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Also Known As motor racing

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Early days of racing
Ford 400
Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500 race, 1971.
Two early race cars with drivers and passengers wearing goggles speed down a dirt road, kicking up dust, as spectators watch from both sides during the Vanderbilt Cup Race around 1910.
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Formula One winner
Michael Schumacher
German race-car driver
Patrick Dempsey as Doctor Derek Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy, wearing navy scrubs and a white doctor's coat.
Patrick Dempsey
American actor and race-car driver
F1's youngest race winner
Max Verstappen
Belgian-born race-car driver
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
British race-car driver
Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari
Italian automobile manufacturer
Race car driver Alain Prost
Alain Prost
French race-car driver
Sebastian Vettel, wearing a racing suit, sits cross-legged and works on a crossword puzzle in a book before practice at the Italian Formula One Grand Prix in Monza.
Sebastian Vettel
German race-car driver
Andrea Kimi Antonelli in a Mercedes AMG Petronas racing suit celebrates on the podium holding a trophy and a champagne bottle at the F1 Grand Prix of Spain in Madrid.
Kimi Antonelli
Italian race-car driver
Lando Norris
Lando Norris
British automobile racing driver
Jimmie Johnson smiling in a blue Lowe's racing suit and matching cap before a practice session at Daytona International Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson
American race-car driver
Formula One driver
Oscar Piastri
Australian race-car driver
Niki Lauda, wearing a red racing suit and cap, sits in his Formula One car in the pits at the British Grand Prix, with the Parmalat sponsor logo visible on the car.
Niki Lauda
Austrian race-car driver
A smiling Daniel Ricciardo at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo
Australian race-car driver
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb
French race-car driver
Danica Patrick facing forward in a headshot, wearing a bright green GoDaddy.com racing suit with sponsor logos.
Danica Patrick
American race car driver
Jeff Gordon, 2009.
Jeff Gordon
American race-car driver
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Bill France, Sr.
American sports executive
Hélio Castroneves
Hélio Castroneves
Brazilian race-car driver
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Bobby Allison
American stock-car racer
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna
Brazilian race-car driver

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