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• Stock-car racing
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• F1 (disambiguation)
  * [[Formula One]] racing * [[F1 Powerboat Racing]]
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• Stock-car racing
  #REDIRECT [[Stock car racing]]
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• Hot Rods (oval racing)
  ...l racing in Britain that had evolved in a very different way than American stock cars. ...nd, hot rod racing evolved from a class known as sports and production car racing, introduced at tracks such as Plymouth and St Austell in the 1950s.
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• Toyota 4Runner Baja 1000
  {{Racing Car Infobox | |Category = Tecate SCORE [[Baja 1000]] [[Stock Mini Class]]
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• Derek Bennett
  ...in Manchester - d.1978); was a self-taught, intuitive engineer and amateur racing driver. He was born in 1933 in Manchester, England but was brought up in Pr ...motor racing scene in the North of England, initially in local [[stock-car racing]] events.
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• Porsche-March 89 P
  {{Racing Car Infobox | ...uture led to the project being poorly directed and frequently delayed. The car was not particularly reliable nor competitive, and at the end of the year P
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• Open wheel car
  ...ow the body or fenders. Open-wheel cars are usually built specifically for racing, frequently with a higher degree of technological sophistication than in ot ...ndertray]] that helps achieve additional aerodynamic downforce pushing the car on to the road.
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• Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
  ...= [[Brazilian Grand Prix]] (1978-1989), [[Stock Car Brasil]], [[Champ Car|CART]] (1996-2000) | Record_class2 = [[Champ Car World Series|Cart FedEx Championship Series]]
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• Lotus 20B
  {{Racing Car Infobox | ...ar that was an evolution of the [[Lotus 20|20]], but with [[sway bar]] and stock inboard drum brakes in the rear. Occasionally, 20Bs ran with other engines,
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• Officine Meccaniche
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Officine Meccaniche''' (OM) was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonim ...the plant of the former [[Brixia-Zust]], just after OM took over [[Zust]] car company of Brescia, Northern Italy.
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• Abarth 750 Bialbero Record
  |Class = Land Speed Record Car ...rd car. After construction, the 750 Bialbero Record was tested at Monza by racing drivers Paul Frère and Marino Guarnieri in October of 1957. There, it set
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• Podium
  The [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]], the highest level of stock car racing in the United States, does not have a three-person podium. Instead the winn The [[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IndyCar Series]] does not use a podium at the [[Indianapolis
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• Walt arfons
  ...n [[drag racing]], and his competitor in jet powered [[land speed record]] racing. Along with Art, he was a pioneer in the use of aircraft jet engines for th ...cer at the drag strip laughingly announced the car as the [[Green Monster (car)|Green Monster]], and the name was to stick to his joint projects with Art.
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• Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
  ...[[Juan Gálvez|Juan]] y [[Oscar Alfredo Gálvez|Oscar Gálvez]]''' is a motor racing circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina built in 1952 under president Juan Peró The [[1000 km Buenos Aires]] [[sports car racing|sports car]] event used the ''Autódromo'' as well as sections of highway situated nea
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• Autocross
  ...wn right, autocrossing is a good way to learn skills that transfer to road racing, as drivers learn vehicle control and club ethics. ...clubs. Automobile manufacturers and their associated clubs (e.g. the [[BMW Car Club of America]]) sometimes hold marque autocross events.
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• Barley Motor Car Co.
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Barley Motor Car Co.''' was a manufacturer of automobiles in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It manufa In 1913, Albert C. Barley bought the assets of the [[Streator Motor Car Co.]], which was put into receivership in 1911. Streator was itself the pr
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• Yamaha Motor Company
  ...Company while Yamaha and Yamaha Motor each bought 500,000 shares of Toyota stock in return. == Racing heritage ==
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• Bill France, Sr.
  ...naging [[NASCAR]], a sanctioning body of United States-based [[stock car]] racing. ...an painting houses, and then worked at a local car dealership. He set up a car repair shop in Daytona. [[Malcolm Campbell]] and other land speed record co
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• Matra
  ...tomobiles produced racing cars and sports cars, and was very successful in racing. ...stribution. Matra was privatized in 1988, with Lagardère holding 6% of the stock and by 1992 25%.
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• Mopar
  ...ed Mopar Performance Parts to enhance speed and handling for both road and racing use. ...later [[American Motors]] (AMC) or [[Jeep]], vehicle. Thus, for example, a car club for owners of any Chrysler Corporation vehicle might describe itself a
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• Lancia Scorpion
  | Sports car ...'Lancia Monte Carlo / Scorpion''' was a [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] sold in the 1970s. A low-power version, the '''Scorpion''', was sold in
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• Lotus Elise GT1
  ...5''') was a [[race car]] developed for [[grand tourer]]-style [[sports car racing]] starting in 1997. ...tional exposure. [[Porsche]] was the first to start a new breed of racing car in 1996, with their purpose-built homologation special known as the [[Porsc
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• Glasspar G2
  .... It was built as both a production model (in limited numbers) or as a kit car. ...Major Ken Brooks, design a body for the [[hot rod]] Ken was building. The car consisted of a stripped down [[Willys]] [[Jeep]] chassis with a highly modi
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• Clutch
  ...rsh, jerky start. This kind of start is necessary and desirable in [[drag racing]] and other competitions, where speed is more important than comfort. In a [[automobile|car]] the clutch is operated by the left-most [[Automobile pedal|pedal]] using
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• Moskvich
  ...y Zavod imeni Leninskogo Komsomola'', which means ''Youth Communist League Car Factory''). ...nd always exceeded production, so people had to wait a long time for a new car. Until the 1980s all Moskvitch cars were compact rear-wheel drive sedans an
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• Touring car racing
  '''Touring car racing''' is a general term for a number of distinct [[auto racing]] competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in B ==Characteristics of a touring car==
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• Automobilwerk Eisenach
  ...o years he started to produce a motor car which he called the “[[Wartburg (car)|Wartburg]],” a licensed model of the French “[[Decauville]].” The co ...the factory suffered from reparations with removal of equipment. In 1919, car production resumed; but soon economic hardship forced a merger with [[Gotha
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• Mercury Comet
  ...in the Comet being classified as either a compact or an intermediate-sized car during the seventeen years that the Comet name was used. ...60 Edsel Comet. Following the Edsel's termination in the fall of 1959, the car received a new grille design before its March 1960 introduction.]]
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• Auburn
  ...A 2-speed [[planetary transmission]] was fitted. The angle-steel-framed car weighed 1500 lb (680 kg) and used [[leaf spring|half-elliptic spr ...h-priced luxury vehicles. He also put his own name on a front-wheel-drive car, the [[Cord L-29]].
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• Race car
  ...le sport, and it can further include motorboat racing and air racing. Auto racing began in France in the late nineteenth century and is now one of the world' ...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater.
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• Marmon
  ...tled upon. Marmons soon gained a reputation as a reliable, speedy upscale car. ...the '''Wasp''', winner of the first [[Indianapolis 500]] motor race. This car featured the world's first rear-view mirror.
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• Chevron
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Chevron''' was a manufacturer of [[racing car]]s, founded by [[Derek Bennett]], who remained in charge from 1965 to his d ...e for its proud Lancastrian nature - unlike the rest of the British racing car industry which tended to be based in an arc running from South West London
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• Carrera Panamericana
  The '''Carrera Panamericana''' was (and is again) a [[sports car racing]] event on open roads in Mexico, similar to the [[Mille Miglia]] and [[Targ ...l is eligible. The bulk of entries are provided by 1950s and '60s American stock cars; the most popular shape is the 1953 Studebaker Champion Regal Starline
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• Antônio Pizzonia
  {{Infobox racing driver | car number = 14
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• Ferrari 250 GTO
  The '''Ferrari 250 GTO''' was a [[supercar]] and auto racing [[automobile|car]] made by [[Ferrari]] in the early 1960s. It is widely considered to be the ...r International]]'' named the 250 GTO number eight on the list of [[Sports Car International Top Sports Cars|Top Sports Cars of the 1960s]]. Similarly, ''
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• SRT-4
  ...who had previously only considered owning [[Japan]]ese [[sport compact]] [[car]]s. ...numbers equal or better than sports cars costing 2-to-3 times as much. The car was also a huge sales and marketing success for Dodge, with sales of over 2
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• Mosler
  ...ic" brakes. Confronted with this test, Warren Mosler claimed that the test car was older and worn out. The Consulier GTP competed successfully in many rac ...cles, including electric cars, composite-bodied cargo vans, and small city-car commuter vehicles.
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• Bristol
  ...nsington in London. They claim to be the last wholly British-owned luxury car builder. The cars have only ever been made in very small numbers. The most ...will maintain any car they ever built. The vast majority of parts are in stock, and they will remanufacture or hand-make any other required parts.
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• Porsche 930
  | Supercar/Sports car ...ere - and included everything, from a Formula One project, to a new racing car, via a completely new model and suggestions that even a change of ownership
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• 1972 United States Grand Prix
  ...rrell Racing|Tyrrell]], five seconds ahead of [[Denny Hulme]]'s [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]. ...all the letters they had received begging them to continue, they would be racing in the following season.''
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• Motor Racing
  ...'', or '''car racing''') is a [[motorsport]] involving the [[racing]] of [[car]]s. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports. ===The beginning of racing===
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• Autódromo José Carlos Pace
  ...a One]]'''<br>[[Brazilian Grand Prix]]<br> [[Mil Milhas Brasil]], [[Stock Car Brasil]], [[Fórmula Truck]], [[TC 2000]] ...Carlos Pace''', also known by its former name '''Interlagos''', is a motor racing circuit located in the city of São Paulo, and named after [[Carlos Pace]],
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• Jaguar XJ220
  | One-off [[Concept Cars|concept car]] (1988)<br>Production car 1991-1994 (281 units) | Sports Car
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• HEMI
  ...passenger cars. It was not until 1964 that the 426 Hemi engine caught the racing world by surprise. In 1955 Chrysler introduced the first car in North America to produce 300 horsepower and 345 pounds of torque. The 19
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• NASCAR
  .../www.racing-reference.info/exhibition.htm|title=Exhibition Races|publisher=racing-reference.info|accessdate=2009-04-18}}</ref> ...Jayski-about">{{cite web|url=http://www.jayski.com/pages/faqrace.htm|title=RACING FAQ, NASCAR Trivia and TECH Questions|date=February 15, 2009|publisher=Jays
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• Drag racing
  '''Drag racing''' is a competition in which vehicles compete to be the first to cross a se ==Basics of drag racing==
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• Benz & Cie.
  ...e only from pharmacies that sold it as a cleaning product, and they didn't stock it in large quantities. The early-1888 version of the ''Motorwagen'' had to [[Image:1885Benz.jpg|213px|1885 Benz Tri-Car]]
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• Coventry Climax
  | title = Legendary Car Engines: Inner Secrets of the World's 20 Best ...x engine was used by [[Lionel Martin]] to power the first [[Aston Martin]] car<ref>{{cite web
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• DAF Trucks
  ...managing director of a brewery. [[Huub van Doorne]] had repaired Huenges's car several times. Huenges was so pleased with his work that he offered to lend ...eels. Huub liked this project, called 355, but his brother Wim thought the car was too small. They decided to build a four-seater, and project 455 got und
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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.
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• 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
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• 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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• Chevrolet Opala
  ...ilt light trucks and pick-up trucks, so, the Opala was its first passenger car made in Brazil. ...m 1995 to 1998. Some of the components and chassis were used for an exotic car called [[Santa Matilde]].
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• Vauxhall
  '''Vauxhall Motors''' is a UK car company. It is a subsidiary of [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors] ...ompany built pumps and marine engines. In 1903 the company built its first car, a five-horsepower model steered using a tiller, with two forward gears and
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• Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
  ...er and Maybach worked for Otto.) Daimler and Maybach continued to advocate car manufacturing and as a result even left the DMG company for a short period. ...he specifications of [[Emil Jellinek]] (who wanted a more modern and safer car, following the death of [[Willhelm Bauer]] in a Daimler racer)<ref>Georgano
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• Dodge Charger (B-body)
  The Charger had a rich and colored racing history, including numerous Winston Cup Championships, a long driving recor ...from the '65 Charger Concept car (not to be confused with the '64 concept car, a completely diferent design). Essentially, it was a fastback version of
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• Buick Regal
  The '''Buick Regal''' was a mid-size car produced by [[General Motors]]' [[Buick]] division from 1973 through 2004, ...rson point of view'''''. This section should include information about the car's '''acceleration figures''', '''handling''', '''braking''', etc.
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• Buick V8 engine
  The 401 cu in (6.6 L) '''401''' was Buick's [[muscle car]] powerplant of choice, and was found in the company's [[Buick Gran Sport|S ...lt with the MZ coded factory dual four barrel setup, making it a very rare car. Rarer still was the 1966 Riviera GS, MZ coded engine, in Riviera Red exter
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• Panoz Esperante
  |Class = [[Sports Car]] The '''Esperante''' is a [[sports car]] made by [[Panoz]] Auto Development Company.
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• Engine control unit
  ...alve opening.<ref>{{citeweb|title=WHAT'S NEXT; A Chip-Based Challenge to a Car's Spinning Camshaft|author=Ian Austen|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/full ...ent to work in. An engine dynamometer gives a more precise calibration for racing applications. Tuners often utilize a chassis dynamometer for street and oth
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...to the "[[IndyCar]]" class of [[formula racing|formula]], or [[open wheel car|open-wheel]], race cars that have competed in it. It has been broadcast liv ...h the first race was won by an American driver at the wheel of an American car, European makers such as the Italian [[Fiat]] or French [[Peugeot]] compani
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• Supercharger Engine
  ...why tuned engines have a distinct high-pitched whine upon acceleration. A car that signifies this well is the [[Mercedes SLR]]. ...charger]]) is located at the front, in front of the radiator, and gave the car its name.]]
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• Honda S2000
  ...ion car [[redline]]), perfect 50-50 weight balance and "X-bone" frame. The car was originally launched in 1999 as a 2000 model and continues in the tradit ...kend warriors and tuners alike. They appreciate the car for its incredible stock performance as well as its thriving modification following.
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• Toyota Supra
  ...Toyota also stopped using the prefix ''Celica'' and began just calling the car ''Supra''.<ref name="OSS">{{cite web|url=http://www.toyota.com/html/shop/ve Along with this name and car Toyota also included its own logo for the Supra. It is derived from the ori
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• De Lorean DMC-12
  | [[Sports car]] The '''De Lorean DMC-12''' is an American [[sports car]] which was manufactured by the [[De Lorean Motor Company]] from 1981 throu
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• Felipe Massa
  Car number = 7 | ...Massa''' (born in São Paulo April 25, 1981) is a Brazilian [[Formula One]] racing driver, currently employed by the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] team and sta
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• V8 engine
  ...ngine|V6]], while being considerably less expensive than a [[V12 engine]]. Racing V8s continue to use the single plane crankshaft because it allows faster ac | title = Classic Racing Engines
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• Toyota MR2
  ...t|Esprit]], etc...), however its price tag is much less. Gives the average car enthusiast the ability to experiance a mid-[[engine]] [[rear-wheel drive]] ...rson point of view'''''. This section should include information about the car's '''acceleration figures''', '''handling''', '''braking''', etc.
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• Supercharged Engine
  ...ercharger) is located at the front, in front of the radiator, and gave the car its name.]] ...uperchargers]] (as well as turbochargers) have been widely applied to both racing and production cars, although their complexity and cost have largely relega
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• Pickup truck
  ...ility]]"), in Australia and New Zealand, is known in North America as a [[Car body style#ute|pickoupe]] in South Africa as a '''bakkie''' (pronounced "bu ...often with [[V8]] or six-cylinder engines), ''mid-size'', and ''[[Compact car|compact]]'' (smaller trucks generally equipped with [[Straight-4|inline 4]]
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• Ford Focus (International)
  |Class = Entry-Level Family Car ...rmo Lehtinen]]. Performance-wise, though, it remains the same as the stock car. Pricing for the Focus RS WRC Edition has been set at 55,900 francs or abou
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• Gottlieb Daimler
  ...from the company and upon his return experienced difficulty with the other stock holders that led to his resignation in 1893 that was reversed in 1894. Soon ..."Vehicle with gas or petroleum drive machine"''). It was named the "riding car" (''Reitwagen''). Maybach rode it for three kilometers (two miles) alongsid
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• Off-roading
  ...o drive as far through it as possible without becoming stuck. Usually, the stock tires supplied with four by four vehicles are completely inadequate for thi ...category of off-roading. Vehicles are typically modified with larger than stock [[tires]], suspension components that allow greater axle articulation, and
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• Chevrolet Corvair
  ...e mid-1960 introduction of the Monza Coupe, the Corvair found a new sporty-car niche, and influenced Ford to introduce the [[Ford Mustang|Mustang]] in 196 The Corvair name originated as a [[fastback]] [[show car]] in 1954, which, like many Chevrolet concept cars of the period, including
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• Wankel engine
  ...as [[automobile]]s including [[racing car]]s, along with aircraft, [[kart racing|go-karts]], personal water craft, chain saws, and auxiliary power units. Th ...esign. In Britain, in the 1960s, [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls Royce]] Motor Car Division at Crewe, Cheshire, pioneered a two-stage diesel version of the Wa
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• Mark Webber
  ...inardi]], [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] and [[Red Bull Racing]] | ...th fellow Australian [[Paul Stoddart]], at that time owner of the European Racing [[International Formula 3000|Formula 3000]] team, which eventually took the
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• Motor oil
  ...arge Goods Vehicle|commercial vehicles]], non-road vehicles such as [[Kart racing|go-karts]], snowmobiles, boats (fixed engine installations and outboards), ...down into the oil pan.<ref>[http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm "How Car Engines Work"]</ref><ref>[http://www.tpub.com/content/construction/14264/cs
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• Top Gear Race to the North
  ...d new mainline steam engine completed in Britain in 2008. The race saw the car, bike and locomotive, race from London, England, to Edinburgh, Scotland, a ...ning on the East Coast Main Line, pitted against the 1949 models of Jaguar car and Vincent motorbike, both being restricted to using the A1 primary road,
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• Custom auto
  ...d hot rod culture. Here's a picture of a '32 Ford Roadster, a contemporary car, but one built on the style of those first hot rods. The basic performance ...s played with as a form of street-running self-expression, the drag racing car, the customized work of art; there was just the hot rod, the amateur automo
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• Straight-6 engine
  In 1959, [[Saab Automobile|Saab]] had an experimental car with two transverse [[straight-three engine]]s bolted together—the [[Saab ...del (1922–1927) and between 1925–1954 in [[Alfa Romeo 6C]] series road and racing cars, the 1500 version had one of the smallest straight-six engines (1,487
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• Top Gear test track
  ...three segments of the show - ''Power Laps'', ''Star in a Reasonably Priced Car'' and ''Challenges''. ...cessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref> the layout of the track is designed to put the car through various conditions, ranging from provoking [[understeer]] to testin
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• Diesel Vehicles
  ...id, or even by piezo-electric actuators (found on experimental diesel race car engines). Different car makers refer to their common rail engines by different names, e.g. DaimlerC
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• Carburetor
  ...lder or specialized [[automobile]]s such as those designed for [[stock car racing]]. However, [[fuel injection]], first introduced in the late 1950s and firs ...anies helped these carburettors rise to a position of domination in the UK car market, though such carburetors were also very widely used on [[Volvo]]s an
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