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• World Sportscar Championship
  ...e Formula One World Championship, one of the two major world championships in circuit motor racing. Among others, the following races counted towards the championships in certain years:
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• Spa 1000 km
  ...[[Sports car racing|sports cars]] held at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]] in Belgium. ...14 km track over public roads, the race was shortened to 762 km in 1974 and discontinued after 1975.
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• Holden Racing Team
  ...six times, and the series signature race the [[Bathurst 1000]] six times (1990, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009) ...|first=Mark |date=November 19-25 |year=2008 |title=Halcyon Days to Return in 2009, Vow HRT Heavies |journal=Auto Action |issue=1317 |page=3 |publisher=A
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• Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
  | Name = Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps<br>Formula One Layout | Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]'''<br>[[Belgian Grand Prix]]<br> [[Spa 24 Hours]],<br>[[1000 km Spa|Spa 1
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...ace]], held annually at ''[[Circuit de la Sarthe]]'' near Le Mans, France, in the French [[Sarthe]] ''département''. It is organised by the ''[[Automobi ...turmoils in spring (see May 1968). The race has been cancelled twice: once in the year 1936 (Great Depression) and from 1940 to 1948 (World War II).
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• Ron Dennis
  ...the team principal of [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]], the group's [[Formula One]] team, until 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto ...view: Dennis not menaced by faltering start: The McLaren chairman's belief in a winning future is undimmed by his team's present problems| url=http://spo
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• Pontiac Firebird 1982-2002
  ...s its 2nd gen predecessor, lasting 11 model years, and would be redesigned in 1993. The final 4th gen Firebird would ultimately be the best built, most ...cid) I4 (1982-1985)<br>2.8L (173 cid) V6 (1982-1989)<br>3.1L (191 cid) V6 (1990-1992)<br>3.8L (231 cid) Turbo V6 (1989)<br>5.0L (305 cid) V8 (1982-1992)<br
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• Mercury
  ...roman god of speed who was the messenger of the gods, which was reflected in its focus during its early years on performance. The Mercury brand was phased out in 2010, while Ford Motor Company will focus on the Ford and [[Lincoln]] brand
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• Stirling Moss
  |Years = [[1951 Formula One season|1951]] – [[1961 Formula One season|1961]] ...information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.</ref>
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• Active suspension
  ...he system therefore virtually eliminates [[body roll]] and pitch variation in many driving situations including [[corner]]ing, [[accelerating]], and [[br ...lity]] and [[car handling]] by keeping the tires perpendicular to the road in corners, allowing for much higher levels of grip and control.
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• Auto Union
  ...t venture of four German [[automobile]] manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. ...d [[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
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• Top Gear (1977 TV series)
  ...ell]] and [[Adrian Simpson]] having moved to [[Fifth Gear]], was broadcast in 2002 with coverage of the Birmingham Motorshow.) In 2002, the show was relaunched in a new one-hour-long, studio-based format.
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• Alpine
  ...garage proprietor who began to achieve considerable competition success in one of the few French cars produced just after World War 2. ...these at [[Le Mans]] and [[12 Hours of Sebring|Sebring]] with some success in the early 50s.
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• Dan Gurney
  Team(s) = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[BRM]], [[Porsche in Formula One|Porsche]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Brabham]], [[All American Racers|Eagle]] ....allamericanracers.com/bio.html All American Racers bio]</ref> he was born in Port Jefferson, New York, but moved to California as a teenager. He has bee
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• Ferrari F50
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• Touring car racing
  ...ing]] competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in Britain, Germany, Scandinavia, and Australia. ...om production cars, whereas some current touring car series are also raced in [[silhouette racing car]]s. Touring cars race exclusively on [[road racing
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• WilliamsF1
  ...ank Williams]] and [[Patrick Head]]. The team was formed in [[1977 Formula One season|1977]] after two earlier and, compared with WilliamsF1's achievement ...a record until [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] surpassed it in [[2000 Formula One season|2000]].
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• Williams F1
  ...ank Williams]] and [[Patrick Head]]. The team was formed in [[1977 Formula One season|1977]] after two earlier and, compared with WilliamsF1's achievement ...a record until [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] surpassed it in [[2000 Formula One season|2000]].
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• Porsche 930
  ...d guesses were thrown everywhere - and included everything, from a Formula One project, to a new racing car, via a completely new model and suggestions th ...back pain on long distance driving - and the Blaupunkt 'Portable' stereo - in reality, a giant black box weighing several kilograms. The new model was gi
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• Formula One
  ...he maximum power achieved in the history of the series was around 1200 bhp in racing trim, during the 1980s 'turbo era'. ...s for the [[List of Formula One constructors|constructor teams]], however, in recent years several teams have gone bankrupt.
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