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• Henry Segrave
  ...st person to travel at over 200 mph (320 km/h). The [[Segrave Trophy]] was established in 1930 to commemorate his life. ==Land speed record==
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• Rocco Motto
  ...(CArrozzeria MOtto), was an Italian ([[Turin]]) [[coachbuilding]] company established in 1930. The company produced bodies from Cadillacs to [[Delahaye]]s. *[[Siata 500]] Record car 1946
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• Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
  |Established || [[1895]] |Record Time || 5 hours and 12 minutes<br>by [[Dean Woods]] in 1990
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• Fastest production car
  ...007, the [[SSC Aero|SSC Ultimate Aero TT]] allegedly registered the latest record, for a production car, of 412&nbsp;km/h (256.18 mph). The car has still to ==Record holders==
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• Alessandro Anzani
  ...nd quickly reached notoriety and fame. In September 1906, he established a record speed at [[Asnières-sur-Seine]] in a motorcycle called the Aero-Motociclet
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• Alexandre Darracq
  ...lectric cars as well as acquiring an interest in Millet motor bicycles. He established [[Automobiles Darracq S.A.]] in [[Suresnes]], near [[Paris, France|Paris]] ...erbilt Cup]] in the [[United States]] and twice setting a new [[land speed record]] in 1904 and 1905. Racing success raised the image of the Darracq marque s
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• Ralph DePalma
  ...ing circuit in 1909, the year that the [[American Automobile Association]] established the [[American Championship Car Racing|national driving championship]]. ...919 at [[Daytona Beach, Florida]], he drove a [[Packard]] to a world speed record of 149.875 mph over a measured mile. International competition began follow
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• CNA
  ...r. Unlike the traditional trend for technological motor companies, usually established in northern [[Italy]], this story began and developed in [[Rome]]. ...he Propellent, mounted on a "[[Fiat]] AS.1" airplane was awarded the world record height for air touring, by [[Renato Donati]] reaching 8334 meters on [[Dece
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• Piero Taruffi
  ...o Leon and another 21 minutes off the Leon to [[Durango, Durango|Durango]] record. In the process he climbed from 12th to 3rd position. ...in April 1954. His time of 10 hours, 24 minutes, 37 seconds, established a record for an event which opened Italy's sports car racing season. It was 14 years
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• Motto
  ...ria'' '''Motto''' (CAMO), was an Italian ([[Turin]]) coachbuilding company established in 1932 by [[Rocco Motto]]. *[[Siata 500]] Record car 1946
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• Tour Down Under
  |Established || [[1999]] Stuart O'Grady (Australia) holds the record as the only rider to have won the Tour Down Under twice (in 1999 and again
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• Oran Park Raceway
  | Record time || 1:01.6718 | Record driver || [[Tim Leahey]]
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• Linto
  ...right|250px|'''The LinTo-[[Aermacchi]] 75 which established the land speed record on the Lakes''']]
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• Gilera
  ...shed the new World-wide Record of the hour (to 274,181 Km/h, [[established record]] in [[1937]]) and conquered the bay one in the European Championship of [[
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• Aermacchi
  ...g the war. ''Tonti'' designed a 50 cc motorcycle that broke the land speed record for that displacement class. The bikes produced by ''Aermacchi'' were quite ...umb|right|220pxs|'''The [[LinTo]]-Aermacchi 75 which established the speed record on the ''Autostrada dei Laghi'' or Street on the Lakes''']]
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• Brands Hatch
  |Record time || 1:09.593 |Record driver || [[Nigel Mansell]]
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• Sam Hornish, Jr.
  ...he series, with [[Honda]] and [[Toyota]] providing engines superior to the established [[Chevrolet]] unit Panther used. As a result, [[Cosworth]] was called in to * Scored a league-record five wins and tied [[Buddy Lazier]] for most career victories with eight.
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• Jim Clark
  |Record || from January 1968 - May 1973 |Record || from September 1967 - May 1989
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• Luigi Chinetti
  ...ans]] race he drove the first [[Ferrari]] ever to win the event, and set a record as the only three-time winner of the race to that date. The [[Ferrari 166M] ...merican Racing Team]], an official arm of Ferrari. It became the team that established the high ranking of Ferraris in American racing circuits, and largely, was
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• Nardi
  Beginning in 1948, Nardi joined with and [[Renato Danese]] and established a workshop in ''Via Vincenzo Lancia'', [[Torino]], building racing cars, p Nardi established his own workshop in the ''Via Lancia'' in 1951, focusing on prototypes and
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• Paris-Brussels
  ...not observing a neutralised section. In 2007, [[Robbie McEwen]] broke the record by winning his fourth race, and bettered this again with a fifth win in 200 ...away well before the border into Belgium. A small group went with him and established a 13-minute lead. The group contained [[Jean Stablinski]] and Simpson lost
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• Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
  ...ile''', commonly referred to as the '''FIA''', is a non-profit association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) on ...[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] also certify [[land speed record]] attempts.
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• George Barris (auto customizer)
  ...'s top designers, on display at the major manufacturer's exhibits. It also established the early 1950s Mercury as possibly the classic base for custom car design, ...y Barris' workshop. In 2004, [[Bob Gale]], co-writer of the films, went on record at the De Lorean Car Show stating that Barris had no part in the design or
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• Hellé Nice
  ...e racetrack in [[Montlhéry]] in the process setting a new world land speed record for women. Capitalizing on her fame, the following year she toured the [[Un ...e she was forced to accept charity from a Paris organization that had been established to give a bit of help to former theatre performers who had fallen on hard t
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• Culture
  ...cs]], and, more typically, [[humorous]] plays based on a [[repertoire]] of established characters with a rough storyline, called [[Canovaccio]]. ...ncorporates multiple regional styles of folk music as well as a burgeoning record industry that supports a wide variety of [[rock and roll|rock]], [[pop musi
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• Gilco
  ...Riva sometimes the task gave a risk to build, as for instance the 'Nibbio' record car from 1935. On basis of a [[Gilco]]-[[Cattaneo]] chassis on the order o Studies of Gilberto Colombo to design a bike frame to record oriented approach centered on the rear wheel and lower the position of the
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• Road bicycle racing
  ...port's marquee events. These early races include [[Liège-Bastogne-Liège]] (established 1892), [[Paris-Roubaix]] (1896), the [[Tour de France]] (1903), the [[Milan At the time, ''Cycling Record'' wrote that he set off "as fast as lightning," overtook the favourite, Fra
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• Ayrton Senna
  ...as snatching seven pole positions. It was during these years that he also established a relationship with Bernie Ecclestone. A famous account is at Spa, where Be ...in a row: The prestigious [[Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco GP]] (the first of a record breaking six victories at the Principality) and the [[United States Grand P
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• Farina
  In 1906 [[Giovanni Farina]] established '''Stabilimenti Industriali Giovanni Farina S.A.''' at [[Turin]]. Learning ...a time when only three complete cars existed) won its class at Le Mans at record speed, the motoring world took note."
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...ory. 80,200 spectators paid $1 admission, and an annual tradition had been established. Many considered Harroun to be a hazard during the race, as he was the only ...in both naturally-aspirated and supercharged form, and winning a likewise record-holding 18 consecutive years between 1947 and 1964.
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• Forti
  ...and unsuccessful, involvement in [[Formula One]] in the mid-1990s. It was established in the 1970s and competed in lower formulae for two decades, with some succ ...[[March Engineering|Marches]] or [[Ralt]]s, all of which were produced by established companies who had many years' experience of designing and building such car
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• Culture of Italy
  ...cs]], and, more typically, [[humorous]] plays based on a [[repertoire]] of established characters with a rough storyline, called [[Canovaccio]]. ...ncorporates multiple regional styles of folk music as well as a burgeoning record industry that supports a wide variety of [[rock and roll|rock]], [[pop musi
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• British Grand Prix
  [[Grand Prix motor racing]] was first established in Britain by [[Henry Segrave]] at the [[Brooklands]] course in [[1926]] af ...World Champion [[Keke Rosberg]] held the all-time Formula 1 qualifying lap record for 16 years after posting fastest time for the 1985 British Grand prix wit
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• Junior
  ...describing the new brand, it said: "It 's this a new car factory in Turin established and directed by a member of the family [[Ceirano]] note that the automobile ...try, estimated at one hundred million. In 1905 the increase was such as to record 41 million invested, which doubled the following year. If you were born in
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• Michele Alboreto
  ...lled the end of Alboreto's time as leader of the Ferrari team. Berger soon established himself as the team's number one driver thanks to his wins in [[1987 Japane Alboreto competed in eighty Grands Prix for Ferrari, which established a new record. It stood until the [[1995 Argentine Grand Prix]], when it was surpassed b
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• Luciano Pavarotti
  ...ne effortless [[tenor C|high Cs]] in the signature [[aria]]. He achieved a record 17 curtain calls. He began to give frequent television performances, starti ...vised concert in [[London]]'s [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] which drew a record attendance of 150,000. In June 1993, more than 500,000 listeners gathered f
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• Casino Royale (2006 film)
  ...d 2005, an endless stream of potential new Bonds &mdash; both unknowns and established Hollywood actors &mdash; were rumoured and even announced by some media. So ...sal of her role as [[M (James Bond)|M]], who in the Brosnan Bond films was established as a successor to an earlier male M; however, in ''Casino Royale'', she wil
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...d positions were decided as they are now, by practice time rather than the established method of [[ballot]]ing. The race saw [[Achille Varzi]] and [[Tazio Nuvolar ...behind Ayrton Senna's [[McLaren]]-Honda. Mansell, on fresh tyres, set lap record almost two seconds quicker than Senna's and closed from 5.2 to 1.9 seconds
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• Targa Florio
  ..., as neither the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] nor the [[Mille Miglia]] had been established yet. [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races were still isolated event ...s not possible on the tight and twisty roads. [[Helmut Marko]] set the lap record 1972 in an [[Alfa Romeo T33]] at 33'41 min or an average of 128,253 km/h. T
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• Mille Miglia
  The race was established by the young ''Contes'' Aymo Maggi and Franco Mazzotti, apparently in respo ...heir [[Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR]] with the now famous #722, setting the event record at an average of 159,65 km/h which was fastest ever on this 1597km variant
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• Nigel Mansell
  ...of the [[1984 Dallas Grand Prix]]. The 1984 Grand Prix was the hottest on record, and after 2 hours of driving in 104°F (about 40°C) conditions Mansell fa ...his wife, Roseanne. Unperturbed by Piquet's mind games, Mansell went on to record five Grand Prix wins in 1986 and also played part in one of the closest fin
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• Bugatti
  ...an [[Italy|Italian]] entrepreneur, acquired the legendary Bugatti name and established '''Bugatti Automobili SpA'''. The new company built a factory designed by t ...ugatti Veyron 16.4]], is now in production, and has been tested at a world-record [[252]] MPH!
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• History
  ...7th centuries, driven by unsettled conditions at home, Greek colonies were established in [[Sicily]] and the southern part of the Italian peninsula. During the Ea ...Italian population grew as well: Three census were ordered by Augustus, to record the presence of male citizens in Italia. They were 4,063,000 in 28 BC, 4,23
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• 007 (disambiguation)
  ...due to the fact that Ian was the younger brother of [[Peter Fleming]], an established travel writer who also put in a good word for Ian. ...y Fleming are usually dark — lacking [[fantasy]] or gadgets. Instead, they established the formula of unique villains, outlandish plots, and voluptuous women who
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• James Bond
  ...due to the fact that Ian was the younger brother of [[Peter Fleming]], an established travel writer who also put in a good word for Ian. ...y Fleming are usually dark — lacking [[fantasy]] or gadgets. Instead, they established the formula of unique villains, outlandish plots, and voluptuous women who
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• History of Formula One
  ...k his fifth championship in the [[1957 Formula One season|1957 season]], a record which would not be beaten for 46 years. ...969 also saw a brief resurgence of interest in [[four wheel drive]] with a record of four such cars on field at the British Grand Prix. [[Johnny Servoz-Gavin
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• Motorcycle speedway
  ...four laps, each 260 to 400 metres long. For example, [[Leigh Adams]] set a record time of 59 seconds on a 342-metre track, which gives the average speed of 8 ...ins their last recorded CMA (or assessed CMA if they have never previously established one) until they have competed in six home and six away matches. A new CMA i
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• James Bond music
  ...old has left his own mark in the music of James Bond. In this case, he has established what can be called the "suspense motif", which is a descending, repetitive Other major composers and record-producers include [[George Martin]], [[Bill Conti]], [[Michael Kamen]], [[M
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• Bologna
  ...of Bologna are a record for Italy. Artists working in this age in Bologna established the [[Bolognese School (painting)|Bolognese School]] that includes [[Anniba
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• Champcars
  In 1905 the '''[[American Automobile Association]] (AAA)''' established the national driving championship and became the first sanctioning body for ...year, [[Gil de Ferran]] of Penske Racing set the world closed-course speed record for a car race at [[California Speedway]] in his Marlboro Team Penske Honda
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