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• Gran Turismo (racing)
  After these famous races and cars, several road cars and even computer games adopted the Gran Turismo name: * [[Endurance racing]]
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• Martini (vermouth)
  == Racing == ...their distinctive dark blue, light blue and red stripes on white or silver cars.
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• Open wheel
  ...[Formula One]], [[American Championship Car Racing]] ([[Champcar]], [[Indy Racing League|IRL]]), [[sprint car]], [[midget car]], and others. ...to enclose the driver's body, with the head exposed to the air. In modern cars, the engine is located directly behind the driver, and drives the rear whee
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• Open-wheel
  ...[Formula One]], [[American Championship Car Racing]] ([[Champcar]], [[Indy Racing League|IRL]]), [[sprint car]], [[midget car]], and others. ...to enclose the driver's body, with the head exposed to the air. In modern cars, the engine is located directly behind the driver, and drives the rear whee
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• North American Racing Team
  The '''North American Racing Team''' (also known as '''NART''') was created by [[Luigi Chinetti]] to pro ...relationship with Chinetti due to his success in selling the maker's road cars in the important American markets, and thus NART received a continuous line
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• Ice Racing
  [[Image:Ice racing.jpg|right|thumb|250px]] '''Ice racing''', with [[automobile|cars]], [[motorcycle]]s or [[snowmobile]]s, takes place on [[freezing|frozen]] [
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• Camoradi International
  ...achieved victory again in 1961, however, due to the unreliability of their cars they never won Le Mans. Camoradi also purchased a single Tipo 63 (a more po ...as driver, but results did not come and the team withdrew from Grand Prix racing mid-way through the year.
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• Gioacchino Colombo
  ...small [[V12]] for use in the new [[Ferrari]] [[marque]]'s racing and road cars. ...as the "[[Ferrari Colombo engine|Colombo engine]]", was produced for road cars, including the famed [[Ferrari 250|250]], for more than 15 years in displac
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• Group N
  ...FIA in [[1982]] to replace the outgoing [[Group 1]] as "''standard touring cars''". To qualify for [[homologation]], a minimum of 2500 cars of the competing model have to be built in one year, out of 25,000 for the
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• Bugatti Type 50
  ...e 50''' were large enclosed touring cars and along with the '''Type 50B''' racing version, were all produced in the [[1930s]]. ...from its Rootes-type blower, it was not a great success. 18 supercharged cars were made in all.
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• Ferrari F50 GT
  |Class || [[Racing car]]/[[sports car]] ...ver, Ferrari decided not to put the F50 GT into production, and only three cars were sold to the public; the prototype and two assembled specially for prom
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• Grand Prix of Portland
  | [[Galles Racing]] | [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]
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• Britcar
  ...es Tucker and [[John Veness]] formed the organizing [[European Endurance & Racing Club]] (EERC) with a £10 note found on the ground. The foremost aim was th Competing cars vary from the [[Renault Clio RS]] through [[BMW M3]]s, [[Porsche GT3]]s, a
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• European Touring Car Championship
  The '''European Touring Car Championship''' was an international [[motor racing]] competition organized by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobil ...he behest of the FIA. It allowed a variety of [[touring car racing|touring cars]] of different sizes and displacements to race together, from the small [[F
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• Quarter-midget
  ...ly one quarter (1/4) the size of full size [[midget car racing|midget race cars]] and gain speeds of up to about 45 mph. ...ican, and Fiser. Other brands are ProFab, Bullrider, BlueDot, and Ricecars Cars are protected by body panels which are made of fiberglass, plastic, sheetme
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• Renzo Zorzi
  |Team(s) || [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Williams]], [[Shadow Racing Team|Shadow]] ...zo Zorzi''' (born [[December 12]], [[1946]], near [[Turin]]) is a former [[racing driver]] from [[Italy]] who participated in 7 [[Formula One]] Grands Prix b
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• Benoit Musy
  ...fame as a racing driver of [[Moto Guzzi]] motorcycles, as well as various cars, the [[Maserati A6]] GCS, [[Maserati 150S]], [[Maserati 200S]] and [[Masera He died in a racing event at [[Autodrome de Montlhéry]], France, driving a [[Maserati 200S]].
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• Aurelio Lampredi
  ...i's design began to find favor in the company. Lampredi oversaw Ferrari's racing effort during its early success in [[1952]] and [[1953]]. ...cars, Jano's V6 and V8 engines quickly replaced Lampredi's large V12s for racing use.
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• 1962 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]]''' | [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]]
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• Jules Goux
  ...April 6]], [[1885]] - died [[March 6]], [[1965]], was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] champion and the first [[France|Frenchman]] to win the [[Indianapolis 500 ...[[Catalan Cup]], a victory he repeated the following year. Because of his racing success, along with [[Georges Boillot]], he was invited by [[Peugeot|Peugeo
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• Maurice Trintignant
  ...ucluse]] – [[February 13]], [[2005]], [[Nimes]]) was a [[auto racing|racing]] driver. ...gh in [[Grand Prix motor racing]] to join the newly formed [[Formula One]] racing circuit where he competed until his retirement after the 1964 season. 1954
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• Midget car
  [[Image:MidgetCarsRacingAngellParkJune2007.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Midget cars racing at [[Angell Park Speedway]]]] :''This article is about full-size midget race cars. For the smaller version youth racer, see [[Quarter-midget]]. For the Briti
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• Flat-12
  ...ntage in terms of vibrations. Thus the design is rarely used on production cars. ...gine concept had the advantage of a low [[center of gravity]]. When [[wing-cars]] requiring air-flow venturies came along in the late 1970s, the wide flat-
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• Bugatti 18/3 Chiron
  ...B 218|EB 218]] concept cars. The ''Chiron'' name comes from famed Bugatti racing driver, [[Louis Chiron]]. [[Category:Sports cars]]
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• Inboard brake
  ...and braking. This system was more common in the [[1960s]], found on such cars as the [[Jaguar E-Type]] and [[Citroën 2CV]]. The [[Hummer H1]] is one of ==Cars with inboard brakes==
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• Sports car racing
  [[Image:Gtp_sports_cars.jpg|thumb|300px|GTP sports cars racing at [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]] in 1991]] '''Sports car racing''' is a form of circuit racing, with cars that have two seats and enclosed wheel wells. They may be purpose-built or
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• Sprint car racing
  ...of running on short [[dirt track racing|dirt]] or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is most popular in the United States, but series also operate in Australia ...ce so as not to become airborn as readily as was previously the case. When cars went airborn, the wings would break off or absorb the impact of the flip, l
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• Offroad racing
  ...of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buggies) compete in races through [[off-road]] en ...ff-road racing sanctioning body in North America was the National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA). The body was formed in 1967 by Ed Pearlman. The first
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• Giuseppe Merosi
  ...iderable maximum speed. In the first year already 50 pieces were sold. The cars proved to be durable and reliable vehicles with an elegant design. Higher H ...911 Alfa Romeo HP took part in the [[Targa Florio]]. The first pure racing cars were starting from 1920 the [[Alfa Romeo RL|RL]] and [[Alfa Romeo RM|RM]] a
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• Ferrari F2005
  The '''Ferrari F2005''' [[Formula One]] [[racing car]] was [[Ferrari]]'s [[2005]] effort at the Formula One campaign of that ...ix, where, due to Michelin claiming that there tyres were unsafe, only six cars competed (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi all raced on Bridgestone tyres, the t
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• Endurance racing
  '''Endurance racing''' is a form of motorsport which is meant to test the durability of equipme At club level racing, a race taking either 30 minutes or 1 hour could be considered as an endura
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• Mansfield Motorsports Speedway
  ...moderately high banks and a wide racing surface, it is suitable for close racing and passing. ...can Speed Association|ASA]] and [[Auto Racing Club of America|ARCA]] stock cars during the course of the season.
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• Legend car racing
  ...n the [[NASCAR]] modified division. The rule book committee for Legend car racing is called INEX. ...tight specifications to ensure cars are quite similar with each other. All cars utilize the same parts, engine, tires. The only variable (in theory) is the
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• Bizzarrini Europa
  ...ced from GM, [[Alfa Romeo]] and [[Fiat]]. There is even a highly developed racing version with [[SPICA]] fuel injection system.
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• Oulton Park
  '''Oulton Park Circuit''' is a motor racing track in the small village of [[Little Budworth]], [[Cheshire]], northwest ...hip|British F3]], /[[British GT Championship]] and the British [[Superbike racing|Superbike]] Championship meetings are also highlights of the year.
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• Antonio Brivio
  ...an]] [[1905]] - Feb, 1995) was an Italian [[bobsled]]der and [[auto racing|racing driver]]. ==Auto racing career==
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• Autograss
  '''Autograss''' racing is [[Britain]]’s most popular form of amateur [[motor racing]]. It takes place at venues throughout [[England]], [[Wales]] and Northern Autograss is basically car racing on natural surfaces, usually a farming field, with a fresh track starting o
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• Sprint car
  ..., which, since the 1970's, are often joined by wings mounted on top of the cars to give them sufficient downforce so as not to become airborne as readily a ...n]] and [[Tony Stewart]]. As a challenging form of auto racing, sprint car racing is considered an excellent training ground for NASCAR series.
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• Lancia LC1
  The '''Lancia LC1''' was a [[sports car racing|sports car]] run by [[Lancia]] under the [[Group 6]] regulations in the [[W ...previous Montecarlos. [[Martini Racing]] would run the program, with all cars running the [[Martini & Rossi]] colors.
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• Galleria Ferrari
  ...dicated to the [[Ferrari]] sports car marque. The museum is not purely for cars, ...nnovations, some of which had made the transition from racing cars to road cars.
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• Roger Lusty
  ...its, including classic and custom cars, motorcycles, and all forms of auto racing. Roger’s originals and commissioned work, hang in collections across Nort
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• Board track racing
  '''Board track racing''' was a type of racing where the track had a surface of wood boards. The genre was popular in the ...ed up because of the ease to construct a track and the low cost of lumber. Cars and motorcycles were both raced on board tracks.
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• Petit Le Mans
  ...for ''little Le Mans'') is a [[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance racing|endurance]] race held annually at [[Road Atlanta]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state ...ACO), which are slightly modified if necessary, mainly to allow additional cars to compete.
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