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...[Dudley Benjafield|Dr. J. Dudley Benjafield]], one of an informal group of British racing drivers known as the "[[Bentley Boys]]". *To further the interests of British drivers competing abroad.

...uated just north of Edinburgh, and is the venue of the Scottish leg of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) as well as many other racing events, includ ...there was no motorsport, so landowners did not create tracks; there was no motorsport due to the lack of tracks.

{{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Reynard Motorsport''' was at one time the world's largest racing car manufacturers. Initially ...the sales and commercial side of the business. Gorne was one of the first people to really bring a commercial mindset to the sale of racing cars - he worked

...1974), Vol. 21, p.2417.</ref> (May 3, 1924 &ndash; August 25, 2001) was a British [[Formula Two]]<ref name="Setright1"/> [[auto racing|racing]] driver and th ...came a timber merchant; as a result, he is sometimes [[List of motorsports people by nickname#C|known as]] "Chopper".<ref name="Setright1"/> In 1952,<ref nam

{{Motorsport venue ...Moss Corner in his honour. This is a source of lingering confusion as many people call the track Mossport.

...y enjoyed 31 years of solvent trading without any Government handouts like British Leyland. However under the skilful leadership of Bob Walklett; the company ...ined G12 in the 750MC this year. DARE also have a G12 planned for the Avon British GT Championship.

...ta Motorsport]] <ref>[http://www.delta-motorsport.com/aboutdelta.htm Delta Motorsport - About Delta<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, and were powered by [[nat ...[brake]]s were made of steel rather than carbon (as in many contemporary [[Motorsport#Single-seater racing|single seater]] race cars) to increase braking distanc

{{Motorsport venue ...tish Touring Car Championship|BTCC]], [[British Formula Three Championship|British F3]], [[Superleague Formula]], [[Pickup Truck Racing]]

Nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British | ...car]], and [[CART]] racing driver. He was a Formula One presenter for the British broadcaster ITV until the end of the 2008 season. Blundell is married and t

|Nationality = {{flagicon|UK}} British |First win = [[1955 British Grand Prix]]

...consisted of 30-minute magazine format programmes presented by a number of people, including [[Angela Rippon]], [[Noel Edmonds]], [[William Woollard]], and l ...such as road safety. Other features included [[classic car]] events and [[motorsport]], the latter often [[rallying]] with Tony Mason, [[Roger Clark]]'s co-driv

...as '''automobile racing''', '''auto racing''', or '''car racing''') is a [[motorsport]] involving the [[racing]] of [[car]]s. It is one of the world's most watch ...ite web | url=http://forix.autosport.com/8w/bdb.html | title=The cradle of motorsport | author=Rémi Paolozzi | date=May 28, 2003 | work=Welcome to Who? What? Wh

...c following because of their many uses and versatility. Several types of [[motorsport]]s involve racing off-road vehicles. The three largest "4 wheel vehicle" of ...to produce civilian derivatives, closely followed by similar vehicles from British [[Land Rover]] and Japanese [[Toyota]], [[Datsun]]/[[Nissan]] and [[Mitsubi

...is a sport involving [[racing]] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean Motorcycle sport, and it can further include motorboat rac Single-seater ([[open-wheel]]) racing is perhaps the most well-known form of motorsport, with cars designed specifically for high-speed racing. The wheels are not

...ee teams in Formula One, alongside [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] and fellow British team [[McLaren]], to win 100 races. Williams won nine [[List of Formula One ...s was fourth with Regazzoni sixth. The team’s first win came at the [[1979 British Grand Prix]] – their home Grand Prix – when Regazzoni finished almost 2

...One]] team, until 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7833402.stm|title=Dennis to quit as McLaren F1 boss|publisher=B ...[[Jack Brabham]].<ref>{{cite news| first = Frank| last = Keating| title = British Grand Prix: Man behind the man behind the wheel - Frank Keating meets Ron D

'''Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone''' (born 28 October 1930) is a British sports entrepreneur,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/ ...ent [[Jackie Stewart]] were unable to come to terms regarding the future [[British Grand Prix]], causing the race to be dropped from the 2005 provisional seas

| Team(s) = [[Mercedes-AMG|AMG]]-[[Mercedes-Benz in motorsport|Mercedes]] ...ss in Australia, Webber moved to the United Kingdom in 1995 to further his motorsport career. He continued to win, although he gained his biggest headlines while

...nds Prix have been held all over the world, and with new races in Bahrain, People's Republic of China, Malaysia and Turkey since 1999, its scope is continual ...es won the drivers championship for two years, before withdrawing from all motorsport in the wake of the [[1955 Le Mans disaster]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Bill |

* '''Historic [[People Carrier]] Racing Championship''' ''Series Five, Episode Five'' * '''Clarkson plays British Bulldogs with the British Army''' ''Series Thirteen, Episode Four''

| Aux2 = Which professor can do the best burn-out? - What is the best British car? | Aux2 = People carrier racing • Jeremy attempts to break 10:00 around the [[Nürburgring

...cted ''Top Gear'''s third award for ''Best Factual Programme'' at the 2008 British National Television Awards. The Stig did not speak, but supplied an accepta ...le=In the Spotlight: This week, Ren-TV unveiled the Russian version of the British show about cars, "Top Gear." |publisher=[[The Moscow Times]] |date=2007-02-

...larkson has become a recognised public personality, regularly appearing on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows In 2007, Clarkson and co-presenter [[James May]] were the first people to reach the magnetic North Pole in a car,<ref>{{cite news | title = Top Ge

...te roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars. This motorsport is distinguished by running not on a [[Race track|circuit]], but instead in The term "rally", as a branch of [[motorsport]], probably dates from the first [[Monte Carlo Rally]] of January 1911. Unt

...IRL]], [[ChampCar]] and [[NASCAR]]. V8 engines are also used in Australian motorsport, most notably in the [[V8 Supercars]]. [[Formula One]] began the 2006 seaso ...dual exhausts, this results in the typical V8 ''burble'' sound that many people have come to associate with American V8s, In all-out racing cars it leads t

...ant success for the next few years, competing with [[Ralt]] and [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]], although Reynard effectively wiped the others out of the market. ...for 2005, with Lola building their own chassis, which won its debut in the British series.

...e up to 22 newtons of thrust, and can be built by most mechanically minded people with basic engineering tools, such as a metal lathe.<ref name="Schreckling, In 1950, designer F.R. Bell and Chief Engineer [[Maurice Wilks]] from British car manufacturers [[Rover]] unveiled the first car powered with a gas turbi

...ana. "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" is one of the oldest and richest [[motorsport]] events in existence, having the largest attendance and one of the largest ...]] V8 its first success at the race. The following year, 1966, saw another British win, this time Graham Hill in a [[Lola]]-Ford.

...ion afforded by its small four-cylinder engine, the DS was successful in [[motorsport]]s like [[rallying]], where sustained speeds on poor surfaces are paramount British built cars are distinguished by their leather seats, wooden dashboards, and