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  • ...ars that retain only the basic shape of the original vehicle) and designed-from-scratch "formula" and "sports racer" cars can be used in club racing. ...onal Speedway]] (1965, 1967, 1969), [[Road Atlanta]] (1970-1993) and [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]] (1994-2005). In 2006, the "Runoffs" moved to [[Heartlan
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  • |Key people:||Mark A. Emkes, CEO ...the 1970s, the Firestone 500 steel-belted radials where known to separate from the tread, usually at high speeds, due to water seeping under the tread, wh
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  • | Foundation || [[Akron, Ohio]] ([[1898]]) | Location || [[Akron, Ohio]]
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  • ...orcycle Museum - A good sampling of classic racing and touring motorcycles from the 1950s to the current models. Located near Boston. ...cycling at a new museum next to the association's headquarter in Columbus, Ohio.
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  • ...oard of advisors. Among the corporation’s investors are several of the key people behind NASCAR’s success, but Grand American offers an entirely different ...types are purpose- built chassis powered by stock-block production engines from [[Lexus]], [[Pontiac]], [[Porsche]], [[BMW]], [[Infiniti]] and [[Ford Motor
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  • ..., and get that Torelli ride from a nice, hand-crafted steel frame, made by people who care. Tubeset: Columbus' "New Thron" tubeset. Made from 25CrMo4 Cromoly steel, Thron is now drawn to 0.5mm in the main tubes, makin
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  • ...], ''sukti'' means "to rotate". The Latin word ''[[:wikt:rota|rota]]'' is from the Proto-Indo-European *''rotā-'', the extended o-grade form of the root ...ucasus]] several graves were found, in which since 3700 [[Common Era|BCE]] people had been buried on [[wagon]]s or [[cart]]s (both types). The earliest depic
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  • | Birth place || {{flagiconUSA}} [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] Newman was a co-founder of [[Newman's Own]], a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of O
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  • ...buying habits. The industry is also facing increasing external competition from the public transport sector, as consumers re-evaluate their private vehicle ...roduced by each one. The table is ranked by the latest production figures from [[OICA]] 2007 for the parent group, and then alphabetically by marque.
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  • ...raphical position, thus akin to the name of [[Geneva]]. Or it could derive from the Celtic root genu-, genawa (pl. genowe), meaning "mouth", i.e., estuary. ...ndon]] in [[1190]] so their ships entering the Mediterranean would benefit from the protection of the powerful Genoese fleet. However, historians agree tha
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  • ...n to repair their broken bikes or flat tires to avoid being stranded miles from help. This reliance on survival skills accounts for the group dynamics of t ...rests or fields. Mountain bikers describe a sense of euphoria that results from singletrack or downhill riding.
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  • ...en gas]]-fuelled one-cylinder internal combustion engine made a test drive from [[Paris]] to [[Joinville-le-Pont]] in 1860, covering some nine kilometres i ...mler]] and [[Wilhelm Maybach]] in [[Stuttgart]] in 1889 designed a vehicle from scratch to be an automobile rather than a horse-drawn carriage fitted with
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  • ...midator came out on top, but Stewart had nonetheless impressed quite a few people with his performance. In the 500 itself, Stewart ran near the front until Stewart spent most of his rookie season wowing people, as his car was often in the top 10. He only failed to finish a race once,
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  • ...and is very important to the [[world economy]]. Structural components made from aluminium and its [[alloy]]s are vital to the [[aerospace]] industry and ve ...ents and manufacturing processes. A lack of knowledge of these aspects has from time to time led to improperly designed structures and gained aluminium a b
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  • '''Mario Gabriele Andretti''' (born February 28, 1940) is a retired [[People of the United States|American]] [[automobile]] [[auto racing|racing]] drive ...sion of [[World War II]] in 1945 and the Treaty of Paris finalizing Istria from Italy. Three years later in 1948 Mario, Aldo, their sister Anna Maria, and
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