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• Intermeccanica
  ...s an [[Italian]] [[automobile]] manufacturer, founded by [[Frank Reisner]] in 1959, ([[Torino]]). ...re designed by [[Franco Scaglione]]. The «Italia» was a large sports car, of which 500 were made (1966-1970), followed by the eleven «Mure
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• 1975 Monaco Grand Prix
  | Year || 1975 ...de Monaco|Monaco]] on [[May 11]], [[1975]]. It was the fifth race of the [[1975 Formula One season]]
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• United States Grand Prix West
  ...ch, California|Long Beach]], [[California]], as a [[Formula 5000]] race in 1975 and a [[Formula One]] world championship event from 1976 to 1983. After 198 ...ng right-hander) down Shoreline Drive along the harbor. In the final event in [[1983]], [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]] won from 22nd place o
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• Grasstrack
  ...edway, which has 4 riders per race, Grasstrack racing can have many riders in each heat and the circuit is normally longer allowing higher speeds. Grasst ...r racing careers in Grasstrack. Some Speedway riders continue to take part in national Grasstrack meetings when their schedule permits.
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• Countach
  |Class:||[[Sports car]] ...t pioneer but did popularise the wedge-shaped, sharply angled look popular in many high performance cars since.
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• Mauro Baldi
  '''Mauro Baldi''' (born [[January 31]], [[1954]] in [[Reggio Emilia]], [[Italy]]) is a former [[Formula One]] driver who raced ...voort]]. When [[Benetton Group|Benetton]] became Alfa Romeo's team sponsor in 1984, Baldi lost his drive, and joined the underfunded Spirit team until 19
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• Fiat 124 Sport Spider
  ...m along with a shorter wheelbase. Fiat designed and manufactured the Coupé in-house while the Spider's [[monocoque]] was designed and produced by Italia ...bber timing belts, an innovation that would come into nearly universal use in the decades after its introduction.
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• Nino Vaccarella
  ...], non-works [[De Tomaso|De Tomaso]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Porsche in Formula One|Porsche]] ...ino Vaccarella''' (born [[March 4]] [[1933]] in [[Palermo]]) is a former [[sports car racing]] and [[Formula One]] driver from [[Sicily]], [[Italy]].
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• Officine Meccaniche
  ...[[Italy|Italian]] car and truck manufacturing company, founded in [[1899]] in [[Milan]] as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche. SA Officine Meccaniche ha ...ri & C. Originally, OM manufactured railway stock. Car production started in [[1918]], using the plant of the former [[Brixia-Zust (Brixia-Züst)]], jus
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3
  The '''Alfa Romeo Tipo 33''' was a [[sports car racing]] prototype raced by the [[Alfa Romeo]] factory team between 196 A small number of road going cars were derived from it in 1967, called [[Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale]]
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• Alfa Romeo Alfasud
  It was built at a new factory at [[Pomigliano d'Arco]] in southern Italy, hence the car's name, ''Alfa Sud'' (Alfa South) and develop It was shown at the [[Turin]] Motor Show in 1971 and was immediately praised by journalists for its styling (by [[Giorg
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• Lamborghini Countach
  |Class:||[[Sports car]] ...t pioneer but did popularise the wedge-shaped, sharply angled look popular in many high performance cars since.
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• De Tomaso
  |Foundation || [[1959]] in [[Modena]] ...Argentinian]]-born [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] (1928–2003) in [[Modena]] in 1959.
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• De Tomaso Deauville
  |Wheelbase || 2770 mm (109.1 in) |Length || 4851 mm (191 in)
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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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• 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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• Lancia Stratos
  |Class || [[Sports car|Sports]]/[[Rally car]] ...allying|rally]] car during the 1970s and early 1980s. It started a new era in rallying as it was the first car designed from scratch for this kind of com
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• Gilco
  .... One of his first customers was [[Ferrari]], who used chassis' from Gilco in many of their cars (including the [[Ferrari 125|125]], [[Ferrari 166|166]], ...r of their own cars, and also built chassis' for private customers, mainly in the 750 and 1100 Sport categories, who used mechanicals and engines from va
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• Austrian Grand Prix
  The first event, in [[1964]], was held at a [[race track]] on the [[Zeltweg Airfield]]. The rac ...o located near [[Zeltweg]]). These events were moderately successful, but in [[1987]], this track was also deemed too dangerous, by FIA standards, where
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• Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza
  [[Image:2june2006 309.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Photo of Army Parade in [[Rome]], [[2 june]] [[2006]], [[Republic Day]]. NOCS special groups]] ...he Anti-Terrorist Bureau to improve its capabilities. This change resulted in the formation of [[SISMI]] (military intelligence), [[SISDE]] (civilian int
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• 1976 Monaco Grand Prix
  |Previous race in season || [[1976 Belgian Grand Prix]] |Next race in season || [[1976 Swedish Grand Prix]]
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• Fiat 500
  ...order-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Fiat_500.jpg|280px|A white Fiat 500 in Pisa, Italy]] |Production:||1957—1975
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• Niki Lauda
  | Championships || 3 ([[1975 Formula One season|1975]], [[1977 Formula One season|1977]], [[1984 Formula One season|1984]]) | Video || '''Lauder in an Brabham-[[Alfa Romeo]] BT46 at [[Zolder]]'''
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• Alfa Romeo in motorsport
  ...] had 6 liter straight-4 engine. [[Alfa Romeo]] quickly gained a good name in motorsport and gave a sporty image to the whole marque. ....L.F.A 40/60 HP|40-60HP]], [[Enzo Ferrari]] was second in [[Targa Florio]] in same year. Year later Giuseppe Campari
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• Maserati
  ...ian car giant [[Fiat]], after having been a part of [[Ferrari]] (a company in which [[Fiat]] has a majority stake) for some years. ..., based on one the [[Fontana del Nettuno, Bologna]]. Alfieri Maserati died in [[1932]] but three other brothers, Bindo, Ernesto and Ettore, kept the firm
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• Alfa Romeo 1900
  |Wheelbase || Berlina/Sprint<br>2630/2500&nbsp;mm<br>(103.5/98.4 in.) |Length || 4400/4400&nbsp;mm<br>(173.2/173.2 in.)
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• Zagato
  ...nd [[Aston Martin]]. In addition to the cars that were produced officially in small series, the company also built exclusive one-offs and prototypes for * 1975: [[Bristol 412]]
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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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• Alfa Romeo Sprint
  | Designer || [[Italdesign]] (1975) ...asud Sprint and Alfa Romeo Sprint were built in total. The Sprint was sold in Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
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• Lancia Flaminia
  ...e demise of this model in 1970 left a void only filled by [[Lancia Gamma]] in 1976. ...ctibles now. Interestingly, coupés outsold the 4-door variant by far, even in spite of shorter production run and coachbuilt bodies.
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• Mike Hailwood
  ...g one of the few men to compete at the Grand Prix level on motorcycles and in auto racing. ...at Triumph motorcycles. He married Pauline Barbara Nash on [[11 June]], [[1975]] and had a son and a daughter.
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• Canadian Grand Prix
  ...]] the Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home on [[Île Notre-Dame]] in [[Montreal]]. In 2005, the Canadian Grand Prix was the most watched Formula One GP in the world. The race was also the third most watched sporting event on the p
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• Hatchback
  ...y doors and the hatch) or five-door (four entry doors and the hatch) cars. In Europe, [[city car]]s, [[supermini car|superminis]], and [[small family car ...ertical, to reduce the car's footprint. This is an important consideration in countries where small streets and traffic congestion are factors. Hatchback
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• Formula 2
  ...pe of [[formula racing]]. It was replaced by [[Formula 3000]] in 1985, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championshi ...o racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant a need for a path to reach this peak. For much
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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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• Fiat X1/9
  | Class || [[Sports car]] / [[Roadster]] ...t's Bertone styled X1/9 had the distinction of being the first mid-engined sports car destined for volume production"</blockquote></div><div style= "font-siz
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• Ferrari
  ...A.]]''', and is now controlled by the [[Fiat]] group. The company is based in [[Maranello]], near [[Modena]], [[Italy]]. ...artered in Modena. Ferrari prepared and successfully raced various drivers in [[Alfa Romeo]] cars until 1938, when he was officially hired by Alfa as hea
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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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• 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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• Lancia Beta
  ...st Lancia produced by the company after it had been taken over by [[Fiat]] in 1969. The company chose the name Beta for a new vehicle to be launched in 1972. The choice of name symbolised a new beginning as it reflected the fac
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• Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce
  ...ustin Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman's]] Spider (1966 1600 Duetto) runs out of gas in ''[[The Graduate]].'']] ...North American market). Widely regarded as a design classic, it remained in production for almost three decades with only minor aesthetic and mechanica
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• Osella
  |colspan=2|'''Osella PA27 in Action''' ...mula One]] team based in Volpiano near [[Turin]], Italy. They participated in 132 [[Grand Prix]]s between 1980 and 1990. They achieved two point finishes
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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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• 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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• Bugatti
  ...any is legendary for producing some of the best [[sports car|sports cars]] in the world. The original Bugatti failed with the advent of World War II, bu ...driver [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]] winning the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] twice (in 1937 with [[Robert Benoist]] and 1939 with [[Pierre Veyron]]).
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• European Hill Climb Championship
  In 2005, the Championship visited the following countries: * 1975
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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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• Targa Florio
  ...r [[Palermo, Sicily|Palermo]]. Founded in 1906, it used to be the oldest [[sports car racing]] event, part of the World Championship until 1973. While also a After 1973, it was a national sports car event until it was discontinued in 1977 due to safety concerns. It is since run as a [[rallying]] event, and i
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...[[Triple Crown of Motorsport]]). The history, spectacle and glamour result in the race being considered "the jewel of the Formula One crown". ...tight corners, making it one of the most demanding tracks in Formula One. In spite of the relatively low average speeds, it is a dangerous place to race
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• Alfa Romeo 8C
  <small>''This article is about the 1930's Alfa Romeo 8C. For the new sports coupe, see [[Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione]].''</small> ...a Roadster. It also powered top of the range coachbuilt production models. In 2004 Alfa Romeo revived the 8C name for a V8-engined concept car which has
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