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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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• Champcars
  ...n [[American Championship Car Racing]] for many decades, primarily for use in the [[Indianapolis 500]] auto race. Such racing has been sanctioned by the ...Ford'''. The series merged into the [[IndyCar Series]] before its planned 2008 season.
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• ...'''Rodríguez Brothers Racetrack'''") is a 4.421-km (2.747-mile) race track in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], named for the famous racing drivers [[Ricardo ...ll as improved safety all around. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (as of 2008) has been the only venue for the Mexican Grand Prix.
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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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• 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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• Auto Club Speedway
  ...ia Speedway''') is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval [[superspeedway]] in [[Fontana, California]], similar to its "sister track" [[Michigan Internati ...ornia did not host a [[NASCAR]] race until California Speedway was opened. In addition to NASCAR, the raceway has also hosted open-wheel events from both
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• Hungarian Grand Prix
  ...ensuing [[World War II|war]] meant the end of [[Grand Prix motor racing]] in the country for fifty years. ...ar [[Budapest]], the race has been a mainstay of the racing calendar. Run in the heat of a central European summer, it also holds the distinction of bei
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• Dallara
  ...rmula 3]] since 1993. Dallara also is the chassis used by almost all teams in the [[Indy Racing League]] and all teams of [[GP2 Series]]. ...ampionship ever since. Dallara had a brief involvement in [[Formula 3000]] in the mid 1980s.
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• Fiat Punto
  |Successor:||Still in production ...]] and [[Volkswagen Polo]] also helped the Punto become an instant success in the European marketplace.
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• 2008 Formula One season
  | Current = 2008 ...Hamilton 2008 Singapore GP 1.jpg|thumb|[[Lewis Hamilton]], champion of the 2008 Formula One season.]]
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• European Hill Climb Championship
  In 2005, the Championship visited the following countries: * 2008 EBM Miroslav Jakes CZ
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• Alfa Romeo 155
  ...p's ''Tipo'' [[Automobile platform|platform]], the 155 was somewhat larger in dimension than the [[Alfa Romeo 75|75]] but evolved its styling from that o ...onsidered not in the tradition of Alfa's sporting saloons.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
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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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• A1 Grand Prix
  ...nd races (collectively known as ''A1GP World Cup of Motorsport'') are held in the traditional Formula One off season, the northern hemisphere winter. ...am, Sigma Autosport, was later brought in as the General Franchise Manager in 2005. AutosportRacing.com later received articles about Mr Cherry's job at
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• Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
  ...Brothers Racetrack'''") is a 4.421 km (2.747 [[mile|mi]]) race track in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], named for the famous Rodríguez brothers. ...spectator overcrowding caused unsafe conditions. When the track re-opened in 1986, the circuit boasted a new pit complex, as well as improved safety all
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• ...ed {{IPA|/ˈki.mi ˈmɑ.ti.ɑs ˈræik.kø.nen/}}) (born [[October 17]], [[1979]] in [[Espoo]], [[Finland]]) is a race car driver, currently driving for [[Scude ...r promise from his team boss. Heading to [[Team McLaren|McLaren Mercedes]] in [[2002 Formula One season|2002]] he was nicknamed ''Iceman'' and began to b
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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 ...y of Formula One, Formula Two has represented the penultimate step on the motorsport ladder.
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• Race car
  ...; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Lap 1, Turn 1 Canada 2008.jpg|250px]] | Caption || The start of a [[Formula One]] race in 2008
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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  ...Company|Wrigley's]] [[Chevrolet Impala]] for [[Earnhardt Ganassi Racing]] in the [[Sprint Cup Series]]. ...with [[Jacques Villeneuve]]) who has won two legs of the [[Triple Crown of Motorsport]].
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• Alberto Ascari
  ...orld Champion]]. He is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport. ...is earlier years; it was after he entered the prestigious [[Mille Miglia]] in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regul
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• World Rally Championship
  ...tsworld Communicators]], who also produce the daily event highlights shown in 186 countries. ...ip season|1973]]. The [[World Rally Car]] is the current car specification in the series. It evolved from [[Group A]] cars which replaced the banned [[Gr
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• Formula One sponsorship liveries
  ...nsor (commercial)|sponsor]]s becoming more important with the rising costs in Formula One, many teams wanted to be able to display the logos of their spo ...ver the years however, like the red color of Ferrari, which has its origin in a shade of red known as [[rosso corsa]] being the national racing color of
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• Lamborghini
  ...rari]] in the Italian sports car business. The Italian company was founded in 1963 by businessman [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]] (April 28, 1916 February 20, ...process, he discovered that the design shared components with the clutches in the tractors manufactured by his own company. Encouraged by his discovery,
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• Enduro
  ...onship is run, is a time-card enduro, whereby a number of stages are raced in a [[time trial]] against the clock. ...ns exactly per the defined schedule, with early or late arrivals resulting in penalties to the riders' scores. This sort of event is not technically a R
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• John Surtees
  |Video || John Surtees driving a [[Ferrari]] in the 1964 Grand Prix ...ohn Surtees''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 11 February 1934 in [[Tatsfield]], [[Surrey]]) is a former [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand
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• Niki Lauda
  | Video || '''Lauder in an Brabham-[[Alfa Romeo]] BT46 at [[Zolder]]''' '''Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda''' (born February 22, 1949 in [[Vienna]]) is an [[Austria]]n [[aviator]], [[entrepreneur]], former [[Form
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• Max Mosley
  ...echnologies in motor racing. In 2008, stories about his sex life appeared in the British press. Despite the controversy, Mosley retained his position. ...e briefly worked for the [[British Conservative Party|Conservative Party]] in the early 1980s.
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• Australian Grand Prix
  ...t|thumb|Promotional poster for the first Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1985. Melbourne is now the host of this event.]] ...rix demonstration event melbourne.JPG|thumb|220px|Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix]]
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  ...ix motor racing''' has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from ...ve to the United States. Beginning in 1910, he would become a major figure in American racing and the designer of a car for General Motors that bears his
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• 2007 Formula One season
  | Next = 2008 ...and technical grounds. They had threatened to boycott Formula One from the 2008 season onwards and instead stage their own rival series, before signing a [
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• Alfa Romeo 159
  |Successor:||Still in production ...ttp://www.bangkokpost.com/midyear2002/auto.html], [[Thailand]] (production in Thailand started March 2002 and lasted couple of years, cars were targeted
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• Minardi
  ...m to Australian businessman [[Paul Stoddart]], who sold it to [[Red Bull]] in 2005. The team is now known as [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]], [[Italian language| ...ace of 4th three times: Martini twice in 1991 and [[Christian Fittipaldi]] in 1993.
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• Formula One car
  ...he Cosworth V8 powering the Williams going up to an astonishing 20,000 rpm in qualifying trim. ...0 rpm and well over 1,000 hp (750 kW). Even with the restrictions the V10s in the 2005 season were reputed to develop 960 hp (715 kW). The new 2.4L V8 en
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...and Ronzoni competing in the 1911 [[Targa Florio]] with two 24 HP models. In 1914, an advanced Grand Prix car was designed and built, the [[Alfa Romeo G ...en [[Giuseppe Campari]] won at [[Mugello]] and continued with second place in the [[Targa Florio]] driven by [[Enzo Ferrari]]. Giuseppe Merosi continued
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• Nigel Mansell
  ...information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. ...e [[Champ Car|CART]] title in his debut season, making him the only person in history to hold both titles simultaneously. During the early nineties, Mans
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• 2010 Formula One season
  [[File:Fernando Alonso 2010 Malaysia.jpg|thumb|[[Fernando Alonso]] came in second behind Vettel by four points]] ...er 2010 Japan.jpg|thumb|[[Mark Webber]], Vettel's teammate, finished third in the championship]]
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• Mario Andretti
  ...nship]] and [[NASCAR]] (the other being [[Dan Gurney]]). He also won races in [[midget car racing|midget cars]], [[sprint car racing|sprint cars]], and [ ...and, along with [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], the only driver to have won a race in the [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500.
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• History of Formula One
  ...al championships existed in [[South Africa]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]]. ...erunner of FISA, as the premier single seater racing category in worldwide motorsport. It was initially known as Formula A, but the name Formula One was widely u
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