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• World Sportscar Championship
  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
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• Mugen
  ...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
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• Lola
  ...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.)
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• Reynard
  ...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
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• International Motor Sports Association
  ...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]]
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• 12 Hours of Sebring
  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
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• Carroll Shelby
  '''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]].
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• Carrera Panamericana
  ...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
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• Sports car racing
  ...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.
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• Dan Gurney
  Nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American | ...Porsche in Formula One|Porsche]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Brabham]], [[All American Racers|Eagle]], [[Team McLaren|McLaren]] |
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• Maserati MC12
  ...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]]]]
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• Race car
  ...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
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• Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
  ...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]].
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• Porsche 917
  ...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
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• Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
  ...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.
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• Motor Racing
  ...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
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• Turbocharged Direct Injection
  ...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').
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...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
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• Williams F1
  ...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.
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• WilliamsF1
  ...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.
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