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• World of Endurance Racing
  '''American Le Mans Series''' News, photos, documentary on the world of Endurance Sportscar Racing.
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• List of major automobile races in France
  [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] and other major automobile races in [[France]]. *[[24 hours of Le Mans]]
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• 1955 Le Mans disaster
  ...tart.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Start of the race, Levegh #20 car is in the center of the frame''']] ...of [[disc brake]]s on a car was in a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] racing in Le Mans. Mercedes-Benz still used drum-brake in 1955, but also used a special hood
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• Emanuele Pirro
  | Races || 40 (37 starts) ! colspan=2 |'''Le Mans Series'''
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• Jean-Pierre Wimille
  ...Algerian Grand Prix ]] in [[Algiers]] driving a Bugatti T59 and in January of [[1936]] he finished second in the [[South African Grand Prix]] held at the ...drivers [[Raymond Chambost]] and [[Marcel Lehoux]] in separate incidents. Of the 16 cars that started the race, only three managed to finish.
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• Raymond Sommer
  ...nd Sommer''' (August 31, 1906, Mouzon, in the Ardennes ''[[département]]'' of France - September 10, 1950) was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver. ...ning again in 1933 driving an [[Alfa Romeo]] alongside the greatest driver of the time, [[Tazio Nuvolari]]. He also led every race up until 1938, only t
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• Graham Hill
  |Races || 179 ...the ''[[Triple Crown]]'' of the [[Indianapolis 500]], the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] and the [[Formula One]] World Championship.
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• Ferrari 250 GT Drogo
  ...tion Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[World Sportscar Championship]] races. In 1962, [[Bizzarrini]] was hired by Count [[Giovanni Volpi]], owner of the SSS [[Scuderia Serenissima]] Republica di Venezia, to uprate a Ferrari
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• Maserati Type 61
  ...track than other cars, the Birdcage was unreliable and often retired from races due to problems with the gearbox. The [[Maserati MC12]] is available only i ...ree Tipo 61's in the [[1960 24 Hours of Le Mans]]. The Tipo's never won Le Mans due to reliability issues, however in both 1960 and 1961 the Camoradi team
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• Maserati Barchetta
  |Engine ||90º 1996cc mid-engined V6, 4-ohc, 24-valve, electronic fuel injection, twin water-cooled IHI turbochargers ...o-seat [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]]-style [[sports car]], in the spirit of the [[Maserati 350S|350]] and [[Maserati 450S|450S]], that was designed by
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• Lorenzo Bandini
  |Races || 42 ...s the number one driver, replacing [[John Surtees]] who left in mid-season of 1966.
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• Ferrari 550
  ...number refers to total engine displacement (5.5 litres) and the model name of [[Maranello]] refers to the town where the Ferrari headquarters are located ...d]] models. Although the 550 was a softer GT model, it did take the place of the F512 M as the company's upmarket coupe, discounting the F50 [[supercar]
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• Hermann Lang
  ...mann Lang had to go to work to help support his family following the death of his father. Young Lang found a job as a motorcycle mechanic, eventually buy ...anded a job at the [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] factory where he became part of their [[Grand Prix motor racing]] team. He was made head mechanic for the W
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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']] ...nd weekend of September, lasts for 24 hours and each motorcycle has a team of 3 riders taking turns. Organized for a long time at [[Circuit Paul Ricard|P
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• José Froilán González
  |Races || 27 ...847.457 [[mile]]s. He win 1951 [[Coppa Acerbo]] and 1954 [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], with [[Maurice Trintignant]], for Ferrari. González' [[nickname]]s were
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• Lancia LC2
  ! colspan=2 |'''1984 Le Mans Lancia LC2''' ...built by [[Lancia]] and using an engine built by [[Ferrari]]. It was part of Lancia's factory effort in the [[World Sportscar Championship]] from [[1983
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• Ferrari 166 S
  ...0; background:#333333; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:of=50,590,446.jpg|280px|'''Ferrari 166 Spyder''']] ...ports [[race car]] that became a [[sports car]] for the street in the form of the [[Ferrari 166 Inter|166 Inter]]. It shared its [[Aurelio Lampredi]]-de
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• Mauro Baldi
  |Races || 41 (36 starts) ...Cup. By 1980 he had become a top [[Formula 3]] driver, winning the [[List of Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race winners|Monaco F3 Grand Prix]]
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• Nino Vaccarella
  | Races || 5 (4 starts) | Video || '''Tribute to Nino Vaccarella a living legend of the [[Targa Florio]]'''
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• Phil Hill
  |Races || 51 ...race again in [[1961 24 Hours of Le Mans|1961]] and [[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|1962]].
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