Corse]]. In 1932 he took two wins and a second place in the three E ...Alfa Romeo cars on a semi-official basis. During 1933, Nuvolari left the team for Maserati after becoming frustrated with the Alfa Romeo's performance. A

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Automotive
California - - The California source for fine vintage sports cars. (USA) http://www.krauseandengland.com/ - Krause and England Inc. - - Sports and vintage race car sales, service and race prep in North Carolina. (USA)

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Wankel engine
...automotive designs, but continued using it in their [[Mazda RX-7|RX-7]] [[sports car]] until August of [[2002]] (although RX-7 importation for North America ...e [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] [[auto racing|race]], in 1974. Mazda is the only team from outside Western Europe or the United States to have won Le Mans outrig

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Paul Newman
...norary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in [[Sports Car Club of America]] ([[SCCA]]) road racing, and his race teams won severa ...in 1972, in [[Thompson, Connecticut]], and he was a common competitor in [[Sports Car Club of America]] events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning

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Tourist Trophy
...ap, riding his [[Italy|Italian]] [[Gilera]]. Two years later, a new racing team, [[Honda]] of [[Japan]], participated in the 125 cc race. Today, the premie The ''Oxford Companion to World Sports and Games'' notes, "The oldest motor-cycle racing circuit still in use is t

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Lancia Beta
...]] with a 2350mm wheelbase. The bodywork was developed inhouse by a Lancia team led by Aldo Castagno, with Pietro Castagnero acting as styling consultant. ...nt end and doors. The HPE was also styled in house at Lancia by Castagno's team, with Castagnero as styling consultant. Number built: 71,258.

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Scuderia Ferrari
{{F1 team | ...sion has recently devoted its attention and funding to its [[Formula One]] team, '''Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro'''.

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Gino Bartali
The approaching war led Italy not to send a team in 1939. ...i remounted and won the stage. [[Fiorenzo Magni]], leading the Italian 'B' team, the ''Cadetti'', took the yellow jersey. The pair and their teams had bare

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American Championship Car Racing
...onship Auto Racing Teams), which was a body formed by most of the existing team-owners. As all the top teams were allied to CART, the CART championship bec ...other series, such as [[Formula One]] and the various forms of Endurance [[sports car racing]]. The mainstays of the championship are paved oval speedway tra

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Alfa Romeo P3
! Team/s ...rest on their laurels. Enzo Ferrari had to run his breakaway 'works' Alfa team as Scuderia Ferrari, using the older, less effective Alfa Monzas. Alfa prev

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Villa
...zzoni Hill Climb on a 125cc Mi-Val, Ing. Taglioni included him in the race team as a rider. In the final classification of the 100cc class, Francesco gaine ...f Borgo Panigale needed greater publicity, especially in the 125 and 175cc Sports class, events that created a market, as Ducati focussed on commercial succe

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Juan Pablo Montoya
|Team || [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] ...ie year) in [[Formula One]], [[CART]], [[IndyCar Series|IndyCar]], [[Rolex Sports Car Series|Grand-AM]] and [[Sprint Cup|NASCAR]] equalling in that respect [

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Australian Grand Prix
| Winning team || [[Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari]] | Pole team || [[Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari]]

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Officine Meccaniche
...rix]], followed by success in Spain and a fourth-place tie for the two-car team at [[Le Mans]]. The inaugural [[Mille Miglia]] in 1927 was a 1-2-3 sweep fo ...ater to 1496cc for the Type 469. These two models were also constructed in sports versions.

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Alfa Romeo 8C
''This article is about the 1930's Alfa Romeo 8C. For the new sports coupe, see [[Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione]].'' ...roduction in 1931 to its retirement in 1939. In addition to the two seater sports cars it was used in the world's first genuine [[Open wheel car|single-seat]

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Turin, Italy
...to one of Italy’s principal national newspapers, [[La Stampa]], and to the sports daily [[Tuttosport]]. In 1949, a plane carrying the whole [[Torino F.C.]] team (at that time the most important in Italy and known as the [[Grande Torino]

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Ducati V-twin
Meanwhile, in less than six months, Fabio Taglioni and his team had designed and built their own complete bike. (The industry norm for conc ...blacked out crankcase, 32 mm Dell'Orto carburettors, single seat and sports fuel tank. As with the 750 GT, Tartarini was the styling consultant. At the

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Alfa Romeo
...ari]] proved to be a better team manager than driver, and when the factory team was privatised, it then became Scuderia Ferrari. When Ferrari left Alfa Rom ...won the [[1977 World Sportscar Championship season|World Championship for Sports Cars]] in 1977.

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2010 Formula One season
...her drivers could also have won the championship; Vettel's Red Bull Racing team mate [[Mark Webber]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'s [[Fernando Alonso]] an ...teams and three new teams, [[Campos Meta]], [[Virgin Racing]] and [[US F1 Team]]. Discussions between the FIA and FOTA failed to find a resolution to the

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
|Seating capacity || 257,325[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/irl/indy500/2004-05-27-attendance-count_x.htm] ...e]] revolution that was started in F1 by the [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] team changed the face of the 500 as well; since [[Jim Clark (racing driver)|Jim

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ASA
...rrari envisioned producing 100 of the small cars per week. His management team disagreed with an ambitious launch schedule. ...th the initial design basis; however, the engine was a Ferrari engineering team collaboration directed by Chiti.

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Nuerburgring
|Record team:||[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] ...AC [[1000km Nürburgring]] race was introduced, an [[Endurance race]] and [[Sports car racing]] event that counted towards the [[World Sportscar Championship]

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Max Mosley
...Engineering]], a successful racing car constructor and Formula One racing team. He looked after legal and commercial issues for the company between 1969 a ...mpion [[Jim Clark]] was killed, and within two years both of Mosley's 1968 team mates were dead in racing accidents. Mosley's best result that year was an

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Indianapolis 500
...dependent, local station WFBM-TV (now [[WRTV]]), and not again until [[ABC Sports]] was permitted to broadcast the race via tape delay from 1965 to 1985, and ...he 1961 race. In 1963, technical innovator [[Colin Chapman]] brought his [[Team Lotus]] to Indianapolis for the first time, attracted by the large monetary

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2006 Formula One season
...purchased by [[BMW]]. BMW opted to keep the Sauber name in F1 renaming the team [[BMW Sauber]]. Jordan, who had been bought by the [[Midland Group]] in 20 ...d the [[United States dollar|$]]48 million bond required as a deposit. The team was confirmed by the FIA on [[January 26]], [[2006]].

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Michael Schumacher
|Team || [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] ...an team before joining the then uncompetitive [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] team for 1996. In 2000 Michael Schumacher took Ferrari's first driver's champion

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Le Mans 24 hours races
Rover and the BRM Formula 1 team joined forces to produce a [[gas turbine]] powered [[coupé]], driven by [[ ...er the [[North American Racing Team]] (NART), [[Luigi Chinetti]]'s private team, saved Ferrari's honor with a Ferrari [[Ferrari P#275 LM|275 LM]] winn

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Graphite-reinforced plastic
In 2000, [[Ferrari]]'s factory [[Formula One]] racing team, long at the forefront of development of carbon fiber technology for racing [[Chevrolet]] is using carbon fiber in its flagship sports car, the [[Chevrolet_Corvette|Corvette]]. A special option package for the

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Mille Miglia
...rrera Panamericana]], the ''MM'' made ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' (Grand Touring) sports cars like [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] (which debuted as a marque in the 194 ...h was based on the Formula One car ([[Mercedes-Benz W196]]), not the other sports cars named [[Mercedes-Benz 300SL]].

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Cisitalia
Following the great success of pre-World War II [[Italian]] sports and racing cars like [[Ferrari]] and [Maserati], other wealthy [[Italian]] ...n the 1936 [[Italian Grand Prix]] driving a [[Maserati 6C]]-34 for his own team, [[Scuderia Torino]], and won his class in the 1937 Mille Miglia in a 500cc

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Lamborghini Murcielago
The Murciélago sports a 6.2 L version of the legendary [[Lamborghini V12]] engine, a six spe ...m de Catalunya]] race, a Murcielago R-GT of the Russian IPB Spartak Racing Team won the GT1 class, against a Corvette C6-R and a Saleen S7-R. The drivers o

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Junior
..., which were to form team "along with other well-known runner," warned the sports press. In April, the brand took part in the [[Targa Florio]], with De Marti ...ided to take over the whole Junior in hopes of a revival of the market. On Sports Press in January 1909, we read: "The famous company from Milan F. Momo & Co

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Racing flags
'''Flags''' are traditionally used in [[auto racing]] and similar sports to communicate important messages to drivers. Typically, the primary flagma ...d to summon a driver to the pits. It is usually used to punish a driver or team for disobeying the rules. The car number of the summoned driver is displaye

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History of Formula One
...y pre-war technology and material during the two seasons. For instance the team won two championships using only nine pre-war built engine blocks. ...becoming the first English driver to earn a title. The British [[Vanwall]] team took the maiden constructors championship that [[1958 Formula One season|se

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Ferrari F12berlinetta
...-engine, rear-wheel-drive]] [[grand tourer]] produced by [[Italy|Italian]] sports car manufacturer [[Ferrari]]. The F12berlinetta, debuted at the 2012 [[Gene ...ackrests of both seats, and classic blue and white [[North American Racing Team]] livery.

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List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
| {{flagiconUSA}} [[Casner Motor Racing Division|Camoradi Racing Team]] | {{flagiconFrance}} [[Matra|Equipe Matra Sports]]

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Brescia
==Sports== * [[Marco Cassetti]], a football player for [[Serie A]] team [[AS Roma]].

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Four-wheel-drive
...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 ...eir 1966 [[Jensen FF]] marking the first time 4WD was used in a production sports car. However, with a total of 320 build units this did not sell in apprecia

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Modena
...n as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian [[sports car]] makers [[Ferrari]], [[Bugatti]], [[De Tomaso]], [[Lamborghini]], [[Pa ...the birthplace of [[Enzo Ferrari]], founder of the eponymous motor racing team and car manufacturer which is based nearby in Maranello. The [[Ferrari 360|

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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 ...per weekend was considered a handicap to Michelin riders. The only MotoGP team using [[Dunlop Tyres|Dunlop]]s in 2007, Yamaha Tech 3, will not be using th

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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 * [http://www.tarporleykarting.co.uk Tarporley Karting Team]

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Genoa
==Sports== ...the supporters of the [[Club Atlético Boca Juniors|Boca Juniors]] football team, rooted in the neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, are known as ''los

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Tony Stewart
|Car Team || 20 - [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] ...Boss Motorsports]] Chevrolet to take fourth in the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] sports car race. The result does not show the trio's performance, however: They ha

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Lancia Delta
The [[Lancia Delta S4]], which the works team ran immediately prior to the HF 4WD and Integrale models' world championshi ...how their potential. Both the 8 and 16 valve cars were in use by the Works Team during the 1989 season, the 16 valve made its successful debut on the [[San

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Paris-Roubaix
They spoke to Louis Minart, the editor of ''Le Vélo'', the only daily sports paper. Minart was enthusiastic but said the decision of whether the paper w ...ce the way he had just ridden. But that evening a meal and drinks with the team from Roubaix changed his mind.

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Goldfinger
...rdess (both Tilly and Pussy have black hair in the novel). Goldfinger also sports yellow or golden items of clothing in every film scene, including a golden ...a real-life Fort Knox controller complimented Ken Adam and the production team on their vivid imaginations.

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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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Moto Guzzi
...the general public. By contrast, the company supplied the official racing team and private racers with higher performance racing machines with varying ove ...o Industries Inc. (D.T.I. Group or DTI), manufacturer of the [[De Tomaso]] sports and luxury cars, owned by Argentinian industrialist [[Alejandro de Tomaso]]

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List of James Bond gadgets
...ck, figure out its combination and open the safe. In addition, the device sports an [[Olivetti]] wet-type [[photocopier]] that could allow for easy copying ...the many quarters of his Paris estate. These lamps allow his surveillance team to monitor any conversations made by any of his guests.

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