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• Santa Pod Raceway
  ...UEM]] European Drag Racing Championship, along with the [[British National Drag Racing Championships]]. Santa Pod is managed by David Lloyd-Jones and the Race diector Darren Prentice, also Deborah Schofield has a large part to play in
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• Bahrain International Circuit
  |Events:||[[Drag Racing]]; [[Formula One]]; [[GP2]]; [[Formula Three]]; [[Bahrain]] [[Grand ...d Prix]]. For the first time in 2006, there will also be a [[V8 Supercar]] race.
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• Downforce
  ...een the two. The aerodynamic setup for a car can vary considerably between race tracks, depending on the length of the straights and the types of corners; ...g formulae have a ban on aerodynamic devices that can be adjusted during a race, except at [[pit stop]]s.
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• Track cycling
  ...ng_Championships,_Calgary,_AB,_Canada.jpg|thumb|200px|left|A Track Cycling Race]] ...the horizontal so as to present the minimum frontal area and thus reducing drag. These triathlon bars or 'aerobars' are often bolted on to traditional drop
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• Spoiler (automotive)
  ...(also called ''[[downforce]]''). Spoilers are often fitted to [[race car|race]] and high-performance [[sports cars]], although they have become common on ...slippage. Additionally, this is accompanied by an increase in aerodynamic drag.
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• Street racing
  ...ing is prohibited by many traffic regulations. Speeds in an illegal street race can reach easily over 100 miles per hour and due to the unprofessionalism o ==Drag Race==
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• Mansfield Motorsports Speedway
  '''Mansfield Motorsports Speedway''' is a half-mile automobile race track located just north of [[Mansfield, Ohio]]. Featuring moderately high ...Craftsman Truck Series]] event will mark the third visit to Ohio’s premier race track in three years. Also racing at Mansfield will be the [[USAR Hooters
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• Sanair Super Speedway
  ...of Montreal]]<br>[[NOPI Drag Racing]]<br>[[PMRA]]<br>[[Truck racing]]<br>[[Drag racing]] '''Sanair Super Speedway''' is a .826 mile (1.33 km) paved triangular oval [[race track]] and [[quarter mile]] [[dragstrip]] located in [[Saint-Pie, Quebec|S
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• Racing
  ...garian aerobatics pilot Peter Besenyei at speed in his Extra 300 at an air race in England]] A '''race''' is a [[competition]] of [[speed]]. The competitors in a race try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of [[time]]. Typically
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• Portland International Raceway
  ...ar Club of America#Autocross|autocross]] events. The facility includes a [[drag strip]] and a [[motocross]] track. ...ear from 1996 through 2000 the [[NASCAR]] [[Craftsman Truck Series]] ran a race at Portland International Raceway.
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• Open wheel
  Most open-wheeler races are on dedicated road race circuits. Some major races are held on temporary street circuits, and in t ...top of the tire is moving at double the speed of the car, and aerodynamic drag force varies with the [[Square_number|square]] of the speed). The visibilit
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• Open-wheel
  Most open-wheeler races are on dedicated road race circuits. Some major races are held on temporary street circuits, and in t ...top of the tire is moving at double the speed of the car, and aerodynamic drag force varies with the [[Square_number|square]] of the speed). The visibilit
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• Taupo Motorsport Park
  ...corporate/catering complex. The track also features an [[NHRA]] standard [[drag strip]] with full capacity viewing.
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• Irwindale Speedway
  ...me from their respective regional tours to compete in a "best-of-the-best" race for prize money and bragging rights. The races are televised live on the [ ...s, and local police often hand out flyers to offenders for free entry into drag races at the dragstrip to promote safe racing.
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• Motorcycle racing
  [[Image:MotoX start.jpg|thumb|200px|Start of a Motocross race]] ...ng''' where specially designed racing bikes or modified "production" bikes race each other on specially designed road circuits. [[MotoGP]] and [[Superbike]
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• Infineon Raceway
  ...neon Raceway''', formerly '''Sears Point Raceway''', is a road course and drag strip in the hills of northern [[California]], near [[Sonoma, California|So ...raceway also has a quarter mile (400 m) [[drag strip]] used for [[NHRA]] [[drag racing]] events.
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• Slick tire
  ...ach wheel, but are typically used on only the driven (powered) wheels in [[drag racing]], where the only concern is maximum traction to put power to the gr ...tires based on the weather conditions and can often change tires during a race.
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• Fuji Speedway
  '''Fuji Speedway''' is a [[race track]] standing in the foothills of the [[Mount Fuji]], in [[Shizuoka Pref ...s, Hunt earned enough points to win the title. [[Mario Andretti]] won the race, with Lauda withdrawing due to the dangerous conditions.
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• Ferrari 312P
  ...8-01LH. Two 312P were entered the [[1969 24 Hours of Le Mans]], now as low-drag Berlinettas. They were 5 and 6 on the grid, but didn't finish. ...e dominant Scuderia Ferrari had only won one World Championship sports car race, and had also missed new developments, like the emergence of professional t
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• Hockenheimring
  ...anded a shortening of the 6.8&nbsp;km track, threatening to discontinue to race here, moving to new sites in Asia and elsewhere. The state government of [[ ...a [[quarter mile]] track for [[drag racing]]. It hosts one of the largest drag racing events in Europe known as the ''[[Nitro Olympics]]''.
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• Hungaroring
  ...Prix]] behind the [[Iron Curtain]] in 1986. [[Bernie Ecclestone]] wanted a race in the [[USSR]] but a friend of his of [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] origi ...mer, it is a circuit in the [[Grand Prix]] calendar that saw its first wet race in the 2006 season. The circuit is generally dusty due to underuse througho
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• Motorsport
  A year later the first real race was staged, from [[Paris]], [[France]] to [[Bordeaux]], France. First over The first auto race in the [[United States]], over a 54.36 mile (87.48 km) course, took place i
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• Auto racing
  A year later the first real race was staged, from [[Paris]], [[France]] to [[Bordeaux]], France. First over The first auto race in the [[United States]], over a 54.36 mile (87.48 km) course, took place i
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• List of Manufacturers
  *[[Drag bicycles|Drag]] [http://www.dragbicycles.com/] *[[Race Face]]
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• Autocrossing
  ...ction, road-going vehicles. It is not at all unusual to see an autocrosser race using his or her "daily driver." Many clubs use this aspect of the sport to There are usually classes for purpose-built race cars imported from other series (including [[Formula Ford]]s, [[Formula Atl
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• Autocross
  ...ction, road-going vehicles. It is not at all unusual to see an autocrosser race using his or her "daily driver." Many clubs use this aspect of the sport to There are usually classes for purpose-built race cars imported from other series (including [[Formula Ford]]s, [[Formula Atl
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• Bahrain Grand Prix
  | Race length km || 308.238 | Race length mi || 191.539
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• Ferrari 488
  The 488 GTE in 2017 took to the track with the first race of the [[United SportsCar Championship|IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Champions ...ce 3 while Simonsen finished 2nd in race 2 and 6th in the fourth and final race.
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• Ferrari F10
  ...in qualifying at the [[2010 Bahrain Grand Prix]]. Fernando Alonso won the race with Felipe Massa finishing second. ...ck of the field, but he fought his way up through the field throughout the race to eventually finish in fourth, just behind his team-mate Massa who finish
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• Automobile racing
  A year later the first real race was staged, from [[Paris]], [[France]] to [[Bordeaux]], France. First over The first auto race in the [[United States]], over a 54.36 mile (87.48 km) course, took place i
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• CanAm
  Can Am started out as a race series for Group 7 sports racers with two races in Canada (Can) and four ra ...was at the time) outrageous technology. Can Am cars were among the first race cars to sport wings, effective turbo charging, undertrays, and aerospace ma
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• Motor racing
  A year later the first real race was staged, from [[Paris]], [[France]] to [[Bordeaux]], France. First over The first auto race in the [[United States]], over a 54.36 mile (87.48 km) course, took place i
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• Ferrari P4/5
  ...but the owner James Glickenhaus preferred the styling of Ferrari's 1960s [[race car]]s, the [[Ferrari P|P Series]]. The project cost Glickenhaus [[US Dolla ...0.52&nbsp;sq&nbsp;ft) but the sharp nose and smooth curves mean it has a [[drag coefficient]] of only 0.34.
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• Custom wheel
  ...nce their requirements for a street wheel against their requirements for a race wheel or buy multiple sets of wheels.
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• International Motorsports Hall of Fame
  |align="left"|Crew chief and race car and engine builder in [[NASCAR]] |[[Drag racing]]
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• Motorcycle Racing
  [[Image:Motorcycle drag launch.jpg|thumb|right|Drag Racing]] === Drag Racing / Sprints ===
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• Roller bearing
  ...d sliding motions at each ball/race contact. Overall, these cause bearing drag. ...s on the rounded race and thus there are opposing forces along the bearing/race contact.
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• FIA
  ...mula One season|1950]], the FIA organised the first World Championship for race car drivers in racing events, known today as [[Formula One]]. *FIA [[European Drag Racing Championship]]
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• Riverside International Raceway
  ...ceway''' (Sometimes known as '''RIR''' or '''Riverside Raceway''') was a [[race track]] or [[Road racing|road course]] in [[Riverside, California]]. A driv The track was built to accommodate several different [[racing|race]]s. By closing off certain sections of the track, the route drivers had to
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• Sequential manual transmission
  ...to operate the shift mechanism. This type of paddle-shift system fitted to race and rally cars should not be confused with most of the current crop of so-c ...ion can (depending on the model) offer faster shift speeds and thus faster race times, many road-car-driving enthusiasts prefer a standard manual transmiss
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• Race car
  | Caption || The start of a [[Formula One]] race in 2008 A year later the first real race was staged in [[France]], from [[Paris]] to [[Bordeaux]]. First over the li
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• Aerodynamics
  ...various shapes. Evaluating the [[lift (force)|lift]] and [[drag (physics)|drag]] on an [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]], the [[shock wave]]s that form in ...of some aerodynamic effects like wind resistance (a.k.a. [[drag (physics)|drag]]) were recorded by the likes of [[Aristotle]], [[Avicenna]], [[Leonardo da
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• Jacky Ickx
  |First race || [[1967 Italian Grand Prix|1967]] [[Italian Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1979 United States Grand Prix|1979]] [[United States Grand Prix]]
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• Ferrari 458 Italia
  ...pg|thumb|'''The black winglet deforms at high speeds to reduce aerodynamic drag.''']] ...s deformable winglets that lower at high speeds, in order to offer reduced drag. The car's interior was designed using input from former Ferrari Formula 1
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• Auto Club Speedway
  |Layout3 || Drag strip ...Riverside's closure in 1988, Southern California did not host a [[NASCAR]] race until California Speedway was opened. In addition to NASCAR, the raceway ha
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• Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
  ...e ''[[Sunday Times]]'' entitled "Witch-hunt threatens to spoil world title race" in this he accused the FIA of a witch-hunt against [[McLaren (racing)|McLa *FIA [[European Drag Racing Championship]]
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• Formula One car
  Modern '''Formula One cars''' are single-seat, open cockpit, open wheel race cars that have substantial wings at front and rear, and position the engine ...es Fahrenheit). They consume around 650 litres (23 ft³) of air per second. Race fuel consumption rate is normally around 75 litres per 100 kilometres trave
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• Giotto Bizzarrini
  ...t suffer another loss as it had in the 1959 [[24 Hours of Le Mans|LeMans]] race. ...i reduced the frontal area and increased the bonnet length, both to reduce drag and reduce front lift tendency at high speeds. Bizzarrini moved the engine
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• Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
  ...''Rodríguez Brothers Racetrack'''") is a 4.421 km (2.747&nbsp;[[mile|mi]]) race track in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], named for the famous Rodríguez broth ...[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] the same year, as a non-Championship race. The following year the [[Mexican Grand Prix]] became a full World Champion
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• German Grand Prix
  |Race length km || 306.46 |Race length mi || 190.42
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