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• Alejandro de Tomaso
  |Years:||1957, 1959 |Last race:||[[1959 United States Grand Prix|1959]] [[United States Grand Prix]]
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• Monterosa
  ...the [[Fiat 500]] or [[Fiat 600]] and were available in three forms: a 2+2 sports coupe, a saloon and a luxury saloon. The engines were available and tuned b ...1950's, Carrozzeria Monterosa engaged in more top-end creations, probably in an attempt to survive by diversifying production, which had until then focu
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• Rocco Motto
  ...a MOtto), was an Italian ([[Turin]]) [[coachbuilding]] company established in 1930. The company produced bodies from Cadillacs to [[Delahaye]]s. ...tigiana Radiatori Torino”, a small factory for the production of radiators in [[Turin]].
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• Italjet
  ...the model 1969, is a motorcycle equipped with a Triumph T120 was available in two versions: "Daytona" and "California''']] == 1959 - ==
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• Triumph-Italia
  |Production || 1959 - 1962: 329 made |Class || [[Sports car]]
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• Geoff Duke
  ...ff Duke [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]''' (born [[29 March]] [[1923]] in [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]], [[Lancashire]]) was a British multi-t ...off Duke is synonymous with powersport, for he dominated motorcycle racing in the 1950s, winning [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|s
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• Maserati Type 61
  |Production || [[1959]]-[[1961]]<br>16 units ...due to problems with the gearbox. The [[Maserati MC12]] is available only in white and blue, to serve as a tribute to the Tipo 61 and the [[Camoradi]] r
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• Ferrari 166 S
  |Class || [[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...rement in 1950. It was replaced by the 2.3&nbsp;L [[Ferrari 195 S|195 S]] in 1950. '''166 S''' competition models were generally coachbuilt by [[Carroz
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• Midget car
  ...r the smaller version youth racer, see [[Quarter-midget]]. For the British sports car with its own race series it's the MG Midget. ...l Midget Nationals]] held in early January at the [[Expo Square Pavilion]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]].
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• Franco Scaglione
  '''Franco Scaglione''' is born in [[Florence]] on 26th September to [[Vittorio Scaglione]], a chief army doct ...ers. He rejoins his mother (his brother Eugenio was killed during the war) in [[Carolei]], near [[Cosenza]], and will stay with her for almost a year.<br
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• Car Information and Photos by Marque: D
  ! colspan=1 |'''Years in Business''' | [[De Tomaso]] || 1959 - 2004 || <font color=red>'''R'''</font>
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• Alfa Romeo 2000
  ! colspan=2 |'''1959 Alfa Romeo 2000 Touring Spider''' ...''Berlina'' with 105 [[hp]] and the ''Spider'' with 115 [[hp]] since 1958. In 1960, the ''Sprint'' was added. The engine was an enlarged version of the [
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• Phil Hill
  ...ship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the bi ...tions. He and Gendebien would go on to win the famous endurance race again in [[1961 24 Hours of Le Mans|1961]] and [[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|1962]].
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• Frua
  ...15 workers (including [[Sergio Coggiola]], who founded his own carrozzeria in 1966) and equipped himself to [[design]] and build [[automobile|car]]s. ...ar, the A6G. From 1950 to 1957, Frua built 19 Spyders and seven [[coupé]]s in three different design series – including those on the A6 GCS racing [[ch
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• Renato Pirocchi
  ...ecome a star of the Italian Junior Formula a little later. He participated in one [[Formula One]] World Championship Grand Prix, the [[1961 Italian Grand ...on the track, there was a sacred rivalry between the two drivers as proved in the Grand Prix of Syracuse. The next year Renato changes teams and joins [[
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• Straight-6
  ...'''I6''') is an [[internal combustion engine]] with six cylinders aligned in a single row. The name '''slant-6''' is sometimes used when the cylinders ...argest are used in tractor-trailer combinations and some low speed diesels in cargo and passenger ships. These engines have a displacement of 1,000 L or
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• Allemano
  ...ot late to arrive, a great success if you look at the dark economic period in which was about to enter the world because of the great depression of 1929. ...famous in his [[Fiat 1100|1100]] coupe versions and cabriolet, carried out in 1954, and the beautiful [[Lancia Aurelia]] cabriolet.
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• Lime Rock Park
  ...ar shows to vintage races to world class sports car racing events. Located in the quiet Northwest corner of [[Connecticut]], it is renowned as the most p ...terations were made to the false grid/pre-grid area to expand the pitlane. In January-February 2006, the track made some safety upgrades that included th
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• Intermeccanica
  ...n [[Italian]] [[automobile]] manufacturer, founded by [[Frank Reisner]] in 1959, ([[Torino]]). ...re designed by [[Franco Scaglione]]. The &laquo;Italia&raquo; was a large sports car, of which 500 were made (1966-1970), followed by the eleven &laquo;Mure
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• Itom
  ...s founded in [[Turin]] by lawyer [[Corrado Corradi]], and began production in 1948 at Via Francesco [[Millio]], moving later to S.Ambrogio [[Torinese]]. ...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.
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• Motto
  ...to''' (CAMO), was an Italian ([[Turin]]) coachbuilding company established in 1932 by [[Rocco Motto]]. ...the 1100S MM). In 1946 they moved to a new premesis and began specialising in aluminium, producing complete bodies for cars, with an emphasis on sporting
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• De Tomaso
  |Foundation || [[1959]] in [[Modena]] ...entinian]]-born [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] (1928&ndash;2003) in [[Modena]] in 1959.
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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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• AC Cars
  ...ng company and one of the oldest independent car marques in Britain. Based in [[Weybridge, Surrey]] (see also [[British motor industry]]). ...e|S F Edge]], who had been behind [[Napier]], joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.
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• Luigi Colani
  ...ustrial designer]] whose father came from [[Madulain]] near [[St. Moritz]] in [[Switzerland]] and mother from [[Poland]]. ...been built, "a whole host of futuristic concepts that will have us living in pods and driving cars so flat that leg amputation is the only option."
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• Giotto Bizzarrini
  ...g [[Iso automobile|Iso]] and [[Alfa Romeo]]. A series of [[concept car]]s in the [[2000s]] posthumously bore his name. ...ing Alfa Romeo's 'Servizio Esperimenze Principali' unit under Ing. Nicolis in August 1954. He was assigned to the development of the [[Alfa Romeo Giulie
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• Mike Hailwood
  | 1959 125cc Ulster Grand Prix ...g one of the few men to compete at the Grand Prix level on motorcycles and in auto racing.
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• OSCA
  ...t low-key opposition but achieved little thereafter. At the [[Italian GP]] in September OSCA entered two works cars for Franco Rol but the car was a long ...success in 1960 with victory in the Italian [[Formula Junior]] series but in 1962 the aging [[Maserati]] brothers sold the company the [[MV Agusta]] mot
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• MV Agusta
  ...Agusta''' is a [[motorcycle]] manufacturer founded in 1945 near [[Milan]] in Cascina Costa, [[Italy]]. ...tation. They produced their first prototype, ironically called "Vespa 98", in 1945. After learning of that that the name had already been registered by [
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• Lancia
  ...Lancias are seen as presenting a more luxurious alternative to the models in the Fiat range upon which they are based. One of the firm's trademarks is t ...e the "[[Lancia Alfa-12HP|tipo 51]]" or 12 HP (later called Alfa) was made in 1907 and produced from 1908. This car had a small four cylinder engine with
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• Pescara Grand Prix
  ...he years was held to a variety of vehicle class regulations and durations. In F1 1957 the Pescara Grand Prix formed a round of the [[Formula One]] World ...sea. The pit and paddock complex was located at the end of this straight. In an effort to slow competitor speeds past these pits the Pescara circuit bec
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• Nardi
  Nardi Danese (1947) following a one off race car built in 1932 (capable of 180km/h with a 65bhp JAP 998cc two-cylinder air-cooled vee ...rdi-Danese production alternated between these [[Alfa Romeo]] powered cars in this "Marco" style, along with two additional Alfa Romeo powered coupe and
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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 &mdash; a [[sports car]] for the road that could also win international races.
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• Touring car racing
  ...ing]] competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Germany]], [[Scandinavia]], and [[Australia]] ...om production cars, whereas some current touring car series are also raced in [[silhouette racing car]]s. Touring cars race exclusively on [[road racing
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• Ducati Apollo
  ...260&nbsp;cc that produced 100&nbsp;bhp, and even though it did not make it in to production, it inspired a run of V-twin models that continue to this day ...project went ahead. They decided to call it the [[Project Apollo|Apollo]], in honour of the moon mission series of the time.
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• Stanguellini
  ...or Valley". As in most of [[Italy]], the Modenese are fond of their wines, in particular Lambrusco, and their cuisine. It was here that the famous "torte ...] and a [[SCAT]], long before he started the first dealership for [[Fiat]] in the region.
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• Car classification
  ...all of them. Not all car types are sold in all countries and names differ in some cases between [[British English|British]] and [[American English]]. Th |[[Sports car|Sports]]||-||Sports||[[Porsche 911]]
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• Ronde van Vlaanderen
  ...''Tour of Flanders'') is a [[Road bicycle racing|road cycling race]] held in [[Flanders]], [[Belgium]]. It is held every spring, exactly one week befor ...]] [[Steffen Wesemann]] climbing the Muur ''(wall)'' of [[Geraardsbergen]] in the 2004 edition of the Ronde van Vlaanderen.]]
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• American Championship Car Racing
  ...is 500]] has been a round of the National Championship since its inception in 1911. ...|AAA]]). AAA introduced the first championship for racing cars as early as in 1905 but it was cancelled after a couple of serious incidents. Barney Oldfi
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• Alfa Romeo 1900
  |Production || 1950&ndash;1959 |Wheelbase || Berlina/Sprint<br>2630/2500&nbsp;mm<br>(103.5/98.4 in.)
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• European Hill Climb Championship
  In 2005, the Championship visited the following countries: * 1959
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• John Surtees
  ...motorcycle racing season|1958]],[[1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1959]],[[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] |Video || John Surtees driving a [[Ferrari]] in the 1964 Grand Prix
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• Jonghi
  ...32WP.jpg|200px|right|thumb|'''''Jeannin'' victorious in the ''GP of Rome'' in 1932''']] Jonghi was founded in [[Milan]] from the remains of "[[Nagase & Ray]]" and was moved to [[France]
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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 ...class2 || [[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]][[Rolex Sports Car Series]]
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• Tourist Trophy
  Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials. ...he TT race series the most significant motor-cycle road-racing competition in the world.
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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 ...Zerbi]], designer of [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] cars for Fiat. In 1933 when work commenced on the Fiat 500, the director of the aero-engine d
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• List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions
  ...World Champions '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]''', from 1949 to 2005, in order of year and [[engine displacement]]. ...rld Champions''', from [[1949 in sports|1949]] to [[2007 in sports|2007]], in order of year and [[engine displacement]].
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• Fiat 500
  ...order-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Fiat_500.jpg|280px|A white Fiat 500 in Pisa, Italy]] ...igh levels of congestion in Italian cities. Measuring only 2.97 m (9 ft 9 in) long, and originally powered by a tiny 479 cc two-cylinder, aircooled engi
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• 1000km Nürburgring
  ...[Endurance racing]] and [[Sports car racing]] event on the [[Nürburgring]] in Germany, organized by the [[ADAC]] since 1953. ...the race was not held in the following two years. It became quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s though, and even more so after [[Formula One]] decided
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• Bertone
  ...cia]], [[Lamborghini]], [[Mercedes Benz]] and [[Volvo Cars]] among others. In addition the Bertone studio were responsible for two of the later designs o ...ompany is based in [[Turin]]. It was founded as '''Carrozzeria Bertone''' in [[1912]] by [[Giovanni Bertone]], with designer [[Nuccio Bertone]] taking o
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