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Aston Martin DBR2

The Aston Martin DBR2 was a sports racing car built in 1957 as a sibling to the Aston Martin DBR1, yet competing in a larger engine capacity group.

Aston Martin DBR4

The Aston Martin DBR4/250, commonly referred to simply as the DBR4, is a Formula One racing car, designed by Ted Cutting for the sports car manufacturer Aston Martin.

Formula Holden

Cheetah Mk.9, Dome F102, Elfin FA891, Hocking 901, Hocking 911, Liston BF3, Lola T87/50, Lola T91/50, Lola T93/50, March 87B, Ralt RT4, Ralt RT20, Ralt RT21, Ralt RT23, Reynard 89D, Reynard 90D, Reynard 91D, Reynard 92D, Reynard 93D, Reynard 94D, Reynard 95D, Reynard 96D, Reynard 97D, Reynard 98D, Shrike NB89H, SPA 001, SPA 002, SPA 003

Holden Special Vehicles

HSV was created in 1987 as a joint venture between Holden and Tom Walkinshaw Racing – an operation owned by Scottish racing car driver and entrepreneur Tom Walkinshaw.

Sauber SHS C6

The Sauber SHS C6 was a Group C prototype racing car built by Swiss manufacturer Sauber and engineering firm Seger & Hoffman (hence the unique SHS designation), intended for competition in the World Endurance Championship and Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft series.


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Alfa Romeo Tipo 312

The Alfa Romeo Tipo 312, 312 or 12C-312 was a 3-litre formula racing car that was used in the 1938 Grand Prix season; drivers were Raymond Sommer, Giuseppe Farina, Eugenio Siena, Clemente Biondetti, Carlo Pintacuda, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Gianfranco Comotti, Piero Taruffi and Pietro Ghersi.

Allard J2

Allard J2X-C, a Group C sports racing car that was used in 1992 and 1993.

Bandini 1100 siluro

The Bandini 1100 siluro is a racing car model produced from 1947 to 1949 by Bandini Automobili in Forlì, Italy.

Bandini 1300

The Bandini 1300 was a racing car built in 1980 by Bandini Cars in Forlì, Italy.

Bandini s.p. 1000

The Bandini 1000 sports prototype is a racing car built for the season 1972 by Bandini Cars Forlì.

Bandini Saloncino

The Bandini Saloncino is a racing car, built in 1968 by Bandini Automobili in Forlì, Italy.

Beardmore Halford Pullinger

Halford also later designed the de Havilland Gipsy aero engine, designed the first turbo charged racing car engine, the Halford Special and one of the first jet engines, the Halford H.1 later developed by de Havilland as the de Havilland Goblin.

Birkin baronets

Archie Birkin (1905-1927), racing car driver; brother of the 3rd Baronet

Cotton Owens

Owens and Pearson boycotted NASCAR, and ran a Hemi in the back of a Dodge Dart drag racing car.

CTA-Arsenal

The CTA-Arsenal is a French racing car which was developed by the Centre for the study of car and cycle technology then abbreviated as CTA but today renamed as the UTAC and constructed by Arsenal at Châtillon.

Daimler Roadliner

It was also a noisy unit in operation, said to sound like a contemporary Formula One racing car.

Eyston

George Eyston (1897–1979), British racing car driver, engineer and inventor

Ford Seattle-ite XXI

The car had six wheels, with four steerable ones at the front and two fixed ones at the rear – similar to the fictional six-wheel 1965 FAB1 and the real Tyrrell P34 racing car of the mid-1970s.

Frank Halford

During this period Frank Halford also designed and had built the AM Halford Special racing car which he raced at Brooklands in the 1926 RAC British Grand Prix, as well as in many other races in 1925 and 1926.

Graham Coaker

During this time he became friendly with fellow racers Max Mosley and Alan Rees, and racing car designer Robin Herd.

Hersham and Walton Motors

Then HWM owners George Abecassis and John Heath went racing together from 1946 and in 1948 they built a streamlined sports racing car on the chassis of a Sports Alta, and thus embarked upon the construction of racing cars and racing sports cars at their motor works in Walton-on-Thames, England.

Meanwhile, the first Jaguar-engined HWM sports racing car had appeared in 1953, and this had some success with George Abecassis at the wheel.

HWM

Hersham and Walton Motors, a garage business, trading as HWM Aston Martin and HWM Alfa Romeo, and former racing car constructor

Kola Aluko

In interviews Aluko often cites the racing car driver Ayrton Senna as a main inspiration, drawing parallels between racing, business and life in general.

Kurt Becker KG

This car was raced on the AVUS in Berlin in 1934 by German racing car driver August Momberger.

Marcel Renault

Marcel Renault (1872, Paris–May 26, 1903, Payré) was a French racing car driver and industrialist, co-founder of the car maker Renault, and the brother of Louis and Fernand Renault.

Maserati 300S

The Maserati 300S was a racing car produced by Maserati of Italy between 1955–58, which competed in the FIA's World Sportscar Championship.

Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen made his first meters in a racing car at the Pembrey Circuit on October 11th, 2013.

Newey

Adrian Newey (born 1958), English racing car designer and engineer

R27

Renault R27, a racing car built by the Renault F1 team for use during the 2007 Formula One season

R380

Prince R380, racing car built in 1965 by Prince Motor Company

Rob Nguyen

Rob Nguyen (born 18 August 1980 in Brisbane) is an Australian racing car driver of Vietnamese descent who competed in the 2002 and part of the 2003 International Formula 3000 seasons before running out of money.

Rolon

Formula Rolon, open wheel single seater Formula Racing car made and raced in India

So You Want to Be a Wizard

On their way to the Lone Power's office, Kit finds a racing car, a Lotus Esprit, beside its prey, a "dead" sedan, injured by a piece of metal lodged in its axle.

Spirit 201

The Spirit 201 was a Formula One/Formula Two racing car designed by John Baldwin and Spirit Racing co-founder Gordon Coppuck which was raced in European Formula Two from 1982 to 1984 and in Formula One in 1983.

Supervan

Ford Supervan, promotional vehicle combining a Ford Transit van with the chassis and performance of a sports racing car

Suzuki Aerio

In 2001, Suzuki specially built spaceframe racing car for hillclimb races with a bodyshell to resemble the Aerio dubbed the Suzuki Aerio P950 Pikes Peak Special driven by its rally team manager and former rally driver, Nobuhiro Tajima.

Tadek Marek

He developed the alloy 6-cylinder engine (forerunner of the DB4 engine) of the Aston Martin DBR2 racing car (1956), and redesigned the Lagonda engine with a new cast iron block using top seating liners, used in the DB Mark III.

TVR Tuscan

TVR Tuscan Challenge, the racing car and the one make racing series for the car

Unipower

The Unipower GT was a British specialist sports car first shown at the January 1966 Racing Car Show, and produced by truck maker Universal Power Drives Ltd in Perivale, Middlesex and later by U.W.F. Automotive in London until production ceased in early 1970, by which time around 75 are believed to have been made, including about 15 built by U.W.F..

Vandervell v Inland Revenue Commissioners

Tony Vandervell was a wealthy racing car manufacturer with a company called Vandervell Products Ltd.

William Backhouse Astor, Sr.

Her second husband died in a racing car accident, as did their son, Count Louis Zborowski, who was killed at the Italian Grand Prix in 1924.

Williams FW10

Autocourse subsequently picked the FW10 as third-best car of the year, behind the Lotus 97T and McLaren MP4/2B, and the chassis also won the Autosport magazine's "racing car of the year" award.