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American Championship Car Racing
:*From 1909 to 1955 the championship was sanctioned by the Contest Board of American Automobile ...the CART championship became the de-facto championship. USAC ran a "rump" season, with few cars and fewer name drivers - the only exception being [[A.J. Foy

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Alain Prost
...the five victories that season that would make him France’s first Formula One world champion. © Schlegelmilch]] |Date of birth ||24 February 1955

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MV Agusta
...c and F4 1000 cc "[[Ayrton Senna]]" editions in memory of the late Formula One Champion of the same name (who was an avid Ducati and MV Agusta collector) ...the 916. In recent publications, the MV Agusta has been highly praised as one of the best handling motorcycles ever created and the 2008 F4 312R model is

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Cisitalia
...best drivers. He won the event in one of his own D46s. Amazingly it was a one-two-three for Cisitalia with [[Franco Cortese]] coming second and [[Louis C Dusio’s ultimate plan was to produce a Formula 1 car and this was eventually designed by Dr Ferdinand Porsche’s company,

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Champcars
...''. The series merged into the [[IndyCar Series]] before its planned 2008 season. ...racing in the general outrage over motor racing safety that followed the [[1955 Le Mans disaster]]. USAC controlled the championship until 1978. Starting i

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Scuderia Ferrari
...g division has recently devoted its attention and funding to its [[Formula One]] team, '''Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro'''. ...is [[Jean Todt]], and its technical director is [[Ross Brawn]]. Ferrari is one of five F1 teams currently using [[Bridgestone]] tyres (the other 6 using [

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Indianapolis 500
.... The event lends its name to the "[[IndyCar]]" class of [[formula racing|formula]], or [[open wheel car|open-wheel]], race cars that have competed in it. It ...a smattering of small events before the promoters decided to focus on just one major event and it was paved with 3.2 million bricks urged by principal [[C

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History of Formula One
{{Formula One}} ...p has always been the main focus of the category, non-championship Formula One races were held for many years. Due to the rising cost of competition, the

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Mario Andretti
...tory of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in [[Formula One]], [[American Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]], [[World Sportscar Champion ...ies]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti's victory at the [[1978 Dutch Grand Prix]]. Andretti ha

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Ilario Bandini
...nazzo-Sintoni, Fouls-Pacitti, Camisotti-Sintoni and Garavini). Notably, in 1955, two years before the final 'true' Mille Miglia, the Bandini 750 shared by ...port torpedo continued alongside the new single seater [[Bandini formula 3|Formula 3]] car, for which an impressive 93 hp at 9,000 rpm was claimed. A lowere

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Alfa Romeo
...h]] automobile firm of [[Alexandre Darracq]], with some Italian investors. One of them, Cavaliere [[Ugo Stella]], an [[aristocracy|aristocrat]] from [[Mil ...modified.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Alfa Romeo 1900|1900 CSS Ghia Speciale]] (1955)]]

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Le Mans 24 hours races
==1955 The worst accident in racing history== See [[1955 Le Mans disaster]]

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Moto Guzzi
...Guzzi]] (1889–1964), Giovanni Ravelli ( -1918), Giorgi Parodi (1897-1955) ...st European manufacturer in continuous motorcycle production. Guzzi is now one of seven brands owned by [[Piaggio|Piaggio & Co. SpA]], Europe's largest mo

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