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...that the Howmet TX (pictured) earned the first win for a gas turbine racing car in 1968, before earning three more victories and setting six FIA land speed records?
...that despite being Porsche's primary factory-backed competitor in the World Endurance Championship from 1983 to 1986, the Lancia LC2 won only two races?
...that Eddie Hasha's (pictured) death led to board track racing being compared to Roman gladiators, contributing to the sport's demise?
...that Chase Austin was the first African American racecar driver to race in the NASCAR Busch Series?
...that Richard Petty holds the NASCAR win record with 200 race wins from 1184 starts in a 35-year career?
...that Sir Henry Segrave's accomplishments inspired the Segrave Trophy, which is awarded to the British subject who accomplishes the most outstanding demonstration of the possibilities of transport by land, sea, air or water?
...that Earl Cooper was awarded the 1915 AAA championship despite missing the first few months of the championship?
...that Jim Roper was credited with NASCAR's first Strictly Stock (now NEXTEL Cup) win after apparent winner Glenn Dunnaway was found to have illegally modified springs?
...that 24 board tracks appeared in the United States between 1915 and 1931, but deadly crashes and high upkeep costs lead to their demise?
...that Sara Christian was the first woman to compete in a NASCAR race, the only woman to have a Top Five finish, and the recipient of the 1949 United States Drivers's Association Woman Driver of the Year award?
...that Eddie Rickenbacker raced in four Indianapolis 500 races before he became a famous as an American World War I fighting ace?
...that Richie Evans holds the record for the most NASCAR championships with nine NASCAR Modified championships, including his posthumous championship in 1985, the first year of the Whelen Modified Tour?
...that Microsoft chose Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee Chris Economaki to author the auto racing history portion of its Encarta encyclopedia?
...that off-road racing legend Mickey Thompson formed the stadium-only series Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group because he was tired of being seen "by nothing but cactus and jackrabbits" in the desert?
...that two-time International Motor Sports Association champion Steve Millen was only able to compete in three of four IROC races in 1995 before he suffered a career ending injury at Road Atlanta?
...that former NASCAR chairman Bill France, Jr. once used a mule while helping with the construction of Daytona International Speedway?
...that Barney Oldfield became the inspiration for the saying "Who do you think you are? Barney Oldfield?" after he became the first driver to drive a mile in one minute?
...that the 1966 Holman Moody Ford Fairlane was the basis for NASCAR racecars until NASCAR's newly redesigned Car of Tomorrow?
...that 2007 International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee Bruton Smith went to bankruptcy court before he became one of the 400 richest Americans?
...that the northernmost miles of pavement of the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive in Wisconsin were part of the original track circuit for Road America?
...that the GTP category of the IMSA GT Championship was credited with innovations including antilock brakes, traction control and active suspension?
...that Carl Kiekhaefer's team won 16 straight NASCAR events in 1956?
...that when NASCAR driver David Gilliland won his first career Busch Series race in 2006, driving for an unsponsored part-time team, commentator Hermie Sadler called it "the biggest upset in Busch Series history"?
...that in 2001, Shelby Howard became the youngest driver to compete in an Auto Racing Club of America race at the age of 15?
...that Aric Almirola was not at the track when he won his first NASCAR Busch Series race at Milwaukee?
...that no Formula Two, Formula 3000 or GP2 Series champion except Alberto Ascari has won the Formula One championship?
...that motorsport announcer Ken Squier coined the phrase "The Great American Race" for the Daytona 500?
...that Adrian Quaife-Hobbs is the youngest recipient of the British Racing Drivers' Club's Rising Star Award, at the age of fifteen?
...that Portuguese driver Filipe Albuquerque originally started karting as a joke?
...that the winner of the UK's Young Driver of the Year title receives a one-off test with McLaren-Mercedes?
...that former Formula One driver Lorenzo Bandini has an annual trophy named in his honour?
...that people protested outside NASCAR's headquarters after African-American driver Bobby Norfleet was not allowed to qualify for a 2000 Craftsman Truck Series race at Pikes Peak International Raceway?
...that NASCAR driver-turned-broadcaster Phil Parsons is the (16 years) younger brother of 1973 Winston Cup champion Benny Parsons?
...that the Group C Nissan R90Cs won the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship three times, the 1000km Suzuka twice, and the 24 Hours of Daytona once in their four years of competition?
...that the auto racing division of Sigma Automotive (later known as SARD) became the first Japanese team to compete in the 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans?
...that Stirling Moss is the only racing driver who was given a distinctive caricature design (wearing a helmet), differing from the usual design, by Autosport's cartoonist Jim Bamber in 1998?
...that the 1916 Indianapolis 500 was scheduled for only 300 miles because of World War I?
...that NASCAR driver Stephen Leicht, who started racing at age 7, was unable to participate in kart racing for 6 months after rupturing his spleen in an accident at age 11?
...that in 2003 Erin Crocker became the first woman to qualify for the Knoxville Nationals sprint car race?
...that Ashley Force beat her father John Force in the first father/daughter drag race in NHRA history?
...that romance novelist Nancy Warren, a launch author for Harlequin's series of NASCAR-themed books, wrote real-life NASCAR driver Carl Edwards into two of her novels?
...that to make space for passenger seats in the racing cars used in the TVR Tuscan Challenge, the fuel tank has to be moved from the driver's side to the rear of the car?
...that Dick Mann was the first motorcycle rider to win AMA's career Grand Slam by winning on short track, mile, half mile, Tourist Trophy, and road racing race tracks?
...that James Winslow was recognised by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a fellow driver from a crash in an Asian F3 Championship race in 2006?
...that Rod Millen lost the 34 hour long Baja 1000 off-road race across the desert by 33 seconds, which is considered to be a photo finish?
...that by leading by one more lap (103 to 102 laps) in the final NASCAR race of 1992 season, Alan Kulwicki won the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship over Bill Elliott?

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