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• World of Endurance Racing
  Official information on this racing series. News, photos, documentary on the world of Endurance Sportscar Racing.
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• Lucchini
  ...cing their own cars, their chassis have been sold to various [[privateer]] teams over the years. 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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• Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
  ...:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Mid-Ohio track.gif|220px|center|Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Layout]] ! colspan=2 |'''Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course'''
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• List of international Formula One colors
  ...ished in the [[Interwar period|1920s and 1930s era]] of [[Grand Prix motor racing]], when blue Bugatti and red Alfa Romeo dominated many races. ...rcedes-Benz and Audi used silver paint when they returned to international racing in the 1990s.
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• Grand-Am
  ...sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize endurance [[road racing]] competitions in [[North America]]. [[Image:GrandAm_LagunaSeca.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Racing action in the 2005 Grand-Am Road & Track 250 at Laguna Seca]]
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• Ground effect
  ...employed ground effect to some extent, but [[Formula One]] and most other racing series' worldwide currently use design constraints to heavily limit its eff ...', or inverted [[airfoil|aerofoil]]s, were routinely used in the design of racing cars to increase downforce, but this is ''not'' ground effect.) This kind o
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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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• Renato Pirocchi
  | Team(s) || non-works [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] ...utomobile [[Italian]], by the middle of the 50s, lors that he would run in Sports Buses, on [[Stanguellini]] with weak capacity. He would become a star of th
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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]]]] ...the chassis used by almost all teams in the [[Indy Racing League]] and all teams of [[GP2 Series]].
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• Touring car racing
  ...asically be considered a closed-circuit, sponsored, legal form of [[street racing]] performed by professional drivers. ==Characteristics of a touring car==
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• Alfa Corse
  ...ous forms of motorsport, from [[Grand Prix motor racing]] to [[touring car racing]]. Alfa Corse was officially formed in the beginning of 1938, after the racing department was moved back from [[Scuderia Ferrari]] to "[[Il Portello]]". E
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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 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. ...6 F1 season, the rules were changed, now allowing 3000 cm³ engines. The F1 teams, even though asking for "the return to power", were more or less surprised
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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]] ...regulations required cars to meet certain fuel economy requirements, with teams given a set amount of fuel based on a race's distance. The previous [[turb
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• Pescara Grand Prix
  ...nde Epreuve]], or later a constituent of the [[European Championship (auto racing)|European Championship]], the Coppa Acerbo was considered one of the most p ...ingly it was Alfa Romeo, with their new [[Alfa Romeo 158|158 ''Alfetta'']] car, that took the honours in this last competition before the outbreak of [[Wo
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• Automobile racing
  ...mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps t Auto racing began almost immediately after the construction of the first successful [[g
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• Motor racing
  ...mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps t Auto racing began almost immediately after the construction of the first successful [[g
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• Mauro Baldi
  ...m(s) || [[Arrows]], [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]], [[Spirit (racing team)|Spirit]] ...[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]] and [[Spirit (racing team)|Spirit]] teams.
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• Formula 3000
  [[Image:F3000.jpg|thumb|300px|right|'''Formula 3000 is a type of Formula Racing''']] ...es; the hope was that Formula 3000 would offer quicker, cheaper, more open racing.
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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 the be ...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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• Ferrari 512
  ...ship season]] by the factory ([[Scuderia Ferrari]], [[SEFAC]]) and private teams. Later that year, modified versions resembling the main competitor [[Porsch ...specific case of world sports car championship and [[24 hours of Le Mans]] racing cars, regulations in those days restricted maximum displacement to 5.0&nbsp
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• Race car
  ! colspan=2 |'''Auto racing''' ...rcycle racing]], and it can further include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps t
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• Indy Racing League
  [[Image:irl_logo.jpg|120px|center|Indy Racing League Logo]] |Sport || [[Auto racing]]
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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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• American Championship Car Racing
  ...p Car World Series and the Indy Racing League see [[Champ Car]] and [[Indy Racing League|IRL]].'' Since [[1916]] there has been a United States national [[automobile]] racing championship for drivers of single seater (commonly referred to as [[open w
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• EuroBrun
  ...[Walter Brun]], who ran the [[Brun Motorsport]] [[sports car racing|sports car]] team. ...of a handful of engineers and mechanics. EuroBrun dropped down to a single car, to be driven by [[Gregor Foitek]], while the ER188 was modified slightly t
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• Moretti
  From 1934 on [[Giovanni Moretti]] was more known as a producer of small [[sports cars]]. His [[motorcycles]] were produced with [[Ladetto]], [[DKW]] and [[J ...ably a range of electric powered small trucks and a 5 or 7 seat [[electric car]]. In 1946, with the war over and thus demand for their commercial vehicles
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• Alfa Romeo in motorsport
  ...he name [[Alfa Corse]] or Autodelta) and private entries. The first racing car was made in [[1913]], three years after the foundation of A.L.F.A., the [[A ...ately after it was founded. [[Giuseppe Merosi]] built very advanced racing car in 1914, named as [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|Grand Prix]]. In 1920 [[Giuseppe
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• Demolition Derby
  ...emolition derby competitors are [[amateur]]s, though some [[professional]] teams tour events. Competitors have traditionally used junked full-size [[United ...of demolition derby for compact cars is increasing in popularity. Compact car events have the advantages of an abundant supply of usable vehicles, which
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• AMA Superbike
  |Teams || 5 manufacturers ...f AMA Superbike are said to have started when the AMA first organized road racing in the United States in 1934.
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• Champcars
  ! colspan=2 |'''Champ Car''' | category || [[Open wheel car|Open wheel racing]]
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• Ermini
  |Wheels || OZ Racing – front 7,5/17, rear 8,5/17 ...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
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• Scuderia Toro Rosso
  ...m at the end of 2005. Scuderia Toro Rosso is the sister team of [[Red Bull Racing]], with the aim of developing the skills of promising drivers for the senio ...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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• 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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• Ferrari P
  The '''Ferrari P''' series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. ...per]] dominating F1, [[Ferrari]] began producing [[MR layout|mid-engined]] racing cars in [[1960]] with the [[Ferrari Dino]]-V6-engine [[Formula 2]] 156, whi
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• Motorcycle Racing
  [[Image:Lydden05.jpg|thumb|right|Classic Road Racing]] [[Image:JoeyDunlopKatesCottage.jpg|right|thumb|Road Racing on temporarily closed public roads]]
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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 '''[[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IndyCar Series]]'''
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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]]]] ...ormula One regulations specify that cars must be constructed by the racing teams themselves.
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• OSCA
  ...alian GP]] in September OSCA entered two works cars for Franco Rol but the car was a long way off the pace of the [[Alfa Romeos]] and [[Ferraris]]. ...til a new 1.5-liter F2 began in 1957 that OSCA reappeared in single-seater racing with a new [[four cylinder]] engine. The company enjoyed some success in 19
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• Formula 2
  ...arc Surer.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Marc Surer]]'s 1979 Championship winning car]] '''Formula Two''', abbreviated to '''F2''', is a type of [[formula racing]]. It was replaced by [[Formula 3000]] in 1985, but in 2009 the [[Formula T
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• Osella
  '''Osella''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] racing car manufacturer and former [[Formula One]] team based in Volpiano near [[Turin ...ld rise to [[Formula Two]] in [[1975]] achieving some success with its own car (the Osella FA2); [[François Migault]] scored one point.
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• Officine Meccaniche
  '''Officine Meccaniche''' (OM) was an [[Italy|Italian]] car and truck manufacturing company, founded in [[1899]] in [[Milan]] as Societ ...the former [[Brixia-Zust (Brixia-Züst)]], just after OM took over [[Zust]] car company of [[Brescia]], Northern Italy.
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• 24 Hours Nürburgring
  ...car racing|touring car]] and GT [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance racing]] event on the [[Nurburgring#Nordschleife_map|Nürburgring Nordschleife]] ( ...oduced in 1966, the 24h at the Ring gave both circuits a pair of endurance racing events at very long tracks, at least until Spa was shortened in the late 19
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• John Surtees
  ...Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] |Teams || [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]], [[MV Agusta]]
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• Stanguellini
  ...jacent areas, it became evident that everyone here is affected by the race car "virus". It made its entry in society in the early 1900's when Francesco St ...8]]. In the background is the Fiat Zero with Modena 1 tags--the first ever car in [[Modena]].
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• Alberto Ascari
  ...ly 13]], [[1918]] &ndash; [[May 26]], [[1955]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[racing driver]] and twice [[Formula One]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Cha ...igious [[Mille Miglia]] in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly.
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• MV Agusta
  ...for the 750 sports machines, with a limited production of 300 SR ("Special Racing") model in the traditional red and silver livery. ...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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• 2004 Formula One season
  ...ia Ferrari]] Marlboro. Also notable were the success of [[British American Racing|BAR]] and [[Renault F1|Renault]], as well as the poor performance of [[Will ...long with [[Japan|Japanese]] team mate [[Takuma Sato]], [[British American Racing|BAR]] impressed by finishing second behind Ferrari.
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• Thierry Boutsen
  ...on]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Ligier]] and [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] teams in [[Formula One]]. ...geot was traveling at some 350 km/h. A suspension piece had failed and the car hit the guard-rail losing the entire rear end. Boutsen was untouched, but t
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• Ferrari
  ...sored drivers and manufactured racecars; the company went into independent car production in 1946, eventually became '''Ferrari [[Joint stock company|S.p. ::'''[[Scuderia Ferrari]]''' ''for further history of the Ferrari racing team''
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