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	1981 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1981 Las Vegas Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 17, 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
		The United States Grand Prix concluded the Formula One season in 1981, but instead of being at the natural road course in Watkins Glen, New York, as it had for the previous twenty years, the final race in 1981 took place in a parking lot in Las Vegas, Nevada.
		The Williams drivers, Alan Jones and Reutemann, were fastest from the start, of the first practice with points leader Reutemann, particularly determined and quick, the faster of the two.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1981_Las_Vegas_Grand_Prix (856 words)

	e-Tracks: News \| 2006 \| Las Vegas race given green light
		Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously to allow DDB Ventures to proceed with a three-day “Festival of Speed”.
		The Vegas Grand Prix will be held in and around downtown Las Vegas April 6-8, 2007, as the opening round of the Champ Car World Series.
		Downtown Las Vegas was also bolstered for several years by the Mint 400 Desert Race, a colorful spectacle that drew an estimated 400 off-road vehicles for tech inspection to Fremont Street each year.
	www.etracksonline.co.uk /News/stories/news_id229.html (501 words)

	GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY \| FORMULA ONE RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES \| THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC ...
		This was true of the Le Mans circuit of the 1906 Grand Prix, as well as the Targa Florio (run on 93 miles of Sicilian roads), the German Kaiserpreis circuit (75 miles long), and the French circuit at Dieppe (a mere 48 miles), used for the 1907 Grand Prix.
		The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first time in the history of the sport that the grid was deciding by timed qualifying rather than the luck of a draw.
		The Grand Prix of Argentina was noteworthy as Moss, driving a Cooper, used one less pitstop and had to conserve his tires in the later stages of the race, just crossing the line with the canvas showing.
	www.speedace.info /grand_prix_history.htm (14761 words)

	Australian Grand Prix - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park as part of the annual Formula One championship season.
		Australian Grands Prix, not part of the World Championship but featuring F1 open-wheeler racing vehicles, were held at various circuits around Australia for many years.
		The race was struck by tragedy in 2001, when a flying tyre from a crash between Ralf Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve flew through a gap in the barrier fence and killed a volunteer track marshal.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Australian_Grand_Prix (732 words)

	Vegas4Visitors Weekly Column by Rick Garman
		Instead of building their own hotel at Lake Las Vegas, per the plan announced earlier, the upscale hotelier Loews instead will buy the Hyatt Lake Las Vegas and rebrand it as their own.
		Historic Grand Prix is comprised of approximately 50 active owner-drivers of Formula One cars from the FIA (Federation International Automobile) Three Liter period from 1966-1983.
		The Cupcakery is a little slice of heaven in Las Vegas located on the south side of town not too far away from Green Valley Ranch Resort.
	www.vegas4visitors.com /column (2027 words)

	Champ Car > News Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		LAS VEGAS (Nov. 15, 2006) - Vegas Grand Prix announced today that the Historic Grand Prix (HGP) will open its season at the inaugural Vegas Grand Prix, April 6-8, 2007.
		It is expected to be one of the largest events in the history of downtown Las Vegas.
		The Vegas Grand Prix is being presented by DDB Ventures, a company based in Phoenix, Ariz. that has managed several Champ Car World Series races in the U.S. and beyond.
	www.champcarworldseries.com /News/Article.asp?ID=11100 (644 words)

	Formula One race reports - 1981 Las Vegas Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Results from the 1977 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Mosport Park on October 9, 1977...
		Results from the 1981 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix held at Osterreichring on August 16, 198...
		Results from the 1984 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Zolder on April 29, 1984 Classi...
	formula-one.knolix.com /1981-las-vegas-grand-prix-1122815.htm (262 words)

	FORMULA ONE RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY \| GRAND PRIX RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES \| THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND ...
		Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is a form of formula racing and the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing.
		The grands prix, some of which have a history that predates the Formula One World Championship, are not always held on the same circuit every year.
		The Bahrain Grand Prix along with other new races in China present new opportunities for the growth and evolution of the Formula One Grand prix franchise while also raising the bar for other Formula One racing venues around the world.
	www.speedace.info /formula_one.htm (4145 words)

	What's That Near Circus-Circus? - Las VegasNews Story - WPTZ Plattsburgh
		Vegas Grand Prix announced that the Historic Grand Prix will open its season at the inaugural Vegas Grand Prix, April 6 to 8, 2007.
		Historic Grand Prix is comprised of approximately 50 active owner-drivers of Formula One cars from the FIA (Federation International Automobile) 3-liter period, from 1966 to 1983.
		Six open-wheel legends are scheduled to compete against a select group of Historic Grand Prix owner-drivers in a 30-minute race prior to the Champ Car World Series race on April 8.
	www.wptz.com /lasvegas/10370894/detail.html (682 words)

	The Return of the Star Spangled Grand Prix
		For the financial pay-off for the future host of the US Grand Prix could be enormous; gross earnings are predicted as high as $45 million for the organisers and $200 million for the host city.
		One of the main reasons for the US Grand Prix's demise some seven years ago, was the use of temporary circuits to host the event in the 1980's.
		The coverage of the Australian Grand Prix was inadequate, not to mention I almost missed seeing it due to the lack of publicity.
	www.atlasf1.com /98/US/tytler.html (1903 words)

	Las Vegas Events
		The Las Vegas Ed and Tim Herbst, are the all-time winningest team in SCORE Trophy-Truck history.
		Founded in 1981, Las Vegas Events, Inc., is a private, not-for-profit organization that serves as the exclusive major special events agency for the city.
		Las Vegas Events E-LERTS direct to you from the producer, presenter and supporter of premier events in Las Vegas.
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	Las Vegas SUN: Prix conceptions
		"The Italian Grand Prix historically is held at Monza, the Belgium Grand Prix was historically held at either Zolder or Spa.
		The inaugural Caesars Palace Grand Prix, in 1981, drew an estimated 38,000 fans.
		There was an attempt in 1998 to return Formula One to Las Vegas on a parcel of land at the south end of The Strip.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2002/sep/27/514046457.html (701 words)

	F1 Rejects - Las Vegas
		But, despite the higher-than-expected average speed, Las Vegas was still too twisty for the turbos, who were still in an early stage of development, and still suffered from a big turbo-lag.
		1981 saw a three-way battle for the title between Williams' Carlos Reutemann, who came to Las Vegas on 49 points, Brabham's Nelson Piquet on 48 and, as an outsider, Ligier's Jacques Laffite on 43.
		In the 1990s, there was a second attempt to host a Grand Prix in Las Vegas.
	f1rejects.com /centrale/submitted/lasvegas (1143 words)

	Prix Rolf Marbot: "J'te mentirais" - SACEM
		Patrick connaîtra donc à la fois l'exode et le divorce de ses parents -de quoi vous forger un caractère- avant de s'installer avec sa mère à Argenteuil.
		La bonne réponse à cette question demandera quelques années de maturation et passera par des films inégaux (" Toutes peines confondues " de Michel Deville, " Profil bas " de Claude Zidi, " Les cent et une nuits " d'Agnès Varda, " Hommes, femmes...
		La décennie qui commence devrait marquer son apogée, synthétiser ses deux carrières scéniques et cinématographiques, ses différentes vies d'artistes pour lui inspirer quelques créations mémorables à la mesure de sa " nature " et sa popularité.
	www.sacem.fr /musique/prix_rolf_marbot_j_te_mentirais.html (1134 words)

	Phoenix from the Flames
		The most recent Grand Prix events in the United States were fairly unpopular with the teams and drivers.
		Many fans have reservations though, as the previous races at Las Vegas, in 1981 and 1982, were dull affairs, conducted on a track in the Caesar’s Palace hotel car park marked by concrete armco.
		Would the Grand Prix circuit, using a combination of the main straight and a track on the infield, be up to the standards set by current Formula One sites.
	www.atlasf1.com /96/san/waller2.html (1093 words)

	Las Vegas Entertainment Today - The Magazine Online - Cover Story
		There are more than 300 children who live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area who are in some type of foster-care setting.
		The Lance Burton Theatre has been voted "Best Theatre" in Las Vegas and was the first legitimate theatre built when it opened in 1996.
		On July 10th, 1982, Lance Burton was the recipient of magic's highest accolade when he won the Grand Prix at the Federation International Society de Magic (F.I.S.M.) in Lausanne, Switzerland making him a "World Champion Magician." He was the youngest person and the first American to win.
	www.lasvegas-nv.com /et/co062101.htm (944 words)

	rpm.espn.com: Alboreto died while testing for Audi
		Alboreto, born in Milan on Dec. 23, 1956, won five grands prix in the 1980s and was a member of the Porsche team which won the 1997 Le Mans and the Audi team which finished third there last year.
		He was given his Formula One chance by Tyrrell in 1981 and achieved his first two grand prix wins with them in Las Vegas in 1982 and Detroit in 1983 -- the last two victories achieved by the British-based team.
		He switched to Ferrari in 1984 and won the Belgian Grand Prix that year and the Canadian and German Grands Prix in 1985, when he finished second in the drivers' championship behind Frenchman Alain Prost.
	espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2001/0425/1186119.html (534 words)

	Las Vegas Grand Prix
		The Vegas las vegas grand prix Grand Prix is a threeday festival of racing, concerts and.
		Motorsport.com Taking place on las vegas grand prix Friday and Saturday, March 910, the final open test of the year will be the last opportunity to finetune the new Panoz chassis las vegas grand prix for the seasonopening event on the streets of Las Vegas at the inaugural Vegas Grand Prix, April 68.
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	SPEEDtv.com
		Returning to Vegas 26 years after its triumph, Alan Jones' Williams will be among the historic cars racing in Vegas next April - on the streets this time rather than a parking lot.
		Historic Grand Prix is comprised of approximately 50 active owner-drivers of Formula 1 cars from grand prix racing’s Three Liter period from 1966-1983.
		Six open-wheel legends are scheduled to compete against a select group of Historic Grand Prix owner-drivers in a 30-minute race prior to the Champ Car World Series race on Sunday, April 8.
	www.speedtv.com /articles/auto/champcar/34005 (590 words)

	Freddie Spencer - WOI Encyclopedia Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1981, he split his time between the U.S. Superbike series, and the European Grand Prix circuit, helping Honda develop the exotic but snake-bitten, oval-cylindered NR500 four-stroke Grand Prix bike.
		By 1982, he had been promoted full time to Honda's Grand Prix team, who by then had given up on the NR500 and developed the NS500 three cylinder, two-stroke.
		The 1983 season would be remembered as one of the most dramatic title chases in the history of Grand Prix racing; Honda's Spencer and Yamaha's Kenny Roberts fought back and forth for the points lead with each of them earning six victories.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php?title=Freddie_Spencer&redirect=no (600 words)

	WhoWon.com ... The Internet Source for Motorsports News and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Historic Grand Prix is comprised of approximately 50 active owner-drivers of Formula One cars from the FIA (Federation International Automobile) Three Liter period from 1966-1983.
		It is expected to be one of the largest events in the history of downtown Las Vegas.
		The Vegas Grand Prix is being presented by DDB Ventures, a company based in Phoenix, Ariz. that has managed several Champ Car World Series races in the U.S. and beyond.
	www.whowon.com /results.asp?trackid=2729&storyid=208755 (705 words)

	Poor start spoils Webber's podium finish - Motorsport - Sport - theage.com.au
		Williams BMW has come under intense scrutiny for poor starts in recent grands prix and yesterday's effort in Monaco was no different.
		Webber is the first Australian on the podium of a formula one race since Alan Jones won the 1981 Las Vegas Grand Prix, the year after he became Williams' first world champion.
		His previous best finishes were fifth on debut in a Minardi at the Australian Grand Prix in 2002 and fifth at the event again this year.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2005/05/23/1116700648831.html (495 words)

	F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > United States GP, 1981
		There were three weeks between the Canadian and Las Vegas GPs and in that time Niki Lauda decided to return to F1 with McLaren in 1982.
		The F1 circus was rather perplexed to be racing around the parking of a Las Vegas casino and no-one seemed to like it much.
		The entry was as it had been in Canada and in qualifying it was World Championship leader Carlos Reutemann on pole from his teammate Alan Jones.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/rr357.html (516 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- Sports: JOE HAWK: Wheels in motion to make Las Vegas Cham...
		It was a grand local production at a time when the city was beginning to spread its wings internationally.
		Then, with the 1981 event being held in October and the '82 event contested even a month earlier, the lingering desert heat was troubling.
		The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was run two more years as a CART event, with Mario Andretti winning on a revamped 1.125-mile course in 1983 and Tom Sneva winning in 1984.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2004/Sep-25-Sat-2004/sports/24845367.html (941 words)

	Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		The decision to stage a Formula One race in a Las Vegas car park outlines just how desperate the organisers were to raise the profile of the sport within the United States.
		Located at the heart of the Nevada desert, Las Vegas, is usually the haunt of gamblers, with little to no interest in a noisy race round a car park.
		When the teams arrived in 1981 for the first race the World Championship was balanced on knife point.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /circuits/61.cfm (460 words)

	ReviewJournal.com - Sports - Vegas open-wheel racing fraught with twists, turns
		Long before Alan Jones won the first Formula One race and Michele Alboreto the next in 1981 and 1982, Phoenix native Jimmy Bryan captured a AAA National Championship race in 1954 on the dirt of Las Vegas Park, originally a horse racing track on Paradise Road that is now the site of the Hilton.
		The Vegas Grand Prix is under contract with the city for five years.
		Rahal, the 1986 Indy 500 winner, is competing this weekend in the Historic Grand Prix on the downtown circuit and will watch his 18-year-old son, Graham, debut in the Champ Car race.
	www.lvrj.com /sports/13644983.html (882 words)

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