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• Petit Le Mans
  ...ACO), which are slightly modified if necessary, mainly to allow additional cars to compete. ...[[prototype#Automobile_racing|prototypes]] and two for [[Gran Turismo|GT]] cars. Class winners of this event receive an automatic invitation to the succeed
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• Merzario
  ...om [[Italy]]. They participated in 31 grands prix, entering a total of 32 cars. ...e. This was later modified by [[Simon Hadfield]] into a [[ground effect in cars|ground effect]] 'wing' car.
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• Maserati V8RI
  '''Maserati V8RI''' (1935 - 1936) were four racing cars made by [[Maserati]] of [[Modena]]. 320 bhp and a maximum speed of {{Auto kmh|270}}. The "RI" denoted ''Ruote indipendenti'', the
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• Fastest production car
  ...d and the 288 GTO never raced thus all 272 cars built remained purely road cars. (400HP) | 200 road cars produced.
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• Gastone Brilli-Peri
  ...knew the track well having won the race one year earlier, came to test the cars of his team, the Scuderia Materassi. *[[Auto racing|Auto Racing]]
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• Georges Boillot
  ...rt of the [[Peugeot]] team. He debuted with them in 1909 in the Coupe de l'Auto at [[Rambouillet]] and in 1910, went to Italy to compete in the [[Targa Flo ...th four camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Boillot won the Coupe de l'Auto in 1913 and became the darling of French racing fans when he won his second
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• Rallycross
  '''Rallycross''' is a spectacular form of [[Sprint (race)|sprint]] style [[Auto racing|automobile racing]], held on a closed mixed-surface [[circuit (racin In rallycross several cars start abreast at the same time, and drive three to six laps on a rather sho
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• Concept car
  ...doors, 3 or 6 (or more) wheels, or special abilities not usually found on cars. ...icles with a working drivetrain and accessories. The state of most concept cars lies somewhere in between and usually does not represent the final product.
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• Autograss
  ...ir 60s and 70s. Ladies’ races are held at every meeting and the sharing of cars between family members is encouraged. It is an affordable motor sport. Indi ...he Fiat Cinquecento and Citroen AX have been added to the list of eligible cars for 2006.
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• Circuit de la Sarthe
  ...permanent track most famous for hosting the annual [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] auto race. The track uses local roads that remain open to the public most of th ...rce 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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• Saxomat
  Cars with a Saxomat clutch did not have a clutch pedal. The Saxomat consisted of [[Category:Auto parts]]
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• Alfa Romeo BAT
  [[Image:BATcars.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Three Original BAT cars. From left: BAT 5, BAT 7, BAT 9]] ...he Italian design house; [[Bertone]]. Of the successful project came three cars: the BAT 5 in [[1953]], the BAT 7 in [[1954]], and finally the BAT 9 in [[1
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• Coil bind
  '''Coil bind''' is a style of setup used in various levels of [[NASCAR]] [[auto racing|racing]]. Coil bind setups utilize very soft front [[Suspension (ve ...p times, the cars are more sensitive to [[turbulence]] generated by nearby cars.
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• World Rally Car
  Technical regulations mandate that World Rally Cars must be built upon a production car with a minimum of 2500 units, based on ...base model need not have the characteristics of the WRC, as evidenced from cars such the [[Peugeot 206]] and [[Peugeot 307|307]], [[Citroën Xsara]], or th
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• Slick tire
  ...ck") is a type of [[tire]] that has no [[tread]] pattern, used mostly in [[auto racing]]. By eliminating any grooves cut into the tread, such tires provide ...which must be able to operate in all weather conditions. They are used in auto racing where competitors can choose different tires based on the weather co
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• Enzo Ferrari
  ..., Ferrari grew up with little formal education but a strong desire to race cars. During [[World War I]] he was a mule-skinner, his father Alfredo and broth He left CMN in 1920 to work at [[Alfa Romeo]], racing their cars in local races he had more success. In 1923, racing in Ravenna, he acquired
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• Windshield
  ...up (often called [[Brooklands]]) was popular among older sports and modern cars in vintage style. [[Category:Auto parts]]
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• Formula 5000
  [[Image:LolaT332.jpg|thumb|[[1974]] [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola ]] T-332]] '''Formula 5000''' (or '''F5000''') was an auto-racing formula that ran different series in various regions around the worl
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• Sequential manual transmission
  ...nual transmission]] used on [[motorcycle]]s and high-performance cars or [[auto racing]], where [[gear]]s are selected in order, and direct access to speci ...gine|engine]] from the transmission, thus stopping all torque transfer. In auto racing, this process is slow and prone to human error; hence the developmen
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• Tom Sneva
  ...Spokane, Washington]], and worked as a school principal before becoming an auto racer. ...trol and crashed before the race started. In [[1987]], Sneva crashed three cars, two in practice, and one during the race. He would ultimately suffer crash
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