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• Porsche RS Spyder
  ...the 1950s [[Porsche 550]], marks Porsche's return to the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]-type of [[sports car racing]] since the its last entry and overall win th ...RS Spyder made its debut in the final event of the 2005 [[American Le Mans Series]], the Monterey Sports Car Championship at [[Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca]], e
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• BMW V12 LM98
  ...port]]. This combination was successful in winning the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, by 1997 the F1 GTRs were no longer competitive against newer bree ...ting the car's chassis and develop its aerodynamics for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. At the same time, BMW Motorsport turned to [[Schnitzer Motorsport]], a lon
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• Group C
  ...nce Championship (1983 only). It was also used for other sports car racing series around the globe. The final year for the class came in 1993. ...rules were used in the North American [[IMSA]] [[Grand Touring Prototype]] series [[IMSA GTP|GTP]].
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• Cadillac Northstar LMP
  ...Series]] as well as an attempt to return Cadillac to the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] since they first entered in {{24hLM|1950}}. The Northstar LMPs were name ...fine-tune the engine until it was properly prepared to not only survive Le Mans, but also to beat the dominant [[Audi R8 (race car)|Audi R8]]s. GM would t
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• Eric Bachelart
  ...r year in Belgium (the 1996 highlights being entering the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] marathon with the Racing-For-Belgium [[Ferrari 333SP]] and the 24 Hours o ...lliday was replaced by [[Jan Heylen]]. His team moved to the IRL [[IndyCar Series]] as a result of open-wheel unification.
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• Mazdaspeed
  ...p to Hiroshima in 1990. In 1991, Mazdaspeed's [[Mazda 787|787]] won at Le Mans, a feat no other Japanese team has managed. }}</ref> the Mazdaspeed team raced one more year at [[Le Mans]] in a [[Piston]] powered car which came forth, then turned away from profe
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• Radical
  ...egal, they also build some purpose-built racing cars, such as the SR9 [[Le Mans prototype]]. ...around the car. Backed by the [[British Racing and Sports Car Club]], the series featured identical cars that were open to anyone who owned an 1100 Clubspor
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• Petit Le Mans
  The '''Petit Le Mans''' (French for ''little Le Mans'') is a [[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance racing|endurance]] rac ...Le Mans Series]]. It uses the rules established for the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO), which are slightly modified
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• BMW V12 LMR
  |Category = Le Mans Prototype ...e[[ 24 Hours of Le Mans]]. Immediately following the [[1998 24 Hours of Le Mans]] in which both BMW V12 LMs had failed to finish due to mechanical difficul
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• Martini Racing
  '''Martini Racing''' is the name under which various motor racing teams raced when sponsored by the Martini & Rossi distillery that produces Martin ...e in 1980 they were associated with [[Joest Racing]], once more only at Le Mans.
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• Tom Walkinshaw Racing
  ...A GT Championship|GTP Championship]]. Jaguar cars won the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] and the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] in 1988 and 1990. The company also began ...turning them into open top prototypes. The [[Porsche]]-powered cars won Le Mans in 1996 and 1997.
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• Prodrive
  ...om. It designs, constructs and races [[automobile|cars]] for companies and teams such as [[Subaru]] and [[Aston Martin]]. Its Automotive Technology division ...an of the group. Their first involvement in motor racing was running rally teams for [[Porsche]], [[MG|MG]] and [[BMW]], all of whom it had various successe
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• Ferrari 333 SP
  |Category = [[Le Mans Prototype]] ...structor = [[Ferrari]]<br><br>[[Dallara]] (Series One)<br> [[Michelotto]] (Series Two)
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• Sebring International Raceway
  | Events = '''[[American Le Mans Series]]'''<br>[[12 Hours of Sebring]] | Record_class = [[Le Mans Prototype|LMP1]]
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• Audi R8 LMP
  ...Le Mans]] in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005. A streak of six straight Le Mans victories was broken-up only by the [[Bentley Speed 8]] in 2003, when the R ...e R8 has seen action in a few races leading up to [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]].
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• Circuit Paul Ricard
  | Location = Le Castellet, France The '''Paul Ricard Circuit''' is a [[motorsport]] [[race track]] built at Le Castellet, near Marseille, France, in 1969 with finance from the eccentric
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• World Sportscar Championship
  The '''World Sportscar Championship''' was the world series run for [[sports car racing]] by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Aut ...st automakers spent millions of dollars per year. The official name of the series changed throughout the years, however it was generally been known as the Wo
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• Lotus Elise GT1
  ..., [[Venturi]] 600LM, [[Ferrari F40]] GTE, and others. However in 1997 the series became known as the [[FIA GT Championship]], and manufacturer involvement w ...]. With this, seven Elise GT1 racing chassis were built, going to factory teams GT1 Lotus Racing as well as privateer GBF UK, First Racing Project, and MVR
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• Alfa Romeo in motorsport
  The 8C 2300 won the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] from 1931 to 1934, with Alfa Romeo withdrawing from racing in 19 During the 1960s, several minor F1 teams used Alfa Romeo [[straight-4]] engines and a V8 Alfa Romeo appeared in [[Mc
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• Mark Blundell
  ...to the more powerful FF2000 category, and promptly won the BBC Grandstand series. He even returned to FF1600 for the European Championship racing, taking po ...the works Lola team in F3000, at that time one of the biggest teams in the series. In a closely contested season, Blundell managed a very respectable sixth p
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