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• Handbrake turn
  ...ng, because it causes significant loss of speed at the exit of the corner. Racers use handbrake turning only to negotiate tight 180 degrees bends that would
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• Scandinavian flick
  ...l energy. Nowadays it becomes even more popular with Norwegian and Swedish racers as an attempt to debunk the myth that [[Front-wheel_drive|FWD]] cars are pr
  6 KB (1,075 words) - 01:15, 9 October 2008
• Walt arfons
  ...heir abundance, cheapness, and great reliability. They were the first drag racers to reach 150 miles per hour in the quarter mile. In the late [[1950s]], how
  3 KB (421 words) - 14:46, 2 May 2007
• 1967 Canadian Grand Prix
  | '''[[Anglo American Racers|Eagle]]-[[Weslake]]''' | [[Anglo American Racers|Eagle]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]]
  3 KB (431 words) - 23:04, 6 July 2010
• Aston Martin DB AR1
  ...with future. The long, sweeping bonnet envoked memories of old A.M Le Mans racers, and the large air intake, set low to the road, was much like that of the A
  5 KB (826 words) - 04:23, 23 March 2007
• Bentley Boys
  The '''Bentley Boys''' were a group of gentlemen racers who drove [[Bentley]] [[Sportscar|sports cars]] to victory in the 1920s. In
  2 KB (263 words) - 05:02, 15 January 2007
• Semi-automatic transmission
  ...ch, and is used in Pro Stock. The Lenco is a transmisson also used in drag racers. A Lenco is different from a Liberty because a Lenco uses planetary gears,
  7 KB (1,011 words) - 19:04, 27 September 2009
• AJS
  ...s called the AJS 7R3, and was Ike's response to the Italian multi-cylinder racers. They did well enough in their first year, not as well the second. For 1954
  8 KB (1,243 words) - 08:01, 19 August 2008
• Gear stick
  An optimized version of the gear stick for manual transmissions available to racers and performance enthusiasts is known as a [[short shifter]]. In some traditional [[four-wheel drive]] "off-road" vehicles there can be a second gear lever which engages a [[low-ratio gear
  6 KB (956 words) - 17:13, 21 August 2009
• IRacing
  ...ervice not only as entertainment but also as a training tool for real life racers.<ref>{{ |title = iRacing.com Introduces Next-Generation Training Tool for Racers: Simracing Highlighted as Foundation for Newest Branch of Motorsport
  25 KB (3,541 words) - 05:31, 3 September 2009
• Alta Car and Engineering Company
  ...[[independent suspension]] to the chassis. They became popular among club racers due to their ability to be converted easily from 1.5L to 2L or ''vice versa ...English Racing Automobiles|ERA]] models, resulted in many sales to amateur racers. However, a lack of reliability kept the Alta name out of the long distance
  9 KB (1,437 words) - 05:27, 19 February 2007
• Sebring International Raceway
  ...us programs at the facility, including a Scholarship opportunity for young racers.
  9 KB (1,325 words) - 22:27, 25 October 2010
• Martini Racing
  ...ancia Martini drivers lineup included several contemporary [[Formula One]] racers, including [[Michele Alboreto]], [[Teo Fabi]] and [[Riccardo Patrese]]. The
  5 KB (813 words) - 06:40, 20 February 2007
• Four Wheel Drive
  ...om the [[engine]] simultaneously. While many people think exclusively of [[off-road]] vehicles, powering all four wheels provides better control on slick ice a ...tag into the realm of the possible, many Range Rovers enjoy a new life as off-road competition vehicles. One startling snippet testifying to the durability of
  20 KB (3,185 words) - 09:16, 19 June 2010
• Motor Racing
  The 1930s saw the transformation from high-priced road cars into pure racers, with [[Delage]], [[Auto Union]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]], and [[Bu ...d more modified [[Group A]] cars. Cars compete on (closed) public roads or off-road areas run on a point-to-point format where participants and their co-driver
  31 KB (4,849 words) - 10:13, 14 October 2010
• Race car
  ...s of specially modified vehicles, including cars, compete in races through off-road environments. In North America these races often take place in the desert, ...e. Cars used vary from production vehicles, to group N racers onto formula racers from bygone eras. One such Hillclimb event is the Prescott Hillclimb, stage
  24 KB (3,801 words) - 22:15, 21 January 2007
• Craftsman Truck Series
  ...ries dates back to 1993. A group of [[SCORE International|SCORE]] off-road racers (Dick Landfield, Jimmy Smith, Jim Venable, and Frank "Scoop" Vessels) wante
  15 KB (2,143 words) - 00:15, 19 June 2010
• Porsche 924
  ...mply with regulations, a number of these fire-breathing, 375bhp silhouette racers had to be sold, and Porsche eventually produced 17. These cars were not roa
  13 KB (1,944 words) - 23:07, 13 February 2009
• Swedish Grand Prix
  ...rest for Formula One in Sweden fell following the death of the two Swedish racers.
  9 KB (1,449 words) - 00:45, 7 July 2010
• Mille Miglia
  ...king, which was seen as an unnecessary danger to spectators given that the racers were ultimately competing with the clock and not one another. Thus, cars we
  11 KB (1,635 words) - 14:21, 19 December 2010

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