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• Motorama
  ...to whet public appetite and boost automobile sales with displays of fancy prototypes, [[concept vehicle]]s and other special or [[halo vehicle|halo models]]. ...]], [[Chevrolet Corvette]], [[Cadillac Orleans]] and [[Cadillac Le Mans|Le Mans]].
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• Porsche 935
  ...st car on the straight in [[Le Mans]] at over 360 km/h, easily passing the prototypes of [[Renault]] and their team-mate [[Porsche 936]], too, as the Group 6 car ...s Ludwig]], won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979 in heavy rain, beating all prototypes. Coming second was a factory spec model, driven by [[Rolf Stommelen]], supp
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• Sports car racing
  ...ar racing]], this style of racing is often associated with the annual [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] endurance race. First run in 1923, it is one of the oldest motor ...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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• 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]]. ...e into a movie star by [[Steve McQueen]] in his film ''[[Le Mans (film)|Le Mans]]''.
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• Jacky Ickx
  |-{{Le Mans drivers ...25 podium finishes in [[Formula One]] and six wins in the [[24 hours of Le Mans]].
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• Targa Florio
  ...come one of Europe's most important races, as neither the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] nor the [[Mille Miglia]] had been established yet. [[Grand Prix motor rac ...eared at and won in the [[Mille Miglia]], then pulled out of the [[1955 Le Mans disaster]], but won the [[Tourist Trophy]] at [[Dundrod]]. [[Stirling Moss]
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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 ...Grand Prix week include a [[Firestone Indy Lights]] race, an [[American Le Mans Series]] race, and the [[Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race]].
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• Mazda R100
  ...s attention to [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] in 1970 with rotary-powered prototypes. The company would finally win that race 21 years later with the [[Mazda 7
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• International Motor Sports Association
  ...g artwork for many of the club's magazines and event programmes.<ref name="prototypes, p14">{{cite book | title = [[Prototypes: The History of the IMSA GTP Series]]
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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 ...e the safety and performance of ordinary road cars by testing manufacturer prototypes to destruction. Competitors are usually allowed to recce (traverse) the rou
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• MG A
  ...rge Phillips]] drove a re-bodied TD Midget in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le-Mans 24 hour]] endurance race. The car had been built for him by MG following hi ...died prototypes of the new sports car, coded EX182, were entered into [[Le Mans]]. Fortunately for MG, they acquitted themselves well, finishing fifth and
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• Reynard
  Given the lack of success of the Reynard sports prototypes in their original guise, it is interesting to note that derivatives of the ...M supplied a range of engineering consultancy services in Champ Car and Le Mans endurance racing including the design of the Nasamax, Protran and [[Creatio
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• TVR Speed 12
  ...1 racer was almost ready to go. TVR wanted to race at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], but that never happened. However, the Speed 12 GTS did manage to compete ...perienced racer in the [[TVR Tuscan Challenge]], drove one of the finished prototypes home and concluded that the car was unusable on the road, in his opinion si
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• Fuji Speedway
  | Events = [[Japanese Grand Prix]], [[Japan Le Mans Challenge|JLMC]], Japan GT | '''[[Le Mans Prototype]]'''
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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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• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
  In their familiar garage at Stuttgart, three prototypes were built. In 1934, Ferdinand Porsche founded [[Volkswagen AG]]. His son w ...Targa Florio]]'', while a ''[[Porsche 917]]'' would achieve the first ''Le Mans'' win finally in 1970.
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• Jaguar XK6 engine
  ...o configurations of this type were selected for comparison in 1943 and the prototypes named "XG" and "XF". The XG 4-cylinder of 1,776 cc, first tested in October ...ctively known as the Mark I) released in that year. None of the 4-cylinder prototypes ever advanced to production.
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• WilliamsF1
  ===Le Mans 24 Hours=== {{Main|24 Hours of Le Mans}}
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• Williams F1
  ===Le Mans 24 Hours=== {{Main|24 Hours of Le Mans}}
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• Shelby Mustang
  ...ry to popular belief, very few GT350s were delivered with the optional "Le Mans" (or "LeMans") stripes, which run the length of the entire car. According t ...ord Mustang 1965 bodies. 1001 Hertz fastbacks were produced, including two prototypes. Four [[convertible]]s were also produced, for a total of 2378 units for 19
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