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• Endurance racing
  ...th participants given a break with the ability to change during the race. Endurance races can be run either to cover a set distance in laps as quickly as possi ...ent, which is dependent on the driver's endurance abilities, length of the race, or even the rules for each event.
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• World of Endurance Racing
  '''Endurance Sportscar''' News, photos, documentary on the world of Endurance Sportscar Racing.
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• Sandown Raceway
  ...e in [[1964 Sandown 6 Hour International|1964]]. This race was one of the 'endurance' races in the [[V8 Supercar]] calendar. ...[[Stirling Moss]] and [[Bruce McLaren]]. Throughout the 1960s and 70s the race meetings continued to attract international stars along with the best of Au
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• 1000km Spa
  The '''1000km Spa''' is an [[Endurance racing|endurance race]] for [[Sports car racing|sports cars]] held at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorcha ...ms on the traditional long and very fast 14km track over public roads, the race was shortened to 762km in 1974 and discontinued after 1975.
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans (motorcycle race)
  ...by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO) and is part of the [[Endurance World Championship]]. ...O]] created the 24 Heures Moto. The race became one of "the classics" of [[endurance racing]] along with the [[24 Hours of Liège]] the [[Suzuka 8 Hours|8 Hours
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• North American Racing Team
  ...] marque in [[United States|America]] through success in [[Gran Turismo]] (endurance) motorsport. ...lorida and the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in [[Le Mans]], France. Their first race was the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] in March of [[1958]], with a [[Ferrari 250#
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• 1000 km Buenos Aires
  ...]], it was the only annual [[South America]]n race in the history of the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. ...return the following year, and it was also decided that the newly formed [[World Sportscar Championship]] would add the track to their schedule as a traditi
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• Giuseppe Farina
  |First race:||[[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]] |Last race:||[[1955 Italian Grand Prix|1955]] [[Italian Grand Prix]]
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• Phil Read
  |First race || [[1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1961]] 350cc [[Isle of |Last race || [[1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1976]] 500cc [[Italia
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• Carlos Checa
  ...shocked the paddock by being on the pace and nearly winning the Barcelona race. ...y won many races but unfortunately crashed after taking the lead. One such race was at Rio de Janeiro in 2002 when he stalled on the starting line then, ca
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• Alba Engineering
  ...]] near [[Turin]] specifically to contest the C2 junior class of the World Endurance Championship. Built for [[Martino Finotto]], its first car, the AR2, was un ...[[Fulvio Ballabio]] and [[Guido Dacco]], that the AR2 claimed the C2 World Endurance Championship title in both years. In 1984 Alba also built the AR3 model, wh
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• Sports car racing
  ...racing is often associated with the annual [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] endurance race. First run in 1923, it is one of the oldest motor races still in existence. ...d Aston Martin derives in part from success in sports car racing and the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. Road cars sold by these manufacturers have in man
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• 1000km Suzuka
  The '''1000km Suzuka''' is an annual 1000 [[kilometer]] endurance race for [[sports cars]] held at the [[Suzuka Circuit]]. It is a round of the Ja ...as integrated for the first time in the Super GT calendar. Previously, the race was open to JGTC/Super GT cars, but with only a handful of competitors from
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• Clemente Biondetti
  ...r the war, he was already 49 years old. Nevertheless, he dominated Italian endurance racing, driving to victory in the Mille Miglia for three straight years fro ...ts. Biondetti loved racing cars and continued to compete in sports car and endurance events, earning a second place finish in a [[Ferrari]] at the 12 Hours of P
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• TT Circuit Assen
  ...1955]] and located in [[Assen]], [[Netherlands]]. Host of the [[Dutch TT]] race, it is considered "The Cathedral" of [[motorcycling]] by the fans. It has a The first Assen track was firstly used for the [[1925]] [[Dutch TT]] race, held on country side roads through the villages of Borger, [[Schoonloo]] a
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• Wayne Rainey
  ...y [[1990 in sports|1990s]] he won the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]] three times and the [[Daytona 200]] once. He was characteriz ...quad in the 250cc class of the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] World Championship. A less than successful season saw him returning home to join
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• Sebring Raceway
  ...humb|right|Aerial view of the Sebring Raceway during a 1962 [[sports car]] race, courtesy of the Florida Photographic Collection]] ...ace being run in [[1950]]. Many consider Sebring to be one of the classic race tracks in [[North America]]n [[sports car racing]], and the [[12 Hours of S
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• CMN
  ...th normal and lengthened chassis. The same tendency was towards motors for endurance races manifested in the new 20/30 HP (100 millimeter X 140 millimeter) of w ...rce between manufacturers in those years. The same you Shoe describes the race with these words:" It do not believe to be behaved myself badly like runne
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• Bol d'Or
  [[Image:Course bol d or 2005.JPG|thumb|right|300px|24 hours of endurance racing on a tough track: the 'Bol d'Or']] ...in [[France]]. Originally, it was an [[automobile]] as well as motorcycle race.
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• FIA
  **** [[FIA World Council for Mobility and the Automobile]] – governs all non-sporting **** [[FIA World Motor Sport Council]] – governs all the sporting events regulated by
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• Spa-Francorchamps
  ...s one of the most famous and dangerous sections of any racing track in the world, the [[Eau Rouge corner|Eau Rouge complex]]. Spa is a favourite circuit of ...had to use the old road and U-turn behind the grand stands, rejoining the race track at the bottom of Eau Rouge.
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• Nino Farina
  |First race:||[[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]] |Last race:||[[1955 Italian Grand Prix|1955]] [[Italian Grand Prix]]
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• Graham Hill
  |First race || [[1958 Monaco Grand Prix|1958]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1975 Monaco Grand Prix|1975]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]]
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• Raymond Sommer
  ...de the greatest driver of the time, [[Tazio Nuvolari]]. He also led every race up until 1938, only to suffer a mechanical failure, once when 12 laps in th ..." at [[Miramas]] and the [[Grand Prix de Tunisie]] until the outbreak of [[World War II]], where he played an active part in the French Resistance movement.
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• Louis Chiron
  |First race || [[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1958 Monaco Grand Prix|1958]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]]
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• Michael Doohan
  ...who won five [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championships]], behind only [[Giacomo Agostini]]. He is considered to be o ...]] [[superbike racing|superbike]] and won the [[Suzuka 8 Hours]] endurance race. Doohan competed successfully throughout the early [[1990s]] until a seriou
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• Luigi Chinetti
  ...y|Italian-born]] [[racecar driver]], who emigrated to the [[USA]] during [[World War II]] and became an American citizen. ...with [[Louis Chiron]] as co-driver, he won the [[SPA 24 Hours]] endurance race in [[Belgium]]. He teamed up with [[Philippe Etancelin]] in {{24hLM|1934}}
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• Zhuhai International Circuit
  ...nd. The first international race held at the circuit was the BPR Global GT Endurance Series. The circuit soon became the hotbed of local motorsports with teams ...[2005-10-23]] and the GPLK [[Chevrolet Corvette C5|Corvette C5-R]] won the race. The GruppeM Porsches won GT2. The Hong Kong Le Mans Team and the Malaysian
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• Eddie Lawson
  ...e]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. His penchant for consistently finishing in the points earned hi ...ing two more titles for Yamaha in 1986 and 1988, Lawson shocked the racing world by announcing he would be leaving Yamaha to sign with their arch-rivals [[H
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• Suzuka 8 Hours
  ...t the [[Suzuka Circuit]] in [[Japan]] each year. As the name implies, the race runs for eight hours consecutively and teams are composed of two riders and The race began in 1978 as a race for prototype [[Isle of Man TT|Tourist Trophy]] Formula One (TT-F1) motorcy
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• Ron Haslam
  ...d racing|road racer]] who has been racing for over 30 years, winning three World titles, four British championships and ridden in almost 110 GPs. ...nding racing career and training riders and racers alike at the Ron Haslam Race School at [[Donington Park]].
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• Track cycling
  ...ng_Championships,_Calgary,_AB,_Canada.jpg|thumb|200px|left|A Track Cycling Race]] ...actical advantage, as well as formats that simply test strength, speed and endurance.
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• Sébastien Bourdais
  |First race || 2003 Grand Prix of Long Beach ...nce]]) is a race car driver and three-time defending [[Champ Car|Champ Car World Series]] champion.
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• Jean-Pierre Wimille
  Driving a Bugatti T51, in [[1932]] he won the La Turbie Mountain Race, the Grand Prix de Lorraine and the Grand Prix d'Oran. In [[1934]] he was t ...d [[Marcel Lehoux]] in separate incidents. Of the 16 cars that started the race, only three managed to finish.
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• Johor Circuit
  ...1955]] and located in [[Assen]], [[Netherlands]]. Host of the [[Dutch TT]] race, it is considered "The Cathedral" of [[motorcycling]] by the fans. It has a The first Assen track was firstly used for the [[1925]] [[Dutch TT]] race, held on country side roads through the villages of Borger, [[Schoonloo]] a
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• Paris-Brest-Paris
  ...al cyclists in its early years, but is now intended to be a noncompetitive endurance challenge. ...mpetitive riders. Despite the event organizer's insistence that it isn't a race, PBP offers trophies and a certain degree of prestige to the first finisher
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• List of road bicycle racing events
  *[[World Cycling Championship|World Championships]] *[[Amstel Gold Race]], {{flagiconNED}}
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• EuroSpeedway Lausitz
  |Events || [[Superbike World Championship|SBK]],[[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]] The '''EuroSpeedway Lausitz''' is a [[race track]] located near [[Oberspreewald-Lausitz|Klettwitz]] in the state of [[
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• Stirling Moss
  ...d is regarded as the greatest driver never to win the Formula One Drivers' World Championship. He came second four times in a row from [[1955]] to [[1958]]. ...ar to Moss's four. It was sufficient to make Mike Hawthorn Britain's first World Champion.
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• 2003 World Superbike season
  ...the 16th [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|F.I.M.]] [[Superbike World Championship]] season. The season started on [[March 2]] at [[Circuit de Va ...nese manufacturers had focused their resources there leaving the Superbike World Championship with limited factory involvement. With only [[Ducati]] [[Suzuk
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• Olivier Gendebien
  |First race || [[1956 Argentine Grand Prix|1956]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1961 United States Grand Prix|1961]] [[United States Grand Prix]]
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• 1000km Nürburgring
  The '''ADAC 1000km Nürburgring''' is an [[Endurance racing]] and [[Sports car racing]] event on the [[Nürburgring]] in Germany ...[Giuseppe Farina]] in a [[Ferrari]]. Due to disappointing attendance, the race was not held in the following two years. It became quite popular in the 196
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• Lancia LC2
  ...ionship]] from [[1983 World Sportscar Championship season|1983]] to [[1986 World Sportscar Championship season|1986]], although it continued to be used by p ...uel economy requirements, with teams given a set amount of fuel based on a race's distance. The previous [[turbocharging|turbocharged]] [[straight-4]] Lan
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• Jacky Ickx
  |First race || [[1967 Italian Grand Prix|1967]] [[Italian Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1979 United States Grand Prix|1979]] [[United States Grand Prix]]
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• Miller Motorsports Park
  ...|| '''[[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Superbike World Championship]]'''<br> ...use image was deleted: [[Image:MillerMotorsports.jpg|thumb|left|Motorcycle race at the Miller Motorsports Park]] -->
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• 12 Hours of Sebring
  The '''12 Hours of Sebring''' is an annual [[motorsport]] [[endurance race]] held at [[Sebring International Raceway]], a former [[United States Army ...g the day and finishing at night. For many years Sebring was part of the [[World Sportscar Championship]].
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