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• Supercross
  ...cialized high performance off-road [[motorcycles]] on an artificially made dirt tracks consisting of steep jumps and obstacles. [[Professional]] Supercros ...ork of [[Clear Channel]], who in 2004 contributed expertise in filming on-track gate event competition for ''[[Supercross (film)|Supercross: The Movie]]''.
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• Oversteer
  ...empting to turn. The car is said to oversteer when the rear wheels do not track behind the front wheels but instead slide out toward the outside of the tur ...ave a bit of understeer. Note that this applies only to pavement racing. Dirt racing is a different matter.
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• Drifting (motorsport)
  ...people have intentionally used [[oversteer]] in motorsports such as [[dirt track racing]], [[motorcycle speedway]], and [[rallying]]. Early [[Grand Prix]] ...ders the road, to maintain or gain drift angle. Also colloquially called "Dirt Turbo".
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• Hillclimbing
  In [[Sweden]], hillclimb events are run along different lines, with dirt bikes and [[four-wheel drive]] machines literally driving up the side of a ...f-camber corners, and steep grades; a nice Sunday drive, but hardly a race track. It is 2.2 miles (3.5km) long, and climbs approximately 800 feet (245 meter
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• Casey Stoner
  ...rced to miss much of the latter half of the pre-season testing when an old dirt bike shoulder injury flared up. However, after surgery he was cleared for a ...limit, as Rossi retired after a front tyre failure, and Stoner ran off the track to rejoin in tenth. Amazingly, Stoner fought back from this position to fin
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ..., Formula-1 etc. teams set up their car's in the shop and take them to the track and wonder why they have a noticeable Understeer. Many teams only discover ...rce times the front unsprung center of gravity height divided by the front track width. Likewise for the rear.
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• Mario Andretti
  ...racing|road courses]], paved [[oval track|oval]]s, and [[dirt track racing|dirt tracks]] in one season, a feat that he accomplished four times. With his fi ...garage in 1959. They took turns racing the car on oval [[dirt track racing|dirt tracks]] near Nazareth in 1959 in the old [[Hudson Motor Car|Hudson]]. They
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• Cagiva
  In the early 80's Cagiva began to manufacture dirt bikes and started a massive public relations program with the opening of th ===Track Competition===
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• Lancia Stratos
  ...[[Group 5 (racing)|Group 5]] turbocharged 'silhouette' Stratos for closed-track endurance racing. Theses cars failed against the [[Porsche 935]]s on closed ...lin McRae Rally]], [[Gran Turismo 4]], [[Rally Trophy]] and [[Colin McRae: DiRT]].
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• Disc brake
  ...plain faced rotor) may crack at the holes under severe use, such as on the track. Other designs include "slots" - shallow channels machined into the disc t ...ton) designs are subject to failure due to sticking. This can occur due to dirt or corrosion if the vehicle is not operated. This can cause the pad attache
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• Husqvarna
  ...inning recipe for many American champion riders, whether competing in dirt track, enduro or desert races. As a result, in the US Husqvarna becomse a classic
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• All wheel drive
  ...ht|224px|A [[Subaru Impreza]] [[rally car]] uses 4WD for traction on loose dirt.]] ...revious cars (so the driver ends up attempting to carve out his or her own track). As in other countries, four-wheel drives have become popular with city-dw
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• Motorcycle
  ...rt course) using the rear brake is called "backing it in" (or "turning" on dirt). Racers while hard on the front brake will feather the rear brake just eno ...subject to being thrown off the fast-moving chain and results in grime and dirt buildup. Chains do deteriorate, and excessive wear on the front and rear sp
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• Bicycle
  Fixed-gear track racing bikes have transmission efficiencies of over 99% (nearly all the ene ...open to the outside, mechanical disc brakes tend to pick up small bits of dirt and grit in the cable lines when ridden in harsh terrain. Hydraulic disc b
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