Search results

• Maserati Ghibli II
  ...own carbon fiber-trimmed interior with aluminum pedals and a MOMO steering wheel, and the drivetrain included tweaked suspension and Brembo brakes. To celeb ...nge]]. After the end of the 1995 racing season, several of the original 23 cars were used in national GT events.
  4 KB (519 words) - 22:09, 27 March 2007
• Autocross
  ...wn right, autocrossing is a good way to learn skills that transfer to road racing, as drivers learn vehicle control and club ethics. ...low average speeds, lack of physical obstacles, and lack of wheel-to-wheel racing. For this reason, most autocross participants compete in "daily drivers",
  8 KB (1,238 words) - 05:24, 26 May 2010
• Excelsior Motor Company
  ...nbsp;cc Condor engine. The new company put more effort in competition and racing. To avoid confusion with the American maker of the same name, they called ===Racing Heyday===
  7 KB (1,022 words) - 13:42, 18 May 2010
• Understeer
  In modern race cars, especially open-wheel cars, understeering is caused mainly due to the aerodynamic configuration. In th ...handling understeer, which is at higher lateral accelerations, and is what racing drivers are talking about.
  6 KB (1,030 words) - 16:56, 4 October 2006
• Arnolt
  ...t''' Inc. of Chicago and Warsaw Indiana sold four different manufacturer's cars with [[Bertone]] bodies during the period 1953 to 1968. ...cars in the 1950's to the United States. Though sold as American cars, the cars were true hybrids, with British mechanicals, Italian bodywork, and U.S. sal
  6 KB (1,060 words) - 08:04, 25 January 2007
• Chevron
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Chevron''' was a manufacturer of [[racing car]]s, founded by [[Derek Bennett]], who remained in charge from 1965 to h ...notable for its proud Lancastrian nature - unlike the rest of the British racing car industry which tended to be based in an arc running from South West Lon
  9 KB (1,517 words) - 09:35, 28 April 2008
• Offenhauser
  '''Offenhauser''' was a racing engines manufacturer that operated from 1933 to 1983. ...verhead cam, four cylinder, four valve per cylinder 220 cubic inch (3.6 L) racing engine. When Miller went bankrupt in 1933, Offenhauser and another Miller e
  6 KB (706 words) - 01:31, 23 January 2007
• Radical
  ...cal's sportscars are road legal, they also build some purpose-built racing cars, such as the SR9 [[Le Mans prototype]]. ...ced inside a small open-cockpit chassis which could house two adults. The cars were intended to run in the [[750 Motor Club]]'s races under the [[Sports 2
  9 KB (1,360 words) - 12:33, 18 December 2010
• Farbio
  ...g on his new range of supercars badged 'Arash Cars' including his AF10 and racing car projects. Arash is renowned for his collection of supercars from Lambor ...ined about the styling but only one vehicle was made and never sold on the open market. The Farboud GT turned up at the start of the 2005 [[Gumball 3000]]
  7 KB (1,077 words) - 10:59, 16 March 2010
• English Racing Automobiles
  ...AME}} Models}}'''English Racing Automobiles''' ('''ERA''') was a British [[racing car]] manufacturer active from 1933 to 1954. ...o win [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grands Prix]]. However, by 1933 Grand Prix racing was becoming much more expensive thanks to the very large sums being spent
  6 KB (988 words) - 13:51, 20 February 2007
• Dune buggy
  ...en [[chassis]]. They are also called '''beach buggies''' and those with an open frame chassis are called '''sandrails'''. ...the outer ends of the axles are fixed to the wheel drums. This causes the wheel not to sit perpendicular to the ground at the extremes of travel, but does
  8 KB (1,330 words) - 06:56, 18 January 2010
• Mercedes-Benz 300SL
  :''This article is about the car produced from 1952 to 1963, for other cars with the same name, see [[Mercedes-Benz SL-Class]].'' ...ts car]] with characteristic [[gull-wing door]]s, and later, offered as an open [[roadster]].
  11 KB (1,711 words) - 08:47, 11 December 2010
• Porsche 718
  | Racing | Two-door, two-seat coupe/open top
  5 KB (813 words) - 13:32, 16 May 2007
• Limited Slip Differential
  ...case, the contacting wheel will remain stationary, and the non-contacting wheel will rotate at twice its intended velocity – the [[torque]] transmitted w ...mp and clutch pack). The latter is gaining ground especially in modern all-wheel drive vehicles, and generally requires less maintenance than the mechanical
  12 KB (1,958 words) - 13:58, 13 February 2009
• SEMA
  ...ndling equipment, drivetrain parts and more. The industry covers [[muscle cars]], classics, luxury vehicles, sport compacts, [[street rod]]s, [[light truc ...title formerly held by the now defunct COMDEX show. This auto show is not open to the public. Registration as media, manufacturer, buyer or exhibitor is
  5 KB (737 words) - 13:52, 18 May 2010
• Formula Three
  ...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 ...ritain was organised by the VSCC in July 1947 at RAF Gransden Lodge, 500cc cars being the only post war class to run that day. The race was won by [[Eric B
  17 KB (2,366 words) - 02:19, 8 July 2010
• Porsche 804
  | Single seater open cockpit racer | Five-speed manual, rear-wheel drive
  3 KB (483 words) - 12:14, 22 May 2007
• Audi R8 LMP
  ...ced in 1999 for [[Sportscar racing]] as a redevelopment of their Audi R8R (open top [[Le Mans Prototype|LMP]]) and Audi R8C (closed top [[Le Mans Prototype In 1997, [[sports car racing]] and especially the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] was popular among factories like
  15 KB (2,403 words) - 02:45, 1 April 2007
• Cadillac Northstar LMP
  ...ke their [[Chevrolet Corvette|Corvette]] program, they would not build new cars from scratch for the first few years of competition. Instead, GM would use ...dan. It had already been adapted for racing in 1995 for use in the [[Indy Racing League]], but was thoroughly modified in order to not only increase power,
  14 KB (2,284 words) - 03:37, 4 July 2007
• Auto Union
  ...[Wanderer|Wanderer]] - were continued; the four ring logo was used only in racing. The four ring logo of Auto Union is still a trademark, and now used by Aud ...Grand Prix until the early 1980s to again reach the power levels of these cars.
  13 KB (2,053 words) - 17:59, 31 May 2010

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)