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1977 Shellsport International Series

The 1977 Shellsport International Series was a Formula Libre motor racing championship held in the United Kingdom, the series ran F1, F2, F5000 and Formula Atlantic cars in the same race.

2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship season

The 2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England.

2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship

The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England.

2014 British Formula Three season

The 2014 Cooper Tires British Formula Three International Series season is a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and Belgium.

2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season

The FIA European Formula 3 Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that will be held across Europe.

2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season

The 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season will be a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe.

BRM P261

The BRM P261, also known as the BRM P61 Mark II, is a Formula One motor racing car, designed and built by the British Racing Motors team in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England.

Dakabin, Queensland

The Lakeside International Raceway is a motor racing circuit also located in Dakabin near Lake Kurwongbah.

HWA Team

HWA Team is the motor racing team of HWA AG, a German company, based in Affalterbach, that also develops and builds vehicles and components for Mercedes-AMG.

Magny-Cours

It is best known for being the home of the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, a famous motor racing circuit (whose name is often abbreviated to 'Magny-Cours').

Maurice Trintignant

Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant (30 October 1917, Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, Vaucluse – 13 February 2005, Nîmes) was a motor racing driver and vintner from France.

Oval Raceway

The Oval Raceway, also known as the Angmering Motor Sports Centre or Angmering Raceway is a motor racing circuit on the outskirts of Angmering, near Worthing, West Sussex in the United Kingdom.

Porthleven

Former motor racing driver Chris Craft, who competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race for over a decade, including a third-placed finish in 1976, as well as two races in Formula One, was born in Porthleven.

Sentul International Circuit

Sentul International Circuit is a permanent motor racing circuit located in Babakan Madang, Bogor.

Toulo de Graffenried

Baron Emmanuel 'Toulo' de Graffenried (18 May 1914, Paris, France – 22 January 2007, Lonay, Switzerland) was a Swiss motor racing driver.

Turkish Formula Three Championship

The Turkish Formula Three Championship is an international motor racing series that takes place primarily in Turkey.

Weslake

In 1966 Dan Gurney commissioned Weslake Engineering to build an Aubrey Woods designed 3.0-litre V12 Formula One engine for his Eagle Mk1.

Win Percy

Winston "Win" Percy (born 28 September 1943, near Tolpuddle, Dorset) is a former motor racing driver from England.

Yeoman Credit Racing

The first team to benefit from this commercial relationship was the British Racing Partnership, run by Ken Gregory and Alfred Moss, who were sponsored by Yeoman Credit Ltd. from August 1959.


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1957 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1957 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars.

1958 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars.

1959 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1959 Australian Drivers Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars.

1963 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars with the championship winner awarded the 1963 CAMS Gold Star.

1986 British Grand Prix

A qualified GP before taking up motor racing in 1978, Palmer stopped his Zakspeed just past Laffite's crashed Ligier-Renault, jumped out and raced to assist the injured Frenchman.

2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship

The 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars.

2012 Ginetta GT Supercup season

The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in a Ginetta G55 or Ginetta G50 that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.

2012 Ginetta Junior Championship season

The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, aged between 14 and 17, competing in Ginetta G40s that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.

2014 British Formula Ford season

The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula Ford cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship.

Ahmad Al Harthy

For the 2010 motor racing season, Al Harthy chose to move into the ultra-competitive world of sportscar racing by signing to race for the Redline Racing team in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Championship – a support category to the UK's biggest motor racing series, the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.

Asser Wallenius

After retiring from competition, Wallenius moved into motor racing and competed in the years just each side of World War II, which included a third placing at the Estonian Grand Prix.

Aston Martin DP212

In 1973 the project car returned to motor racing and won twice at Silverstone, and once at Castle Combe, all with Salmon at the wheel.

Australian Motor Racing Championships

The series began as a second and third tier collection of national motor racing series in 2005 providing a home for series such as Formula Holden, Formula 3, Sports Sedan, Production Cars, Truck Racing, Saloon Cars, Commodore Cup and Australian Touring Car Challenge.

Autocourse

These are usually written by well-known motor racing journalists, for example Nigel Roebuck.

Blignaut

Alex Blignaut (1932–2001), racing driver and motor racing team owner from South Africa

Brabham, Western Australia

Formerly part of the suburb of Henley Brook, it was gazetted in May 2011, and was named after Australian motor racing personality Sir Jack Brabham.

Brooklands Trust Members

Construction of Brooklands motor racing circuit began in 1906 after the land owner, Hugh Fortescue Locke-King, visited the Targa Florio and Brescia, Italy and wanted to create a place in England where motor racing could occur away from normal public roads.

Enstone

This is now the site of the Whiteways Technical Centre, where the Formula One motor racing Lotus F1 Team is based.

Ferrari 333 SP

While the 333 SP was on its planning stages, Ferrari contracted Italian motor racing chassis manufacturer Dallara to develop the chassis and tub, leaving the maker to concentrate on the engine, a version of the V12 powerplant used in the 1992 Ferrari F92A Formula One car, enlarged to 4.0 L, with power around 600 bhp (around 450 kW).

Fersfield

RAF Fersfield is a former World War II airfield located between Fersfield and Winfarthing which was closed after the war and briefly used as a motor racing track before being returned to agricultural use.

Frank Bowles, Baron Bowles

His few prominent campaigns included better pay for Members of Parliament, although he did also press for safer motor racing after the Le Mans disaster of 1955.

GAC Logistics

GAC is the key sponsor behind English football club Crystal Palace, ESPN Star Sports regional broadcast sponsor for FA Cup, European Tour star golfers Richard Stern and Graeme Storm, motor racing professional Alex Brundle, professional rugby league club Bradford Bulls, leading London Beckenham Swimming club and official logistics sponsor for Manchester United Soccer Schools.

GP3

GP3 Series, an open-wheeler motor racing series launched in 2010

Hokkaido Speed Park

Hokkaido Speed Park is a 0.868mile (1.389 km) motor racing circuit in 155 Tougeshita, Kutchan, Abuta District, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, on the island of Hokkaido, Japan.

Hungaroring

The Hungaroring is a motor-racing circuit in Mogyoród, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held.

Ian Fergusson

In his BBC biography, Fergusson cites his longstanding interest in Formula One motor-racing and has often indicated that he is a supporter of 2008 F1 World Champion & McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton.

Jaguar Mark 1

The Jaguar Mark I gained a certain notoriety when on 22 January 1959 former motor racing world champion Mike Hawthorn died in an accident involving his own highly-tuned 3.4-litre, VDU 881, on the A31 Hog's Back road near Guildford in Surrey, England.

James Moy

James Moy (born 21 July 1977 in Kettering, Northamptonshire) is a British award-winning photographer, specialising in motorsport and motor racing, and is one of the leading Formula One Grand Prix photographers.

Johnson Motors Inc. Clothing

Although the company was the number one dealer of Triumph Motorcycles in California, an active supporter of California Motor Racing during the early to mid twentieth century, and collaborated with such stars as Marlon Brando, James Dean, Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen, it has only become well known in recent years due to its vintage clothing.

Lake Kurwongbah

Motor racing has been held Lakeside International Raceway, as it was originally known since 1961 and has hosted the Australian Grand Prix and Australian Touring Car Championship, amongst other events.

Lorenzo Bandini Trophy

It was established in 1992 by Bandini's hometown of Brisighella, to be awarded to an outstanding figure from the world of motor racing.

Mercedes-Benz World

Mercedes-Benz World is a facility at the historic Brooklands motor racing circuit in Weybridge, Surrey, UK, owned and operated by the German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz.

Mine Circuit

Mine Circuit (みねサーキット) was a 3.331 km motor racing circuit in Nagao, Nishiatsu-cho, Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Offshore powerboat racing

One of the benefits of sponsoring an offshore powerboat team, as stated by team owner and driver Bjørn Rune Gjelsten, is that in Formula One motor racing, 1 million will only allow a small space, whereas in offshore powerboating, this covers the whole of the boat.

Phillip Island 360

The Phillip Island 400 is a motor racing event for V8 Supercars, held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia.

Procar

BMW M1 Procar Championship, a one-make motor racing series utilising the BMW M1 sports production car.

Procar Australia, a defunct Australian motor racing sanctioning and organisation body.

Robert Ireland

Robert Innes Ireland, British military officer, engineer, and motor racing driver

Sandown Racecourse

The Sandown Racecourse also features a motor racing circuit on the outside of the racecourse, referred to as Sandown Raceway.

Silver Dream Racer

Silver Dream Racer (1980) is a motor-racing film starring British pop star David Essex and Beau Bridges.

Spiess Tuning

In addition, Spiess has worked on many different engines with motor racing applications, including a 4.0 litre V8 for use in the DTM Opel Vectra.

Steve Slater

In 1995 Slater moved to Malmö, Sweden, where he acted as a marketing and promotions manager for the Mantorp Park motor racing circuit group and clients such as Mobil, Land Rover and Volvo as well as developing the Swedish Touring Car Championship.

Supercheap Auto Racing

Supercheap Auto Racing has been the sponsored identity of several Australian, mostly Queensland based racing teams since the mid-1990s when automotive parts retail chain Supercheap Auto began sponsoring motor racing teams.

Thruxton Circuit

Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing.

Outside of motor racing, the circuit offers a driving school for aspiring racing drivers, plus featured as the venue for BBC3’s series ‘Stars in Fast Cars’.

Veyron

Pierre Veyron, a Grand Prix motor racing driver active from 1933 until 1953

Walter Wolf

Walter Wolf (born 5 October 1939) is a Canadian oil-drilling equipment supplier who in the early 1970s made a fortune from the North Sea oil business and decided to join the world of Formula One (F1) motor racing.

Wigram Airfield Circuit

Wigram Airfield Circuit was a temporary motor racing circuit at Wigram Aerodrome, Christchurch, New Zealand.

WTCC

World Touring Car Championship, an international motor racing championship for Touring Cars, organised by the FIA