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• Offroad racing
  ...cluding cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buggies) compete in races through [[off-road]] environments. ...ff-road racing sanctioning body in North America was the National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA). The body was formed in 1967 by Ed Pearlman. The first
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• Tire mousse
  '''Tire mousse''' is a component in certain types of off-road [[run flat tires]], designed to allow them to maintain functionality despit Mousse is used on cars and motorcycles in certain types of [[off-road racing]] such as the [[World Rally Championship]], although it is banned following
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• 1997 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Prost (racing team)|Prost]]-[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]]-[[Honda]]''' | '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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• Road America
  ...Stratton Motorplex 08.21.07 - map.jpg|thumb|right|Briggs & Stratton [[kart racing]] track]] '''Road America''' is a [[Road racing|road course]] located in [[Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin|Elkhart Lake]], [[Wiscon
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• Cyclo-cross
  '''Cyclo-cross''' is a form of [[bicycle racing]]. Races take place typically in the autumn and winter (the international o ...so stars of [[mountain biking]]. But cyclo-cross bicycles are similar to [[racing bicycle]]s: lightweight, with narrow tires. They have to be lightweight bec
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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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• Paul Tracy
  ...n [[Scarborough, Ontario]], [[Canada]]) is a professional driver in [[auto racing]]. His nickname is "NutSack" because as he said on the Mitch Melnick Team 9 ...ng Beach, California]] and at mid-season became a test driver for [[Penske Racing]]. He was scheduled to start a select number of races for Penske in [[1992]
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• Multi-link suspension
  ...ert racing. A side note to the use of multi-link suspension use in desert racing, the use of a good sway bar is needed to counter body roll.
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• Oversteer
  <br />The racing driver's joke is "When you see the tree you're about to hit, it's called un ...he case for two reasons. Accelerating early as the car passes the [[Apex (racing)|apex]] of a corner allows it to gain extra speed down the following straig
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• Beta Motor
  ...''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer, specialising in [[off-road]] motorcycles. Beta are best known for their popular [[Motorcycle Trials|tr ...f-road sector, Beta began to specialise more and more in the production of off-road vehicles. This specialisation has always been accompanied by a matching com
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• 1984 Monaco Grand Prix
  ...]]-designed engine, and was made by Ickx, a Porsche employee in sports car racing. It has been remarked that had the race been allowed to continue until 75% ...finished third and had been closing on both Senna and Prost. The [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] team's results were erased later in the season due to weight infr
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• Chanoch Nissany
  ...e first [[Jewish]] F1 driver since [[Tomas Scheckter]] tested for [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] in [[2000]]. Nissany is said to have had an unconventional career. He only started racing in [[2002]], when he was 38 years old - most drivers are considered to be o
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• Weber
  ...tor barrel. These carburetors found use in [[Maserati]] and [[Alfa Romeo]] racing cars. Twin ''updraught'' Webers fed [[supercharger]]s on the 1938 [[Alfa Ro ...ime, Weber carburetors were fitted to standard production cars and factory racing applications on [[automotive]] [[marques]] such as [[Abarth]], [[Alfa Romeo
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• Ferrari 512BB
  ...mpany also moved its V12 engines to the rear with its [[Ferrari P|P and LM racing cars]], but the [[Ferrari Daytona|Daytona]] was launched with its engine in
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• Belco Avia
  ...Pietro]], [[Mosezzo]], [[Italy]] that specializes in composites, building racing powerboats, manufacturing bodies for [[sports cars]] and did the composite
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• Marciano
  During his work he lent that Montreal engine to a friend who raced it into an off-road competition with a 4x4,replacing the mechanical fuel injection to carbureto ...t Pistoni Asso (Ace Pistons), and in his spare time, given the passion for racing cars, he had improvised a builder, building a tube frame with iron, an Alfa
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• Maserati 250S
  ...[Italy]], and used in [[FIA]]'s endurance [[World Sportscar Championship]] racing. ...old to [[Temple Buell]], who drilled it to 5.7-litre, later to [[Jim Hall (racing driver)|Jim Hall]]. The final works cars, #4507, was also destroyed at [[Ca
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• Legend car racing
  ...n the [[NASCAR]] modified division. The rule book committee for Legend car racing is called INEX. ...and [[Elliott Forbes-Robinson]]. All Legend cars are manufactured by [[600 Racing]], which is based in [[Harrisburg, North Carolina]]. In April of [[1992]],
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• Beta (Motorcycle)
  ...copic shock absorbers (1950). A 175 cc followed and was entered into sport racing events like the ''Milano-Taranto'' and the ''Motogiro'' with excellent resu '''Beta''' today is specialising in [[off-road]] motorcycles are best known for their popular [[Motorcycle Trials|trials]]
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• Maserati 450S
  ...[Italy]], and used in [[FIA]]'s endurance [[World Sportscar Championship]] racing. ...e, ''Maserati 450S The fastest sports racing car of the 50's -- A complete racing history from 1956 to 1962'', 2005.
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