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'''Eric Bachelart''' (born February 28, 1961 in Brussels) is a former [[race car driver]] and current team owner, born in Belgium. ...s in the 1988 F3000 season. Although he was a star in the national touring car championship, Belgian Procar, driving for Audi and Peugeot, his heart seeme

| Events = [[Formula One]], [[Champ Car|CART]], [[Trans-Am Series|Trans-Am]] ...f '''Detroit, Michigan''' hosted [[Formula One]] racing, and later [[Champ Car|CART]] racing, between the 1982 and 1991 seasons. The [[street circuit|cour

| Record_class = [[Champ Car]] ...ars, both near identical Lola T70s, launched themselves into the air. Both drivers emerged unhurt but were unable to compete in the race. The Canadian winters

...am’s driver. Since then, the team has won 105 Champ Car races, as well the drivers championship in 1984 with Mario Andretti, 1991 with [[Michael Andretti]], 1 == Champ Car World Series ==

...br />'''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]''' ...[Nationwide Series]] and [[Rolex Sports Car Series|Grand-Am Rolex Sports]] Car Series.

...0, [[Formula Vauxhall Lotus]], [[Formula 3]], [[Formula 3000]] and [[Champ Car]]. ...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

...2.747-mile) race track in Mexico City, Mexico, named for the famous racing drivers [[Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)|Ricardo]] and [[Pedro Rodríguez (raci ...,(7,500 ft) the thin air makes breathing more difficult for both the drivers and their cars.

The '''Lotus''' type '''96T''' was [[Team Lotus]]'s last [[Champ Car|Indycar]]. ...ut with one significant design alteration. Ducarouge had foreseen that the car stood the very real possibility of hitting a concrete retaining wall at ove

...s car racing|sports car]]s, [[stock car racing|stock car]]s, and [[touring car racing|touring cars]], which have their wheels below the body or fenders. O ...ndertray]] that helps achieve additional aerodynamic downforce pushing the car on to the road.

...ed to race snowmobile events throughout his career. He moved into [[sedan (car)|saloon]] racing in Canada, winning a [[Honda Civic]] series and many races [[List of Canadians in Champ Car]]

...p://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Jim_Hall | title = The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? | accessdate = 2007-08-13}}</ref>) is a former [[race ...A]] [[Trans-Am Series]] races. Hall came back to prominence in the [[Champ Car|Championship Auto Racing Teams]] series, including two wins in the [[Indian

The '''Caesars Palace Grand Prix''' was a car race which was a [[Formula One]] World Championship event in 1981 and 1982. .... Its counter-clockwise direction, however, put a tremendous strain on the drivers' necks. When [[Nelson Piquet]] clinched his first World Championship by fin

...scorching heat of the Phoenix desert made it a nightmare on the teams and drivers and of the 26 cars that started the race, only six finished. [[Alain Prost] ...pressured the Brazilian world champion in a [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]], a car that was average at best compared to the McLaren. Alesi's teammate, [[Sator

|Record_class = [[Champ Car World Series]] ...m/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/FREE/71106009/1015/FREE |title=Champ Car schedule "stable" for 2008 |accessdate=2007-10-30 |author=Steven Cole Smith

...' was a one-make [[motor racing]] series featuring retired [[Formula One]] drivers. The inaugural (and sole 2005) event, at the [[Kyalami]] circuit in South A == Car ==

The '''Carrera Panamericana''' was (and is again) a [[sports car racing]] event on open roads in Mexico, similar to the [[Mille Miglia]] and ...given that cars of the period were of a high-speed, low-safety design, and drivers of a win-at-all-costs mentality. Only a third of entrants typically finishe

'''Formula racing''' is a term that refers to various forms of [[Open wheel car|open wheeled]] single seater [[Auto racing|motorsport]]. Its origin lies in ...p Grand prix at Turin in September 1946. The first officially recognised ''Drivers' World Championship'' was held in 1947 and the ''Formula One World Champion

| car number = 14 ...a Brazilian racing driver who has raced in [[Formula One]] and the [[Champ Car World Series]].

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...] 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 prod ...ldress]], [[Rick Hendrick]], and [[Jack Roush]] owned truck teams, and top drivers such as [[Dale Earnhardt]] and [[Ernie Irvan]] also fielded SuperTrucks for

...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

...(born Barnet, London, 8 April 1966) is a former [[Formula One]], [[sports car]], and [[CART]] racing driver. He was a Formula One presenter for the Briti ...ormula 3000]]. Despite having to cope with an underfunded and underpowered car, he showed incredible talent and strung together a series of promising resu

|Operator = Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula |Events = United States motorcycle Grand Prix<br>[[Champ Car World Series|CART]]<br>[[American Le Mans Series]]<br>[[Monterey Historic A

...><br>'''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''<br>[[6 Hours of Watkins Glen|Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen]]<b ...lass2 = [[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]][[Rolex Sports Car Series]]

...to accommodate several different configurations, depending on the type of car and race length. The three options on Riverside Raceway were the long cours ...Angeles Times Grand Prix, although the long course was also used for Indy car racing in the mid-1980s. When the 1969 version was built, the dogleg was ad

...of [[Red Bull Racing]], with the aim of developing the skills of promising drivers for the senior team. ...[Franz Tost]], formerly of [[BMW]]'s motor sport division. Its {{F1|2009}} car, the [[Toro Rosso STR4|STR4]] was nearly identical to the [[Red Bull RB5]],

...oval, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) infield Road Course used by [[SCCA]] and various car clubs, and also has a quarter-mile drag strip that hosts an annual [[Nation The first major event held at the facility was a [[Champ Car|CART]] series held on Saturday May 24, 1997, the day before the Indy Racing

...seventh and his most recent [[list of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|drivers' championship]]. [[Rubens Barrichello]] came in a solid second place, winni ...n, both privately owned teams, had engine-production agreements with major car companies, [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]] respectively, and [[Honda]] produc

...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 ..., 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

...9 through May 24, 2009, 244 automobile races took place, with 136 separate drivers winning. After winning his fifth United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis i ...one of the principal investors in the track, the safety concerns for race drivers and spectators eventually led to a substantial additional expenditure to pa

...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater. ...i)_in_practice_at_USGP_2005.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern [[Formula One]] car: [[Michael Schumacher]]'s [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] at the [[2005 United

...e, but it was not enough, and the PDA drivers went on strike. Replacement drivers from the previous day's race were asked to race, and tickets were good for ...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

...'', or '''car racing''') is a [[motorsport]] involving the [[racing]] of [[car]]s. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports. .... It was won by [[Georges Bouton]] of the [[De Dion-Bouton]] company, in a car he had constructed with [[Jules-Albert de Dion|Albert, the Comte de Dion]],

...Sexton Gurney''' (born April 13, 1931) is an American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner. ..., New York, but moved to California as a teenager. He has been a driver, a car manufacturer, and a team owner at racing's highest levels since 1958.

...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

...' Champions|Drivers' title]] with the team. After Senna died in a Williams car in a crash at the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix]], Frank Williams, Patrick H ...nship, with a respectable 16 points, while Alan Jones finished 12th in the drivers' championship.

...' Champions|Drivers' title]] with the team. After Senna died in a Williams car in a crash at the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix]], Frank Williams, Patrick H ...nship, with a respectable 16 points, while Alan Jones finished 12th in the drivers' championship.

[[Image:Studebaker1920.jpg|thumb|275px|right|Studebaker's Big Six Touring Car, from a 1920 magazine ad.]] ...mong the highest paid in the industry), quality control issues and the new car sales war between [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[General Motors Corporat

...me in the history of [[Formula One]] that all teams have used the same two drivers throughout the season and it was the first time that all the race cars were ...ing testing at Valencia, Super Aguri turned up to test their SA07B interim car for the first time.<ref name="2008 Testing 5, Day 2">{{cite news|title=Jere

...ld Championships]], one for [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|drivers]] and one for [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|construct ...he war, but due to the suspension of racing during the conflict, the World Drivers' Championship was not formalised until 1947. The first world championship r