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• Tour of Britain
  ...ion, a professional stage race, was first run in [[2004]], but the history of the event dates back to [[1951]]. Marking the involvement of different sponsors, it has also variously been known as:
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• Whitney Willard Straight
  ...er, aviator, businessman, and a member of the prominent [[Whitney family]] of the [[United States]]. ...completed at [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]].
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• Malcolm Campbell
  ...|thumb|right|200px|'''Portrait of Sir Malcolm Campbell (undated), courtesy of the Florida Photographic Collection''']] ...|left|250px|'''Sir Malcolm Campbell in his Bluebird II (undated), courtesy of the Florida Photographic Collection''']]
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• Motorcycle Museums
  * The Allen Vintage Motorcycle Museum - A good sampling of classic racing and touring motorcycles from the 1950s to the current models ...me - The American Motorcyclist Association looks back on a 75 year history of motorcycling at a new museum next to the association's headquarter in Colum
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• Fiat 4 HP
  ...gear was included.) With this tiny engine the car could achieve top speed of 35km/h. Despite having such a small engine, the car used fuel 8L/100 km. ...in]]. Couple of the First Fiats have survived; one is in Automobile Museum of [[Turin]], and the other one in the ''Ford'' Museum in Dearborn, Michigan i
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• Lance Reventlow
  '''Lance Reventlow''', born [[February 24]], [[1936]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] – died [[July 24]], [[1972]] near [[Aspen, Colorado]], [[United States] ...ra Hutton's second of seven, did not last and the child became the subject of a bitter custody battle.
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• Brands Hatch
  ...Hatch''' is a [[motor racing]] circuit in [[Kent]], [[England]]. The name of the circuit is thought to derive from "de Brondehach" - a [[Gaelic language ...x' configuration. These factors, along with its close proxmity to the city of [[London]], ensured a popular slot on the [[Formula One|Grand Prix]] calend
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• 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season
  ...005-06 [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[A1 Grand Prix]] of Nations''' |{{flagiconUK}} '''[[Great Britain]]'''
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types of racecars predominated—[[Open-wheel|open wheel racers]] in the Northea ...e as high as 1500. The sport is popular in Australia and Canada also. Many of the cars may also race on [[Short track motor racing|asphalt short tracks]]
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• List of A1 Grand Prix circuits
  ...of circuits''' which have hosted a [[A1 Grand Prix|A1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport]] race since [[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005-06]]. ...tch]], where the first race, the [[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain]] race was held.
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• A1 Grand Prix
  ...de l'Automobile]] (FIA), and races (collectively known as ''A1GP World Cup of Motorsport'') are held in the traditional Formula One off season, the north ...eam Nationalities.PNG|thumb|right|A [[world map]] showing the distribution of A1 GP teams past (blue) and present (red).]]
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• Road bicycle racing
  ...[team time trial]]s are another form of cycle racing on roads). It is one of the most physically demanding sports that one can participate in. ...68. The first world championship was in 1893 and [[cycling]] has been part of the [[Olympic Games]] since the modern sequence started in [[Athens]] in 18
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• Isetta
  ...urt pot''. In Brazil it was the ''bola de futebol de fenemê'' (soccer ball of a truck), and in Chile its still called the "huevito" (little egg). ...ing ''little ISO''. It is said that the stylists had arrived at the design of the Isetta by taking two scooters, placing them close together, adding a re
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• Mike Hailwood
  | {{flagiconUK}} Great Britain ! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]]
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  [[Image:GPItaly.jpg|thumb|left|250px|'''Grand Prix of Italy''']] ...on open roads there were frequent accidents with the resulting fatalities of both drivers and spectators.
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• Enduro
  ...world enduro championship is run, is a time-card enduro, whereby a number of stages are raced in a [[time trial]] against the clock. ...or late arrivals resulting in penalties to the riders' scores. This sort of event is not technically a Race, but rather it is a ''Time Keeping'' event.
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• Marina Militare
  ...re celebrates on [[10 June]], on the anniversary ([[1918]]) of the sinking of the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] battleship [[SMS Szent István]]. [[Image:Naval Ensign of Italy.png|thumb|Ensign of the ''Marina Militare''. Merchant navy adopts a similar ensign, with the cr
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• Touring car racing
  ...]]. It can basically be considered a closed-circuit, sponsored, legal form of [[street racing]] performed by professional drivers. ==Characteristics of a touring car==
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• ...well as improved safety all around. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (as of 2008) has been the only venue for the Mexican Grand Prix. ...Interamericana de Entretenimiento, S.A. de C.V. or CIE, through OCESA, one of CIE's subsidiaries. CIE also organizes the [[NASCAR]] and Desafío Corona r
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• Motorcycle speedway
  ...that involves usually 4 and sometimes up to 6 riders competing over 4 laps of an oval circuit. A variant of [[Track racing]], Speedway is administered internationally by the [[Fédér
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