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• Formula Three
  ...itish F3 now costs around £400,000 and about £80,000 in Asia, for a year's racing), but is regarded as a key investment in a young driver's future career. Su ...lass to run that day. The race was won by [[Eric Brandon]] in his [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] Prototype (T2).
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• Pontiac Fiero
  | Sports Car ...s a sporty, exciting, highly fuel-efficient, highly styled 2-seat personal car.
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• Jordan Motor Car Company
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''Jordan Motor Car Company''' was founded in 1916 in Cleveland, Ohio by [[Edward S. "Ned" Jord Jordan Motor Car established its plant east of downtown Cleveland at 1070 East 152nd Street
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• Lola
  ...rs before diversifying into one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world. Lola is one of the best-known names in [[automobile racing]]. A subsidiary of Lola is the rowing boat manufacturer Lola Aylings. Lola
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• International Motor Sports Association
  ...rgia. It was started by John Bishop, a former employee of [[SCCA]] (Sports Car Club of America), and his wife Peggy in 1969 with help from [[William Franc ...ame involved in motorsport in the 1950s when he met Dave Allen, a [[Sports Car Club of America]] (SCCA) staff member. Allen offered Bishop a management po
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• Lotus
  '''Lotus Cars''' is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, England. The company is famous for designing and buil ...Hotel in Hornsea. Team Lotus was active and competitive in [[Formula One]] racing from 1958 to 1994. Since the 1960s the company has occupied a modern factor
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• Ferrari F355
  ...r head. Like its predecessors and descendants, the F355 is a fairly common car (for a Ferrari) with approx. 11,273 units produced. ...ormance and dimension specifications as the original. Ferrari simply added racing seats, a downforce wing, and a roll cage. The F355 Challenge is not street
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• Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
  | [[Sportscar|Sports Car]] ...model's official name and as such should not be used when referring to the car in any true manner.
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• Talladega Superspeedway
  ...founder [[William France Sr.|Bill France]] took to the track himself in a car and drove around it at high speeds. NASCAR also ran a successful support ra ...dega Superspeedway has the record for the fastest recorded time in a stock car - 212.809 mph (342.483 km/h) set by Bill Elliott on April 30, 1987. Elliott
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• Ferrari F50
  ...t was developed from the 3.5L V12 used in the 1992 Ferrari F92 Formula One car. ...ltural, a monument. They must be hard to find, so we will produce one less car than the market." The last F50 was produced in Maranello, Italy in July 199
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• Overhead Valve
  ...olvo B18 and B20]] engines can rev to more than 7,000 rpm. Various pushrod racing engines are capable of reaching from 9,000 in some series to 10,500 rpm in ...of the 'production based' loophole but still design it to be state of the racing art in all other ways, without any of the drawbacks of a real production-ba
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• Preston Tucker
  ...n and His Dream'' is based on Tucker's spirit and the saga surrounding the car's production. ...p in Memphis, Tennesee (Dulian would later be sales manager for the Tucker Car Corp). In 1931 Tucker moved to Buffalo, NY and became regional sales manag
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• Craftsman Truck Series
  ...owned and operated by the [[NASCAR|National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing]]. It is the only series in all of NASCAR to race modified production [[pic ...Jim Venable, and Frank "Scoop" Vessels) wanted a bigger audience for truck racing.<ref name=roadandtrack>{{cite web | url = http://www.roadandtrack.com/?sect
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• Dan Gurney
  ...Sexton Gurney''' (born April 13, 1931) is an American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner. ...a teenager. He has been a driver, a car manufacturer, and a team owner at racing's highest levels since 1958.
  34 KB (4,690 words) - 05:35, 25 May 2010
• GMC Syclone
  ...[[Chevrolet Corvette|Corvette]] and - in a memorable comparison test in [[Car and Driver]] magazine - a [[Ferrari]]. Featuring a turbocharged 6-cylinder ...achines magazine, was the grand prize for 10 lucky winners of The Marlboro Racing ‘92 Contest. All 10 trucks were provided to American Sunroof Corporation
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• Karl Benz
  ...ccelerator (car)|speed regulation]] system known also as an [[Accelerator (car)|accelerator]], [[Ignition system|ignition]] using [[Electrostatic discharg ...standard for his two-stroke engine. Benz soon patented the [[accelerator (car)|speed regulation]] system, the [[ignition system|ignition]] using sparks w
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• Sports car racing
  ...closed wheels. They may be purpose-built or related to road-going [[sports car]]s. ...y involve complex pit strategy and regular driver changes&mdash;sports car racing is seen more as a team sport than a gladiatorial individual sport, and team
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• Motors Liquidation Company
  ...ims will not be fully satisfied, leading to its conclusion that the common stock will have no value.<br /><br /> ...tion Company"), including its common stock formerly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "GM", are or will become securities of Ge
  19 KB (2,796 words) - 02:32, 11 April 2010
• Porsche 917
  | Racing The 917 is one of the most iconographic sports racing cars of all time largely for its high speeds and high horsepower outputs an
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• Chevrolet Corvair engine
  ...t but wide packaging made the engine ideal for mounting in the rear of the car, eliminating the weight and space of a conventional driveshaft. ...e train]] in most engines usually functioned perfectly for the life of the car.
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