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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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• World Touring Car Championship
  |Category || [[Touring car racing|Touring cars]] ...Touring Car Championship''' ('''WTCC''') is an international [[touring car racing|Touring Car]] championship organized by the [[Fédération Internationale d
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• Indy Racing League
  [[Image:irl_logo.jpg|120px|center|Indy Racing League Logo]] |Sport || [[Auto racing]]
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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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• Buddy Lazier
  | Current series || [[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IndyCar Series]] | Current team || [[Hemelgarn Racing]]
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• Differential (mechanics)
  ...evice, usually consisting of [[gear]]s, for allowing each of the driving [[wheel]]s to rotate at different speeds, while supplying equal [[torque]] to each ...an the outer wheel, resulting in the inner wheel spinning and/or the outer wheel dragging. This results in difficult and unpredictable handling, damage to t
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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]].'' ...championship for drivers of single seater (commonly referred to as [[open wheel]]) cars.
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• Understeer
  ...handling understeer, which is at higher lateral accelerations, and is what racing drivers are talking about when they use the term. In modern [[race car]]s, especially [[open wheel car]]s, understeering is caused mainly due to the [[Automotive aerodynamics
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• Suzuka Circuit
  '''Suzuka International Racing Course''' ('''Suzuka Circuit''' for short) is a co-host of the [[Formula On ...is a massive test of driver skill and is easily one of the most difficult racing circuits in the world. Nevertheless, the track is loved by drivers and spec
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• Alfa Romeo 1750 Drophead
  ...rburetter]], three-speed manual [[transmission]], [[live rear axle]], four-wheel [[drum brakes]]. [[Wheelbase]]: 122" (3,100mm) ...y a six-cylinder [[passenger car]] that would have much in common with its racing car sibling.
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• Sports Car Club of America
  |Sport || [[Road racing]], [[Rallying]], [[Autocross]] ...f America''' ('''SCCA''') is a club and sanctioning body supporting [[road racing]], [[rallying|rally]], and [[autocross]] in the [[United States]] and was f
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• GP2
  | Category || [[Open wheel car|Single seaters]] The '''GP2 Series''', '''GP2''' for short, is a form of motor racing introduced in [[2005]] following the discontinuation of the long-term [[For
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• Bugatti Type 13
  ...a total of 1.1 L (1131 cc/69 in³). This was attached to an open [[roadster]] body with [[solid axle]]s front and rear. [[Leaf spring]]s su ...scia Sport-Racing 1922.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Bugatti Type 13 Brescia Sport-Racing 1922]]
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• Jim Clark
  ..., [[1968]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Formula One]] (F1) [[Auto racing|racing driver]]. Twice World Champion, he was the dominant driver of his era. ...from the off. By 1958 Clark was racing for the local Border Reivers team, racing [[Jaguar D-Type]]s and [[Porsche]]s in national events, and winning 18 race
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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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• Champcars
  | category || [[Open wheel car|Open wheel racing]] ...p Auto Racing Teams (CART), the [[Championship Racing League]], the [[Indy Racing League]], and the Champ Car World Series (CCWS).
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• Kart racing
  [[Image:Go kart.jpg|thumb|300px|Go Kart racing, Bairnsdale Kart Club]] ...age:Kart Race Indoor 2002.jpg|thumb|301px|Indoor Kart racing]][[Image:Kart Racing 1.jpg|thumb|301px|Kart racers race each other on an outdoor track]]
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• Demolition Derby
  ...lor for visibility. Most demolition derbies are held on [[dirt track]]s or open fields that are usually soaked to become muddy to further slow the vehicles ...be more mobile and thus, more entertaining to fans. Being largely [[front-wheel drive]], their back ends can sustain considerable amounts of damage before
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• Maserati Birdcage 75th
  ...errari]] mid mounted at 65°. The Birdcage 75th's engine has been tuned for racing and as a result produces over 700 [[brake horsepower]]. ...rati Birdcage 75th.JPG|thumb|250px|left|The Birdcage 75th, with the canopy open, at the same show.]]The car's body was designed, unsurprisingly, by Pininfa
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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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• Nardi
  '''Ufficine Nardi''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile]] and [[racing car]] maker, named for their creator. ...ico Nardi]] was a [[racing mechanic]], [[racing engineer|engineer]], and [[racing driver|driver]] who got his start with [[Lancia]]. He test drove the first
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• Ancillotti
  ...n [[Gualtiero]]. He is above all fascinated by motorcycles, even the three wheel version, seeing that he will be a prized side car driver. ...aborating the [[Lambretta]]. A period in which the scooter dominates the 2 wheel market, almost totally replacing the classic motorcycle. The success of the
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• Hillclimbing
  ...ble for intense traffic and therefore is considered inappropriate for auto racing. ...hillclimb events are run along different lines, with dirt bikes and [[four-wheel drive]] machines literally driving up the side of a roadless hill.
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• Ferrari F50
  ==Racing== ...GT]], a prototype based on the F50 that was built to compete in GT1-class racing. The car had a fixed roof, large rear spoiler, new front spoiler and many o
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• Lancia LC2
  ...'''Lancia LC2''' (sometimes referred to as a '''Lancia-Ferrari''') was a [[racing car]] built by [[Lancia]] and using an engine built by [[Ferrari]]. It was ...r the direction of [[Cesare Fiorio]]) needed an all-new car to replace the open-cockpit LC1s that were no longer eligable for championship points. The Gro
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• Wankel engine
  ...quivalent to a four-stroke engine of 1.5 to 2 times the displacement; some racing regulatory agencies view it as offering so pronounced an advantage that the ...ually support complete combustion in a 'thermal reactor' (just an enlarged open chamber in the [[manifold (automotive engineering)|exhaust manifold]]) with
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• Formula One car
  ...rrent Formula One regulations specify that cars must be constructed by the racing teams themselves. ...unted on the back of the steering wheel. By regulation the cars use [[rear wheel drive]]. A modern F1 clutch is a multi-plate carbon design with a diameter
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• Lamborghini Diablo
  ...202 miles per hour (325 [[km/h]]). As in the Countach, the Diablo was rear wheel drive and the engine was mid-mounted to aid its weight balance. ...system, resized front wheels and tires chosen to work better with the all-wheel-drive system, four-piston [[Brembo]] sourced brakes, an updated dashboard d
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• Torelli
  Frameset: TIG welded with classic stage-racing geometry. Please see the chart at the bottom of the page for geometry speci Open Road Bicycles
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• Drifting (motorsport)
  ...Tazio Nuvolari]] also used an at the limit form of driving called the four-wheel drift[http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/art_of_driving.htm]. It has also featu ...f drifting techniques in the 1970's. He was famous for hitting the [[apex (racing)|apex]] (the point where the car is closest to the inside of a turn) at hig
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• Anzani
  ...his native Italy, Anzani moved to France where he became involved in cycle racing. He moved on to motor cycles and designed and built a record breaking light ==Motor racing==
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• Ferrari F12berlinetta
  ...|| [[Front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|Front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive]] ...t) is a [[Front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive]] [[grand tourer]] produced by [[Italy|Italian]] sports car manufactu
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• Ferrari F40
  ...reat deal of heat. In consequence, the car was somewhat like an open-wheel racing car with a body. It had a partial undertray to smooth airflow beneath the r ...en by [[Jean Alesi]], finishing third to the two faster spaceframed [[four wheel drive]] [[Audi 90]] and beating a host of other factory backed spaceframe s
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• Jacques Villeneuve
  ...euve''' (born [[April 9]], [[1971]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[automobile racing]] driver, and winner of [[Formula One]] and [[Champ Car]] championships and ...hip. In [[1993]], Jacques moved to the North American [[Toyota]] Atlantic racing series, where he won five races. He moved to Champ Car in [[1994]], and wa
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• Ferrari 250 LM
  ...e move for road use, [[Ferrari]] began producing [[MR layout|mid-engined]] racing cars in [[1963]]. Although these cars shared their names (based on engine ...lly independent double wishbone suspension, rack and pinion steering, four wheel disc brakes and 5-speed transaxle with the 250 P, however the tubular space
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• Benetton B186
  {{Racing car | ...er teams, including [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] and [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]].
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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 ...two-seater sports cars and was a fairly minor constituent in the European racing calendar. However, in common with many race orgaisers around the continent,
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• Mika Salo
  ...Lotus|Lotus]], [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]], [[Arrows]], [[British American Racing]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Sauber]], [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] ...he seasons finale in Adelaide, Australia. Salo competed in F1 at [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] the year after. He was to spend 3 years with the team, scoring po
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• Lamborghini Murcielago
  |Platform:||[[Mid engine]] [[all wheel drive|AWD]] An open-top version called the '''Murciélago roadster''' was introduced in 2004 fo
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• Alfa Romeo 8C
  | Class || [[Luxury car]], [[Sport car]], [[Racing car]] ...sed in the world's first genuine [[Open wheel car|single-seat]] Grand Prix racing car, the [[Alfa Romeo P3|Monoposto 'Tipo B' - P3]] from 1932 onwards. In it
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• Formula 2
  '''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 ...ula One]] has generally been regarded as the pinnacle of open-wheeled auto racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the se
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• Lambretta
  ...allenge. The front fork, like an aircraft's landing gear, allowed for easy wheel changing. The internal mesh transmission eliminated the standard motorcycl ...ike an unusual motorcycle. The model A and model B were only available in 'open' style. The C and D models were noted for their torsion bar rear suspension
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• Maserati
  ...erati''' is a famous [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer of [[automobile racing|racing cars]] and [[sports car|sports cars]], established in 1914 in [[Bologna]]. ...ny, however. Racing successes continued, even against the giants of German racing, [[Audi|Auto Union]] and [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]. In 1939, a [[Maserati
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• Mika Häkkinen
  ...[[Vantaa|Helsingin maalaiskunta]]) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[auto racing|racing driver]] and two-time [[Formula One]] champion. He was [[Michael Schumacher ==Racing career==
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• Cagiva Mito
  ...t rear wheel and hence the transmission is shifted from ' other side (left wheel), but both models will have the [[mixer]] mechanical lubrication separately ...ine very powerful and flexible enough to excite the kids excited about the racing, the project took on some points, the [[Cagiva Freccia | C12R]] but many as
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• Mario Andretti
  ...et car racing|midget cars]], [[sprint car racing|sprint cars]], and [[drag racing]]. During his career, Andretti won four [[American Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]] titles (three under [[United States Auto Club|USAC]]-sanctioning,
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• Ferrari 250
  ...gine|Jaguar XK straight-6]] The light V12 propelled the small Ferrari 250 racing cars to victory after victory. ...and valuable of all Ferraris. With its numerous low-production models and racing success, various 250s will make up most of any "most valuable Ferraris" lis
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• Tire
  ...oscillations caused by irregularities in the road surface, to protect the wheel from [[wear and tear]] as well as to provide a high-friction bond between t ...bert William Thomson]], born in [[Stonehaven, Scotland]], as the '''Aerial Wheel'''. This invention consisted of a [[canvas]] inner tube surrounded by a [[
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• History of the bicycle
  ...l bearings, a rear-wheel brake and 152 mm (6 inches) of trail of the front-wheel for a self-centering castor effect. This design was welcomed by mechanical ...r around [[1863]] to add [[rotary]] [[cranks]] and [[pedals]] to the front-wheel [[hub]], to create the first pedal-operated "bicycle" as we today understan
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• Auto Club Speedway
  |Record team || [[Penske Racing]] ...aceway has also hosted open-wheel events from both [[CART]] and the [[Indy Racing League]].
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