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2 unusual facts about Racer-X


Racer-X

The song "Il Duce" (about Benito Mussolini) was recorded in the same session as the songs from the Racer-X EP.

The Japandroids covered "Racer-X" during their Dec 15, 2009 Daytrotter session.


Alexis Pinturault

On 15 March, he was honored as the 2013 Longines Rising Star, as the top young racer (under 23) of the season.

Annemarie Moser-Pröll

Born in Kleinarl, Salzburg, she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with six overall titles, including five consecutive.

Armin Hahne

1988 saw him in a Mark Petch Racing Ford Sierra RS500 with New Zealand racer Robbie Francevic, the car engineered by its previous owner, and Hahne's team boss in the 1988 ETCC, former Wolf Racing Formula One team owner Walter Wolf.

Asphalt Man

His younger brother Dong-seok (Jung Woo-sung) hates their father, and leaves the country to become a car racer in the United States.

Bellanca 28-70

Purchased by British long-distance air racer Jim Mollison for $28,000, he renamed the aircraft Dorothy and used the Bellanca for a new transatlantic speed record but in 1937 sold the aircraft to the Republican government in Spain.

Bellanca 28-90

The Bellanca 28-70 air racer built by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca for the 1934 MacRobertson Race was shipped to Great Britain but was unable to participate in the race due to a lack of time to adequately prepare the aircraft.

After being purchased by British long-distance air racer James Mollison, he renamed the aircraft Dorothy after actress friend Dorothy Ward.

Bill Cantrell

Willard Cantrell (1914–1986), American midget and sprint car racer

Bluewood Ski Area

Will Brandenburg, a World Cup racer with the U.S. Ski Team, learned to ski and race at Bluewood in the 1990s.

Bollé

Jacques Bolle (1959-), a former French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer

Bradl

Stefan Bradl (born 1989), German Grand Prix motorcycle racer, 2011 Moto2 World Champion

Brambilla

Pierre Brambilla, former French former professional road bicycle racer

Breguet 470

It was re-engined with more powerful, 937 hp (699 kW) Gnome-Rhône 14N radials in 1937 before being entered into that year's IstresDamascus–Paris race, finishing fifth in a time of 21 hours 3 min, with de-militarised Savoia-Marchetti SM.79s bombers occupying the first three places and a de Havilland Comet racer finishing fourth.

Cocoto Kart Racer

Later, the company Eurocenter combined with Neko Entertainment to make the game Cocoto Kart Racer on the mobile device IPhone and IPod Touch from the classic Cocoto Kart Racer for PlayStation 2 which can be seen on the box art above.

Conn Iggulden

It covers around eighty topics, from building a soapbox racer and tying knots, to learning about famous battles and how to make potassium aluminium sulphate crystals.

Curtiss No. 2

The Curtiss No. 2, often known as the Reims Racer was a racing aircraft built in the United States by Glenn Curtiss in 1909 to contest the Gordon Bennett Cup air race in Reims, France that year.

Declan Hicks

Declan is involved in many various forms of motorsport, and was recently part of a team building and racing a Power Tool Drag Racer to race in the Silverline tools Challenge, soon to be seen on the Discovery Canada magazine show Daily Planet, with his team-mates Jon Lawes and Ben Short.

Doug Chandler

John Douglas Chandler (born September 27, 1965 in Salinas, California) is a professional motorcycle racer.

Ferrari 125 F1

It shared its engine with the 125 S sports racer which preceded it by a year, but was developed at the same time by Enzo Ferrari, Valerio Colotti and the famed designer, Gioacchino Colombo.

Ferrari 512

Starting the season, former Ferrari work's driver Pedro Rodríguez had been lost to Porsche's JWA Gulf Racing of John Wyer, and to BRM in F1, while another former work's racer, Chris Amon was now involved in F1 with March, just like Mario Andretti.

Fränk Schleck

Their father, Johny Schleck, was a professional road bicycle racer between 1965 and 1974, as was their grandfather, Gustave Schleck, who contested events in the 1930s.

Frederick Burnham

Frederick K. Burnham, American motorboat racer, winner of the 1910 APBA Challenge Cup

Hiroaki Aoki

He was an offshore powerboat racer along with the 1986 APBA world champion Powerboat throttleman Errol Lanier, a former Fort Lauderdale fireman who saved his life in a near fatal powerboat crash in 1979 under the Golden Gate Bridge.

Hyde Harrier

Using donor engines from the Meriden Triumph Bonneville twin or Triumph Trident triple and a frame developed by Harris Performance, along with performance brakes by AP Lockhead and Dymag wheels, the Harrier was described in contemporary press road tests as "sleek road-legal 130 mph cafe racer”.

Jeff Ruminer

Jeffrey Ruminer (born December 16, 1962 from Seminole, Oklahoma USA) was a professional American "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from (1977–1985).

Jeugdtour

Erik Dekker is an example of a well known Dutch cycle racer who started in the Jeugdtour.

Kaegi

Gottfried Kägi (born 1911), Swiss skeleton racer who competed in the late 1940s

Kalitta

Connie Kalitta (born 1938), a retired American drag racer and CEO of the eponymous Kallita Air.

Kentucky Kid

Nicky Hayden, an American professional motorcycle racer, known as The Kentucky Kid

La Troienne

Businesslike was not successful as a racer, losing both of her two starts, she proved a success in the breeding shed; her direct descendants include Busher, Easy Goer, Smarty Jones, Caerleon, Sea Hero, Go For Gin, Pleasant Tap, Mineshaft, Lite Light, Woodman, Princess Rooney, Prairie Bayou, Rhythm, Folklore, Shakespeare to name just a few.

Legend of the Motorcycle

On average, 6,000 visitors attend the event, including motorcycle luminaries such as Peter Fonda, the son of Steve McQueen, Chad McQueen, Ewan McGregor, and the famed stuntman and racer, Bud Ekins.

Lošinj

Agostino Straulino (b. October 10, 1914 in Mali Lošinj; d. December 14, 2004 in Rome) was an Italian sailor and sailboat racer, who won one Olympic gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics (Helsinki) and one silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne) in the Star class, and eight consecutive European championships (1949–56) and two world championships (1952–53) in this class and was world champion in the 5.5m-class.

Luttenberger

Peter Luttenberger (born 1972), Austrian professional road bicycle racer

Max Neukirchner

Max Neukirchner (born 20 April 1983 in Stollberg, Germany) is a professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the World Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale R.

Merckx

Eddy Merckx, a bicycle racer of the 1960s and 1970s, and the father of Axel Merckx

Nolan Helmets

Nolan also manufactures the X-Lite helmet brand, used by motorcycle road racer Jorge Lorenzo, as well as the Grex value line of helmets for new riders.

Oberbeck

Willi Oberbeck (1910–1979), German professional road bicycle racer

Oroz

Juan José Oroz (born 1980), Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi

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.

ProSlide Technology

The first ProSlide Racer opened in 1994 at ProSlide's Mont Cascades Waterpark in Cantley, Quebec; over 200 Racers have been installed in the years since.

RACER IV

Racer was tested in the Upshot-Knothole series of tests with mock-up secondary stages as shots Nancy (Mark 14), Badger (Mark 16) and Simon (Mark 17).

Stellar Stone

Stellar Stone developed a total of eight known games—three drag racing games (Taxi Racer, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, and Midnight Race Club: Supercharged!), a puzzle game (Total Mahjongg and Shanghai), a hunting game (Remington Big Buck Trophy Hunt), a pinball game (Total Pinball), and two real-time strategy games based on the American Civil War (Gettysburg: Civil War Battles and Ultimate Civil War Battles: Robert E. Lee vs. Ulysses S. Grant).

The Rider's Digest

The letters pages are a detailed discussion forum, and the Rider’s Lives column has featured Many 'Celebrities' including Scottish novelist Iain Banks, motorcycle & truck racer Steve Parrish, Prince of Darkness - Damned frontman David Vanian, BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and motorcycling MP’s Lembit Öpik and Stephen Ladyman alongside dozens of other riders.

Tom Hammonds

Tom Edward Hammonds (born March 27, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player and National Hot Rod Association drag racer.

Toyota Corona

With suspension fettled by racer Chris Amon, the New Zealand Coronas had carburetted 1.8s or a fuel injected 2 liter engine.

Uwe Krupp

Married to an American dog sled racer, Valerie Buck-Krupp, he likens himself to German soccer coach, Jürgen Klinsmann, who also resides in the US, married to an American, and schooling his children in an International School.

Vogels

Henk Vogels (born 1973), Australian professional road bicycle racer

Wladimiro

Wladimiro Panizza (1945 - 2002), an Italian professional road bicycle racer

Zubeldia

Joseba Zubeldia (born in Usurbil, Basque Country), Spanish professional road bicycle racer


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