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• World of Endurance Racing
  Online magazine covering all sorts of sports/GT car racing, including endurance racing. ==The Races==
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• Circuito del Garda
  known for hosting fifteen [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races between [[Category:Sports car races]]
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• Lucchini
  '''Lucchini Engineering''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[sports car racing|sports car]] constructor and racing team. Founded by Giorgio Lucchini in [[Porto Mant Currently Lucchini sells the CN4 hillclimb car and the LMP2/04 LMP2-class [[prototype]] which runs in the [[Le Mans Series
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• Midget car
  ...maller version youth racer, see [[Quarter-midget]]. For the British sports car with its own race series it's the MG Midget. ...roll cage]]s and other safety features. They are intended to be driven for races of relatively short distances, typically 2.5 to 25 miles (4 to 40 km), ofte
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• Bandini
  ...once peace returned, Bandini did not wait long to release the first sports car to bear his name. ...ame with a hand-hammered aluminum body. Many other post-war Italian sports car companies followed a similar design. But Bandini’s sharp mind, racing kno
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• Ferrari 212 Inter
  |Class||[[Sports car]] ...952 Ferrari 212 Vignale Coupe.JPG|right|thumb|250px|[[Vignale]]'s 212 show car from 1952]]
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• Giaur
  ...e for both the Italian formula 3 series (open wheel 750 cc) and sports car races. Only four Giaur Champions are known in the world today. Below are pictur {{A-Z multipage list|Car Information and Photos by Marque|Information and Photos by Marque|}}
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• Racing
  ...es are often conducted in [[vehicle]]s, such as [[boat]]s and [[automobile|car]]s, on or with [[animal|animals]] such as [[horse]]s and in [[aircraft]]. Early records of races are evident on [[pottery]] from [[ancient Greece]], which depicted running
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• Grand Prix of Rome
  ...egulations and circuits were used, with the majority being [[Formula Two]] races at the [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit]]. In 1954 and 1963 the Rome Grand Prix was The 1947 race was notable as it marked the first win for [[Ferrari]] with a car of their own construction, the [[Ferrari 125 S]].
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• Ferrari 166 S
  |Class || [[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...|166 Inter]] [[GT car]] and [[Ferrari 166 F2|166 F2]] [[Formula 2]] racing car''
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• Elmeca-Gilera
  ...esses, [[Piaggio]] blocks the production of a series of new models for the races, in 1974. Meanwhile, in 1973, the marque '''Elmec''' was born and the basis ...s of all other properties, the sales begin to decline and also resulted in sports competitors not being very expected. In 1977, [[Al Motosalone]] of [[Milan]
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• Moroccan Grand Prix
  ...|Count Bruno d'Harcourt]] during a practice run. All winners, in [[touring car]]s, were either [[France|French]] or [[Monaco|Monegasque]]. ...d in 1954, it was held on a circuit at the city of [[Agadir]] for [[sports car]]s, and French dominance was interrupted by an [[Italy|Italian]] driver, [[
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• 1955 Le Mans disaster
  [[Image:Le_Mans_1955_start.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Start of the race, Levegh #20 car is in the center of the frame''']] ...lso critical; the first use of [[disc brake]]s on a car was in a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] racing in Le Mans. Mercedes-Benz still used drum-brake in 1955, b
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• Detroit street circuit
  | Events || [[Formula One]]; [[Champ Car|CART]]; [[Trans-Am Series|Trans-Am]] ...nds Prix in the [[1982 Formula One season|1982 season]]. (The other two US races, [[1982 United States Grand Prix West|Long Beach]] and [[1982 Caesars Palac
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• Infineon Raceway
  ...ad courses. It is also host to several other auto races and [[motorcycle]] races such as the [[American Federation of Motorcyclists]] series. ...on, [[Infineon Technologies|Infineon]]. However, as with many renamings of sports complexes, many people still call it by its original name. Despite its name
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• Alejandro de Tomaso
  |Team(s):||[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] |Races:||2
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• Nino Farina
  |Races:||34 ...r really blossomed. During the late 1930s he won numerous minor Grand Prix races, securing himself the [[Italy|Italian]] Drivers' Champion three years in a
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• Maserati Type 61
  |Class || [[Race car]] ...track than other cars, the Birdcage was unreliable and often retired from races due to problems with the gearbox. The [[Maserati MC12]] is available only i
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• CanAm
  [[image:carndrivercanam.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of Car and Driver magazine, showing transparent diagram of CanAm racer]] ...tally different series based on obsolete [[Formula 5000]] cars with sports car bodies.
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• Antonio Ascari
  | Races || 32 ...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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• Bertoni (motocycle)
  In 1951 [[Franco Bertoni]] divided up between the races in motion aboard a [[MV Agusta]] and the management of the concessionaire [ Thus the [[Bertoni Sports 160]] that was proposed at the same price of the Gilera 125, gaining some s
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• Bandini-Maserati 1500
  The '''Bandini-Maserati 1500''' is a racing car, produced in [[1953]] by the company [[Bandini|Bandini Cars]]. ...ata, Offenhauser, [[Saab]], [[MG]] and [[Alfa Romeo] ] But in this type of car have some relief created ad hoc.
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• Lime Rock Park
  ...ear hosts everything from car shows to vintage races to world class sports car racing events. Located in the quiet Northwest corner of [[Connecticut]], it Many local and national car clubs, such as the [[BMW Car Club of America]] and [http://www.pca.org Porsche Club of America], hold w
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• Mugello Circuit
  Road races were held on public streets ([[road racing]]) around Mugello since the 1920 | [[Sports car racing|Sports car]]
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• Ferrari 312B
  | Races || 63 (''all models'')<br>19 (''312B'')<br>12 (''312B2/B2-72'')<br>27 The '''Ferrari 312B''' was a series of [[Formula One]] racing car models, designed and built by [[Scuderia Ferrari]]. It was the successor to
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• Fornasari
  The names that have been characterizing the [[Italian]] [[sports cars]] in the past are often quite familiar ones. The world made of amateur ...gine till 2004, when we pass to a Chevrolet 8 cylinders. We ran with a 2WD car, and in 2005 we had the final evolution: Chevrolet 8 cylinders (modified),
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• Ansaldo
  ...[[four-cylinder]] model which could develop 36 [[bhp]] at 3600 [[rpm]]. A sports version with 1981cc engine was offered, as was a [[six-cylinder]] version o ...ture of aircraft. The conversion occurred in 1918 and the first production car left the plant the following year.
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• Alfa Corse
  ...various forms of motorsport, from [[Grand Prix motor racing]] to [[touring car racing]]. The '' 'Alfa Races Department Romeo''', is a section of the homonymous business, that it is oc
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• Ferrari 125 S
  |Class || [[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...vio Costruzioni 815]], the [[Ferrari 125 F1|125 F1]], a [[Formula 1]] race car sharing the same engine''
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• Road America
  |Former names || Elkhart Lake Road Races *[[Champ Car]] World Series - Road America Grand Prix - September 21-24, 2006
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• SpaItalia
  '''SpaItalia''' is an annual event dedicated to automotive '[[car]] [[Made in Italy]] held from [[2002]] [[Francorchamps]] a small town near ...ided by category where there may participate whoever is in possession of a car in Italy.
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• Accossato motorcycle
  Accossato is a synonym for a very successful sports motorcycles built in Italy and as a small series. The quality and ingenuity ...cc for the dirt bike sport. Until 1981 different drivers disputed national races. In 1982, for the first time he ventured with a small team on the internati
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• Circuit Mont-Tremblant
  | Events || [[Can-Am]]<br>[[Champ Car World Series]]<br>[[Formula One]]<br>[[American Le Mans Series]]<br>[[Atlan ...dian Grand Prix]] events staged here. Of the forty cars entered those two races, only 16 reached the checkered flag.
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• Maserati 250S
  ...ling Moss]] resulting in a massive over-heating incident. &nbsp;Later, the car was restored by [[Medardo Fantuzzi]] of [[Maserati]] (new chassis #4512); l ...[Stirling Moss]] and [[Juan Manuel Fangio]]) the wheel dropped off; so the car was later sold to [[Temple Buell]], who drilled it to 5.7-litre, later to [
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• Renato Pirocchi
  | Team(s) || non-works [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] | Races || 1
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• Alfa Romeo 177
  {{Racing car | Races = 3|
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• Martin Truex Jr.
  |Car Team || 1 - [[Dale Earnhardt, Inc.]] ...ina]] before he purchased his own home. His cousin, [[Curtis Truex, Jr.]], races modifieds at [[Wall Township Speedway]]
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• Ferrari 312
  ...e are their 1966 to 1980 [[Formula One]] cars, and also their 1969 to 1973 sports prototypes of the [[Ferrari P]] series, using modified engines. Ferrari's first 1966 car consisted of a 3.3-liter V12 that was taken from the [[Ferrari P|Ferrari 25
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• Pescara Grand Prix
  The Coppa Acerbo races were held over a 15 - 16 mile (24 – 26&nbsp;km) circuit, beginning and en ==Pre-war races==
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• Abarth
  ..., Abarth & C. S.r.l was quite successful in [[hillclimbing]] and [[sports car racing]], mainly in classes from 850cc up to 2000cc, competing with [[Porsc ...Carlo Abarth that he could drive a factory car for free if he won all the races he entered—which Abt nearly did, winning 29 of 30, the 30th being a secon
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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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