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• Britcar
  '''Britcar''' is an [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|Endurance Motor Racing series]] formed in [[1997]] as a result of a discussion in a [[Nürb ...ndous growth in 2003, it attracted [[Sky Sports]] coverage in their Motor Sports section in 2004.
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• Luca Cadalora
  ...pionship]] on a Garelli and then the [[1991 in sports|1991]] and [[1992 in sports|1992]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World C ...d to [[Mick Doohan]] in 1994. Cadalora rejoined Kanemoto for the [[1996 in sports|1996]] season, racing a Honda NSR-500. Despite lacking any major sponsors,
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• Petit Le Mans
  ...[French language|French]] for ''little Le Mans'') is a [[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance racing|endurance]] race held annually at [[Road Atlanta]] ...was first run on [[October 10]], [[1998 in sports|1998]], and in [[1999 in sports|1999]] became one of the original events of the [[American Le Mans Series]]
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• Grand Prix de la Marne
  The '''Grand Prix de la Marne''' was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] event staged at a racecourse near the city of [[Reims]] in the [[M * SCR : [[Sports car racing]]
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• Maserati Khamsin
  | Class || [[Sports car]] ...at the [[Turin Auto Show]]. The next year it was on display at the [[Paris Motor Show]], badged as a [[Maserati]]. Production started in 1974. The car sport
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• Wayne Rainey
  ...road racer]]. During the late [[1980 in sports|1980s]] and early [[1990 in sports|1990s]] he won the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship] ...oved to the Grand Prix circuit and Rainey took over, earning the [[1983 in sports|1983]] National Championship for Kawasaki.
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• Ferrari Inter
  |Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...p;mm long. 39 examples were produced from its introduction at the [[Turin Motor Show]] in [[1948]] to its retirement in [[1950]]. It was replaced by the 2
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• Le Mans Endurance Series
  The '''Le Mans Series (LMS)''' is a European [[sports car racing]] endurance series based around the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race ...n running with ACO backing since 1999, but is run by [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]]. It is also seen as a rebirth of the [[European Le Mans
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• Sebring Raceway
  | Owner || [[Panoz Motor Sports Group]] | Operator || [[Panoz Motor Sports Group]]
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• Johnny Cecotto
  | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] ...a virtual unknown aboard an unmodified Yamaha TZ 700 sponsored by [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha's]] Venezuelan importer, and starting from last place on the
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• La Lupetta
  ...cylinder 4-stroke [[Lambretta]] engine and was presented at the 1949 Turin Motor Show''']] ...how to workshops for car manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] and how to prepare a sports car. During the war, while stationed at the airport in [[Reggio Calabria]]
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• Camoradi International
  ...am of the 1960s known for racing [[Maserati Birdcage]] [[sports car racing|sports cars]], and a [[Porsche in motorsport|Porsche]] and [[Cooper Car Company|Co
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• FLIRT
  ...afts are presented, which could reach 100 km/hintroduces at the 1913 Paris Motor Show. The car, designed by the engineer [[Ingenieur Pestalozzi]] from [[Tur
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• Giovanni Michelotti
  ...Michelotti''' (1921-1980) was one of the most prolific [[designers]] of [[sports car]]s in the 20th century. He was also responsible for a number of saloon ==[[Standard Motor Company|Standard]] [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]]==
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• 1981 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | '''[[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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• Truck Racing
  '''Truck racing''' is a form of motor racing that involves modified versions of heavy trucks on racing circuits. Unlike other forms of motor sport race trucks look like and conform to regulations to ensure that major
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• 1971 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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• Kevin Schwantz
  ...|road racer]] during the late [[1980 in sports|1980s]] and early [[1990 in sports|1990s]]. He was hugely popular for his aggressive, all-or-nothing riding st ...fter a serious crash in qualifying for the Houston Supercross in [[1983 in sports|1983]], he decided to quit motocross.
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• Ferruccio Lamborghini
  ...systems after [[World War II]], Lamborghini was an enthusiastic owner of [[sports car]]s, including [[Ferrari]]s. He noticed that some of the [[clutch]] comp In order to achieve his goal, he founded his own rival sports car manufacturer near the Ferrari factory, and hired ex-Ferrari engineers G
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• Circuito del Garda
  known for hosting fifteen [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races between [[Category:Sports car races]]
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• Michelotti
  ...Michelotti''' (1921-1980) was one of the most prolific [[designers]] of [[sports car]]s in the 20th century. He was also responsible for a number of saloon ...1949. He influenced numerous car designs, including a number of [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]]s, the [[Maserati]] Spyder, [[BMW]] 700, [[Alpine_(car)|Al
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• Kay Petre
  ..., born [[May 10]], [[1903]] - died [[August 10]], [[1994]], was an early [[motor racing]] star. ...ritish races like the Brooklands 500 Miles and Double Twelve Hours, plus [[sports car]] races at [[Donington Park]] and [[The Crystal Palace|Crystal Palace]]
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• 1980 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | '''[[Ligier]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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• Ferrari 308GTB
  |Class:||[[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] ...nd similar '''208''' and later '''328''') were [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]]s that made up the lower end of the company's range. The 308 replaced
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• Sports car
  [[image:LamboMer.jpg|thumb|right|400px|'''Lamborghini Gallardo Sports Car at [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy]]]''' ...rting performance. While opinions differ as to the exact definition, most sports cars have two seats and two doors, and are designed to excel at a combinati
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• Circuit del Jarama
  ...hen it was deemed too narrow for modern racing; its still holds occasional sports car and [[motorcycle]] races. | [[Ligier]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• De Tomaso Vallelunga
  |Class || [[Sports car]] The '''Vallelunga''' was an extremely rare [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] produced by [[De Tomaso]] from [[1965]] through [[1967]].
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• Carl Fogarty
  ...ports|1999]]. Riding for Ducati, Fogarty finished second at the [[1995 in sports|1995]] [[Daytona 200]] in the [[United States]]. [[Scott Russell]] crashed Fogarty was forced to retire from racing in [[2000 in sports|2000]] after a racing incident when he hit a back-marker and crashed, causi
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• Innocenti De Tomaso
  ...the car's launch, BLMC went bankrupt and Innocenti was sold to the Italian sports car maker [[De Tomaso]] in 1975.
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• Cagiva K
  ...end of expansion (pin) that was divided in two, so to have two [[Silencer (motor)|silencers]] has a single pin and silencer. ...eat K7 used the same cylinder of Myth, as changed by changing the cylinder sports model of Myth (in'90 take the engine model Lucky Explorer), whereas the pis
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• Ferrari 308
  |Class:||[[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] ...nd similar '''208''' and later '''328''') were [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]]s that made up the lower end of the company's range. The 308 replaced
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• Ferrari 333 SP
  |Team || Momo Sports<br>[[Team Scandia]]<br>[[BMS Scuderia Italia]]<br>[[JB Racing]]<br>GLV Brum ...20 year absence. The car was built to compete in the [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]]'s new [[IMSA GT Championship|WSC]] class, which replaced
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• Prina
  ...oter]] with a two-stroke 125 cc engine. In 1950, this was accompanied by a sports motorcycle with the same two-stroke engine. In 1952, they presented the ''O
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• Sports car racing
  [[Image:Gtp_sports_cars.jpg|thumb|300px|GTP sports cars racing at [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]] in 1991]] ...enclosed wheel wells. They may be purpose-built or related to road-going [[sports car]]s.
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• Straight-8
  ...ugatti]] [[DOHC]] straight-8 in a [[Bugatti Type 59|Type 59]] [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] racer]] ...their racing car engines for the P2 and P3 and in their 8 C 2300/2600/2900 sports cars of [[Mille Miglia]] and [[Le Mans]] fame the camshaft drive had been m
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• Aguzzoli
  ...ended the run. With the passion for cars many remembered her, even at the Motor Historical. ...tiful coupe, which held to emphasize that not only was the pilot, but also sports director.
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• Elizabeth Junek
  ...ublic]], is regarded as one of the greatest female drivers in [[Grand Prix motor racing]] history. ...ned her a great deal of respect. Shortly thereafter, she won the two-liter sports car class at [[Nürburgring]], [[Germany]], making her the only woman in hi
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• 1976 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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• Archie Scott-Brown
  ...ort and his name became closely linked with that of Brian Lister who built sports racing cars bearing his name. Archie enjoyed much success driving Lister J He was killed in an accident in [[sports car]] racing at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|Spa-Francorchamps]] on 19 Ma
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• Ferrari 166 S
  |Class || [[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...p;mm long. 39 examples were produced from its introduction at the [[Turin Motor Show]] in 1948 to its retirement in 1950. It was replaced by the 2.3&nbsp;
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• Bruce McLaren
  ...total of 19 world championships. McLaren cars totally dominated [[CanAm]] sports car racing with 56 wins between [[1967]] and [[1972]] (and five constructor ...tin-Healey|Austin-Healey]], then a F2 [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-Climax sports. He immediately began to modify and improve it—and master it—so much so
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• Lancia LC1
  The '''Lancia LC1''' was a [[sports car racing|sports car]] run by [[Lancia]] under the [[Group 6]] regulations in the [[World Sp ...2]]. The LC1s still saw some competition in 1983, as Italian squad Sivama Motor modified a pair of LC1s to include a closed cockpit and meet Group C regula
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• List of Racing tracks
  *[[Keimola Motor Stadium]] - [[Vantaa]] *Nasu Motor Sports Land
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• Daijiro Kato
  |valign=top| [[1993 in sports|1993]] |valign=top| [[1994 in sports|1994]]
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• Kenny Roberts
  | [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] ...pionships]] in [[1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1978]]-[[1980 in sports|1980]] and three victories at the [[Daytona 200]]. He is the father of [[Ke
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• Freddie Spencer
  ...mpions [[Kenny Roberts]] and [[Barry Sheene]] in the process. In [[1981 in sports|1981]], he split his time between the U.S. Superbike series, and the Europe By [[1982 in sports|1982]], he had been promoted full time to Honda's [[Grand Prix motorcycle r
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• Sports cars
  ...963|(1963)]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] [[Jaguar E-Type|E-Type]] is a classic sports car.]] A '''sports car''' is a type of [[automobile]] designed primarily for performance drivi
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• Rizzato
  ...he bike parts market since the twenties. From 1950's there was also sports motor bikes, namely for land with 123 cc [[FB Minarelli]] engines.
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• Alessandro de Tomaso
  ...gnificant in the motoring world as a maker of cars. He founded the Italian sports car company [[De Tomaso|De Tomaso Automobili]] in [[1959]], and later built ...]'s most recent product has been the [[De Tomaso Guarà|Guarà]], a two-door sports car with a [[carbon fibre]] bodyshell.
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• 1982 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | '''[[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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• Mil Milhas Brasil
  ...Brazil''' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) is a [[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance race]] held annually in [[B ...t event was held on [[November 24]]&ndash;[[November 25|25]], 1956 with 31 sports cars competing at the [[Autódromo José Carlos Pace|Interlagos]] circuit.
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• Grand Prix of Rome
  | [[Sports car racing|Sports Car]] | [[Sports car racing|Sports Car]]
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• LaMonza Motorsport Country Club
  ...y. Scheduled to begin construction in the Winter of 2007 the private motor sports facility will feature two road circuits that may be linked into one 2.9 mil
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• Suzuka 8 Hours
  ...a]], [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.|Kawasaki]], [[Suzuki]] and [[Yamaha Motor Company Ltd.|Yamaha]]), who had unlimited engineering resources, could use | [[2008 in sports|2008]]
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• Alfa Romeo 8c 2300
  ...8 cylinder]] engine. The [[Vittorio Jano]]-designed 8C was Alfa's primary sports model from its introduction in 1931 to its retirement in 1939. ...hed the stunning '8C Competizione' [[concept car]] at the 60th [[Frankfurt Motor Show]] in 2004 to an astonished audience.
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• Gioacchino Colombo
  ...Ferrari was a tiny 1.5&nbsp;L V12, first used in the [[Ferrari 166|166]] [[sports car]]s. This engine, known in Ferrari circles as the "[[Ferrari Colombo en ...turned to [[Maserati]] and created the [[Maserati 250F|250F]] [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] car. Two years later, Colombo headed to newly-restarte
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• IENA
  ...21 until 1925. Two versions were made, a 750 cc light car and a 1096 cc [[sports car]], it used a French four-cylinder [[Chapuis-Dornier]] engine and later [[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Oulton Park
  '''Oulton Park Circuit''' is a motor racing track in the small village of [[Little Budworth]], [[Cheshire]], nor ...has been run for a number of other categories including [[Formula 5000]], sports cars and touring cars. It has now, however, been re-established as a highl
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• Exotic car
  ...ord in an advertisement for an unnamed car in ''[[The Motor (magazine)|The Motor]]'' dated 3 November 1920, "The Supreme development of the British super-ca ...en said to have has its revival originated with [[United Kingdom|British]] motor journalist [[L. J. K. Setright]] writing about the [[Lamborghini Miura]] in
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• Ferrari GT4
  The GT4, introduced at the [[Paris Motor Show]] in [[1973]], featured angular lines entirely different from their cu ...one of these cars with examples priced at the same level as a new low-end sports car.
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• Giuseppe Farina
  ...[[1906]]-[[June 30]], [[1966]]) stands out in the history of [[Grand Prix motor racing]] for his much copied and admired 'straight-arm' driving style and h ...ing and nephew of Pinin Farina of the coach building company. He began his motor racing career in hillclimbs, graduating to circuit racing with [[Maserati]]
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• Alfa Romeo Spider
  ...and 1970s. It has a wedge shape which is in keeping with traditional Alfa Sports design. The back is "cut-off", creating a sharp, aggressive look. The car i ...d in [[2003]], with the revamped cars being unveiled at that year's Geneva Motor Show. The most notable difference was the restyling of the front end to in
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• Losail International Circuit
  '''Losail International Circuit''' is a motor racing circuit located just outside [[Doha]] in the Persian Gulf State of [ ...of the Losail Circuit by [[Musco Lighting]] is the largest permanent venue sports lighting project in the world. The first night race in MotoGP history will
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• Willhire 24 Hour
  ...The race has throughout its history has been run by the [[British Racing & Sports Car Club]] (BRSCC), which was also responsible for the aforementioned serie ...ntal]] company, after its owner Roger Williams was approached to sponsor a motor racing event at the circuit. Roger talked about sponsoring a 6- or 24-hour
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• Eifelrennen
  The '''ADAC Eifelrennen''' was an annual motor race, organised by [[ADAC]] Automobile Club from 1922 to 2003, held in [[Ge After the modern [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] track was built at the Nürburgring in 1984 and F2 was
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• Bandini 1000
  This new sports prototype, replaces the ''[[1000 Bandini P | P 1000]]'' which inherits the ...lario Bandini, is a development based on experiences gathered by the first motor car rear built.
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• Johnny Herbert
  ..., and more recently in sports cars. He enjoyed much success in lower-level motor racing but never managed to achieve the same level of performance at the to During the mid-1980s, Johnny Herbert was widely regarded as a coming man of [[motor racing]], likened by some to the [[Scotland|Scot]] [[Jim Clark]]. Winning
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• Zambon
  ...-speed transmission and a driveshaft to the rear axle. Then they planned a sports and touring under the name "5 Z" was to be constructed. But this was only i
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• Cagiva W
  ...end of expansion (pin) that was divided in two, so to have two [[Silencer (motor)|silencers]] has a single pin and silencer. ...Group used the same cylinder of Myth, as changed by changing the cylinder sports model of Myth (in'90 take the engine of the model Eddie Lawson), whereas th
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• Battista Farina
  ...g company]], a name forever associated with many of the best-known postwar sports cars (especially [[Ferrari]]s). ...etto]] for [[Alfa Romeo]]. This was first seen by the public at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1966. He died less than a month later, on 3 April.
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• FIA
  ...stablished in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ...ral public the FIA is mostly known as the governing body for certain major motor racing events.
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• 1000km Spa
  ...m Spa''' is an [[Endurance racing|endurance race]] for [[Sports car racing|sports cars]] held at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]] in Belgium. ...oth a 24h race for touring cars and GTs is held, and an endurance race for sports cars and GTs. The 500km race at Spa counted towards the [[World Sportscar C
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• Mosport Park
  ...lity located north of [[Bowmanville, Ontario]]. Mosport, a contraction of Motor Sport and pronounced MoeSport features a 2.459 [[mile]], 10-turn road cour ...first major race in [[1961]], the [[Player's 200]], a [[sports car racing|sports car race]] bringing drivers from the world over to rural [[Ontario]]. [[St
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• Autodelta
  The purpose of the company was bringing Alfa Romeo back to the top level of motor racing after Alfa Romeo's success in the 1950s. The first car developed to For nearly 40 years, many of the world's outstanding classic sports car designs have flowed from the drawing board of [[Giorgetto Giugiaro]] of
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• John Kocinski
  At 17 John was already a factory rider, for [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] in the AMA Championship Cup. He won the full AMA National ...was again 3rd in the series. However, John is also passionate about water sports, and he spent 1995 concentrating on those, as [[Cagiva]] left 500cc racing.
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• Car Information and Photos by Marque: D
  | [[DR Motor Company]] || 2006 - || | [[Drogo]]<br> <small>''Carrozzeria Sports Cars''</small> || 1960 - || <font color=green>'''C'''</font>
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• RR layout
  ...n was the [[De Lorean Motor Company]] with its [[De Lorean DMC-12|DMC-12]] sports car. To compensate for the uneven (35/65) weight distribution caused by the A range of sports road cars and racing cars with the RR layout was produced by the French com
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• Road racing
  ...utomobile Racing Club of America'' in 1933. That organization became the [[Sports Car Club of America]] in 1944. Throughout its history, American race car dr ...way]], and [[Virginia International Raceway]]. Additionally, [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]]-style road course racing over public streets is making
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• Racing
  [[Machine]]s powered by [[motor]]s, on [[land]]: * [[Auto racing]] (also known as ''automobile racing'', ''motor racing'' or ''autosport'')
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• Motorcycle racing
  [[Image:A Motor Cross Bike.jpg|thumb|200px|A Motor Cross Bike]] There are a variety of sports involving racing [[motorcycle]]s. [[Fédération Internationale de Motocycl
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• Lancia Pagani
  ...i, a Milano-based Lancia dealer, constructed several Lancia and Fiat based sports racers in the post war era. The car came to our attention via Mark Steigerwald of the International Motor Racing Research in Watkins Glen, who says that the current owner would like
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• Ferrari 212 Inter
  |Class||[[Sports car]] ...ls Motor Show]] that year, the 212 was an evolution of the 166 &mdash; a [[sports car]] for the road that could also win international races.
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• A1-Ring
  | [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• A.J. Foyt
  ...the [[24 hours of Daytona]], and the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] international sports car endurance race in [[Le Mans, France]], as well as the [[12 Hours of Seb ...Boat]], had been declared the winner of the inaugural IRL race at [[Texas Motor Speedway]] that had been held that night, and his other driver, [[Davey Ham
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• Mugello Circuit
  | [[Sports car racing|Sports car]] | [[Sports car racing|Sports car]]
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• Charade Circuit
  [[Formula 3]], [[sports car racing]], and [[touring car racing]] as when as [[Rallying]] and [[hill | [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• Bandini 1000 GT
  ...chassis instead enjoy the experience made with the ''[[1000 Bandini P|1000 motor rear]]''and uses a design directly derived from the sport that precedes the ...ther bodyshop of north Italy, this time is Corna that realized a sober and sports coupé, which was used as auto staff, an elegant black pastel by [[Ilario B
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• Transaxle
  [[Image:1e 1 b.jpg|thumb|right|Motor Life magazine cover, showing rear view of 1961 Pontiac Tempest chassis, wit ...ally done for reasons of weight distribution, and is therefore common on [[sports car]]s. This design was pioneered in the [[1950]] [[Lancia Aurelia]], and
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• British Superbike Championship
  ...on rights have been delegated to DORNA UK Limited, part of the wider DORNA Sports group which is the commercial and television rights holder of [[MotoGP]]. ...tion-based bikes from [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]], [[Honda]], [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]], [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]] and [[Suzuki]]. M
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• Autograss
  '''Autograss''' racing is [[Britain]]’s most popular form of amateur [[motor racing]]. It takes place at venues throughout [[England]], [[Wales]] and No ...'s governing body, the [http://www.loosenet.co.uk/nasa/ National Autograss Sports Association].
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• Pietro Frua
  ...ients who contracted Frua for the styling of their new 2-litre, 6-cylinder sports car, the A6G. From 1950 to 1957, Frua built 19 Spyders and seven [[coupé]] ...owed a [[Maserati 3500]] GTI Coupé on the Italsuisse stand at the [[1961]] Motor Show in Geneva, together with two tasteful bodies on [[Studebaker]] chassis
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• Vittorio Jano
  Turning to [[sports car]] racing in [[1929]], Jano designed the [[Alfa Romeo 1750|1750 Sport]] ...[[1945]], after [[World War II]], Jano moved to [[Lancia]]'s [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] efforts. His car, the [[Lancia D50|D50]], was introduc
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• Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
  ...-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Mid-Ohio track.gif|220px|center|Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Layout]] ! colspan=2 |'''Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course'''
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• De Tomaso Pantera
  The '''Pantera''' was a [[sports car]] produced by the [[de Tomaso]] car company of [[Italy]] from 1971 thro The first 1971 Panteras were powered by 351&nbsp;in³ (5.8&nbsp;L) [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] ''[[Ford Cleveland engine#351|Cleveland]]'' [[V8]] which pro
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• Formula 5000
  ...he [[Can-Am]] Series, which featured unlimited formula [[sports car racing|sports cars]] fitted with very powerful engines derived from American [[V8]]s; the ...d the new [[IMSA GT Championship|GTP]] prototype regulations for their own sports car championship, the old F5000 were now clumsy and slow compared to the ne
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• List of Formula One broadcasters
  ...rcuit racing defined by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]], motor sport's world governing body, can be seen live or tape delayed on televisio | [[Fox Sports en Latinoamérica|Fox Sports]]
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• Moroccan Grand Prix
  The '''Moroccan Grand Prix''' was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] event begun in 1925 in [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]] with the offici ...returned in 1954, it was held on a circuit at the city of [[Agadir]] for [[sports car]]s, and French dominance was interrupted by an [[Italy|Italian]] driver
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• American Le Mans Series
  The '''American Le Mans Series''' ('''ALMS''') is a [[sports car racing]] series based in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. It consi ...[superspeedway]]s, at [[Charlotte Motor Speedway]], Las Vegas, and [[Texas Motor Speedway]]. Lately, the series has visited more temporary street courses,
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• Enzo Ferrari
  ...t 14]], [[1988]]) was the founder of the [[Scuderia Ferrari]] [[Grand Prix motor racing]] team and subsequently of the [[Ferrari]] car manufacturer. ...took control of its racing efforts again, reducing Ferrari to Director of Sports under Alfa's engineering director. Ferrari soon left, but a contract clause
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• Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
  |Type || [[Sports federation]] ...the general public, the FIA is mostly known as the governing body for many motor racing events.
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• Solituderennen
  ...there until 1956. The track and the pits were widened in early 1957 and [[sports car racing]] was staged by the automobile club [[ADAC]]. *1964: [[Phil Read]], [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] (WC)
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• Sports Car Club of America
  The '''Sports Car Club of America''' ('''SCCA''') is a club and sanctioning body supporti ...ic shape of the original vehicle) and designed-from-scratch "formula" and "sports racer" cars can be used in club racing.
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• Windshield
  ...cing]]. A similar system for automobile windshields, introduced on [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] vehicles ("[[Quickclear]]") in the [[1980s]], uses very thin ...win aeroscreen setup (often called [[Brooklands]]) was popular among older sports and modern cars in vintage style.
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• Scuderia Italia
  After racing in the Italian Sports Championship, Italian [[Rallying|Rally]], and [[touring car]]s, the team ra ...van Capelli]] in the [[German Supertouring Cup]] (STW) before switching to sports car racing, entering the [[FIA GT Championship]] in 1997 with a [[Porsche 9
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• Riverside International Raceway
  *'''[[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]]''' Sadly, Riverside was the site of the only fatality in [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] GTP history. In the 1983 Times Grand Prix, [[Rolf Stomme
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• Pescara Grand Prix
  ...to di Pescara''. For the first three years the race was run for two-seater sports cars and was a fairly minor constituent in the European racing calendar. Ho | [[Sports car racing|Sports car]]
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• De Tomaso
  == De Tomaso sports cars == ...ng mid-engined sports car was propelled with a 104 bhp (78&nbsp;kW) [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Ford Cortina|Cortina]] engine, and had a top speed of 215&
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• Mid-engine design
  In most automobiles, and in sports cars especially, ideal [[car handling]] requires balanced traction between ...n to absorb the force of bumps so the riders feel a smoother ride. But in sports cars this benefit is once again utilized to increase performance and is usu
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• Mark Blundell
  ...[[England]], [[UK]], [[April 8]], [[1966]]) is a former [[Formula One]], [[sports car]], and [[CART]] racing driver. He is currently a Formula One commentat He first dabbled in motor racing at the age of 14, racing motocross bikes across England. He garnere
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• AVUS
  ...hrs- und Übungs-Straße''', better known as '''AVUS''', was a [[Auto racing|motor racing]] circuit on the south-western outskirts of [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], ...]] (AvD), in 1907, as both a motor-sport venue and a testing track for the motor industry. A lack of finances delayed the start of construction for six year
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• Avus
  ...hrs- und Übungs-Straße''', better known as '''AVUS''', was a [[Auto racing|motor racing]] circuit on the south-western outskirts of [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], ...]] (AvD), in 1907, as both a motor-sport venue and a testing track for the motor industry. A lack of finances delayed the start of construction for six year
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• Marco Apicella
  ...e has competed in Italian [[Formula 3000]], and in Japanese [[Super GT]] [[sports car racing]].
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• Daytona International Speedway
  ...[[Motorcycle#Dirt Bike|dirt bikes]], [[Motorcycle racing|motorcycles]], [[sports cars]], modified pickup trucks, and [[stock car racing|stock car]]s. The fa ...]], starting with the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] race in the [[Grand American Sports Car]] series. Then the racing begins for the [[Nextel Cup]] with the [[Budw
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• Ferrari 308 GTB
  |Class:||[[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] ...nd similar '''208''' and later '''328''') were [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]]s that made up the lower end of the company's range. The 308 replaced
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• Maserati 5000GT
  With a planned debut at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show, the new Coupe and Spyder are to be regarded as derivatives of each ot The bodywork and fittings on the two new sports cars will mainly be shared, apart from the a-post / rear wings, roof, rear
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• De Tomaso Longchamp
  |Class || [[Sports car]] ...wheels and flared wheel arches. A cabriolet variant came at the 1980 Turin Motor Show. The cabriolet was made by Carrozerria Pavesi of Milan; very few of th
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• Ferrari 166 Inter
  :''See also the [[Ferrari 166 S|166 S]] [[sports car]] and [[Ferrari 166 F2|166 F2]] [[Formula 2]] racing car'' ...[Ferrari 125|125 S]] and [[Ferrari 166 S|166 S]] [[race car]]s, it was a [[sports car]] for the street with [[coachbuilder|coachbuilt]] bodies. The Inter na
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• Clemente Biondetti
  ...to automobiles. By 1931 his performance earned him a spot in [[Grand Prix motor racing]] with the [[Maserati]] factory team. ...an [[Alfa Romeo]], Clemente Biondetti won the 1938 [[Mille Miglia]] for [[sports car]]s and at the [[Coppa Ciano]] finished second in the voiturette class t
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• Alejandro de Tomaso
  ...gnificant in the motoring world as a maker of cars. He founded the Italian sports car company [[De Tomaso|De Tomaso Automobili]] in [[1959]], and later built ...]'s most recent product has been the [[De Tomaso Guarà|Guarà]], a two-door sports car with a [[carbon fibre]] bodyshell.
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• Ferrari 275
  |Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ''[[Motor Trend|Motor Trend Classic]]'' named the 275 GTB/GTS as number three in their list of th
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• RMR layout
  ...t also uses up central space, making it impractical for any but two-seater sports cars. ...e of successes in racing, the RMR platform has been popular for road going sports cars despite the inherent challenges of design, maintenance and lack of car
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• Ferrari Dino
  ...Image:Ferrari Dino.jpg|280px|A Dino in the parking lot of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the 2005 United States Grand Prix]] |Class:||[[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]]
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• Martin Brundle
  ...dle''' (born [[June 1]], [[1959]]) is an [[England|English]] [[Auto racing|motor racing]] and former [[Formula One]] driver known chiefly as the man who ran ...d opportunities in other disciplines, he took them. He was the 1988 World Sports Car Champion, with a record points haul, and won the 1990 [[24 hours of Le
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• Mignon
  ...few years later to become, with his motor bikes named 'Mignon', the first motor manufacturer from Modena. ...in 1921 was the famous motor "Mignon" which had great results in sales and sports (made news of the great victory at Mignon Parma-Poggio di Berceto in 1924)
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• 1987 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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• List of fastest cars by acceleration
  | [[Ultima Sports|Ultima]] [[Ultima GTR|GTR]] | [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Ford GT|GT]]
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• De Tomaso Guara
  |Class || [[Sports car]] ...er [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] put into the market. Presented 1993 in [[Geneva Motor Show|Geneva]], the Guarà was available as [[Coupé]] and open [[Barchetta]
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• Galleria Ferrari
  ...lleria Ferrari''' is a Ferrari company museum dedicated to the [[Ferrari]] sports car marque. The museum is not purely for cars, ...prizes, photographs and other historical objects relating to the Italian [[motor racing]] industry. The exhibition also introduces technological innovations
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• List of microcars by country of origin: U
  |{{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom]]||Allard Clipper||[[Allard]] Motor Co [[Private company limited by shares|Ltd]], [[Clapham]] ||[[Villiers Eng |{{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom]]||Berkeley 'Sports' SA322 ||[[Berkeley cars]] [[Private company limited by shares|Ltd]], [[Big
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• Ferrari 250 GTO
  ...considered to be the quintessential Ferrari model, and one of the greatest sports cars - indeed, one of the greatest automobiles - of all time. ...number one as the top sports car of all time. Similarly, ''[[Motor Trend|Motor Trend Classic]]'' named the 250 GTO as number one in their list of the "Gre
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• Bugatti Automobiles SAS
  ...gatti concept was not an ItalDesign one: VW introduced at the 1999 [[Tokyo Motor Show]] &mdash; the VW-designed [[Bugatti EB 18/4|EB 18/4]] [[GT car|GT]]. Piëch announced the production Bugatti model at the [[2001]] [[Geneva Motor Show]]. To be called the [[Bugatti Veyron 16.4|EB 16/4 Veyron]], it would
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• Nino Farina
  ...[[1906]]-[[June 30]], [[1966]]) stands out in the history of [[Grand Prix motor racing]] for his much copied and admired 'straight-arm' driving style and h ...ing and nephew of Pinin Farina of the coach building company. He began his motor racing career in hillclimbs, graduating to circuit racing with [[Maserati]]
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• 1975 Monaco Grand Prix
  | Fast Team || [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | Second Team || [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• Midget car
  ...r the smaller version youth racer, see [[Quarter-midget]]. For the British sports car with its own race series it's the MG Midget. ...so that popular and famous drivers from other, higher-profiled types of [[motor racing]] will be available to compete, and so that it does not conflict wit
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• Talladega Gran Prix Raceway
  | [[Sports Car Club of America|SCCA Solo 1 and Solo 2]] [[Autocross]]; Ed Bargy [[Moto [[Category:Motor racing venues in the United States]]
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• Three wheeler
  ...t interchangeably, but the term ''three-wheeler'' is more often applied to motor vehicles. ...either one wheel at the back and two at the front, (for example: [[Morgan Motor Company]]) or one wheel at the front and two at the back (such as the [[Rel
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• Maserati Kyalami
  ...g good (confer his Deauville, a smoothed-out copy of Jaguar's XJ 6, or his sports car prototype shown at the Turin Salon in 1974, a virtual carbon copy of Fi The Kyalami, a four seater notchback coupe, was launched at the 1976 Geneva Motor Show and was initially available with Maserati's 4.2 litre V-8 engine (255
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• Jackie Stewart
  ...n the wet. It was only natural that Jackie would soon become involved in [[motor racing]] like his older brother. Subsequently he became a consultant for the Ford Motor Company while continuing to be a spokesman for safer cars and circuits in F
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• Triumph-Italia
  |Class || [[Sports car]] ...n the TR3 chassis and mechanical components were supplied by the [[Triumph Motor Company]] in the United Kingdom, and built by Alfredo [[Vignale]] assembly
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• 1984 Monaco Grand Prix
  ...a [[Porsche]]-designed engine, and was made by Ickx, a Porsche employee in sports car racing. It has been remarked that had the race been allowed to continue | [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• List of Maserati vehicles
  |[[Maserati Type 26|Type 26]]||1926||[[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]]||[[Straight-8|I8]]||1500||115 (86)||Developed from the |[[Maserati Type 26|Type 26B]]||1928||[[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]]||[[Straight-8|I8]]||2000||150 (112)||
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• Diatto
  ...sports car, called the [[Diatto Ottovù Zagato]], during the 77th [[Geneva Motor Show]] this March 2007. Zagato has since released Official Photos of the up ...iatto]] brand, the car made its official public debut at the 2007 [[Geneva Motor Show]].
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• Ohc
  ...b|250px|[[DOHC]] [[straight-8]] in a 1933 [[Bugatti Type 59]] [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] racer]] ...vertised. While the technology was used at first in limited production and sports cars, the Fiat group is historically credited as the first car company to u
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• Ferrari 166
  |Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...p;mm long. 39 examples were produced from its introduction at the [[Turin Motor Show]] in [[1948]] to its retirement in [[1950]]. It was replaced by the 2
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• Fiat Dino
  |Class || [[Sports car]] The '''[[Fiat]] Dino''' is a [[FR layout|front-engined, rear-drive]] [[sports car]] manufactured between 1966 and 1973. It was an intermediate step towar
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• 2006 Gallardo SE
  Lamborghini is putting its best foot forward for the Frankfurt Motor Show this September with the Gallardo SE, a "Special Edition" of the now po To go along with the more powerful motor, the SantAgata firms engineers went to work on the cars ability to corner.
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• Electric vehicle conversion
  ...EV]]) or by an independent converter that purchases new vehicles without a motor or related equipment (these vehicles are called "[[Glider (disambiguation)| ...alership|automaker dealerships]] only paying the cost of the batteries and motor, with no installation costs (it is called preconversion or previous convers
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• Ferrari Daytona
  |Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...by ''[[Sports Car International]]'' magazine. Similarly, ''[[Motor Trend|Motor Trend Classic]]'' named the 365 GTB/4 and GTS/4 as number two in their list
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• Bizzarrini GT Varedo
  ...one], they needed to add a [[mid-engined]] [[supercar]] to their lineup of sports and GT cars. [[Rivolta]] hired [[Ercole Spada]], a veteran designer from [[ ...as ever created and it was first shown to the public at the 1972 [[Turin]] Motor Show. The car was built by Piero Rivolta who was seeking to move into the m
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• Automobile industry in Italy
  ...tive industry is best known of its automobile designs and small city cars, sports and supercars. The automotive industry makes a significant 8.5% to Italian |align=center colspan=150|<center>'''Italian motor vehicle production 1997-2006'''
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• Ferrari P4/5
  |Class || [[Sports Car]] ...[[Wiktionary:one-off|one-off]] [[Sports Car]] made by [[Italy|Italian]] [[sports car]] manufacturer [[Ferrari]] but redesigned by [[Pininfarina]] for [[film
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• Vehicle acronyms and abbreviations
  *[[DMV]]: California [[Department of Motor Vehicles]] *[[SUV]]: [[Sports Utility vehicle]].
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• Bandini 750 sport internazionale
  ...to the merits collected from overseas ''[[Bandini 750 sports torpedo | 750 sports torpedo]]'' while "bar of soap" is the name under which it was identified b ...f Mugello | Mugello circuit road]], [[1965]] (Round of World Championships sports) both obtained by Antonio Benelli.
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• Maserati Type 61
  ...on provided a more rigid and, at the same time, lighter chassis than other sports cars of the time. The [[Camoradi]] team became famous racing the Tipo 61's ...tion of [[Lloyd Casner|Lloyd "Lucky" Casner]]. Casner founded the [[Casner Motor Racing Division]] who raced three Tipo 61's in the [[1960 24 Hours of Le Ma
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• Covini
  | Class || [[Sports car]] ...i. The company is generally best known for the [[Covini C6W]], a 6-wheeled sports car that has two axles (four wheels) in the front of the car.
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• Frua
  ...ients who contracted Frua for the styling of their new 2-litre, 6-cylinder sports car, the A6G. From 1950 to 1957, Frua built 19 Spyders and seven [[coupé]] ...owed a [[Maserati 3500]] GTI Coupé on the Italsuisse stand at the [[1961]] Motor Show in Geneva, together with two tasteful bodies on [[Studebaker]] chassis
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• Donington Park
  ...lionaire motoring enthusiast Tom Wheatcroft. It is used as a [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] track, and for music festivals. ==Motor Racing==
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• Motorsport
  ...'''motorsport''') is a [[sport]] involving [[racing]] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''
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• Alfa Romeo SZ
  | Class || [[Sports car]] ...meo]] and Centro Stile [[Fiat]]. It was unveiled as ES-30 in 1989 [[Geneva Motor Show]] as a prototype by Zagato, although the car was mainly built by them
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• Champcar
  ...engines. Turbos were banned in Formula One on safety grounds in [[1989 in sports|1989]]. For some periods of their history, notably in the early [[1970s]] a ...L) of gasoline killed two drivers in an immense fireball. Until [[1994 in sports|1994]], when refuelling was re-introduced to F1, the prominent coupling for
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• Straight-6
  The straight 6 was the archetypal British engine for sports and luxury cars for many years. Rolls-Royce used straight-6 engines until The compact [[Triumph]] straight six powered their high-end saloon and sports cars from the mid [[1950s]] to the mid [[1970s]].
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• Bizzarrini Ghepardo GTS 4.0V
  One of the first [[sports cars]] to attract attention of visitors to this year’s Villa d’Este [[C ...derived from the Renault designed engine used in the [[GP2]] single-seater motor racing series, is set as far back in the engine bay as one could imagine, r
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• Jean-Pierre Wimille
  ...bruary 26]], [[1908]] &ndash; [[January 28]], [[1949]]) was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver. Born in [[Paris, France]] to a father who loved motor sports and was employed as the motoring correspondent for the Petit Parisien newsp
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• Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
  [[Category:Motor racing venues in Australia]] [[Category:Sports venues in Melbourne]]
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• Ferrari 195 Inter
  :''See also the [[Ferrari 195 S|195 S]] sports racer'' ...[GT car]] produced by [[Ferrari]] in 1950. Introduced at the 1950 [[Paris Motor Show]], it was similar to the [[Ferrari 166 Inter|166 Inter]] shown a year
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• Lamborghini Miura
  The '''Lamborghini Miura''' is a [[sports car]] built in [[Italy]] by [[Lamborghini]] between [[1966]] and [[1973]]. ...body and chassis were launched five months later at the [[1966]] [[Geneva Motor Show]]. It was a sensation, with its flamboyant bodywork and unusual engine
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• Fioravanti
  A current topic of the last years, specially for the sports car, is the comeback of the “one-off”. Fioravanti, in its 20th annivers [[Image:f100r_12.jpg|thumb|right|400px|'''At the 1998 Turin Motor Show, Fioravanti presents the open version of the F100, the F100r roadster.
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• Auto racing
  ...'''motorsport''') is a [[sport]] involving [[racing]] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''
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• Macau Grand Prix
  The '''Macau Grand Prix''' is a motor-racing event held annually in November in the streets of [[Macau]]. It is k ...ggested that the hunt's track could host an amateur racing event for local motor enthusiasts. The race continued as an amateur race until 1966, when Belgian
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• Hydroplane racing
  .... S.]], [[Canada]], and [[Australia]]), and one of the more commercialized sports. ...30 miles per hour to 90 miles per hour. In the C Stock Class, the Yamato Motor Company engines used in [[kyōtei]], [[parimutuel betting]] in Japan, are r
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• Ghia
  one of the most famous was the [[Fiat 508]] ''Ballilla'' sports coupe (1933). The factory was rebuilt at Via Tomassi Grossi, after being d ...s side, Boano saw many foreign firms ordering Ghia designs, such as [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] (the [[Lincoln Futura]] [[concept car]]), [[Volkswagen]] (th
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• Lancia Montecarlo
  |Class || [[Sports car]] The '''Lancia Montecarlo''' is a [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] which was produced by [[Lancia]] in [[Italy]] from 1975 to 1982.
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• De Tomaso Biguà
  | [[sportscar|sports car]] The '''De Tomaso Biguà''' was a sports car produced by [[De Tomaso]]. At first, It was known as the Biguà but lat
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• Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
  |Class || [[Sports car]] ...o]]. It was firstly presented as a [[concept car]] at the 2003 [[Frankfurt Motor Show]] and later released for sale for the 2007 model year.
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• O.T.A.S.
  ...utomobili Sportive)'' was yet another Italian outfit that built Fiat-based sports cars. The primary character in the O.T.A.S. story is [[Francis Lombardi]]. ...ling with for the previous decade. How, and by whom, Lombardi's diminutive sports coupe was styled is a bit of a mystery, but the best guess is that is was a
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• Canadian Grand Prix
  ...d at [[Mosport]] Park in [[Bowmanville, Ontario]] as a [[sports car racing|sports car]] event before it alternated between Mosport and [[Circuit Mont-Trembla ...ongside the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport in 1961. Several international sports car as well as Formula One drivers participated in the event. For the firs
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• Dallara
  '''Dallara Automobili''' is an Italian [[chassis]] manufacturer for various [[motor racing]] series, being most notable for its near-[[monopoly]] in [[Formula ...ra]] in 1972, near [[Parma]], [[Italy]] and started building chassis for [[sports car]] racing and [[hillclimbing]], racing in the smaller engine classes. In
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• Fiat 8V
  | Class || [[Sports car]] ...t]] from [[1952]] to [[1954]]. The car was introduced at the 1952 [[Geneva Motor Show]]. The name 8V was chosen because they thought that Ford had trademark
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• Eddie Cheever
  ...g driver]] for almost thirty years in [[Formula One]], [[Sports car racing|Sports cars]], [[CART]] and the [[Indy Racing League]], and now owns an IRL team. ...d was introduced to motorsports at age eight when his father took him to a sports car race in [[Monza, Italy]]. He soon began racing [[Kart racing|go karts]]
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• Nembo
  ...ld and Richard Merritt in their definitive book Ferrari: The [[Sports cars|Sports]] and [[Gran Turismo]] Cars. They write: “The Neri & Bonacini spyder comb
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• 1985 Monaco Grand Prix
  | [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• De Tomaso Guarà
  |Class || [[Sports car]] ...[Alejandro de Tomaso]] put into the market. Presented [[1993]] in [[Geneva Motor Show|Geneva]], the Guarà was available as [[Coupé]] and open [[Barchetta]
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• Ferrari California
  ...touring sports car]] that was launched by [[Ferrari]] at the [[2008 Paris Motor Show]]. It is a two door "2+2" hard top [[convertible]]. The California is ...- Back.jpg|<font color=>Ferrari California at the Australian International Motor Show
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• Raymond Sommer
  ...nes ''[[département]]'' of France - September 10, 1950) was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver. ...that Raymond started to display daredevil tendencies of his own, entering motor races in a privateer [[Chrysler]] Imperial. The following year, he won the
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• Ferrari 550 Maranello
  Ferrari introduced a [[convertible]] version of the 550 at the [[Paris Motor Show]] in [[2000]]. This '''Barchetta''' was a true [[roadster]] with no r [[Category:Ferrari vehicles|550 Maranello]][[Category:Sports cars]]
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• Rodger Ward
  ...ng business in [[Los Angeles]]. He was 14 years old when he built a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] hot rod. He was a [[P-38 Lightning]] fighter pilot in [[Worl ...ain. Ward used his midget car in 1959 to beat the top expensive and exotic sports cars in a [[Formula Libre]] race at [[Lime Rock Park]]. Midget cars were no
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• Martin Truex Jr.
  ...|| [[2004]] [[Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500|Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500]] ([[Atlanta Motor Speedway|Atlanta]]) ...re he drove for [[Stanton Barrett]]. He had a sixth-place run at [[Bristol Motor Speedway]], and ended the season with two consecutive second-place finishes
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• Itom
  ...50_edited-1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''1950 Itom 48cc 0.7 hp mounted bicycle motor''' <br>^{Photo by Theo Jonkhart}]] ...950 0,7hp_edited-1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''1950 Itom 48cc mounted bicycle motor''' <br>^{Photo by Theo Jonkhart}]]
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• Straight-4
  ...[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]] engine, and the [[1948]] [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] 2660 cc engine used in the [[Austin-Healey 100]] and [[Aus ...of the biggest straight-4s of its time was [[De Dietrich]] 17,000&nbsp;cc motor. Its cubic capacity is over twice the size of the Cadillac's 500 in<sup>3</
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• Ferrari 488
  | class = [[Sports car]] ([[S-segment|S]])<!-- per [[WP:CARCLASS]], this should not be changed ...ar-wheel drive layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer [[Ferrari]], introduced in 2015 to replace the previous [[
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• Cagiva
  ...varna. The company currently operates under the name [[MV Agusta|MV Agusta Motor S.p.A.]] but remains under the ownership of Giovanni's sons, Claudio and Gi ...1999]] for strategic purposes, the company got restructured. [[MV Agusta]] Motor become the main brand comprising Cagiva and Husqvarna.
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• AC Cars
  ...car marques in Britain. Based in [[Weybridge, Surrey]] (see also [[British motor industry]]). ...ents left over from previous models. Agreement was reached with [[Standard Motor Company|Standard]] to supply new chassis and in 1932 a new range of cars wa
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• Maserati Indy
  | Class || [[Sports car]] The production model was launched by Maserati at the [[Geneva Motor Show]] the following March. In 1969, the Indy was offered only with a 4.2 L
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• Car body style
  ...but have tops and side windows; the term means simply a ''convertible'' [[sports car]], similarly to ''[[spyder]].'' ;'''[[Sports utility vehicle]]''' (SUV) : Derivative of off-road or four-wheel drive veh
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• Hans Stuck
  ...ny|German]] [[auto racing]] driver. Despite many successes in [[Grand Prix motor racing]] for [[Auto Union]] in the early [[1930s]], during the era of the f ...g, and Stuck eventually wound up driving a [[Mercedes-Benz]] [[SSKL]] in [[sports car racing]], where he continued to excel.
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• Aprilia SR50
  ...company, [[Aprilia]]. Introduced in 1992 and considered to be the first "sports" scooter, the design and technology of the SR50 has evolved considerably ov ...er than many and more agile than most other scooters, consistent with its "sports" marketing. Sales of the SR50 have reached over 800,000 units, providing a
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• Serpollet
  They launched the Serpollet even in sports competitions and thin the April 13, 1902 in [[Nice]] they recorded one of t ...he Serpollet in Europe. The cars of this company would often experiance an motor burst. The success of Serpollet then crossed the border into France and the
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• Ludovico Scarfiotti
  ...ces. He won 1 race, and scored a total of 17 championship points. A motor sports competitor for a decade, Scarfiotti won the European mountain driving title ==Sports car competition==
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• 1986 Monaco Grand Prix
  | [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• Sport compact
  ...phy of a sport compact sharply contrasts with those of 'true' sports cars. Sports cars are designed with a performance-oriented philosophy, often compromisin ...d on the design philosophy of domestic automakers, as they usually produce sports cars driven by eight cylinder engines, reserving six-cylinder engines for l
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• 2008 GP2 Series season
  | rowspan=4 | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Fisichella Motor Sport|Fisichella Motor Sport International]] | rowspan=2 | {{flagiconItaly}} {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Piquet Sports]]
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• Austrian Grand Prix
  ...d Bull]], would find another use for the site or actually bring back motor sports to it. However, as of January 2005, this seems more unlikely than ever, as | [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• Cagiva Freccia
  The '''Cagiva Freccia''' is a [[motorcycle]] road sports fairings emulated by [[Ducati Paso]], with [[mixer]], produced by [[Cagiva] ...motorcycle.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Freccia C12R readjusted with an electric motor]]
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• List of international auto racing colors
  ...r. These were often different from the [[national colours]] used in other sports or in politics. ...established in the [[Interwar period|1920s and 1930s era]] of [[Grand Prix motor racing]], when blue Bugatti and red Alfa Romeo dominated many races.
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• Blowoff valve
  ...e tuner crowd. For some owners this is the only reason to get a BOV. Motor sports governed by the FIA have made it illegal to vent unmuffled blowoff valves t
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• Antonio Ascari
  ...ars; it was after he entered the prestigious [[Mille Miglia]] in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly. ...hicane]]. A week later, on [[May 26]], he went to Monza to test a Ferrari sports car and crashed on one of the track's tight corners. He was killed in the
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• Alfa Romeo GTV & Spider
  |Class || [[Sports car]] The '''Alfa Romeo GTV''' and '''Alfa Romeo Spider''' are two [[sports car]]s produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] since
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• Targa top
  ...he car by drivers in 1962 and many race cars adopted it, especially [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and its rival at the time, [[Ferrari]] in the 1960s and earl * [[Toyota Sports 800]] (1965–1969)
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• Formula Ford
  ...me form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing, in which in the past many drivers aspired to one day reach [[Formul ...of single-seater racing. John Webb of [[Brands Hatch]], Geoff Clarke of [[Motor Racing Stables]] (the circuit's resident race driving school) and [[Jim Rus
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• Countach
  |Class:||[[Sports car]] ...number ten on their list of [[Sports Car International Top Sports Cars|Top Sports Cars of the 1980s]].
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• Grand-Am
  ...nd American offers an entirely different product that features world-class sports car racing on historic road racing circuits and in major market speedways t Grand American currently sanctions three separate series. The premier Rolex Sports Car Series featuring Daytona Prototype and GT endurance events, the Grand-A
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• Infineon Raceway
  ...on, [[Infineon Technologies|Infineon]]. However, as with many renamings of sports complexes, many people still call it by its original name. Despite its name ...ile (4.05 km), 12 turn course, however the track was modified in [[1998 in sports|1998]], adding ''the Chute'', which bypasses turns 5 and 6, shortening cour
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• Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
  Monterey Sports Car Championships<br><br> '''[[Rolex Sports Car Series|Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''
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• V12
  ...xity and thus cost. Their use has been thus confined to costly luxury and sports cars, in which they give superlative performance and smoothness characteris ...t favor in the United States, where the [[V8]] became ubiquitous. Italian sports cars from such makers as [[Lamborghini]] and [[Ferrari]] used the V12 almos
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• Ferrari 365
  |Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] ...[Ferrari America|500 Superfast]] for [[1966]]. Introduced at the [[Geneva Motor Show]], it featured evolutionary styling by [[Pininfarina]]. The famous [[
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• Monza
  ...f [[Monza]], [[Italy]], north of [[Milan]]. It is one of the most historic motor racing circuits in the world. The site has three tracks – the 5.793 km [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] track, the 2.405 km Junior track and a decaying 4.25 km
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• Inovo Design
  ...|right|300px|'''Inovo Design participates for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show, unveiling a brand new concept coupe. As the name suggests, ''Lirica'' ...uxury Gran Turismo sedan. The style and proportions evoke high end Italian sports cars of the past while avoiding any retro nostalgia. A balanced composition
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• De Tomaso Deauville
  ...me but with less complicated technology. Therefore he inserted the Ford V8 motor from the [[De Tomaso Pantera|Pantera]] and equipped it exclusively with For ...rin Motor Show]] 1970. The car featured 351&nbsp;in³ (5763&nbsp;cc) [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] ''[[Ford Cleveland engine#351|Cleveland]]'' [[V8]], same as
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• Oran Park Raceway
  '''Oran Park Raceway''' is a [[Auto racing|motor racing]] circuit at [[Narellan, New South Wales|Narellan]] in southwestern ...[[Frank Matich]]'s outright time set in a 2.6 litre [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] [[Sports Car]].
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• Ferdinand Porsche
  ...run by an [[internal combustion engine]] powering wheel-mounted [[electric motor]]s. They presented the car on the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 Worl ...cted more very successful racing cars, dominating racing in the [[1920s in Sports|1920s]]. His idea of a small, light-weight Daimler-Benz car was not much li
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• Istanbul Racing Circuit
  ...'Istanbul Racing Circuit''' or initially ''Istanbul Otodrom'' is a [[motor sports]] [[race track]] in [[İstanbul]], [[Turkey]] that was inaugurated on [[21 [[Category:Sports venues in Istanbul]]
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• Piero Taruffi
  ==Sports car career== ...inutes, 37 seconds, established a record for an event which opened Italy's sports car racing season. It was 14 years old at the time. He averaged 64.4 miles
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• Aprilia
  ...launched a 125 STX and 350 STX. In 1986 Aprilia launched the AF1; a small sports model, and the Tuareg; a large tanked bike for [[African rallies]]. ...seum]]. Also in 1995 Aprilia launched the [[two stroke]] RS 125 and RS 250 sports bikes.
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• Volugrafo
  ...development of a parachute launching motorbike starting from the Belmondo motor-vehicle. The abandonment of the operation led to a slowdown in the construc ...front left rear wheel and a chain at the left rear drive. There was also a sports version using an additional installed engine of the same size on the right
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• Motor racing
  ...'''motorsport''') is a [[sport]] involving [[racing]] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''
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• Siva
  At the [[Turin]] Motor Show [[1966]], [[Achille Candido]], from a family of entrepreneurs [[Puglia ...eed to willingly, eager to cover the shortage of its range in the field of sports cars aimed at young audiences, and decided to supply the engines fitted to
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• Automobile racing
  ...'''motorsport''') is a [[sport]] involving [[racing]] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''
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• United States Grand Prix
  | Circuit || [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] The '''United States Grand Prix''' is a motor race which has been run on and off since [[1908]], when it was known as the
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• Demolition Derby
  ...ting Company|ABC's]] ''[[Wide World of Sports (US TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]'', featured demolition derbies on several broadcasts in the 1970s. The p ...possibly decline throughout the 1990s. With the demise of ''Wide World of Sports'', television exposure became virtually non-existent. In addition to safet
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• Ferrari 250
  The '''[[Ferrari]] 250''' is a series of [[sports car]]s from the 1950s and early 1960s. It was the company's most successfu ...'225 S''' introduced at the 1952 [[Giro di Sicilia]]. Two of the two-seat sports prototypes were built, an open barchetta and closed coupe both by Vignale.
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• 24 Hours of Daytona
  ...cal title, the '''24 Hours of Daytona''') is a 24-hour [[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance race]] held annually at [[Daytona International Speedway] In 1962, a few years after the track was built, a 3-hour [[sports car racing|sports car race]] was introduced, the Daytona Continental, which counted towards t
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• Vignale
  ...] produced a concept car called the [[Lagonda]] Vignale at the 1993 Geneva motor show. Aston are owned by [[Ford]] who in turn also own Ghia which is how th It's an unique Italian sports car based on the rare 8V chassis made by Fiat during the early 1950s, fitte
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• Lamborghini Countach
  |Class:||[[Sports car]] ...number ten on their list of [[Sports Car International Top Sports Cars|Top Sports Cars of the 1980s]].
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• Autozodiaco
  ...he events happened so fast. Now, everyone wanted a buggy, singers, actors, sports personalities in the world, etc ..., and especially with the help of advert Andalusia "Damaca" was followed by another sports model, the "Squalo, with aerodynamic front which had a price of 1,398,000 l
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• Alfa Romeo Brera
  ...[Giorgetto Giugiaro]] at [[Italdesign Giugiaro]], and was a large luxury [[sports car]] with [[V8]] power and estimated price near [[USD|US$]]100,000. The B The Brera was introduced in production form at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. It maintained the original's exterior appearance almost exactly but
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• Ermini
  ...squale Ermini named "Pasquino" was one of the most representative Italian, sports car manufactures of '40 and '50 years.(the cause of his premature death is Few existing sports car producers can match the intense, albeit brief, history of the Ermini
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• International Motorsports Hall of Fame
  |align="left"|Founder of [[Brabham|Brabham Motor Racing Developments]] |[[Grand Prix motor racing]]
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• Electric vehicle
  ...] driven by rotary motors, or in the case of tracked vehicles, by [[linear motor]]s. In most systems the motion is provided by a rotary electric motor. However, some trains unroll their motors to drive directly against a spec
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• Lancia Stratos
  |Class || [[Sports car|Sports]]/[[Rally car]] ...powered) concept car called '''Stratos Zero''' first shown at the [[Turin Motor Show]] in 1970. The body was wedge-shaped, and unusually short and wide, pr
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• Ferrari 330
  |Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] |Predecessor:||[[Ferrari 250#Sports cars|250 GT Spyder]]
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• Boat
  Unusual floating vehicles have been used for sports purposes as well. For example, the [[Bathtub Boat]] is used in "bathtub rac ...days of submarine warfare, when submarines were essentially [[torpedo boat|motor torpedo boats]] which could submerge. In the modern combat environment wher
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• Maserati Mexico
  ...mited production. A year later the production model debuted at the [[Paris Motor Show]]. It was named for the [[Cooper-Maserati]] win at the [[Mexican Grand [[Category:Sports cars]]
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• Fuji Speedway
  ...he [[Formula One]] once again in 2007 after being acquired by the [[Toyota Motor Corporation]] in [[2000]]. Toyota has now won its bid to host a Grand Prix Fuji remained a popular [[sports car racing]] venue and was often used for national races. Speeds continued
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• Maserati Biturbo
  | Class || [[Sports car|Sports]] / [[Luxury vehicles|Luxury]] The '''Maserati Biturbo''' is a [[sports car]] introduced by [[Maserati]] in 1981. The Biturbo was a two-door, four-
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• List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions
  ...clisme|FIM]] World Champions''', from [[1949 in sports|1949]] to [[2007 in sports|2007]], in order of year and [[engine displacement]]. | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Valentino Rossi]] <br> ([[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]])*
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• Serenissima
  ...found its way into a single-seat closed sports car built by [[Carrozzeria Sports Cars]] in [[1969]]. The final Serenissima car was designed by [[Ghia]] tha Serene in 1963 initiated the development of a sports car sponsored by [[Volpi]]. The project was carried out by [[Sasamotors]] o
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• Sébastien Bourdais
  ...racing family (his father Patrick races in touring cars, hill climbs, and sports cars), Bourdais began his racing career at age 10 in [[karting|karts]]. Dur ...first [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in a Porsche 911 - he still makes occasional sports car appearances at Le Mans and in the [[Grand American|Grand Am]] series.
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• V10
  ...ise between the [[V8]] and the [[V12]]. Renault had a more flat 110° angle motor in 2002 and 2003 but reverted to a conventional layout following the change There are also cars with V10 engines in [[sports car racing]], usually with [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] powerplants with 4 or 5 l
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