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• Differential (mechanics)
  ...evice, usually consisting of [[gear]]s, for allowing each of the driving [[wheel]]s to rotate at different speeds, while supplying equal [[torque]] to each ...an the outer wheel, resulting in the inner wheel spinning and/or the outer wheel dragging. This results in difficult and unpredictable handling, damage to t
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• Cam
  A '''cam''' is a projecting part of a rotating [[wheel]] or shaft that strikes a [[lever]] at one or more points on its circular p ...e is not directly in the centre, therefore moving the cam rather than just spinning.
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• Rotary engine
  ...[[throttle]] or [[carburetor]]. Since the fuel was being sprayed into the spinning engine, the motion alone was enough to mix the fuel fairly well. Of course ...ry was putting more and more power into spinning the engine, and less into spinning the propeller. {{verification needed}}
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• Wheel
  ...so used for other circular objects that rotate or turn, such as a [[Ship's wheel]] and [[flywheel]]. ==History of the wheel and axle==
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• Hand brake
  ...he rear of the car slewing sideways and loss of directional control and/or spinning]]. The [[Court of Appeals]] eventually ruled [http://www.autosafety.org/art ...ehicle can roll off of the jack. This can be particularly dangerous if the wheel has been removed.
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• Transmission
  ...ft towards the engine, and the output shaft towards the rear axle (on rear wheel drive cars). The shaft is suspended by the main [[bearing (mechanical)|bear ...ission#Unsynchronized transmission|unsynchronized]] system where gears are spinning freely and must be synchronized by the operator to avoid noisy and damaging
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• Vittorio Brambilla
  ...intersection of Ocean Boulevard and Linden Avenue. He lost the right rear wheel on his March on the 35th lap of the [[1976 United States Grand Prix]] after ...d, Brambilla suffered serious head injuries. Brambilla was hit by a flying wheel and returned to race in the [[1979 Italian Grand Prix]]. In reaction to tha
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• Alfa Romeo Visconti
  ...in its modeling. In the plan view the front-end, weaving from an important wheel-arch, rounds towards the Alfa Romeo grille thereby becoming a characterizin ...tti, with the windshield base becoming almost level with the center of the wheel. The downward sloping tail-end becomes one to itself, all-embracing and und
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• Motocross
  ...is forces the front of the bike lower (and likewise, accelerating the rear wheel causes the front of the bike to rise), allowing the rider to force the bike ...g leaps, turns visibly at the edge of traction (as indicated by a sliding, spinning rear tire throwing dirt at all behind it), and the effort of riders clearly
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• Manual transmission
  ...ns come in two basic types: simple unsynchronized systems, where gears are spinning freely and their relative speeds must be synchronized by the operator to av ...areful [[throttle]] manipulation when shifting, so that the gears would be spinning at roughly the same speed when engaged; otherwise the teeth would refuse to
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• Rick Mears
  ...year in a crash at Sanair. The March chassis, like most contemporary open-wheel racing cars, sat the driver far forward in the nose, with little protection ...his career as he could not avoid [[Jim Crawford (driver)|Jim Crawford]]'s spinning car in turn 1. He raced only four more times in 1992 and announced his reti
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• Alex Zanardi
  ...ought his way through the field. After winning a race, Zanardi was fond of spinning his car around in tight circles, leaving "donuts" of [[tyre]] [[rubber]] on ...[Toronto]], [[Canada]]. In [[2003]], Zanardi was not only back behind the wheel, he was also ''racing'' again, with the aid of hand-operated [[brake]] and
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• Four-wheel-drive
  ...l (mechanics)|differential]] and uses [[traction control]] to recover from wheel spin.]] ...heeled [[vehicle]] with a [[Powertrain|drivetrain]] that allows all four [[wheel]]s to receive power from the [[engine]] simultaneously. In the [[United Sta
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• Electronic stability control
  ...such as the outer front wheel to counter [[oversteer]], or the inner rear wheel to counter [[understeer]]. Some ESC systems also reduce engine power until ...[traction control system]]s. Traction control works by applying individual wheel braking and throttle to keep traction while accelerating but unlike ESC it
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• Ground effect
  ...m]] [[Brabham BT46|BT46B]] Fancar, designed by [[Gordon Murray]]. Its fan, spinning on a horizontal, longitudinal axis at the back of the car, took its power f ...e sidepods and the track and a small diffuser is permitted behind the rear wheel centerline to re-accelerate the high speed underbody airflow to free flow c
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• Motorcycle
  ...motorcycle''' is a two-wheeled [[vehicle]] powered by an [[engine]]. The [[wheel]]s are in-line, and at higher speed the motorcycle remains upright and stab ...s|Braking]] is controlled with a hand-lever and foot pedal (front and rear wheel, respectively).
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• Drifting (motorsport)
  ...Tazio Nuvolari]] also used an at the limit form of driving called the four-wheel drift[http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/art_of_driving.htm]. It has also featu ...rifting has evolved into a competitive sport where drivers compete in rear-wheel drive cars to keep their cars sideways as long as possible. At the top leve
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• Tony Stewart
  ...istol]], and it resulted in Stewart retaliating in a post-race incident by spinning Gordon out on pit road. Stewart was fined and placed on [[probation]] by N ...pension cracked. With 15 minutes left in the race, and with Stewart at the wheel, one of the rear wheels came off, finally ending their run. In addition to
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...such as the Prius can use the combustion engine to generate electricity by spinning a [[generator]] (often a second electric motor) to either recharge the batt ...soline internal combustion engine that spun a generator which powered four wheel-mounted electric motors. The car was presented at the 1900 World Exhibition
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• Bicycle
  ...ven]] [[human-powered transport|human-powered vehicle]] with two [[bicycle wheel|wheels]] attached to a [[bicycle frame|frame]], one behind the other. First ...s so that the rider could push more firmly, and further enlarged the front wheel to increase the potential for speed. With tires of solid rubber, his machin
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