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• NASCAR
  .../www.racing-reference.info/exhibition.htm|title=Exhibition Races|publisher=racing-reference.info|accessdate=2009-04-18}}</ref> ...Jayski-about">{{cite web|url=http://www.jayski.com/pages/faqrace.htm|title=RACING FAQ, NASCAR Trivia and TECH Questions|date=February 15, 2009|publisher=Jays
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• Lotus Esprit
  ...rrari]] 308, 328, F355, and 360 Modena, as well as many [[Porsche]] sports cars in a production life that lasted nearly 30 years. ...n SM]] and [[Maserati Merak]]; it also featured inboard rear brakes as was racing practice at the time. The series 1 embodied Lotus’ performance through li
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• Watkins Glen International
  ...[[Firestone Indy Lights]]'''<br>Corning 100<br><br>'''[[Sportscar Vintage Racing Association]]'''<br>[[SCCA]] [[SPEED World Challenge]]<br>Zippo U.S. Vintag |Record_team = [[Penske Racing|Team Penske]]
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• Off-roading
  ...y them from off-road manufacturers, such as Land Rover, which has produced cars for the armed forces of many countries. ...in "off-road" aspects during the rainy season, when extra gears and [[four wheel drive]] can become desirable or even necessary. In Western countries the te
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• Dodge Caliber SRT4
  ...m of the 2008 [[Dodge Caliber]]. Built by [[Chrysler LLC]]’s [[Street and Racing Technology]] division, the Caliber SRT4 replaces the recently discontinued ...RT]] Livin' Loud audio system (late availability) at $1,190; power-express open/close sun roof at $795; and 19 x 7.5-inch polished aluminum SRT wheels at $
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• Stirling Moss
  ...rling Craufurd Moss''', OBE (born 17 September 1929 in London) is a former racing driver from England. His success in a variety of categories placed him amo ...pendent|independent.co.uk]]| url =http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/james-lawton-hamilton-still-on-track-to-greatness-397525.html| date =22 Oct
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• Honda S2000
  ...2000 model and continues in the tradition of the lightweight roadster "S" cars such as the S600 and S800. With over 40 years of Honda racing technology packed into this little ragtop roadster, the Honda S2000 is at h
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• History of the automobile
  ...iquitous modern [[gasoline]]- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine. Cars powered by [[electric power|electricity]] briefly appeared at the turn of t ...technologies hailed as a replacement for gasoline as an energy source for cars, was discovered in principle by yet another German, [[Christian Friedrich S
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• Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
  ...a petrol engine producer, but after the success of a small number of race cars built on contract by Wilhelm Maybach for [[Emil Jellinek]], it began to pro ...g the death of [[Willhelm Bauer]] in a Daimler racer)<ref>Georgano, G.N. ''Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930'' (London: Grange-Universal, 1990), p.39.</re
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• Formula One
  ...maximum power achieved in the history of the series was around 1200 bhp in racing trim, during the 1980s 'turbo era'. ...ules for a World Championship before the war, but due to the suspension of racing during the conflict, the World Drivers' Championship was not formalised unt
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• Pickup truck
  A '''pickup truck''' or '''ute''' is a light [[motor vehicle]] with an open-top rear cargo area. ...welded sheet steel monocoque chassis in the same style as modern passenger cars. Trucks on the other hand usually have a heavy 'C' section rail chassis wit
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• Manual Transmission
  ...some, such as those commonly mounted on motorcycles and some types of race cars, only allow the driver to select the next-highest or next-lowest [[gear rat ..., is only used for starting from a standstill. This procedure is common in racing vehicles and most production motorcycles.
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• Circuit de la Sarthe
  ...[[24 Hours of Le Mans]] auto race. The track uses local roads that remain open to the public most of the year. The circuit, in its present configuration, ...in the era of [[Group C]] cars helped braking to some degree but presently cars are tending towards low downforce to seek higher speeds in the face of powe
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• Zastava Koral
  ..., New York. As a result, in the summer of 1986, Yugo America began selling cars at a starting price of $3,990 for the entry-level GV ("Great Value") hatchb ...[[autocross]] racer meant that many a Yugo GV was modified with [[Abarth]] racing parts and sent to participate in [[SCCA]]-sanctioned events, notably in the
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• Automatic gearbox
  Most cars sold in the [[United States]] since the [[1950s]] have been equipped with a ...ference between the pressures changes, causing different sets of valves to open and close. The hydraulic pressure controlled by these valves drives the var
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• Rallying
  ...ic or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars. This motorsport is distinguished by running not on a [[Race track|circuit] ...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
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• Gas turbine
  ...from raw materials, including the fabrication of a centrifugal compressor wheel from plywood, epoxy and wrapped carbon fibre strands. ...gy storage configuration, power, perhaps from a wind farm or bought on the open market at a time of low demand and low price, is used to drive the compress
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• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
  ...automobiles and, eventually, became a world powerhouse for producing sport cars. ...[[Austro-Daimler]] in Austria. His designs were focused on compact street cars, and racecars. Austro Daimler was so strongly tied to the local royalty tha
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• Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  '''[[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IZOD IndyCar Series]]'''<br>[[Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis |Record_team = [[Treadway Racing]]
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• Wankel engine
  ...as [[automobile]]s including [[racing car]]s, along with aircraft, [[kart racing|go-karts]], personal water craft, chain saws, and auxiliary power units. Th ...bus and a [[Mazda Rotary Pickup|pickup truck]]. Customers often cited the cars' smoothness of operation. However, Mazda chose a method to comply with hydr
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