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• American Championship Car Racing
  ...ican Open-Wheel motor racing championship, for specific information on the current Champ Car World Series and the Indy Racing League see [[Champ Car]] and [[I ...former [[Formula One]] champion [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] won the 500 but the current F1 champion [[Nigel Mansell]] won the National Championship, becoming the o
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• Transmission
  ...in and out as speed and such load factors as grade or wind vary slightly. Current computerized transmissions possess very complex programming to both maximiz ...re some specific types of this transmission, including [[Tiptronic]] and [[Direct Shift Gearbox]].
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• Football (soccer)
  ...the ball and where a foul by a defender which would usually punished by a direct free kick becomes punishable by a [[penalty kick (football)|penalty kick]]. * [[Direct free kick]]: awarded to fouled team following certain listed "penal" fouls.
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• Kart racing
  ...out 105 mph (160 km/h) for enduro karts. In the very early days karts were direct drive, but the inconvenience of that setup soon led to the [[centrifugal cl However, the top international classes still use direct drive engines, the reasoning being that at this level drivers should be goo
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• Bicycle brake systems
  '''Cantilever''', '''direct-pull''', and '''V-brakes''' have each arm attached to a separate pivot poin '''V-brakes''' (sometimes called linear- or direct-pull) mount similarly, but the arms extend straight up, and the outer housi
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• Two-stroke cycle
  This problem has been addressed in newer engines which employ [[gasoline direct injection]], similar to diesel two-strokes. ...llier and more damaging than a four-stroke engine, thus struggling to meet current emission control laws. They are noisier, partly due to the more penetrating
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• Motor oil
  ...film between surfaces of parts moving against each other so as to minimize direct contact between them decreasing friction, wear, and production of excessive ...obsolete. There are six [[diesel engine]] service designations which are current: CI-4, CH-4, CG-4, CF-4, CF-2, and CF. All others are obsolete. It is pos
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• Air brake (rail)
  ...e air pressure in the reservoir and brake cylinder to be maintained at the current level. ...the brake cylinder, while emergency applications cause the triple valve to direct all air in both the service portion and the emergency portion of the dual-c
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• Bicycle gearing
  *[[Retro-Direct]] drivetrains used on some early 20th century bicycles have been resurrecte ...traveled by the bicycle for one rotation of the pedals. Gear inches has no current physical significance; it corresponds to the diameter of the main wheel of
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• ATS
  ...Chiti]] and [[Giotto Bizzarrini]], among others - intending for it to be a direct competitor to [[Ferrari]] both on the race track and on the street. Chiti ...from the infamous [[Ferrari]] “Palace Revolt” of 1961, intended to mount a direct challenge to their former employer. Development of the basic concept of the
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• Italy
  ...aly's rigid labour market and expensive [[pension]] system, because of the current economic slowdown and opposition from [[labor union|labour unions]]. The official language of Italy is [[Italian language|Standard Italian]], a direct descendant of [[Latin]]. (Some 75% of Italian words are of Latin origin.) H
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• World Rally Championship
  | Current season || 2009 World Rally Championship season ...973 World Rally Championship season|1973]]. The [[World Rally Car]] is the current car specification in the series. It evolved from [[Group A]] cars which rep
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• Formula One car
  ...er. The regulations governing the cars are unique to the championship. The current Formula One regulations specify that cars must be constructed by the racing ''See'' [[Formula One regulations]] ''for a summary of the current technical and sporting regulations.''
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• Formula One
  ...pco]], [[Cosworth]], [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] and [[Supertec]], which had no direct team affiliation, often sold engines to teams who could not afford to manuf ...ded in the early 1990s, numbers were frequently shuffled around, until the current system was adopted in 1996.
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• Lega Nord
  ...eft, only to be refuted by Bossi, who had previously invited him to pursue direct talks with [[Massimo D'Alema]], as in 1994 with Segni. These talks were suc *Current National Secretary: [[Kurt Pancheri]]
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• Motorcycle Racing
  ...ere are usually sub-groups. These may include classic machinery (i.e., non-current to various extents), miniature machinery (e.g., [[pocketbike racing]] ), si The direct equivalent of road racing, but off road - i.e. a number of bikes on a close
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• Automobile
  Current research and development is centered on "[[Hybrid electric vehicle|hybrid]] Alternative forms of combustion such as [[Gasoline Direct Injection|Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI)]] are starting to appear in production vehicles. GDI is emp
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• Gasoline
  However, German aviation engines were of the direct fuel injection type and could use methanol-water injection and [[nitrous ox ==Current use==
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