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• Alfa Romeo 177
  Debut = [[1979 Belgian Grand Prix]]| ...]]. (The car's name is derived from the fact that the design was commenced in 1977).
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• Lamborghini Urraco
  | Class || [[Sports car]] | Production || 1971-1979<br>791 produced
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• Lamborghini Silhouette
  | Production || 1976 - 1979<br/>54 produced | Class || [[Sports car]]
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• Suzuka 8 Hours
  ...oad Race)'' is an endurance motorcycle race held at the [[Suzuka Circuit]] in [[Japan]] each year. As the name implies, the race runs for eight hours co The race began in 1978 as a race for prototype [[Isle of Man TT|Tourist Trophy]] Formula One
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• Mugello Circuit
  ...''' ({{lang|it|''Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello''}}) is a race track in the [[Mugello region]] of [[Italy]] near [[Florence]]. Its length is 5.245 ...21 September 2008. However, the race had to be cancelled due to the delay in building the new chassis for the new race cars.
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• Grand Prix of Rome
  ...'''1947-present:''' Gran Premio di Roma)'' was an [[automobile race]] held in [[Rome]], [[Italy]] from 1925 until 1991. ...rand Prix was run to [[Formula One]] rules, but neither event was included in the World Championship.
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• United States Grand Prix West
  ...Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[California]], as a [[Formula 5000]] race in 1975 and a [[Formula One]] world championship event from 1976 to 1983. Afte ...ng right-hander) down Shoreline Drive along the harbor. In the final event in [[1983]], [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]] won from 22nd place o
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• Mauro Forghieri
  ...of [[Naples]]. After the war, he took up work in the [[Ferrari]] workshop in [[Maranello]]. ...re he had been introduced by his father. He became part of the racing team in [[1962]], with the position of Chief of the Technical Department for racing
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• Malaysian Grand Prix
  ...his was to distinguish it from the [[United States Grand Prix West]], held in [[Long Beach, California]] from [[1976]] through [[1983]]. ...n Senna]] overcame a tire puncture to win his first of five American races in six years.
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• Fiat 124 Sport Spider
  ...m along with a shorter wheelbase. Fiat designed and manufactured the Coupé in-house while the Spider's [[monocoque]] was designed and produced by Italia ...bber timing belts, an innovation that would come into nearly universal use in the decades after its introduction.
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• FR layout
  ...ont-engine, [[Rear wheel drive]]''' means a layout where the [[engine]] is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditi ...lacing the drive wheels at the rear allows ample room for the transmission in the center of the vehicle and avoids the mechanical problems of transmittin
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• Blowoff valve
  A '''blowoff valve''' is a pressure release system present in [[turbocharge]]d engines, its purpose is to prevent [[compressor surge]] an ...or relief valve''' is a vacuum-actuated valve designed to release pressure in the intake system of a turbocharged or centrifugally supercharged car when
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• Lancia Monte Carlo
  |Class:||[[Sports car]] ...sold in the [[1970s]]. A low-power version, the '''Scorpion''', was sold in the United States at the same time. [[Spyder|Spider]] versions of the Mont
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• Ducati car
  '''Ducati''' has been in business for many years and has produced a wide range of products including ...uccess of the Cucciolo – so much so that the company decided not to invest in a whole new kind of product.
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• Lancia Montecarlo
  |Class || [[Sports car]] ...[[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] which was produced by [[Lancia]] in [[Italy]] from 1975 to 1982.
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• AC Cars
  ...ng company and one of the oldest independent car marques in Britain. Based in [[Weybridge, Surrey]] (see also [[British motor industry]]). ...e|S F Edge]], who had been behind [[Napier]], joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.
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• Ferrari 312
  ...fferent [[Ferrari]] race cars which have 3 litre 12-cylinder engines, both in V12 and 180° flat boxer shape. ...e are their 1966 to 1980 [[Formula One]] cars, and also their 1969 to 1973 sports prototypes of the [[Ferrari P]] series, using modified engines.
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• AMA Superbike
  ...ake Zemke]] (98) leading [[Ben Bostrom]] (155) and [[Miguel Duhamel]] (17) in an AMA Superbike race at [[Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca]]]] ...have started when the AMA first organized road racing in the United States in 1934.
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• Canadian Grand Prix
  ...]] the Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home on [[Île Notre-Dame]] in [[Montreal]]. In 2005, the Canadian Grand Prix was the most watched Formula One GP in the world. The race was also the third most watched sporting event on the p
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• Austrian Grand Prix
  The first event, in [[1964]], was held at a [[race track]] on the [[Zeltweg Airfield]]. The rac ...o located near [[Zeltweg]]). These events were moderately successful, but in [[1987]], this track was also deemed too dangerous, by FIA standards, where
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• Lancia Gamma
  ...4-door [[fastback]] (called '''Berlina''') and 2-door [[coupé]] (presented in 1977), both designed by [[Pininfarina]]. There were only 15,272 berlinas an ...e following Greek character (Beta is second) appears as logical. The Gamma sports the '''γ''' (lower case gamma) sign on several badges both inside and outs
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• Lancia Stratos
  |Class || [[Sports car|Sports]]/[[Rally car]] ...allying|rally]] car during the 1970s and early 1980s. It started a new era in rallying as it was the first car designed from scratch for this kind of com
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• Intermeccanica
  ...s an [[Italian]] [[automobile]] manufacturer, founded by [[Frank Reisner]] in 1959, ([[Torino]]). ...re designed by [[Franco Scaglione]]. The &laquo;Italia&raquo; was a large sports car, of which 500 were made (1966-1970), followed by the eleven &laquo;Mure
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• V6
  ...ine|V]]" configuration. It is the second most common engine configuration in modern cars after the [[straight-4]]; it shares with that engine a compactn ...ia Aurelia]], other manufacturers took note and soon other V6 engines were in use. The design really took off after the 1962 introduction of the [[Buick
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• American Championship Car Racing
  ...is 500]] has been a round of the National Championship since its inception in 1911. ...|AAA]]). AAA introduced the first championship for racing cars as early as in 1905 but it was cancelled after a couple of serious incidents. Barney Oldfi
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• 1978 Monaco Grand Prix
  |Previous race in season || [[1978 United States Grand Prix West]] |Next race in season || [[1978 Belgian Grand Prix]]
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• Niki Lauda
  | Years || {{F1|1971}} - {{F1|1979}}, {{F1|1982}} - {{F1|1985}} | Video || '''Lauder in an Brabham-[[Alfa Romeo]] BT46 at [[Zolder]]'''
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• Maserati Quattroporte
  In the early 1960s, Maserati's reputation was at a high. With growing sales, P It was equipped with a 4.1&nbsp;L (4136&nbsp;cc/252&nbsp;in³) [[V8 engine]], producing 256&nbsp;hp ([[horsepower#hp (SAE)|SAE]]) (191&
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• Formula 2
  [[Image:March BMW Marc Surer.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Marc Surer]]'s 1979 Championship winning car]] ...pe of [[formula racing]]. It was replaced by [[Formula 3000]] in 1985, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championshi
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• Lancia
  ...Lancias are seen as presenting a more luxurious alternative to the models in the Fiat range upon which they are based. One of the firm's trademarks is t ...e the "[[Lancia Alfa-12HP|tipo 51]]" or 12 HP (later called Alfa) was made in 1907 and produced from 1908. This car had a small four cylinder engine with
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• Ronde van Vlaanderen
  ...''Tour of Flanders'') is a [[Road bicycle racing|road cycling race]] held in [[Flanders]], [[Belgium]]. It is held every spring, exactly one week befor ...]] [[Steffen Wesemann]] climbing the Muur ''(wall)'' of [[Geraardsbergen]] in the 2004 edition of the Ronde van Vlaanderen.]]
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• Alfa Romeo in motorsport
  ...] had 6 liter straight-4 engine. [[Alfa Romeo]] quickly gained a good name in motorsport and gave a sporty image to the whole marque. ....L.F.A 40/60 HP|40-60HP]], [[Enzo Ferrari]] was second in [[Targa Florio]] in same year. Year later Giuseppe Campari
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• 1980 Monaco Grand Prix
  |class="prev"|Previous Race:<br />[[1979 Monaco Grand Prix]] [[Category:1980 in sports|Monaco Grand Prix]]
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• Mike Hailwood
  ...g one of the few men to compete at the Grand Prix level on motorcycles and in auto racing. ...ted at [[Pangbourne College]], but left early and worked for a short time in the family business before his father sent him to work at Triumph motorcycl
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• Hatchback
  ...y doors and the hatch) or five-door (four entry doors and the hatch) cars. In Europe, [[city car]]s, [[supermini car|superminis]], and [[small family car ...ertical, to reduce the car's footprint. This is an important consideration in countries where small streets and traffic congestion are factors. Hatchback
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• Lancia Beta
  ...st Lancia produced by the company after it had been taken over by [[Fiat]] in 1969. The company chose the name Beta for a new vehicle to be launched in 1972. The choice of name symbolised a new beginning as it reflected the fac
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• Champcars
  ...[American Automobile Association]], the [[United States Auto Club]], the [[Sports Car Club of America]], Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), the [[Champio ...PG IndyCar World Series''', the '''CART FedEx Championship Series''', and, in the organization's second to last year, the '''Bridgestone Presents The Cha
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• Fiat X1/9
  | Class || [[Sports car]] / [[Roadster]] ...t's Bertone styled X1/9 had the distinction of being the first mid-engined sports car destined for volume production"</blockquote></div><div style= "font-siz
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• Indy Racing League
  ...package and chassis rules which have produced some of the closest finishes in any racing series. Ironically, the series is now dominated by many of the s ...street race in [[Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|St. Pete]] for [[2005 in IRL|2005]].
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• Tourist Trophy
  Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials. ...he TT race series the most significant motor-cycle road-racing competition in the world.
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• Thierry Boutsen
  ...[[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Ligier]] and [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] teams in [[Formula One]]. ...Michele Alboreto]]. In 1981 he moved to [[Formula 2]] and was again second in the championship, this time behind [[Geoff Lees]]. The 1981 24 Hours of Le
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• Osella
  |colspan=2|'''Osella PA27 in Action''' ...mula One]] team based in Volpiano near [[Turin]], Italy. They participated in 132 [[Grand Prix]]s between 1980 and 1990. They achieved two point finishes
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• List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions
  ...World Champions '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]''', from 1949 to 2005, in order of year and [[engine displacement]]. ...rld Champions''', from [[1949 in sports|1949]] to [[2007 in sports|2007]], in order of year and [[engine displacement]].
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• 1000km Nürburgring
  ...[Endurance racing]] and [[Sports car racing]] event on the [[Nürburgring]] in Germany, organized by the [[ADAC]] since 1953. ...the race was not held in the following two years. It became quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s though, and even more so after [[Formula One]] decided
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• Bertone
  ...cia]], [[Lamborghini]], [[Mercedes Benz]] and [[Volvo Cars]] among others. In addition the Bertone studio were responsible for two of the later designs o ...ompany is based in [[Turin]]. It was founded as '''Carrozzeria Bertone''' in [[1912]] by [[Giovanni Bertone]], with designer [[Nuccio Bertone]] taking o
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• Puma Rome
  ...uma" at the price of 1,300,000 lire with motor preparation or 440,000 lire in mounting kit. A copy of the Buggy "Puma" in 1974 was the protagonist of the film "Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo" played by B
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• Ferrari
  ...A.]]''', and is now controlled by the [[Fiat]] group. The company is based in [[Maranello]], near [[Modena]], [[Italy]]. ...artered in Modena. Ferrari prepared and successfully raced various drivers in [[Alfa Romeo]] cars until 1938, when he was officially hired by Alfa as hea
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• Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce
  ...ustin Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman's]] Spider (1966 1600 Duetto) runs out of gas in ''[[The Graduate]].'']] ...North American market). Widely regarded as a design classic, it remained in production for almost three decades with only minor aesthetic and mechanica
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...[[Triple Crown of Motorsport]]). The history, spectacle and glamour result in the race being considered "the jewel of the Formula One crown". ...tight corners, making it one of the most demanding tracks in Formula One. In spite of the relatively low average speeds, it is a dangerous place to race
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• 24 Hours Nürburgring
  ...a real race, unlike the earlier endurance contests that covered 12h, 24h (in 1961 and 1967), 36h, 84h and even 96h, like the [[Marathon de la Route]]. T ...urance racing events at very long tracks, at least until Spa was shortened in the late 1970s.
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