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unusual facts about Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec


Just a Day

The Alan Moulder Mix featured as the opening track for the European version of Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec.


2004 British Touring Car Championship season

GA Motorsport (now under the 'Team Sureterm' banner) continued to run a pair of Astra Coupes for the returning Paul Wallace and Renault Clio Cup graduate Charlie Butler-Henderson, while a Super 2000-spec Alfa Romeo 156 was also entered for Carl Breeze.

48th Operations Group

The HH-60G Pavehawk Helo is used in CSAR, SAR and now, in place of the retiring MH-53 PAVELOW fleet, spec-OPS infiltration and exfiltration.

Abraham Higginbotham

Higginbotham got his big break after submitting a spec script for Will & Grace.

Airlines for America

The Federal Aviation Administration's JASC (Joint Aircraft System/Component) code table provides a modified version of ATA Spec 100.

Barber Pro Series

Len Lonnegren, PR boss at Saab Cars USA, Inc., had heard that Skip Barber was planning to launch an open-wheel "spec car" professional race series, and that it was to run on the same IMSA programs as the GTPs and Camel Lights.

BitTorrent protocol encryption

Vuze (formerly Azureus) supports the final spec since 25 January 2006 (CVS snapshot 2307-B33).

Blancpain Sprint Series

The Blancpain Sprint Series Series is contested with GT3-spec cars.

Cheilosia variabilis

Adult flies were found from May to August visiting flowers of Aegopodium podagraria, Alliaria petiolata, Anthriscus sylvestris, Apiaceae, Aurinia saxatilis, Conium maculatum, Crataegus laevigata, Euphorbia cyparissias, Meum athamanticum, Potentilla reptans, Ranunculus repens, Salix spec.

Dodge Mirada

Petty, who had left Dodge for General Motors in 1978, agreed, and several other teams including Junior Johnson's team built race-spec Mirada's to test.

Garland SF-03

Engine position = mid-mounted
SF-03/G: GIO V Spec-01 (Spec-02) cyber cycle hydrogen 4,497 cc V12 with twin boost pods, mid-mounted

Honda C engine

This engine has various upgrades and modifications by Mugen and is the first turbo-charged Honda engine used in the series (prior to 2003, the GT-spec NSXs used a highly advanced, naturally aspirated variant of the C32B engine).

Honda Civic

In 2002 JAS Motorsport entered the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) with a Super 2000 spec Civic and was used until restart season of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in 2005.

John Mashey

Mashey was one of the founders of the SPEC benchmarking group, was an ACM National Lecturer for four years, has been guest editor for IEEE Micro, and one of the long-time organizers of the Hot Chips conferences.

Moon Mullins

Comic strip historian Bill Blackbeard (1926–2011) edited a series of strip reprints for SPEC Productions.

Neo Drift Out: New Technology

To start, players chooses between three big Japanese rally-spec vehicles--the Mitsubishi Lancer, the Subaru Impreza, and the Toyota Celica--which vary in their Speed, Control, and Body stats.

Panoz DP01

Since the IRL used its own spec formula based around a chassis made by Italian manufacturer Dallara, the DP01 was retired from championship racing after approximately one year of racing service.

Peter McLeod

Following the ATCC, McLeod built a new 'Walkinshaw' spec VL Commodore Group A SV with the engine and suspension supplied by the Peter Brock organisation, who by that stage were running the BMW M3's.

Philippe Létourneau

He competed in Formula 1600, Formula 2000, Champcar Light, Formula Renault, Formula Vauxhall Junior, Touring car, Spec Racer, Formula Atlantic, and Daytona Prototypes, and competed at circuits including Silverstone, Magny Cours, Daytona Speedway, Mont Tremblant and Gilles Villeneuve.

Scott Gardenhour

Since opening their doors eleven years ago, Scott has guided successful campaigns for the likes of Audi, Nike, AT&T and Toshiba, including the Emmy Award-winning commercial, 'Required Reading', for Hallmark that originated as a spec spot, concepted and created by The Institute.

Shootyz Groove

Formed in 1992, the band originally consisted of Donny on guitar, Spec on bass guitar, Dose on drums, and their two MCs Season and Sense.

Spec Martin Stadium

Spec Martin Stadium was a filming location for the 1998 film The Waterboy starring Adam Sandler.

Spec Sanders

Orban Eugene "Spec" Sanders (born January 26, 1919 in Temple, Oklahoma) was a former American football running back, quarterback, and punter in the All-America Football Conference and a defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Yanks.

Spec's Music

In 1992, two Spec's stores were entirely destroyed by Hurricane Andrew, resulting in more than $1 million in damages for the company, and an estimated operating loss of $160,000.

Sunstreaker

:According to original tech spec notes written by Bob Budiansky found at Iacon One in 2006 the original name for Sunstreaker was Spinout.

Tom Dey

Dey got his start by shooting a spec commercial reel which landed him a spot at Ridley Scott Associates.

Toyota R engine

It was also available as the 8R-D, dual SU 8R-B, EFI 8R-E, Californian-spec 8R-C and DOHC 8R-G.


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