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• Endurance racing
  ...th participants given a break with the ability to change during the race. Endurance races can be run either to cover a set distance in laps as quickly as possi ...ent, which is dependent on the driver's endurance abilities, length of the race, or even the rules for each event.
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• World of Endurance Racing
  '''Endurance Sportscar''' News, photos, documentary on the world of Endurance Sportscar Racing.
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• Britcar
  ...found on the ground. The foremost aim was the re-introduction of a 24-Hour Race in [[Great Britain|Britain]]. 2005 was the first year of the Britcar 24-Hour Race, it was won by the Rollacentre Mosler of Martin Short and was followed by p
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• Le Mans Endurance Series
  ...e Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO). The series was originally named the '''Le Mans Endurance Series''', but changed its name prior to the 2006 season. ...egories receive an automatic entry to the following year's Le Mans 24 Hour Race.
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• Petit Le Mans
  ...ns'') is a [[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance racing|endurance]] race held annually at [[Road Atlanta]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. The race was first run on [[October 10]], [[1998 in sports|1998]], and in [[1999 in
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• Sandown Raceway
  ...e in [[1964 Sandown 6 Hour International|1964]]. This race was one of the 'endurance' races in the [[V8 Supercar]] calendar. ...[[Stirling Moss]] and [[Bruce McLaren]]. Throughout the 1960s and 70s the race meetings continued to attract international stars along with the best of Au
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• A.J. Foyt
  ...[[January 16]], [[1935]]) is considered by many as the greatest American [[race car]] [[driving|driver]] of all time. ...ccessfully defend his points championship and win the [[Indianapolis 500]] race. His USAC wins tally is a record 138 (The late [[Rich Vogler]] is second wi
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• Road Atlanta
  ...to [[Petit Le Mans]], a 10 hour or 1000 mile [[endurance racing|endurance race]] of the [[American Le Mans Series]]. It also hosts Moto racing and smaller
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• Willhire 24 Hour
  ...l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Group N]] specification National Saloon Car Cup. The race has throughout its history has been run by the [[British Racing & Sports Ca ...e]], but the offer was accepted and the [[United Kingdom]]'s first 24-hour race was founded. The [[1989]] event was 25 hours long to mark the 25th annivers
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans (motorcycle race)
  ...organized by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO) and is part of the [[Endurance World Championship]]. ...O]] created the 24 Heures Moto. The race became one of "the classics" of [[endurance racing]] along with the [[24 Hours of Liège]] the [[Suzuka 8 Hours|8 Hours
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• Maserati Tipo 151
  |Class || [[Endurance racing|Endurance Racing]] ...er [[Lloyd Casner|"Lucky" Casner]] was killed during practice prior to the race. The engine went on to power the [[Maserati Tipo 65|Tipo 65]] less than 2 m
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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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• 24 Uren van Zolder
  ...[[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance race]] held at [[Circuit Zolder]] in [[Belgium]]. ...7 (now named Belgian GT Championship), continuing to be the series' yearly endurance event.
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• 1000 km Buenos Aires
  ...e in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], it was the only annual [[South America]]n race in the history of the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. ...dromo in the center of Buenos Aires for the [[Argentine Grand Prix]]. The race was successful enough for Formula One to return the following year, and it
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• 1000km Spa
  The '''1000km Spa''' is an [[Endurance racing|endurance race]] for [[Sports car racing|sports cars]] held at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorcha ...ms on the traditional long and very fast 14km track over public roads, the race was shortened to 762km in 1974 and discontinued after 1975.
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• Charles Pozzi
  ...[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver who participated in one [[Formula One]] race in the year of its inception. ...he repeated as winner of the Hyeres event and also won the [[Reims 12 hour race]] and the "Course de cote de Planfoy."
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• Carlos Checa
  ...shocked the paddock by being on the pace and nearly winning the Barcelona race. ...y won many races but unfortunately crashed after taking the lead. One such race was at Rio de Janeiro in 2002 when he stalled on the starting line then, ca
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• Bol d'Or
  [[Image:Course bol d or 2005.JPG|thumb|right|300px|24 hours of endurance racing on a tough track: the 'Bol d'Or']] ...in [[France]]. Originally, it was an [[automobile]] as well as motorcycle race.
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• Sports car racing
  ...racing is often associated with the annual [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] endurance race. First run in 1923, it is one of the oldest motor races still in existence. In the 1920, the cars used in [[endurance racing]] and [[Grand Prix]] were still basically identical, with fenders an
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• Alba Engineering
  ...]] near [[Turin]] specifically to contest the C2 junior class of the World Endurance Championship. Built for [[Martino Finotto]], its first car, the AR2, was un ...[[Fulvio Ballabio]] and [[Guido Dacco]], that the AR2 claimed the C2 World Endurance Championship title in both years. In 1984 Alba also built the AR3 model, wh
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• Clemente Biondetti
  ...r the war, he was already 49 years old. Nevertheless, he dominated Italian endurance racing, driving to victory in the Mille Miglia for three straight years fro ...ts. Biondetti loved racing cars and continued to compete in sports car and endurance events, earning a second place finish in a [[Ferrari]] at the 12 Hours of P
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• CMN
  ...th normal and lengthened chassis. The same tendency was towards motors for endurance races manifested in the new 20/30 HP (100 millimeter X 140 millimeter) of w ...rce between manufacturers in those years. The same you Shoe describes the race with these words:" It do not believe to be behaved myself badly like runne
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• North American Racing Team
  ...] marque in [[United States|America]] through success in [[Gran Turismo]] (endurance) motorsport. ...lorida and the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] in [[Le Mans]], France. Their first race was the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] in March of [[1958]], with a [[Ferrari 250#
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• 1000km Suzuka
  The '''1000km Suzuka''' is an annual 1000 [[kilometer]] endurance race for [[sports cars]] held at the [[Suzuka Circuit]]. It is a round of the Ja ...as integrated for the first time in the Super GT calendar. Previously, the race was open to JGTC/Super GT cars, but with only a handful of competitors from
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• Sebring Raceway
  ...humb|right|Aerial view of the Sebring Raceway during a 1962 [[sports car]] race, courtesy of the Florida Photographic Collection]] ...ace being run in [[1950]]. Many consider Sebring to be one of the classic race tracks in [[North America]]n [[sports car racing]], and the [[12 Hours of S
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• TT Circuit Assen
  ...1955]] and located in [[Assen]], [[Netherlands]]. Host of the [[Dutch TT]] race, it is considered "The Cathedral" of [[motorcycling]] by the fans. It has a The first Assen track was firstly used for the [[1925]] [[Dutch TT]] race, held on country side roads through the villages of Borger, [[Schoonloo]] a
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• Giuseppe Farina
  |First race:||[[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]] |Last race:||[[1955 Italian Grand Prix|1955]] [[Italian Grand Prix]]
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• Raymond Sommer
  ...de the greatest driver of the time, [[Tazio Nuvolari]]. He also led every race up until 1938, only to suffer a mechanical failure, once when 12 laps in th ...er turned to sports cars once more, winning the [[SPA 24 Hours]] endurance race with co-driver [[Francesco Severi]]. More wins came his way including at th
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• Phil Read
  |First race || [[1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1961]] 350cc [[Isle of |Last race || [[1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1976]] 500cc [[Italia
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• Bathurst 24 Hour
  ...eld at the [[Mount Panorama Circuit]] in [[2002]] and [[2003]]. Only two [[endurance races|24-Hour races]] were held before the collapse of the management organ ...orsche 911 GT3]] and a [[BMW M3|BMW M3 GTR V8]]. In both times the 24 Hour race was held, the Holden Monaro 427C came out on top.
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• Luigi Chinetti
  ...with [[Louis Chiron]] as co-driver, he won the [[SPA 24 Hours]] endurance race in [[Belgium]]. He teamed up with [[Philippe Etancelin]] in {{24hLM|1934}} ...h Chinetti had driven twenty-three of the hours of the race. Following the race, Thomson purchased that automobile through Chinetti. That same year Chinett
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• Suzuka 8 Hours
  ...t the [[Suzuka Circuit]] in [[Japan]] each year. As the name implies, the race runs for eight hours consecutively and teams are composed of two riders and The race began in 1978 as a race for prototype [[Isle of Man TT|Tourist Trophy]] Formula One (TT-F1) motorcy
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• Jean-Pierre Wimille
  Driving a Bugatti T51, in [[1932]] he won the La Turbie Mountain Race, the Grand Prix de Lorraine and the Grand Prix d'Oran. In [[1934]] he was t ...d [[Marcel Lehoux]] in separate incidents. Of the 16 cars that started the race, only three managed to finish.
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• Track cycling
  ...ng_Championships,_Calgary,_AB,_Canada.jpg|thumb|200px|left|A Track Cycling Race]] ...actical advantage, as well as formats that simply test strength, speed and endurance.
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• Spa-Francorchamps
  ...urs]] endurance race. It is considered to be one of the most challenging [[race track]]s in the world, mainly due to its fast, hilly and twisty nature. The ...had to use the old road and U-turn behind the grand stands, rejoining the race track at the bottom of Eau Rouge.
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• Giorgio Francia
  |First race || [[1977 Italian Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1981 Spanish Grand Prix]]
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• December 12th, 2007 Risi Competizione News
  ...mid-season Risi dry spell propelled the Lizards back into the championship race, Melo and Salo closed the season with another four wins in their last five
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• Louis Chiron
  |First race || [[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1958 Monaco Grand Prix|1958]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]]
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• Olivier Gendebien
  |First race || [[1956 Argentine Grand Prix|1956]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1961 United States Grand Prix|1961]] [[United States Grand Prix]]
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• Paris-Brest-Paris
  ...al cyclists in its early years, but is now intended to be a noncompetitive endurance challenge. ...mpetitive riders. Despite the event organizer's insistence that it isn't a race, PBP offers trophies and a certain degree of prestige to the first finisher
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• Zhuhai International Circuit
  ...nd. The first international race held at the circuit was the BPR Global GT Endurance Series. The circuit soon became the hotbed of local motorsports with teams ...[2005-10-23]] and the GPLK [[Chevrolet Corvette C5|Corvette C5-R]] won the race. The GruppeM Porsches won GT2. The Hong Kong Le Mans Team and the Malaysian
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• Henri Pescarolo
  |First race || [[1968 Canadian Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1976 United States Grand Prix]]
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• Mil Milhas Brasil
  ...[[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance race]] held annually in [[Brazil]] since 1956. ...the race was held as a part of the [[Le Mans Series]], the first time the race had been part of an international championship. The event had previously b
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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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• Wayne Rainey
  ...[Kevin Magee]] would also win the prestigious [[Suzuka 8 Hours]] endurance race in [[Japan]]. In the [[1989 in sports|1989]] campaign, Rainey would finish
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• Nino Farina
  |First race:||[[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]] |Last race:||[[1955 Italian Grand Prix|1955]] [[Italian Grand Prix]]
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• Johor Circuit
  ...1955]] and located in [[Assen]], [[Netherlands]]. Host of the [[Dutch TT]] race, it is considered "The Cathedral" of [[motorcycling]] by the fans. It has a The first Assen track was firstly used for the [[1925]] [[Dutch TT]] race, held on country side roads through the villages of Borger, [[Schoonloo]] a
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