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  • ...1957. Elfin Sports Cars was purchased in 1998 by businessmen and historic racing enthusiasts Bill Hemming and Nick Kovatch. ...ccessful championship driver and designer and builder of racing and sports/racing cars as '''Elfin Sports Car Company'''.
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  • ...-tubular, [[space frame]]d racing cars, which had in the past been seen in Australia only as imported automobiles. ...nce then retired from the motorcar industry. He continues to play trumpet in the Bucks, Berks & Oxon Big Band and his son, Lee Buckingham's big band.
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  • ...ed by Cup Car Australia and is sanctioned by [[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport|CAMS]] as an Australian Championship <ref>[http://www.camsmanual.com. ...ations for the championship are based on those used for Carrera Cup racing in Europe and the rest of the world with modifications to the cars strictly co
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  • ...velopment and preparation of the company's [[rally racing]] and [[off-road racing]] vehicles, and is also used as a performance brand with parts available to ...e="stewart">[http://www.ralliart.com/00topics/topics12/index.html Ralliart Australia], Ralliart.com, November 7, 2000</ref> The two have subsequently served as
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  • '''Formula Holden''' was an Australian [[open wheel racing]] category. ...sources and a few specifically designed for the class, like the [[Cheetah Racing Cars|Cheetah]], [[Elfin Sports Cars|Elfin]], Spa (designed by F1 designer [
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  • ...in theory its own make for one year in the United States and from 1960–66 in Canada. ...arily to shore up Plymouth's sales volume, which had dropped embarassingly in 1960.
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  • ...ama Circuit|Mount Panorama]] round. Third was David Russell in the Sherrin Motor Sport car. ...ving the series briefly in limbo. With the assistance of CAMS and Porsche Australia, Glenn Ridge owned company Q Media Events took over the running of the seri
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  • ...ed with [[Bruno Giacomelli]]'s [[Alfa Romeo]], which sent Daly's [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Cosworth]] flying over Giacomelli and landing between teammate | '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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  • ...nd became “Tickford Motor Bodies” simply known by the name of "Tickford". In 1955 it was bought by [[David Brown|David Brown]], who was already the owne ...e made in a factory set up near Coventry and a railway division was set up in Nuneaton to design interiors for underground and mainline train carriages.
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  • ...ae currently races with the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) and is a Motor Sports Association (MSA) recognised Club ...due course wings and slicks. Unlike endurance-oriented forms of sports car racing, Clubmans tended to run at club-level meetings. Races were typically short
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  • ...o]] and [[Mazda]]. He was awarded the [[Jim Clark]] Memorial Award in 1995 in recognition of his styling work on the DB7. ...Design Manager responsible for the [[Carrozzeria Ghia|Ghia]] Design Studio in Turin and initiated the Ghia Zig and Zag show car concepts.
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  • ...International Circuit]]. It was the first [[Formula One]] race to be held in the Kingdom of Bahrain. | '''[[British American Racing|BAR]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]'''
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  • ...pen to drivers of racing cars complying with [[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport|CAMS]] [[Carrera Cup]] regulations for their [[Porsche 911 GT3|Porsch *Round 1, [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide Parklands]], South Australia, March 4
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  • ...[[Subaru]] and [[Aston Martin]]. Its Automotive Technology division based in Warwick provides road car design and engineering consultation for various c Prodrive is perhaps best known for its involvement in the [[World Rally Championship]] with the Subaru World Rally Team.
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  • The '''1965 Mexican Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at [[Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez|Mexico City]] on October 24, 19 ...[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] also bowed out of Formula One in winning form. Gurney and [[Mike Spence]] took the other podium places, with
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  • ...at the [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course]] in Watkins Glen, New York. ...rrell Racing|Tyrrell]], five seconds ahead of [[Denny Hulme]]'s [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]].
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  • ...or many years it formed the premier non-championship [[Formula One]] event in Britain, alongside the [[Race of Champions (Brands Hatch)|Race of Champions ...from that of an extinct event formerly held at the [[Brooklands]] circuit in the early 1930s. The first Silverstone event was noteworthy as it was the f
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  • ...sponsorless cars were shipped to Brazil. However, they were forced to stay in the garage for the weekend as there was no longer any money for the team. A ...on after a 1:16.004, over half a second faster than [[Michael Schumacher]] in second. [[Gerhard Berger]] and [[Mika Häkkinen]] completed the second row.
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  • | {{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Alan Jones (Formula 1)|Alan Jones]]''' | '''[[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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  • ...terly at Reynard Park, Brackley, England the company built successful cars in [[Formula Ford]] 1600, [[Formula Ford]] 2000, [[Formula Vauxhall Lotus]], [ ...often cars were damaged) and started "networking" with young drivers early in their careers so that they would be favourably disposed towards Reynard lat
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