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'''Tom Walkinshaw Racing''', also known simply as TWR, was a racing team founded in 1976 by touring car racer [[Tom Walkinshaw]]. ...cing, for use in both the [[World Endurance Championship]] and the [[IMSA (racing)|IMSA]] [[IMSA GT Championship|GTP Championship]]. Jaguar cars won the [[24

The '''2008 Australian Carrera Cup''' was the sixth and last [[Australian Carrera Cup Championship]]. The season began on February 21, 2008 at the [[ ...pionship win. West Australian Dean Fiore was the runner up for Sonic Motor Racing, taking four wins and dominating the [[Mount Panorama Circuit|Mount Panoram

...d a challenge for anyone to drive from Peking to Paris by motor-car. Five teams; four French, and one Italian took up the challenge. Thus began the first The 1907 event was not intended to be a [[auto racing|race]] or competition, but quickly became one due to the pioneering nature

...dération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA) for national [[touring car racing]] in 1993.<ref>FIA Yearbook, 1993, Green section, page 277, Touring car tec ...ion road cars, while expensive changes had to be made to provide space for racing tyres inside the standard wheel arches.

...om. It designs, constructs and races [[automobile|cars]] for companies and teams such as [[Subaru]] and [[Aston Martin]]. Its Automotive Technology division ...an of the group. Their first involvement in motor racing was running rally teams for [[Porsche]], [[MG|MG]] and [[BMW]], all of whom it had various successe

| Short_name = Toll Holden Racing Team ...motor racing team. HRT is the most successful [[V8 Supercars|V8 Supercar]] racing team in the history of the category, having won the drivers championship si

== Terminology: constructors vs. teams == In [[Formula One]] racing the terms "constructor" and "entrant" have specific and differing meanings.

...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

'''Touring car racing''' is a general term for a number of distinct [[auto racing]] competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in B ...ies insist on a "control tyre" that all competitors must use) and keep the racing close (sometimes by a "lead trophy" where winning a race requires the winne

The '''Surtees Racing Organisation''' was a race team that spent nine seasons (1970 to 1978) as a ...s in 1972. Hailwood returned to Surtees for a full year, joining him were Australian [[Tim Schenken]] and [[Andrea De Adamich]], the latter of whom brought spon

...orld championship, the highest form of [[open wheel racing|single seater]] racing defined by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA), motor ...] in Italy and [[Croix-en-Ternois]] in France. The series title was won by Australian [[Larry Perkins]] driving a [[Ralt]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] run by Tea

...itish F3 now costs around £400,000 and about £80,000 in Asia, for a year's racing), but is regarded as a key investment in a young driver's future career. Su ...ay). The 500 cc formula originally evolved in 1946 from low-cost "special" racing organised by enthusiasts in Bristol, England, just before the Second World

...''auto racing''', or '''car racing''') is a [[motorsport]] involving the [[racing]] of [[car]]s. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports. ===The beginning of racing===

'''Sports car racing''' is a form of circuit [[auto racing]] with [[automobile]]s that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be ...y involve complex pit strategy and regular driver changes&mdash;sports car racing is seen more as a team sport than a gladiatorial individual sport, and team

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...mes to the Top Gear test track eventually ends up in the hands of our tame racing driver.|accessdate=2008-08-08|title=Power Laps}}</ref> He is credited along ...senter. But then the producers conjured up the idea of having an anonymous racing driver – which they wanted to call ''The Gimp''. "I just said 'no'," he l

..._x.htm]. The event lends its name to the "[[IndyCar]]" class of [[formula racing|formula]], or [[open wheel car|open-wheel]], race cars that have competed i ...own 3.0 litre (183 in³) engine, inspired by the Peugeot [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] engine which had been serviced in his shop by Fred Offenhauser

...maximum power achieved in the history of the series was around 1200 bhp in racing trim, during the 1980s 'turbo era'. ...ula One constructors|constructor teams]], however, in recent years several teams have gone bankrupt.

...successful F1 operations, [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]] and [[Walter Wolf Racing]]. All of WilliamsF1 chassis are called "FW" then a number, the FW being th ...Villeneuve]] won the team's 100th race, making Williams one of only three teams in Formula One, alongside [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] and fellow British t

...successful F1 operations, [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]] and [[Walter Wolf Racing]]. All of WilliamsF1 chassis are called "FW" then a number, the FW being th ...Villeneuve]] won the team's 100th race, making Williams one of only three teams in Formula One, alongside [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] and fellow British t

...m which debuted in 2010 and which will use Renault engines in 2011 [[Lotus Racing]].'' ...d engines to the [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] and [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] teams in the 1990s that Renault first tasted world championship success. Renault

...ted '''HSV''' is the officially designated performance vehicle division of Australian motor [[automobile]] manufacturer [[Holden]]. Based in Clayton, Victoria an ...olden and [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing|TWR]] - an operation owned by Scottish [[racing car]] driver and entrepreneur [[Tom Walkinshaw]]. HSV effectively replaced

...such, he is generally considered the primary authority in [[Formula One]] racing. He is most commonly addressed in tabloid journalism as "F1 Supremo". His e ...he Compton & Ecclestone motorcycle dealership with Fred Compton. His first racing experience came in 1949 in the 500cc [[Formula 3]] Series, acquiring a Coop

...year. Although it is not set to officially debut until the 2009 [[New York Auto Show]], the new Legacy will feature a new 3.6-liter Boxer 6 engine, stylin [[automatic transmission|auto]]

...cing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's racing division has completely devoted its attention and funding to its [[Formula ...of whom raced in various [[Alfa Romeo 8C]] cars; Ferrari himself continued racing, with moderate success, until the birth of his first son [[Dino Ferrari|Din

...ngine|V6]], while being considerably less expensive than a [[V12 engine]]. Racing V8s continue to use the single plane crankshaft because it allows faster ac | title = Classic Racing Engines

'''Rallying''', also known as '''rally racing''', is a form of [[auto racing]] that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or s ...anhard et Levassor]] and [[Peugeot]].<ref>Rose, Gerald: "A Record of Motor Racing 1894–1908" page 1. Royal Automobile Club 1909, reprinted in facsimile 194

...ctober 2008<!-- - 13:10 -->|accessdate=2008-11-18}}</ref> Episodes of the Australian version premièred on 29 September 2008 and NBC was holding the American ve ...drome and business park in Waverley, Surrey. ''Top Gear'' uses a temporary racing circuit which was designed for the show by [[Lotus]] and is laid out on par