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...Wallace attended the [[Jim Russell Racing Driver School|Jim Russell Racing Drivers' School]]. He has raced prototype [[sports car]]s since 1988, winning over * [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]

...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 ...by [[Penske Racing]] and driven by a team of [[Porsche Junioren]] factory drivers. At the Laguna Seca race the sole RS Sypder of [[Lucas Luhr]] and [[Sascha

...e Mans Series|ALMS]] [[Grand Prix of Mosport]]<br />[[NASCAR Canadian Tire Series]], [[Can Am]] | Record_class = [[American Le Mans Series|ALMS LMP1]]

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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

|Notable Drivers = ...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

|Category = [[Le Mans Prototype]] ...structor = [[Ferrari]]<br><br>[[Dallara]] (Series One)<br> [[Michelotto]] (Series Two)

...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

|Notable Drivers = [[John Surtees]] |Debut = 1966 CanAM Series

| Events = [[Formula One]], [[Champ Car|CART]], [[Trans-Am Series|Trans-Am]] ...t Grand Prix|The 1984 race]] tied an F1 road course record by featuring 20 drivers that failed to finish, eventually setting the record when one finisher was

|Category = [[Le Mans Prototype]] (LMP1) |Notable Drivers = {{flagicon|DEU}} Timo Bernhard<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Dumas<br>{{f

...ival [[Chevrolet Corvette|Chevrolet Corvette C5R]] at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] endurance race to take the GTS class win. ...rought in to manage the unsuccessful [[Formula One]] constructor [[British American Racing|BAR]]. Richards was appointed as team principal of BAR, but after Ho

| Events = '''[[American Le Mans Series]]'''<br>[[12 Hours of Sebring]] | Record_class = [[Le Mans Prototype|LMP1]]

Nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American | ...p://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Jim_Hall | title = The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? | accessdate = 2007-08-13}}</ref>) is a former [[race

...Mans Endurance Series]] (LMES), the Euro version of the [[American Le Mans Series]] ([[ALMS]]). ...having won the race in 1967, 1968, 1974, 1982 and 1983. He is also 1 of 2 drivers to win the 1000 km Spa on both the original and current circuits, the other

...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]].

...ars, both near identical Lola T70s, launched themselves into the air. Both drivers emerged unhurt but were unable to compete in the race. The Canadian winters ...Grand Prix|hosted a round]] of the [[Champ Car World Series]], marking the series' [[Champ Car Mont-Tremblant 07|first race]] at the circuit since Indy cars

| Record_year2 = [[2008 Australian Drivers' Championship|2008]] ...ian Grand Prix]] events from 1985 to 1995 as well as an [[American Le Mans Series]] [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance race]] on New Year's Eve in 200

...Izod IndyCar Series]]'''<br>Long Beach Grand Prix<br>'''[[American Le Mans Series]]'''<br>Grand Prix of Long Beach |Record_class = [[Champ Car World Series]]

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

...tarted tuning Honda engines for use in [[Formula 3]], winning the Japanese series with [[Akihiko Nakaya]], and in 1990 expanded their business to Europe. The ...h the [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]] combo, the Japanese series responded by making Mugen the sole supplier to the Japanese championship, n

...over the world from the [[World Endurance Championship]] to the [[CanAm]] series, until 1973. ...se will be homologated for historic racing and there is talk of a one-make series for the cars.)

...arch into how often cars were damaged) and started "networking" with young drivers early in their careers so that they would be favourably disposed towards Re ...in. Reynard acquired various other lucrative contracts for one-make racing series over the years, as well as achieving numerical domination in many open-chas

...al Motor Sports Association''' (generally referred to as '''IMSA''') is an American [[auto racing]] sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. It was starte | title = [[Prototypes: The History of the IMSA GTP Series]]

The race has a rich history, as legendary drivers such as [[Stirling Moss]], [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], [[Jacky Ickx]], [[Briggs ...]. It is known as an excellent preparation for the famous [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], as the track's extremely bumpy surface, combined with South Florida's pe

'''Carroll Hall Shelby''', (born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas) is an American racing and automotive design legend. ...dori]], and driving for [[Aston Martin]], he won the 1959 [[24 Hours of Le Mans]].

...celebrate this feat. It was contested by a handful of amateurs and several American factory teams. ...models being small and often quite underpowered (especially with regard to American and other German opponents) [[Porsche]] enjoyed some success in the race, m

...ber]] and [[Reinhold Joest]] have become almost as famous as many of their drivers. ...year, but an error in the [[team orders]] of the [[Ford GT40]] team at Le Mans in 1966 took the win from him, although he finished first.

Nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American | ...Porsche in Formula One|Porsche]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Brabham]], [[All American Racers|Eagle]], [[Team McLaren|McLaren]] |

...Circuit]]. The racing MC12's were also entered into the [[American Le Mans Series]] races in 2005 but had exceeded the size restrictions and consequently pai ...rati MC12.jpg|thumb|300px|An MC12 GT1 at Road Atlanta in the [[American Le Mans|ALMS]]]]

...uelled autos. In 1894, the first contest was organized by Paris magazine ''Le Petit Journal'', a reliability test to determine best performance. But the ...o be the pinnacle of motorsports. In North America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] an

...ed into [[sedan (car)|saloon]] racing in Canada, winning a [[Honda Civic]] series and many races from 1976 to 1978. He then stepped up to the open-wheeler [[ ...ious races, and had a one-off Sportscar drive at the 1983 [[24 Hours of Le Mans]].

...cecar that gave [[Porsche]] its first overall wins at the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] in [[24_hours_of_Le_Mans#1970-1971_The_Porsche_917_years|1970 and 1971]]. In the 1973 [[CanAm]] series, the turbocharged version Porsche 917/30 developed over 1100 bhp, and as mu

...rcycle Grand Prix<br>[[Champ Car World Series|CART]]<br>[[American Le Mans Series]]<br>[[Monterey Historic Automobile Races]] ...ents are held at the raceway, ranging from [[superkart]]s to [[American Le Mans]] racing to music festivals.

...r organized was on April 28, 1887 by the chief editor of Paris publication Le Vélocipède, Monsieur Fossier. It ran 2 kilometers from Neuilly Bridge to On July 22, 1894, the Parisian magazine ''Le Petit Journal'' organised what is considered to be the world's first car ra

...Audi R10 TDI]], which won the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] and [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], becoming the first [[diesel fuel|diesel]]-powered car to win either of t ...Championship season|2009 World Touring Car Championship]] both titles (for drivers' as well as for manufacturers').

...ace''', often shortened to '''Indianapolis 500''' or '''Indy 500''', is an American [[automobile]] [[auto racing|race]], held annually over the Memorial Day we ..., which they did from 1913 to 1919. However, after World War I, the native drivers and manufacturers regained their dominance of the race, with the engineer H

...d Button, have captured one [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' title]] with the team. After Senna died in a Williams car in a crash at th ...nship, with a respectable 16 points, while Alan Jones finished 12th in the drivers' championship.

...d Button, have captured one [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' title]] with the team. After Senna died in a Williams car in a crash at th ...nship, with a respectable 16 points, while Alan Jones finished 12th in the drivers' championship.

'''[[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IZOD IndyCar Series]]'''<br>[[Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500-Mile Race]] '''[[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]]'''<br/>[[Brickyard 400]]

...atal crash of [[Piers Courage]] at [[Circuit Zandvoort|Zandvoort]], the F1 drivers decided at the [[French Grand Prix]] to boycott the Ring unless major chang ...hree more F1 races were held until 1976, but even higher demands by the F1 drivers and the FIA's CSI commission were too expensive or impossible to meet. So t

...1.5 litres to 4.5 litres. The maximum power achieved in the history of the series was around 1200 bhp in racing trim, during the 1980s 'turbo era'. ...he war, but due to the suspension of racing during the conflict, the World Drivers' Championship was not formalised until 1947. The first world championship r

{{Le Mans drivers ...ing for the [[Mercedes-Benz]] sports car squad at [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] in 1999 where he had two spectacular accidents during practice and warm-u

...s about motor vehicles, primarily [[automobile|cars]]. [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|It began in 1977]] as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, an ...ncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7647 |title=Breaking News - NBC Details New Beers Series, Midseason Options &#124; TheFutonCritic.com |publisher=Futoncritic.com |da

...]] concept car, only Mazda has produced Wankel engines in large numbers. [[American Motors]] (AMC) was so convinced "...that the rotary engine will play an imp ...competitors had only the same amount of fuel available, because of the Le Mans 24h limited fuel quantity rule.<ref>SAE Paper 920309

...loys in black. Inside, a special plaque bears the signatures of Ford Rally drivers [[Mikko Hirvonen]] and [[Jarmo Lehtinen]]. Performance-wise, though, it rem ...with silver racing stripe livery inspired by the GT40's 1-2-3 finish at Le Mans in '66. Pricing starts at £20,495 (US$42,700). [http://carscoop.blogspot.c

Drivers = 7. {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Felipe Massa]] <br /> 8. {{flagicon|Spain ...both the [[1954 British Grand Prix]] and [[1970 Austrian Grand Prix]], two drivers each set equal fastest lap time in Ferraris. This number includes [[Giancar