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• Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
  Team(s) = [[Arrows]], [[RAM Racing|RAM]] | ...t career, taking in [[Formula Atlantic]], [[CART]], [[Can-Am]], snowmobile racing and [[Formula One]], and remains a revered figure in Canadian motorsport ci
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• Cooper Car Company
  ...Thanks in part to Cooper's legacy, Britain remains the home of a thriving racing industry, and the Cooper name lives on in the [[Mini Cooper]] production ca ...ehind the driver -- was merely a practical matter at the time. Because the car was powered by a motorcycle engine, they believed it was more convenient to
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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—sports car racing is seen more as a team sport than a gladiatorial individual sport, and team
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• Suzuka Circuit
  | Name = Suzuka International Racing Course '''Suzuka International Racing Course''' (鈴鹿サーキット, ''Suzuka Sākitto''), '''Suzuka Circuit''
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• Colin Chapman
  ...edge [[sports car]]s. Lotus is one of but a handful of British performance car builders still in business after the industrial decline of the 1970s. Chapm ...took off, and indeed [[Caterham Cars]] still manufacture a version of that car today - the Caterham 7; while over the years over 90 different Lotus 7 clon
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• Race car
  ...'s most popular, and perhaps the most thoroughly commercialized, spectator sports. ...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater.
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• Bugatti Type 35
  ...ped radiator, and is regarded by many as the most-beautiful pre-war racing car. ...ek. Bugatti organized the [[Targa Florio]] as a special spotlight for this car, and it claimed victory there for five consecutive years, from 1925 through
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• Lamborghini Monza 400
  The '''Lamborghini Monza 400''' is a one-off berlinetta [[sportscar|sports car]] designed and built by a tiny local autofficina, [[Neri & Bonacini]]. Ther The car uses the chassis of a [[Lamborghini 400GT|400GT 2+2]] and a 1964 [[Ferrari
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• Alfa Romeo in motorsport
  ...ame [[Alfa Corse]] or [[Autodelta]]) and private entries. The first racing car was made in 1913, three years after the foundation of A.L.F.A., the [[A.L.F ...with an [[Alfa Romeo RL|RL]] and [[Antonio Ascari]] took second. Sivocci's car was painted with the green cloverleaf on a white background that was to bec
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• Brands Hatch
  ...Prix|A1GP]]<br>[[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]<br>[[Pickup Truck Racing]]<br>[[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]]<br>[[British Formula Three Champi |Record_team = [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] [[Williams FW11|FW11]]
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• Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
  |Operator = Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula ...rcycle Grand Prix<br>[[Champ Car World Series|CART]]<br>[[American Le Mans Series]]<br>[[Monterey Historic Automobile Races]]
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• TVR
  ...inder engine design, others an in-house [[TVR Speed Eight engine|V8]]. TVR sports cars are composed of tubular steel frames, cloaked in aggressive fibreglass TVR's two arms are TVR Engineering, which manufactures sports cars and grand tourers, and TVR Power, their power-train division. The comp
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• Saleen S7
  ...o [[turbochargers]] and power output was increased to 750 hp (559 kW). The car was designed to be a Twin Turbo setup from the beginning, however. ...n the [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA's]] [[American Le Mans Series]], where it competes in the GT-1 class. In all, it has won over 40 events a
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• MG
  '''Modern Gentleman''' (formerly '''Morris Garages''') is a British [[sports car]] manufacturer founded in 1924, although no cars have been made since [[MG MG is best known for two-seat open sports cars, but MG also produced [[Sedan|saloons]] and [[coupé]]s. More recentl
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• Yas Marina Circuit
  ...>[[Abu Dhabi Grand Prix]]<br>[[GP2 Asia Series]], [[V8 Supercars]], [[Drag Racing]], [[FIA GT1 World Championship|GT1 World]] | Record_team = [[Red Bull Racing]]
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• Istanbul Park
  ...]]<br> [[GP2 Series|GP2]], [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]], [[Le Mans Series|1000 km]] | Record_team = {{flagicon|GBR}} [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
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• Watkins Glen International
  ...[[Firestone Indy Lights]]'''<br>Corning 100<br><br>'''[[Sportscar Vintage Racing Association]]'''<br>[[SCCA]] [[SPEED World Challenge]]<br>Zippo U.S. Vintag |Record_team = [[Penske Racing|Team Penske]]
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• Alfa Romeo Alfetta
  The '''Alfa Romeo Alfetta''' was an executive [[saloon car]] and [[fastback]] [[coupé]] produced from 1972 until 1984 by [[Alfa Romeo ...yout to the marque. Clutch and transmission were housed at the rear of the car, together with the differential for a more balanced weight distribution, as
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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 ...expects a Bristol to outlast its owner, and Bristol Cars will maintain any car they ever built. The vast majority of parts are in stock, and they will re
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• Grand Prix of Long Beach
  ...Izod IndyCar Series]]'''<br>Long Beach Grand Prix<br>'''[[American Le Mans Series]]'''<br>Grand Prix of Long Beach |Record_team = [[Newman-Haas Racing]]
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• Surtees
  The '''Surtees Racing Organisation''' was a race team that spent nine seasons (1970 to 1978) as a ...ner/driver in its first year. He fielded an entry in another newly formed series in 1969, becoming part of [[Formula 5000]] after taking over the failed Led
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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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• Ferrari P4/5
  ...rrari's 1960s [[race car]]s, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_P P Series].<ref name="supercars"/> The project cost Glickenhaus US$4 million but in a ...ure oriented supercar as they were excited by the opportunity to build the car, not just design it.<ref name="supercars"/><ref name="pininfarina"/>
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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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• Car classification
  ...ehicles fall into multiple categories or do not fit well into any. Not all car types are common in all countries and names for the same vehicle can differ ...P]] classifications are shown. Car rental companies often use the [[ACRISS Car Classification Code]]. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U
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• Classic Car Club of America
  The '''Classic Car Club of America''' ('''CCCA''') is an organization founded in 1952 to celeb ==Definition of a Classic car==
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• Alpine
  {{List of Alpine Models}}:''Alpine is also the name of car models produced by [[Sunbeam Alpine|Sunbeam]] and [[Chrysler Alpine|Chrysle '''Alpine''' was a French manufacturer of [[racing car|racing]] and [[sports car]]s which used [[rear engine|rear mounted]] [[Renault]] engines. The proper
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• 12 Hours of Sebring
  ...racing]] course styled after those used in [[European]] [[Grand Prix motor racing]]. The race is now considered one of the premier endurance races in the Uni ...]] and manufacturers such as [[Ferrari]], [[Porsche]], [[BMW]], [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]], [[Briggs Cunningham|Cunningham]], and [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]
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• Motor Racing
  ...he [[racing]] of [[car]]s. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports. ===The beginning of racing===
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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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• 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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• Lamborghini Miura
  ...M]] at [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]]. [[De Tomaso]] had produced a road car with this layout, the [[De Tomaso Vallelunga|Vallelunga]], but otherwise ca ...eder Don Antonio Miura, whose bulls have a proverbial attack instinct. The car was named in honor of Miura and of bulls (not bullfighting as is commonly m
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• Riverside International Raceway
  ...One]]'''<br />[[United States Grand Prix]] (1960)<br />'''[[IndyCar World Series]]'''<br />AirCal 500 / L.A. Times 500 (1981–1983) ...wn as '''RIR''' or '''Riverside Raceway''') was a [[race track]] or [[Road racing|road course]] in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from Sep
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• Honda Civic Type-R
  |Class = Sports Compact, Sports Sedan ...elped to increase Honda's overall image in racing as well as in the sports car consumer market.
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• Arnolt
  The first was the Arnolt-[[MG]], a four seater Bertone bodied car based on the MG TD chassis and XPAG 54[[hp]] engine. The Arnolt MG was desi ...acement of the TD by the TF), so Arnolt began looking for a larger engined car.
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• Ferdinand Piëch
  Piëch was the winner of the award of Car Executive of the Century in 1999. ...e [[Audi 80]] and [[Audi 100]]. He also in 1977 began the development of a car for the [[World Rally Championship]], the result was the [[all wheel drive
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• Ferrari Testarossa
  ...sor to the Ferrari 512 [[Berlinetta Boxer]]. The [[Pininfarina]]-designed car was radically wide at 1976&nbsp;mm (77.8&nbsp;in) and low at just 1135&nbsp ...] "Testa Rossas" of the late 1950s and early 1960s. These were GT [[sports car]]s that ran in the [[World Sportscar Championship]], including the [[24 Hou
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• Mazda R100
  ...ngine similar to the one used in the [[Mazda Cosmo#Series II|Cosmo Sport]] Series II. It was a 2 door 2+2 coupé and was produced from 1968 to 1973. It was ...rson point of view'''''. This section should include information about the car's '''acceleration figures''', '''handling''', '''braking''', etc.
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• Satoru Nakajima
  Team(s) = [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] | ...Jenkins |first=Richard |publisher=OldRacingCars.com}}</ref>) is a former [[racing driver]] from Japan.
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• AC
  ...h specialist [[automobile]] manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car marques in Britain. ...to Ferry Works, Thames Ditton, Surrey in 1911 and grew into a substantial car manufacturer. [[Selwyn Edge|S F Edge]], who had been behind [[Napier & Son]
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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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• Antônio Pizzonia
  {{Infobox racing driver | current series = [[Superleague Formula]]
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• Sauber
  ...Models}}'''Sauber''' is a Swiss constructor of racing cars for [[sportscar racing]] and [[Formula One]]. The company, previously independent, is now owned by ==Sports Cars==
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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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• Audi R10 LMP
  ...di R10 project costs Audi €70 Million per year.<ref>''Sport Auto'' (German car magazine), ISSN 1158-2111, April 2006 issue</ref> This is the most ambitiou ...later years the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest|ACO]], who sets the rules for racing in the Le Mans 24 Hours, has reduced the [[restrictor plate|restrictor]] si
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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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• Holden Racing Team
  | Short_name = Toll Holden Racing Team ...ry of the category, having won the drivers championship six times, and the series signature race the [[Bathurst 1000]] six times (1990, 1996, 2001, 2002, 200
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• Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3
  ...h Waxenberger, which culminated in the world's first "Super Saloon" or [[Q-car]]. ...ult was a nearly 2-tonne saloon with performance similar to most dedicated sports cars of the era. It is said that [[Rudolf Uhlenhaut]], when invited to test
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• Lotus Esprit
  ...he [[Ferrari]] 308, 328, F355, and 360 Modena, as well as many [[Porsche]] sports cars in a production life that lasted nearly 30 years. ...otus’ performance through light weight mantra, weighing under 1000 kg. The car gained some fame through its appearance in the James Bond film ''The Spy Wh
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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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• 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 ...ompete in 10 classes, sorted regarding age and authenticity; virtually any car with a classic bodyshell is eligible. The bulk of entries are provided by 1
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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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• Lancia Stratos HF
  ...F''', widely known as Lancia Stratos was an [[automobile]] made by Italian car manufacturer [[Lancia]]. ...1970s and 1980s. It started a new era in rally racing as it was the first car designed from scratch for this kind of competition.
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• Nico Hülkenberg
  | 2010 Car number = 10 ...on of being only the second driver after [[Lewis Hamilton]] to win the GP2 series championship in his maiden season.
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• Donington Park
  ...a Three Championship|British F3]], [[Superleague Formula]], [[Pickup Truck Racing]] ...is to move from [[Brands Hatch]] to Donington for the [[2011 World Touring Car Championship season|2011 season]].<ref>[http://www.fiawtcc.com/Read_News.as
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• Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
  ==2003 8C Competizione concept car== ...f name="ultimatecarpage.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/1729/Alfa-Romeo-6C-2500-Competizione.html|title=Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Competiz
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• Targa Florio
  ...rmo, Sicily. Founded in 1906, it used to be one of the oldest [[sports car racing]] events until it was discontinued in 1977 due to safety concerns. It is si ...and Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races were still isolated events, not a series like today's F1.
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• Porsche 917
  | Racing In the 1973 [[CanAm]] series, the turbocharged version Porsche 917/30 developed over 1100 bhp, and as mu
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• Riley
  ...6, in 1898, secretly, because his father did not approve. It was the first car seen on the streets of Coventry. By 1899, Percy Riley moved from producing ...urer prototype, produced in 1905, can be considered the first proper Riley car. The Engine Company expanded the next year, and Riley Cycle halted motorcyc
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• Scuderia Toro Rosso
  ...beverage company Red Bull (the other is [[Red Bull Racing]]). It made its racing debut in the [[2006 Formula One season]], after [[Paul Stoddart]] sold his Scuderia Toro Rosso is the sister team of [[Red Bull Racing]], with the aim of developing the skills of promising drivers for the senio
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• Pegaso
  ...s, tractors and armoured vehicles, and, for a while, of impressive [[sport car]]s. The parent company, [[Enasa]], was created in 1946 based on the old [[H Pegaso built about a hundred high-end [[Pegaso Z-102|'''Z-102''']] [[sports car]]s in the 1950s. The cars were in many ways advanced for the time, as they
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• Circuit de Monaco
  |Record_team6 =[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Cosworth|Ford]] ...series over the years&nbsp;— [[Formula Two|F2]], [[F3000]] and today [[GP2 Series|GP2]]&nbsp;— also visit the circuit concurrently with Formula One.
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• Maserati MC12
  ...title=World Car Fans test drive MC12|accessdate=2006-09-28|publisher=World Car Fans|first=Nick|last=Hall}}</ref> ...Bertolini, was the chief test driver through the development and said the car "reacts well and is very reliable in its reactions".<ref>{{web cite|url=htt
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• Maserati A6
  |Class = [[Grand Tourer]]<br>[[Sports Car]]<br>[[Race Car]] ...noting ''Ghisa'', cast iron block, and &laquo;CS&raquo; denoting ''Corsa & Sports''. It first raced at Modena 1947 by Luigi Villoresi and Alberto Ascari, an
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• Talladega Superspeedway
  ...(4.28 km) long, Talladega is the largest oval track in the [[Nextel Cup]] Series and has seating provisions for over 175,000 patrons. ...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
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• BMW E85/E86
  |Class = [[Luxury Car]]-[[Sports Car]]-[[Roadster]] ...rove handling and turn-in due to the decreased weight over the nose of the car. This is particularly noticeable when compared to the Z4 M, which continued
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• British Racing Motors
  ...d in 1945, it raced from 1950 to 1977, competing in 197 [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] and winning 17. In 1962, BRM won the Constructors' Title. At ...Union]] design documents) inspired him to build an all-British Grand Prix car for the post-war era, as a national prestige project (which, naturally, he
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• Silverstone Circuit
  ...h-Motor-Racing/29982.htm |title=BTCC heading for the Home of British Motor Racing &#124; Racecar - Motorsport News |publisher=Racecar |date=2009-08-13 |acces ...ge:Silverstone Circuit 2010 version.png]]<br><small>"Home of British Motor Racing"</small>
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• Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
  **[[BMW 6 Series]] ...nveiled the limited edition '''Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series'''. It sports a 6.2-liter [[V8]] built and designed by [[AMG]], with 507 bhp @ 6800 rpm a
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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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• Jacky Ickx
  ...{{·}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]{{·}} [[Walter Wolf Racing|Wolf]]{{·}} [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]]{{·}} [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] ...orsport [[Porsche in motorsport|Porsche]]<br>Equipe Liqui Moly - [[Martini Racing]]<br>[[Porsche|Porsche System]]<br>[[Rothmans]] [[Porsche in motorsport|Por
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• Cisitalia 202SC
  ...erati]]s and [[Fiat]]s in both road races and hill climbs. His interest in sports did not stop with motorsports, he was also the president of Juventus footba ...nt the family's interest in Italy. He joined [[Cisitalia]] after the first car was already designed and constructed, but he helped a great deal in the dev
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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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• Holden
  ...de restrictions led to Holden & Frost commencing large scale production of car bodies. H.J Holden incorporated a new company in 1919, Holden's Motor Body ==Australia's Own Car==
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• Fuji Speedway
  ...11 races. Fuji Speedway is known for having one of the longest [[Straight (racing)|straights]] in motorsport tracks, at 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in length.<ref>[http ...2), was destined for CanAm. My last testing and then the subsequent Sports Car GP were at Fuji, but the track was run in a clockwise direction. The reason
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• Hispano-Suiza H6
  |Class = Ultra [[Luxury car]] ...the industry, driven with a special shaft from the transmission. When the car was decelerating, its own momentum drove the brake servo to provide additio
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• Automatic transmission
  ...omobile]] [[gearbox]] that can change [[gear ratio]]s automatically as the car or truck moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears [[manual ...right|The automatic transmission selector lever in a [[Ford Five Hundred]] car.]]
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• Toyota UZ engine
  ...e_The-Toyota-UZseries-Engine-Guide/A_2884/article.html|title=The Toyota UZ-series Engine Guide|publisher=AutoSpeed |accessdate=2009-08-11}} * [[Toyota MR2]] Le Mans Car
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• Porsche 944
  | Sports Luxury | 1180 KG (1982 Launch car)
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• Hardtop
  ...960s detachable hardtops were offered for various [[convertible]] [[sports car]]s and [[roadster]]s, including the 1955-1957 [[Ford Thunderbird]] and the ...ivered with an accessory hardtop, which is compulsory for some auto racing series.
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• Porsche 924
  | Sports Luxury ...che was commisioned by VW/Audi to design a cheap, fast and easy to produce sports coupe. Porsche set about this task with gusto, and quickly designed the bas
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• Lamborghini Diablo
  ...lkswagen Group which produced the final and most powerful iteration of the car: the VT 6.0. ...rghini decided in 1994 that a second, even more specialized version of the car could add new customers to the brand. Starting with the basic Diablo platfo
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• Automatic gearbox
  ...omobile]] [[gearbox]] that can change [[gear ratio]]s automatically as the car or truck moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears [[manual ...e.g. [[Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek|DAF]] saloons and the [[Volvo 340]] series that succeeded them, and later the [[Subaru Justy]]), the technology has re
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• Porsche 959
  ...triumph had been to harness turbocharging efficiently and safely in a road car. ...Car for the Future. A car that would beat all comers on road and track. A car that would form the very essence of Porsche DNA. And it was to be called th
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• Holden Special Vehicles
  ...nd [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing|TWR]] - an operation owned by Scottish [[racing car]] driver and entrepreneur [[Tom Walkinshaw]]. HSV effectively replaced the ...ds of [[Allan Grice]] and [[Win Percy]] for HSV's racing arm, the [[Holden Racing Team]].
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• Maserati Coupe
  |Class = [[Gran Turismo]] / [[Sports Car]] |Similar = [[Jaguar XK]]<br>[[Porsche 911]]<br>[[BMW 6-Series]]<br>[[Mercedes-Benz SL]]
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...hen-independent, local station WFBM-TV (now WRTV), and not again until ABC Sports was permitted to broadcast the race via tape delay from 1965 to 1985, and t ...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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• Nürburgring
  |Record_class6 =[[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] ...considered the toughest, most dangerous, and most demanding purpose-built racing circuit in the world.
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• 1972 Formula One season
  The [[British Racing Motors]] (BRM) team took its last victory when [[Jean-Pierre Beltoise]] won | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• Stirling Moss
  |Team(s) = [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Maserati]], [[Vanwall]], Rob Walker [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] & [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] ...rling Craufurd Moss''', OBE (born 17 September 1929 in London) is a former racing driver from England. His success in a variety of categories placed him amo
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• Porsche 997
  | Sports Luxury ...s [[Porsche 911|911]] - 997 being the factory type number for the car. The car was released in July 2004, and was tasked with bringing the 911 concept int
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• Shelby Mustang
  |Class = [[Pony car]]<br>[[Muscle car]] ...d "Cobras", which was the [[AC Cobra|Ford-powered AC-based two-seat sports car]] also produced by [[Carroll Shelby]] during the same period. The confusion
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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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• Buick V8 engine
  ...placement Nailhead was the only engine available for the economy "Special" Series 40 through 1955. 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
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• Jaguar XK6 engine
  ...e displacements for Jaguar passenger cars, with other sizes being made for racing both by Jaguar and privateers. The initial aim was to produce a series of engines of higher than normal output that would be able to stay ahead of
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• Automobile layout
  ...unk (automobile)|boot]]), weight distribution and the vehicle's intended [[car handling|handling characteristics]]. ...[[V8#V angles|90° V8]] will rarely fit. This is another reason why luxury/sports cars almost never use the FF layout; an exception is the [[Volvo S80]] (FWD
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• US F1 Team
  ...06-12 |accessdate=2009-06-12}}</ref> However, the team stopped work on its car and did not compete in 2010. It informed the FIA that it was not in a posit The team is fronted by former [[Stewart Haas Racing|Haas CNC Racing]] technical director [[Ken Anderson]] and journalist (and former [[Williams
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• Pony car
  : ''Not to be confused with the [[Hyundai Pony]] car.'' ...edia/2009/04/gallery_mustang Squatriglia, Chuk "Mustang, the Ultimate Pony Car, Turns 45" ''Wired'' 2009-04-17], retrieved on 2009-06-16.</ref>
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• Acura TL Review
  ...great driving experience. It is no wonder the TL is Acura’s best selling car. ...changes, the Acura type-S offers that extra performance edge to the sports car enthusiast.
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• Straight-6 engine
  ...nd the 5.0 Hudson H-145 (produced until 1957). As of 2009, the [[Cummins B Series engine]] used in [[Dodge Ram]] [[pickup trucks]] displaced up to 6.7 L<ref> ...pm). This characteristic has made the inline six popular in some European sports-luxury cars, where smooth high-speed performance and good fuel economy are
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