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• Solituderennen
  ...until 1956. The track and the pits were widened in early 1957 and [[sports car racing]] was staged by the automobile club [[ADAC]]. From 1961 to 1964, non-Championship [[Formula One]] Grand Prix races were also held, in addition to previous [[Formula 2]] and [[Formula Junior]
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• Malaysian Grand Prix
  * the [[United States Grand Prix]] races held at the [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Cours ...the [[Detroit street circuit]] from [[1982]] through [[1988]]; the Detroit races were also called the '''Detroit Grand Prix'''.
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• Moto Rumi
  In 1952, Rumi was producing the "sports" and "super sport" motorcycle models (single and twin carburetor versions r In 1958, Rumi also produced a sports version called the "Tipo Sport" which had a 22mm carburetor, larger exhaust
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• Raymond Sommer
  ...Raymond started to display daredevil tendencies of his own, entering motor races in a privateer [[Chrysler]] Imperial. The following year, he won the [[24 ...g to see drivers from non-fascist countries in the cars. Sommer turned to sports cars once more, winning the [[SPA 24 Hours]] endurance race with co-driver
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• Paul Tracy
  ...t a select number of races for Penske in [[1992]] and ended up starting 11 races, many of his starts were as a substitute driver for the injured [[Rick Mear ...ounded from his poor start and finished on the podium in 8 of the final 12 races with victories at Detroit, Nazareth, and Laguna Seca. His third-place show
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• Maserati Barchetta
  ...gined]], two-door, two-seat [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]]-style [[sports car]], in the spirit of the [[Maserati 350S|350]] and [[Maserati 450S|450S]], t ...nk and a very light glass fiber/carbon fiber spyder body, accelerating the car to about 180mph. The development of a road version was stopped at a late st
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• Touring car racing
  '''Touring car racing''' is a general term for a number of distinct [[auto racing]] compet ==Characteristics of a touring car==
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• Automobile racing
  ...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater. ...]], the French automobile club ACF staged a number of major international races, usually from or to Paris, connecting with another major city in Europe or
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• Motor racing
  ...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater. ...]], the French automobile club ACF staged a number of major international races, usually from or to Paris, connecting with another major city in Europe or
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• Jackie Stewart
  ...xperienced Formula One driver and the new Cooper F3 was a very competitive car in its class. Soon Stewart was besting McLaren's times, causing McLaren to ...long and slow transport to a hospital, he brought his own doctor to future races, while the BRM team supplied a medical truck for the benefit of all.
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• Nino Vaccarella
  | Races || 5 (4 starts) ...carella''' (born [[March 4]] [[1933]] in [[Palermo]]) is a former [[sports car racing]] and [[Formula One]] driver from [[Sicily]], [[Italy]].
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• Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
  ...ere were plans to partially demolish this racetrack to make room for a new sports complex to be used for the 2007 [[Pan-American Games]]. It would make the t ===Formula One races===
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• Fiat 8V
  | Class || [[Sports car]] ...p speed of 190 km/h. The engine was connected to a four speed gearbox. The car had independent suspension all round and drum brakes on all four wheels.
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• Maserati 450S
  ...[Stirling Moss]] resulting in a massive over-heating incident. Later, the car was restored by [[Fantuzzi]] of [[Maserati]] (new chassis #4512); later by ...o [[Temple Buell]], who drilled it to 5.7-litre, later to [[Jim Hall (race car driver)|Jim Hall]]. The final works cars, #4507, was also destroyed at [[C
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• Mazzanti
  ...ing of the new millennium. The principles of the brand are the passion for sports and racing cars, the experience and expertise of complex works of the found ...a [[Ducati]]. His love of speed had him participate in many [[hillclimb]] races running sport [[prototype]] vehicles and personally restored [[Abarth]]s.
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• Ferrari 166
  |Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...evolution of the [[Ferrari 125|125 S]] [[race car]] that became a [[sports car]] for the street. It shared its [[Aurelio Lampredi]]-designed tube frame a
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• Sport compact
  ...ct''' is a high-performance version of a [[compact car]] or a [[subcompact car]]. They are typically are [[front engine]]d, [[front wheel drive]] cars dri ...phy of a sport compact sharply contrasts with those of 'true' sports cars. Sports cars are designed with a performance-oriented philosophy, often compromisin
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• Phil Hill
  |Races || 51 ...ill began racing cars at an early age, going to [[England]] as a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] trainee in 1949 and signing with [[Enzo Ferrari]]’s team in 195
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• Ludovico Scarfiotti
  |Team(s) || [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]], [[Anglo American Racers]] |Races || 12 (10 starts)
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• Hermann Lang
  ...ash; died [[October 19]], [[1987]], was a [[Germany|German]] champion race car driver. ...he earned their grudging respect when he won five of the eight Grand Prix races he started, including victories at the [[Belgian Grand Prix]], the [[Grand
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 33
  The '''Alfa Romeo Tipo 33''' was a [[sports car racing|sports racing]] [[prototype]] raced by the [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo] Alfa Romeo started development of Tipo 33 in early 1960s, first car being built in 1965. First version was sent to 1963 established
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• Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
  |Class || [[Sports car]] |Similar || [[Audi R8 (road car)|Audi R8]]<br>[[Ferrari F430]]<br>[[Maserati GranTurismo]]
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• Luigi Fagioli
  |Races || 7 ...[[June 9]], [[1898]] - [[June 20]], [[1952]]) was an Italian champion race car driver.
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• Ferrari 512 S
  : ''This article is about the 1969-1971 race car. For road cars designated '''512 BB / 512 BBi''' and '''512 TR / F512M''' s ...a [[sports car racing|sports car]], related to the [[Ferrari P]] series of sports prototypes. It was raced in [[1970]] and [[1971]], then withdrawn from comp
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• Diatto
  ...]. These were actually licenced products from the latter company.The first car was the 20-25[[HP]] which used a 3770cc four cylinder engine, followed the ...t cars continued to be developed and produced. The [[Tipo]] 10 was a small car with a 1018cc four-cylinder engine, whilst the Tipo 30 was built under lice
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• Ferrari 458 Italia
  ...l drive layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer [[Ferrari]]. The 458 Italia replaces the [[Ferrari F430]]. In Ferrari's first official announcement of the car, the 458 Italia was described as the successor to the F430 but arising from
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• Ermini
  ...Ermini named "Pasquino" was one of the most representative Italian, sports car manufactures of '40 and '50 years.(the cause of his premature death is stil ...ng years he had opportunities to compete, sometimes driving his customer's car like: the Consuma's Cup in 1935, he drove an Alfa Romeo to the Parma-Poggio
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• Mosport Park
  ...major race in [[1961]], the [[Player's 200]], a [[sports car racing|sports car race]] bringing drivers from the world over to rural [[Ontario]]. [[Stirli ...e Stirling Moss, [[Gilles Villeneuve]], [[Bruce McLaren]] and even [[stock car]] king [[Richard Petty]], have raced at Mosport. No fewer than 16 [[Formul
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• Ground effect
  ...round effect''' is term applied to a series of aerodynamic effects used in car design, which has been exploited to create [[downforce]], particularly in r ...car so that incoming air is accelerated through a narrow slot between the car and the ground, lowering pressure by [[Bernoulli's principle]].
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• Ferrari 512
  ...and some 512 in private hands were entered in [[CanAm]] and [[Interserie]] races. ...of 3000 resp. 4380&nbsp;cc. However, in the specific case of world sports car championship and [[24 hours of Le Mans]] racing cars, regulations in those
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• Race car
  ...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater. ...]], the French automobile club ACF staged a number of major international races, usually from or to Paris, connecting with another major city in Europe or
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• Sertum
  ...0-cylinder valve in the head. Also picks up two gold medals at the Six Day races in [[1947]] in [[Czechoslovakia]]. Between 1947 and 1948 is two 250, the car''VL-valve 4''side''and''Sports Monotubo from Piglio sport. The VL-4 will be used successfully in Regularit
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• Oran Park Raceway
  ...Matich]]'s outright time set in a 2.6 litre [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] [[Sports Car]]. ...the second and last running of this endurance race. Endurance touring car races would continue at Oran Park well into the 1980s and apart from the Sandown
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• FIA GT Championship
  The '''FIA GT Championship''' is a [[sports car racing]] series organized by the [[Stéphane Ratel Organisations]] (SRO) at ...o qualify. Both types may undergo significant modifications from the road car they are based on, but GT1 allows the use of exotic materials, better [[aer
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• EuroBrun
  ...[Walter Brun]], who ran the [[Brun Motorsport]] [[sports car racing|sports car]] team. ...events (Modena missing out four times, and being excluded from another two races for technical infringements, and Larrauri failing seven times), and Modena'
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• Ferdinand Porsche
  ...on engine]] powering wheel-mounted [[electric motor]]s. They presented the car on the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 World Exhibition]] in [[Paris]] ...amlined, 85 [[horsepower]] (63 kW) car won the first three places, and the car is still better known by the nickname "Prince Henry" than by its name "Mode
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• 1000km Nürburgring
  The '''ADAC 1000km Nürburgring''' is an [[Endurance racing]] and [[Sports car racing]] event on the [[Nürburgring]] in Germany, organized by the [[ADAC] ...rburgring]] stayed on the legendary long track. In 1991, the 1000&nbsp;km races were first shortened to 480&nbsp;km, then discontinued overall due to the d
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• Bugatti Type 35
  ...ped radiator, and is regarded by many as the most-beautiful pre-war racing car. ...k. Bugatti organized the [[Targa Florio]] as a special spotlight for this car, and it claimed victory there for five consecutive years, from [[1925]] thr
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3
  The '''Alfa Romeo Tipo 33''' was a [[sports car racing]] prototype raced by the [[Alfa Romeo]] factory team between 1967 an ...s also used in the 1980s for the unrelated road car, [[Alfa Romeo 33 (road car)]].
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• Jean-Pierre Wimille
  Born in [[Paris, France]] to a father who loved motor sports and was employed as the motoring correspondent for the Petit Parisien newsp ...d [[French Grand Prix]]. Jean-Pierre Wimille died at the wheel of a racing car during practice runs for the 1949 [[Buenos Aires]] Grand Prix.
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• Lancia LC2
  ...to be used by privateer teams until 1991. It was also the company's first car meeting [[Group C]] regulations, replacing the previous [[Lancia LC1|LC1]] ...tions, Lancia (under the direction of [[Cesare Fiorio]]) needed an all-new car to replace the open-cockpit LC1s that were no longer eligable for champions
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• American Championship Car Racing
  ...the current Champ Car World Series and the Indy Racing League see [[Champ Car]] and [[Indy Racing League|IRL]].'' ...Indianapolis speedway disliked the idea. The CRL was abandoned before any races were run and CART exclusively sanctioned the championship. [http://www.neta
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• Ferrari 550
  ...ine Code: F133) but was positioned as the company's highest-end model. The car used a transaxle layout, with the 6-speed manual gearbox located at the bac It was surprising at the car's launch that Ferrari had abandoned the famous mid-engined layout in favour
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• Ferrari 488
  | class = [[Sports car]] ([[S-segment|S]])<!-- per [[WP:CARCLASS]], this should not be changed to ...l drive layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer [[Ferrari]], introduced in 2015 to replace the previous [[Ferr
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• Dallara
  ...-3.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Bruno Senna]] drives a Dallara F304 [[Formula Three]] Car during a support race at the [[2006 Australian Grand Prix]]]] ...1972, near [[Parma]], [[Italy]] and started building chassis for [[sports car]] racing and [[hillclimbing]], racing in the smaller engine classes. In 197
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• Osella
  |Races || 132 '''Osella''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] racing car manufacturer and former [[Formula One]] team based in Volpiano near [[Turin
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• Alfa Romeo 6c
  The '''Alfa Romeo 6C''' name was used on road, race and sports cars made between 1925–1954 by Alfa Romeo. 6C refers to to a straight 6 e ...Milan]], production started 1927, with the [[Alfa Romeo P2|P2]] Grand Prix car as starting point. Engine capacity was now 1487&nbsp;cc, against the P2's 1
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• Bandini 750 sport siluro
  The '''Bandini 750 sports torpedo''' is a racing car model, produced from [[1950]] to [[1956]] by the italian company [[Bandini| ...ndini Cars | Bandini]] as [[car]] international level. These are the ''750 sports torpedo'' fact, to take [in [Forlì]] the title of Champion of [[USA]] [[19
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• Parilla
  ...that the Parilla was the motorcycle to beat. Strangely enough most of the races that were being won, were being done on stock Parilla motorcycles with over ...rts Competition Advertisement.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1955 Parilla 175 cc Sports Competition Advertisement''']]
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• Fuji Speedway
  ...ined a popular [[sports car racing]] venue and was often used for national races. Speeds continued to be very high, and two [[chicane]]s were added to the ...irley Muldowney]] ran a 5.30 on the quarter-mile strip at Fuji. Local drag races are common on the circuit.
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• Maserati
  ...emblem is a [[trident]]. Today, Maserati is owned directly by the Italian car giant [[Fiat]], after having been a part of [[Ferrari]] (a company in which ...rs, Bindo, Ernesto and Ettore, kept the firm going, building cars that won races.
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• Alfa Romeo TZ
  ...chassis number, but was a purpose built [[Sports car racing|sports racing car]], with a tubular [[spaceframe]] chassis, light all-aluminum bodywork, disc ...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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• Maserati MC12
  |Related:||[[Enzo Ferrari (car)|Enzo Ferrari]] ...rand tourer]], the MC12 qualifies as a supercar, meeting all criteria. The car entered production in [[2004]] with 30 to be produced (5 not for sale) and
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• Canadian Grand Prix
  ...Mosport]] Park in [[Bowmanville, Ontario]] as a [[sports car racing|sports car]] event before it alternated between Mosport and [[Circuit Mont-Tremblant]] ...the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport in 1961. Several international sports car as well as Formula One drivers participated in the event. For the first fi
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• Ferrari F40
  The '''Ferrari F40''' is a [[RMR layout|mid-engine]] [[sports car]] that was produced by [[Ferrari]] from 1987 to 1992 as the successor to t ...ning the necessary equipment to be a street-legal product. It was the last car to be commissioned by [[Enzo Ferrari|Enzo]] himself before his death.
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• Electric vehicle conversion
  ...cases the vehicle may be built by the converter, or assembled from a [[kit car]], and vehicles of this type are also noted below.<br> ...ries, the user can choose to buy a converted vehicle of any model in the [[Car dealership|automaker dealerships]] only paying the cost of the batteries an
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• Tourist Trophy
  ...nimal protection for spectators and riders. 222 people have died since the races began. Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials.
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• Ferrari P
  The '''Ferrari P''' series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. Although [[Enzo Ferrari]] resisted the move even with [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] dominating F1, [[Ferrari]] began producing [[MR layout|mid
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• Watkins Glen International
  '''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''<br>[[6 Hours of Watkins Glen|Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen]]<b ...|| [[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]][[Rolex Sports Car Series]]
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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 ...car without mutual consent (excluding crashed and immobile cars). In some races, though, cars may pass one another on the [[pit stop|pit road]] during a ca
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• Targa Florio
  ...ermo, Sicily|Palermo]]. Founded in 1906, it used to be the oldest [[sports car racing]] event, part of the World Championship until 1973. While also a who After 1973, it was a national sports car event until it was discontinued in 1977 due to safety concerns. It is since
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• Formula 3000
  ...ted with a straight-six short-stroke BMW. This was converted into a sports car, however. ...un drivers for a whole season. A badly-implemented "two driver changes per car per season" rule meant that some cars had to sit idle while drivers with bu
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• Auto Club Speedway
  ...ornia Speedway) - Sports Car.png|<center><font color=black> Primary sports car layout ...onal configurations and facilities to accommodate "road" races, motorcycle races, vehicle testing, and [[drag race]]s (Auto Club Dragway). The racetrack is
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• Alberto Ascari
  |Races:|| 33 ...was after he entered the prestigious [[Mille Miglia]] in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly.
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• Mauro Baldi
  |Races || 41 (36 starts) ...with whom Baldi won the 1990 [[World Sportscar Championship]], sharing the car with [[Jean-Louis Schlesser]]. In 1991 and 1992 he was a driver for [[Peuge
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• Lancia
  ...or 12 HP (later called Alfa) was made in 1907 and produced from 1908. This car had a small four cylinder engine with a power of 58 bhp. ...[[live axle]]s were common practice for both the front and rear axles of a car. They also developed rear transaxles which were fitted to the Aurelia and
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• ...f CIE's subsidiaries. CIE also organizes the [[NASCAR]] and Desafío Corona races in this circuit and rents the circuits to other parties, including race org ...aseball stadium was built on the innerpart of this curve. When the [[Champ Car]] series began using the track in 2002, the ''peraltada'' curve was partial
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• Ferrari 212
  |Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...66 &mdash; a [[sports car]] for the road that could also win international races.
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• Emanuele Pirro
  | Races || 40 (37 starts) ...M3 Evolution]] and the [[Italian Superturismo Championship|Italian Touring car championship]] in 1994 and 1995 driving for [[Audi]].
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• Ferrari 250 LM
  ...they were almost entirely dissimilar. The first mid-engined Ferrari road car did not arrive until the [[1967]] [[Ferrari Dino|Dino]], and it was [[1971] ...ith a [[Ferrari 250#250 Testa Rossa|250 Testa Rossa]] [[V12]] engine. The car was produced in [[1963]] and won the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], [[24 Hours of
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• V10
  ...rs, although the first V10 was seen in the works Peugeot 905, in the final races of the 1990 [[World Endurance Championship]] season.
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• Indy Racing League
  ...Ironically, the series is now dominated by many of the same wealthy multi-car teams that once dominated CART. ...e CART competetors. The IRL's early seasons consisted of only a handful of races, comprised of mostly unknown drivers, even in the Indy 500. Eventually the
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• List of Formula One records
  ...n the [[Formula One#Distinction between Formula One and World Championship races|FIA World Championships]], since [[1950 Formula One season|1950]]. '''Bold' | '''[[List of Formula One driver records#Races entered and started|Races entered and started]]:''' [[List of Formula One driver records#Total entrie
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• Itom
  ...n laws change: pedals cease to be mandatory and were removed from domestic sports models. The export models retain pedals for those markets where required. ...Competizione ceases production. The Super Sport is top of the range of the sports models, with 4 speeds and handlebar gearchange.
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• United States Grand Prix West
  * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46ll_Utghc Long Beach F1 - In Car Footage] {{Formula One races}}
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• Alfa Romeo 8C
  | Class || [[Luxury car]], [[Sport car]], [[Racing car]] <small>''This article is about the 1930's Alfa Romeo 8C. For the new sports coupe, see [[Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione]].''</small>
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• Demolition Derby
  ...of demolition derby for compact cars is increasing in popularity. Compact car events have the advantages of an abundant supply of usable vehicles, which ...wells, removing parts of bumpers, welding the doors shut, relocating the [[car battery|battery]], and occasionally cutting an escape hatch in the roof. T
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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 ==Car numbering==
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• Formula 2
  ...arc Surer.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Marc Surer]]'s 1979 Championship winning car]] ...Grand Prix racers. This category was usually called [[voiturette]] ("small car") racing and provided a means for amateur or less experienced drivers and s
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• Champcars
  ! colspan=2 |'''Champ Car''' | category || [[Open wheel car|Open wheel racing]]
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• Thierry Boutsen
  | Races || 164 ...5 victories in 18 races. For 1979 he moved to [[Formula 3]], winning three races in 1980 and second place in the title race, behind [[Michele Alboreto]]. In
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• Alfa Romeo Sprint
  |Successors || [[Alfa Romeo Arna]], [[Alfa Romeo 33 (road car)|Alfa Romeo 33]] Until 1983, the car's name was '''Alfasud Sprint''' and after that Alfa Romeo Sprint. It was av
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• Tony Stewart
  |Car Team || 20 - [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] ...arlo]], owned by [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] and sponsored by [[Home Depot]] (the car is painted in Home Depot's orange and white color scheme) and #33 Old Spice
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• Sleeve valve
  ...War II]] [[luxury car|luxury]], [[sports car]]s and the [[Willys-Knight]] car and light truck, and saw substantial use in 1940s [[aircraft engine]]s, but ...sold a car named the [[Stearns-Knight]], and the [[Willys]] firm offered a car called the [[Willys-Knight]].
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• Gilco
  ...], [[Ferrari 500|500S]], [[Ferrari 250 GT|250GT]] and some F1 cars). Other car companies followed, including [[Cisitalia]], [[Fiat]], [[Stanguellini]], [[ ...metimes the task gave a risk to build, as for instance the 'Nibbio' record car from 1935. On basis of a [[Gilco]]-[[Cattaneo]] chassis on the order of Lu
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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 successful ea ...'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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• List of international Formula One colors
  ...d Prix motor racing]], when blue Bugatti and red Alfa Romeo dominated many races. ...eir traditions. Often, sponsorship agreements respect this. Many [[concept car]]s follow the color scheme, and many amateur racers prefer them as well.
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• Bizzarrini
  ...ini S.p.A. in 1966. The marque has been revived with a number of [[concept car]]s in the 2000s. ...ing, building and developing his own sport cars. He often said: "I'm not a car designer, I am a worker".
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• John Surtees
  |Races || 49 | Team(s) || [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]], [[Lola Cars|Lola]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Honda
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• Niki Lauda
  | Races || 177 (171 starts) ...moved up to drive in private [[Porsche]] and [[Chevron Cars Ltd|Chevron]] sports cars. His career seemed to be going nowhere in particular until he took out
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• Alfa Romeo 1900
  ...e]] and was also Alfa's first production car without separate chassis. The car was introduced first time for bigger audience in 1950 [[Paris Motor Show]]. ...ing it was "The family car that wins races", not-so-subtly alluding to the car's success in the [[Targa Florio]], Stella Alpina, and other competitions. I
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• Alfa Romeo 6C
  The '''Alfa Romeo 6C''' name was used on road, race and sports cars made between 1925–1954 by Alfa Romeo. 6C refers to to a straight 6 e ...as he brought with him unrivaled flair, experience and the latest in race car design. [[Enzo Ferrari]], too, had joined the company as a works driver. Th
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• Ilario Bandini
  |Occupation || Car builder ...[Italy|Italian]] businessman, [[motor racing|racing driver]], and [[racing car]] builder.
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• Spada
  ...rtone]] while the other went to [[Zagato]]. This was the SZ, for hillclimb races. Instead of the [[chassis]] for the Sprint (2380 wheelbase), it was decided ...tandard production chassis, while the Lotus had been created as a [[sports car]] with a special chassis, ideal distribution of weights, and specially desi
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• Formula One car
  ...004.jpg|thumb|215px|[[Michael Schumacher]] driving a modern '''Formula One car''' at the [[2004 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...i|Ferrari]] spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year developing their car, while the former [[Minardi]] team spent less than 50 million) had the opti
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• 24 Hours Nürburgring
  The '''24 Hours Nürburgring''' is a [[touring car racing|touring car]] and GT [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance racing]] event on the [[ ...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 1966,
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• Michele Alboreto
  |Races || 215 ...e [[1997 24 Hours of Le Mans]] and [[2001 12 Hours of Sebring]] sports car races. Alboreto competed in [[Formula One]] from {{f1|1981}} until {{f1|1994}}, r
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• Alfa Romeo P3
  ...r racing car, and was powered by a supercharged eight cylinder engine. The car was very light for the period, weighing just over 1,500 lb (680 kg) despite ...g its first race at the hands of [[Tazio Nuvolari]], and going on to win 6 races that year driven by both Nuvolari and [[Rudolf Caracciola]], including all
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• Lamborghini
  .... Lamborghini is the main counterpart to [[Ferrari]] in the Italian sports car business. The Italian company was founded in 1963 by businessman [[Ferrucci ...lted by Ferrari's reaction, Lamborghini took it upon himself to repair his car's clutch; in the process, he discovered that the design shared components w
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• Mike Hailwood
  ...stopped his car on the circuit to pull [[Clay Regazzoni]] from his burning car after an accident, an act for which he was awarded the [[George Medal]]. He ...orcycling, Hailwood performed one of the most legendary comebacks in motor sports at the Isle of Man TT. Few observers believed the 38 year old would be comp
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• ASA
  ...ilable in [[Maranello]] would not allow for Ferrari to produce the smaller car without a huge influx of capital from financing or sale of a portion of the ...on how to market the small car without diminishing their larger production car sales or eroding their market image as the most powerful, fastest productio
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• Scuderia Toro Rosso
  |Races || 15 ...l is [[Franz Tost]], formerly of [[BMW]]'s motorsport division. Its latest car, the [[STR2|STR2]] is nearly identical to the Red Bull RB3, as both were de
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• Mario Andretti
  |Races ||131 ...urney]]). He also won races in [[midget car racing|midget cars]], [[sprint car racing|sprint cars]], and [[drag racing]].
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• Damon Hill
  |Races || 122 ...championship in 1986. After three seasons in Formula 3, where he won four races, Hill ascended another tier of open wheel racing by joining Mooncraft in th
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• ATS
  | Races || 5 ...[Count Giovanni Volpi]], a road-going [[sports car]] and a [[Formula One]] car.
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• Kart racing
  Wheels and [[tire]]s are much smaller than those used on a normal car. Similar to other motorsports, kart tyres have different types for use appr ...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
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...dely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the [[Indianapolis 500]] and the [[24 Hours of Le Ma Like many European races, the Monaco Grand Prix predates the current World Championship. The princip
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• Motorcycle Racing
  ...all [[sport]]ing aspects of [[motorcycling]]. The disciplines are not all "races" or timed-speed events, as several disciplines test a competitor's various ...l locations while still obeying road traffic laws (not to be confused with car rallies such as [[World Rally Championship|WRC]]).
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• Junior
  ...reneurial vitality to their bickering and brought to life eleven different car factories, over the years between 1898 and 1919. Some of these had very sho ...1941), and the fourth was Ernest (born 1875), the only occupy a very small car (we find him as head of the Assembly ", the" factory of cycles cars and car
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• 2004 Formula One season
  ...s Barrichello]] came in a solid second place, winning two of the last four races. [[Jenson Button]], though failing to win a grand prix, finished third, sec ...n, both privately owned teams, had engine-production agreements with major car companies, [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]] respectively, and [[Honda]] produc
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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 ...ce allowed the track to rapidly acquire a privileged status for automobile races. The [[1911 Indianapolis 500|first "500"]] was held at the Speedway on [[Me
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• Alain Prost
  |Races || 202 (199 starts) ...ost's total of 51 victories at the [[2001 Belgian Grand Prix]] . Prost now races on ice in the [[Andros Trophy]].
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• Nigel Mansell
  | Races || 191 (187 starts) ...pion when he moved over to CART, being the first person to win the [[Champ Car|CART]] title in his debut season, making him the only person in history to
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• Tazio Nuvolari
  ...stico in [[Cremona]] in 1920. During this period, Nuvolari also dabbled in car racing, winning a reliability trial in 1921. ...eo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] to have a trial in their Grand Prix car. The car's gearbox seized and Nuvolari crashed, severely [[wound|lacerating]] his ba
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• Castagna
  ...Famous personalities order promenade carriages, the precursors of today's sports cars: [[Alessandro Manzoni]] and [[Enrichetta Blondel]] use one of such car ...haeton in which the Queen personally competes in one of the most important races of the time: the Susa-Moncenisio.
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• Automotive
  http://www.buyautoparts.com - Buy Auto Parts - - A large amount of Italian car parts available at this online parts retailer. Searchable online inventory http://www.carclassic.biz - CarClassic - Classic Car
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• 2008 Formula One season
  ...ing testing at Valencia, Super Aguri turned up to test their SA07B interim car for the first time. ===New car launches===
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• Scuderia Ferrari
  Races = 729 | Ferrari first competed in F1 in [[1950]] (the team's first F1 car was the Tipo 125 F1), making it the oldest and most successful team left in
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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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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  |Car number || 4 |Races || 81
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• Villa
  ...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 ...o Italiano della Montagna. Mondial, although not officially taking part in races, prepared several machines to be sold to private individuals or to trusted
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• Jonghi
  ...hile competing, were claiming a successful and a significantly spread of a sports winning appeal. ...d mark the decline of the French motorcycle market. The manufacturing of a car, like the economic "[[Citroën 2CV]]", completely changed the balance of th
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• Laverda
  ...D'Or''. This they did, often placing first, second and third in the same races, and dominating the international endurance race circuit. Distinguished by ...e version named the ''Jota'' which would cement this image by winning many races and impressing the motorcycle press enough to guarantee its place in Laverd
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• Michael Schumacher
  |Car number || 5 |Races || 246
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• Australian Grand Prix
  ...s, dating back into the 1920s, making the race one of the oldest surviving races today. Like the [[French Grand Prix]] the race wandered from circuit to ci ...War II vintage facilities previously located at Albert Park; the Melbourne Sports and Aquatc Centre (scene of many Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games events)
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...11 [[Targa Florio]] with two 24 HP models. In 1914, an advanced Grand Prix car was designed and built, the [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|GP1914]] which featured ...Romeo with the [[Alfa Romeo 20/30 HP|Torpedo 20-30 HP]] becoming the first car to be badged as such.Their first success came in 1920 when [[Giuseppe Campa
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• Le Mans 24 hours races
  This article contains information about many of the individual '''Le Mans 24h races'''. Information about the race organisiation and its history is contained i ...disappointing, the car was unstable on the straight, however Ford sent one car to Germany for Phil Hill and Bruce McLaren to race in the [[1000km Nürburg
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• Formula One sponsorship liveries
  ...torical events, cars are allowed to use the livery which was used when the car was actively competing. |[[FedEx]] (1996-1999), [[Agip]] (1996-2000), [[Prince Sports]] (1996-1997), [[Kingfisher Airlines]] (1996), [[Mobil 1]] (1996-1997), [[A
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• Max Mosley
  ...t association that represents the interests of motoring organisations and car users worldwide. The FIA is also the governing body for [[Formula One]] and ...European New Car Assessment Programme]] (Euro NCAP or Encap), a European [[car safety]] performance assessment programme. He has also promoted increased s
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• 2006 Formula One season
  ...World Championship season. It began on [[March 12]], [[2006]] included 18 races, and ended on [[October 22]]. The Drivers' Championship was won by [[Fernan ...ghlighted by the rivalry between Alonso and Schumacher, who each won seven races. Renault and Ferrari drivers dominated the field, victorious in all but one
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• History of Formula One
  ...s always been the main focus of the category, non-championship Formula One races were held for many years. Due to the rising cost of competition, the last o ...gnificant. Most competitive cars came from Italy, particularly Alfa Romeo. Races saw pre-war heroes like Varzi, [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]] and [[Tazio Nuvolari
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• 2010 Formula One season
  ...4 in the [[2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|United Arab Emirates]] after 19 motor races held in 18 countries on five continents. ...signing by the FIA on 1 August. The new Concorde Agreement will secure the sports future until its expiration in 2012.
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ...5-2a.jpg|right|thumb|350px|[[Aston Martin DB5]] the most famous James Bond car]] ...#GT.2C GTV and GTV6|Alfa Romeo GTV6]] || Unknown || Bond steals the parked car while its owner uses a pay phone booth and makes haste towards Octopussy's
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• Minardi
  |Races || 345 ...ously responsible for the [[Fittipaldi Automotive]] team's F5A Formula One car. Giancarlo led the Minardi team to four moderately successful [[Formula Two
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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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• 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 There have traditionally been several races at each event for various classes of motorcycles, based on engine size, and
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• Moto Guzzi
  ...sed racing to promote the brand. Moto Guzzi went on to win 3,329 official races, 8 [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Championshi ...es and frequently posted the fastest lap time, it often failed to complete races because of mechanical problems. Ultimately, the V8 was not developed furthe
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