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• Pat Moss
  '''Pat Moss''' (born [[1935]]) was a [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Rally racing|rally]] driver. In [[1953]] she started rally racing in a [[Morris Motor Company|Morris Minor]], after being the navigato
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• World Rally Car
  ...'Automobile|FIA]] and used to compete in the outright class of the [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC). Technical regulations mandate that World Rally Cars must be built upon a production car with a minimum of 2500 units, based on
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• Motorcycle rally
  ...cle rally''' is a gathering of [[motorcyclist|motorcycle enthusiasts]]. A rally can range from the mild corporate-sponsored [[Honda Hoot]] to the infamous ...nounce.htm], the [[Oyster Run]] in the Pacific Northwest, the Golden Aspen Rally (formerly Aspencade[http://www.amadirectlink.com/news/2006/Aspen.asp]) in t
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• Tire mousse
  ...torbikes in enduro, rally-raid and motocross events. 1987 on the Acropolis Rally, In 1987, Michelin debuted its ATS system (Appui Temporaire Souple, or Flex ...onship]], although it is banned following the 2007 season, and the [[Dakar Rally]].
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• Rallycross
  ...uction or specially built road [[automobile|car]]s, similar to the [[World Rally Car]]s, but with about 250bhp stronger engines. It is mainly popular in the ...original Clubman's rallycross, was held the next day. It opened up the new rally drivers' fun-sport to many amateur competitors, proved very successful and
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• Martini (vermouth)
  ...their distinctive dark blue, light blue and red stripes on white or silver cars. ...n white cars with [[Ford Motor Company]]-V8-engines since 1975, and on red cars powered by [[Alfa Romeo]]-V12 since 1977. They moved to [[Team Lotus]] afte
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• Group N
  ...FIA in [[1982]] to replace the outgoing [[Group 1]] as "''standard touring cars''". To qualify for [[homologation]], a minimum of 2500 cars of the competing model have to be built in one year, out of 25,000 for the
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• Lancia 037
  ...lt by [[Lancia]] in the early 1980s purely for [[FIA]] [[Group B]] [[World Rally Championship]]. ...6 in 1985. Midway through 1985 the 037 was replaced in the Lancia factory rally car line up with the [[Lancia Delta S4|Delta S4]] which featured 4WD and a
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• Lancia Zagato
  ...Zagato 1.6 is famous for both its unusually beautiful design and European Rally championship history. Only 800 handbuilt Zagato 1.6 coupes were ever produ Various sports and "fast touring" '''[[Lancia]]''' cars have had bodies built or designed by the great Italian design house '''[[Za
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• Rallying
  ..., and the fact that the vehicles are in some cases closely related to road cars, draws massive spectator interest, especially in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [ ...ys removed the motorsport from its “grassroots” past. For better or worse, rally has become a lucrative business.
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• Rally
  ! colspan=2 |[[WRC]] Rally Germany / Deutschland 2008 ..., and the fact that the vehicles are in some cases closely related to road cars, draws massive spectator interest, especially in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [
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• Offroad racing
  ...of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buggies) compete in races through [[off-road]] en ...rallycross]], while desert races and rally-raids such as the [[Paris-Dakar Rally|Paris-Dakar]], [[Master Rallye]] or European "bajas" are called Cross-Count
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• Knockhill Racing Circuit
  ...sport. Today Knockhill boasts a range of facilities from an offroad track, rally stage, fully serviced racing circuit and excellent spectator and participan ...ar including the British [[superbike]] championship, Touring cars, [[stock cars]] and the infamous [[hot hatch]] days.
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• Spoiler (automotive)
  ...become common on passenger vehicles, as well. Some spoilers are added to cars primarily for styling purposes and have either little aerodynamic benefit o ...ome spoilers have adjustable components so they can be tuned. Formula One cars, for instance, feature different settings so the car can be optimized for s
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• Fiat 128
  ...W Golf]], rather than the 3P, that first caught the public imagination for cars of this type and sold in significant numbers worldwide. ...w the launch of the 124 Special, which used the [[World Rally Championship|Rally]] engine in a four-door [[sedan]] body. In 1975 the 128 3P (3 door) replac
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• Vintage car
  ...|250px|A well restored 1925 [[Flint (automobile)|Flint car]] (U.S.A.) at a rally in Australia]] ...[[Antifreeze (coolant)|Antifreeze]] was introduced, allowing water-cooled cars to be used year-round. Four-wheel [[brake|braking]] from a common foot peda
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• Ferrari 288 GTO
  ...B, but the 288 GTO never raced and all 272 cars built remained purely road cars. ...s dialed down to 450 hp after Group B was banned as a whole in 1986. These cars form the clearest visual link between the 288 GTO and the F40, soon to foll
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• Sequential manual transmission
  ...pe of [[manual transmission]] used on [[motorcycle]]s and high-performance cars or [[auto racing]], where [[gear]]s are selected in order, and direct acces ...urrent crop of so-called paddle-shift systems fitted to some high-end road cars. More often than not, these systems are nothing more than conventional auto
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• Ferrari GTO
  ...984]] through [[1986]]. It was built with the [[Group B]] [[rally racing|rally series]] in mind but was never entered there. ...imit for the class (4 liters) and the required multiplier for turbocharged cars (1.4). With this formula in mind, the GTO's V8 was rated at 3,997 cc
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• Autodelta
  .... This allowed Autodelta to use the [[Balocco]] test track for new racing cars and prototypes. ...TZ]] introduced in June 1962. The TZ was updated to TZ2 in 1965, with both cars taking many wins in various championships. Alfa Romeo and Autodelta would
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