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	Walter Wolf Racing at AllExperts
		In 1975, the Slovenian-Canadian businessman Walter Wolf had started to appear at many of the F1 races during the season.
		Simultaneously Wolf bought the assets of the Hesketh team that had recently withdrawn from F1.
		The appearance of the WR9 did little to change the team's fortunes and at the end of the year Wolf grew tired of his F1 adventure and sold the team to Emerson Fittipaldi.
	en.allexperts.com /e/w/wa/walter_wolf_racing.htm (578 words)

	Wolf Ford WR1
		Walter Wolf, born in 1939 in the Jochen Rindt-City of Graz, is the son of a Swabian bricklayer from Reutlingen in the South of Germany.
		Walter Wolf originally also had wanted to sign up with Hunt for being his number one driver for 1976, but he had not been confident enough to offer his team in fact consisting of three rival ones to the star driver.
		Walter Wolf, meanwhile with the commercial sponsor Olympus Cameras on his car (first driven by James Hunt, then, after the mid-season retirement of the Briton, by Keke Rosberg) sold his team to Emerson Fittipaldi for a merger with the Copersucar team of the twice world champion from Brazil.
	www.research-racing.de /wr1-0.htm (1948 words)

	Wolf Dallara
		The name Wolf is more usually linked with the team that enjoyed a short sojourn in F1 in the second half of the '70s but a Wolf also appeared in F3 briefly as well.
		In 1975 Canadian Walter Wolf became involved with the then unsuccessful Williams team, he bought up the remains of the failed Hesketh team and in 1976 the Williams cars were often called Wolf-Williams.
		This competitiveness was not continued, the ground effect Wolfs (Wolves?) WR5 and WR7 were not very effective devices and results in '78 and '79 despite having Scheckter, Hunt and Rosberg were poor and at the end of '79 Wolf withdrew from F1.
	www.f3history.co.uk /Manufacturers/Wolf/wolf.htm (350 words)

	The Official Formula 1 Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Walter Wolf was a successful Austrian-born Canadian businessman who had made his fortune through oil drilling.
		Wolf brought in Peter Warr, previously of Lotus, to manage the renamed Wolf Racing team for 1977 and lured Jody Scheckter from Tyrrell as lead driver.
		But Scheckter was still racing for honour, if nothing else, and put in a strong performance to take himself from ninth on the grid to victory at the flag.
	www.formula1.com /news/4527.html (423 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Walter Wolf Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Austrian-born Canadian oil equipment supplier Walter Wolf made a fortune in the North Sea oil business in the early 1970s and started appearing at Grands Prix with Frank Williams in the course of the 1975 season.
		Wolf helped the team to survive and at the end of the year proposed to buy 60% of Frank Williams (Racing Cars) Ltd. but agreed to leave Williams as General Manager.
		The team was based in the Williams facility at Bennett Road, Reading but used the equipment and the cars which had belonged to Hesketh Racing, Wolf having bought the assets of the team.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-walte.html (594 words)

	McLaren
		Warm-up takes place on race day 4:30 hours before the race start time, lasting for 30 minutes, it is a free practice session.
		A minimum weight of 600 kg, including the weight of the driver and his race equipment is stipulated by FIA rules.
		Walter Wolf Racing competed in Formula One between 1977 and 1979, and recorded a total of three victories during that time.
	groups.msn.com /McLaren/w.msnw (415 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Walter Wolf Racing
		Leclère left after the French Grand Prix and was replaced by Arturo Merzario while Ickx failed to perform and was dropped after the British Grand Prix, to be followed by a string of pay-drivers.
		The appearance of the WR9 did little to change the team's fortunes and at the end of the year Wolf grew tired of his F1 adventure and sold the team to Emerson Fittipaldi, who merged its assets into Fittipaldi Automotive.
		A Wolf racing WR1 is on display at the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Walter_Wolf_Racing (566 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Formula One Racing in the 1970s
		Eventually, the drivers agreed to race but there were numerous accidents, one involving the death of one track marshal, two fire marshals, and a reporter.
		The race was held in pouring rain and on the second lap of the terrible conditions Lauda pulled into the pits, and withdrew.
		This was most evident at the second race of the year in Brazil, when Ferrari unveiled their new car and gave it to team mate Carlos Reutemann only.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A906608 (4302 words)

	Motorsport.com: News channel
		Tomlje, who was also a successfull racing driver - in a Konrad Porsche he claimed 3rd in GT at the 1994 Le Mans 24-Hours - designed the new track whose owner is a company carrying a glorious name in motor racing international history: Walter Wolf Racing.
		Indeed, some years ago, Tomlje acquired from billionaire Walter Wolf the brand of the Canadian F1 team that, on its maiden season, contended to Ferrari the 1977 world championship.
		Wolf classified 4th in the Manufacturers championship and remained in F1 for two more years, collecting some podium positions and a 5th on points in 1978.
	www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=44041&FS=ETCC (385 words)

	1977 - Canadian Grand Prix
		Patriotic support was also given to the Wolf WR 3 driven by Jody Scheckter and owned by Montreal businessman Walter Wolf.
		The race, which had been rather quiet since the departure of Hunt, was starting to get interesting again.
		Gilles Villeneuve's race was difficult, as he had to deal with an ill handling car.
	www.zoompics.com /1977f1.htm (1737 words)

	WilliamsF1
		Nick Heidfeld competed with Brazillian test driver Antonio Pizzonia for the remaining racing seat during December 2004 and January 2005, and Heidfeld was chosen, partly in deference to BMW's wishes for a German driver.
		Cosworth have more experience in building V8 racing engines, as will be required by the 2006 Formula One regulations, than any other current F1 engine manufacturer and also have some history with Williams, being the engine suppler that the team started out with (and won the 1980 and 1982 championships with).
		Despite having signed a contract to race for Williams, Jenson Button decided that he would prefer to stay with BAR for 2006 as it was to become a Honda works team.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/wi/WilliamsF1.htm (1841 words)

	Frank Williams Racing Cars Information
		Ganley then astonishingly led off the leading lights for a while when the race restarted (though the FIA official lap charts do not acknowledge this, due to the confusion), and he eventually finished sixth.
		For all the chopping and changing, Merzario's point from the South African race was the only point the team had to show for their efforts.
		At the start of the 1976 season, Frank Williams Racing Cars was bought out by oil millionaire Walter Wolf, becoming Walter Wolf Racing.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Frank_Williams_Racing_Cars (1083 words)

	WOLF \| \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		The Gray Wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), as evidenced by DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies.
		Der Wolf (Canis lupus) ist eine Hundeart in der Gattung Canis.
		کلمات مرتبط(wolf): بازگشت به واژه wolfalfred wolf gambit sea wolf she wolf to cry wolf too often to hold a wolf by the ear to keep the wolf from the door wer(e)wolf wolf child wolf dog wolf hound wolf pack wolf rearrangement wolf spider wolf vault wolf-kishner reaction wolf's bane wolf's claw wolf's milk
	www.babylon.com /definition/WOLF/All (466 words)

	Walter Wolf Racing - Formel-1 Wiki
		Walter Wolf Racing var en F1 konstruktør som deltok i F1 fra 1976 to 1980.
		In 1975, the bussinessman Walter Wolf had started to appear at many of the F1 races during the season.
		The teaam however, was not very competitive and failed to qualify at a number of races during the year.
	leksikon.formel-1.no /index.php/Walter_Wolf_Racing (512 words)

	F1 News > Team Lotus still rumbling away - Grandprix.com
		At the time the assets of the company were bought by former racing driver David Hunt - brother of the late World Champion James Hunt - and he declared his intention to return Lotus to Grand Prix racing as soon as he could.
		Wolf is best remembered for having run Walter Wolf Racing with some success in the 1970s.
		With a Supertec V10 engine it is possible that this operation could be ready to race at the start of next year - but a decision would have to be taken almost immediately if that is to happen.
	www.grandprix.com /ns/ns02031.html (515 words)

	Die Historie der Firma Wolf Concept
		Walter Wolf started here to tune Ford cars for motor sport.
		The next big step in the WOLF -history was to move to Neuenstein into a new workshop building in 1983.
		Successful racing cars of the Ford Escort Turbo and the Ford Sierra Cosworth have been developed here by Walter Wolf.
	www.wolf-concept.de /content_e/history/index.php (282 words)

	Masami Kuwashima - Biography
		However, in his March 742 BMW he had only made one start all season, taking 2nd place in the last race at Suzuka in November from 3rd on the grid, scoring 12 points in the process.
		In 1975, he only made two starts in Japanese F2000 in his Kuwashima Racing March 742 BMW, but in those races, both at Suzuka in September and November that year, he scored two 2nd places from 5th and 6th on the grid respectively, and walked away with 30 points.
		In round two of the championship at Suzuka in May, he drove a Sakai Racing Team March 752 BMW to 4th place from 8th at the start.
	www.f1rejects.com /drivers/kuwashima/biography.html (1241 words)

	ESPN.com - Red Bull driver search fills void
		The advent of the Indy Racing League in 1996 just made things more confusing for F1-minded drivers racing in America because it offered an alternative place to race, one that took the focus away from road racing.
		There are too many full-course cautions that disrupt the flow and the fortunes of races, not to mention unusual rules and overzealous officials.
		They went on to dominate racing on both sides of the Atlantic for the next decade and a half.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1877172&type=story (1122 words)

	1975 LAMBORGHINI Countach "Walter Wolf" LP400 #1 #1120148 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Above is Walter Wolf pictured driving 1120148 in Cannes, France.
		This is the first LP400 built for Walter Wolf.
		It originally had a 5 litre engine on loan from the factory that was later transfered to Wolf Countach #2.
	www.lamborghiniregistry.com /Countach/CountachLP400/Wolf1.html (58 words)

	WilliamsF1 History 67-77 - Early Years \|\| Williams F1 - Unofficial Williams F1 News and Views
		His motor racing career was to commence in 1964 when he raced a crash repaired F3 Brabham with owner Anthony "Bubbles" Horsley.
		By 1975 the situation had improved little but it was at this time that he meet the Canadian Walter Wolf who was to eventually buy a 60% share of Williams Racing Cars.
		The team was renamed Walter Wolf racing for the start of the 1976 season.
	www.sportnetwork.net /main/s107/st4062.php (635 words)

	a medley of heroes and favorites
		The race that "hooked" me on the sport of speed was the 1955 "Indianapolis 500," which I listened to on local Indianapolis radio.
		That was the race which claimed the life of the mighty Bill Vukovich, as he was charging towards what appeared to be a record third consecutive Indianapolis victory.
		His race high (63) lap leading run in the 87th "Indianapolis 500" on the way to fourth place was a good race.
	www.bjwor.com /030824.html (7834 words)

	F1 : Wolf Info Page
		After an unsuccessful affiliation with Frank Williams in 1976, Canadian oil magnate Walter Wolf founded his own team on June 5th 1976 and won the very first Grand Prix they competed in, the 1977 Argentine GP, thanks to a no-frills chassis design and the skill of Jody Scheckter.
		After a very successful first season, they were unable to repeat their form in 1978, when a second car for American Indycar ace Bobby Rahal was used on a couple of occassions.
		He drove only the first seven races before abruptly retiring, so the team brought in Keke Rosberg (another future World Champion!) to drive the remaining seven.
	www.mcz.com /f1/team/wolf.htm (151 words)

	Take a virtual lap of The Glen :: Indy Racing League® Indy Pro Series™
		To the South African whose father, Jody, made his Formula One debut at The Glen in 1972 with McLaren (ninth place after spinning out), the sections of the historic natural terrain road course are to be revered.
		A chicane added in 1975 to slow speeds in the Esses was dubbed the "Scheckter Chicane" because he suggested its implementation for driver safety.
		INDY RACING LEAGUE, INDYCAR® and INDY PRO SERIES™ are trademarks of Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. and/or licensed to IRL for use.
	www.indycar.com /pro/news/story.php?story_id=5466 (731 words)

	Jody Scheckter - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		Jody was unquestionably World Champion material, but on the strength of some of his early F1 performances it was really a question of whether he would live long enough to achieve that aim.
		For 1974 he was signed to lead the Tyrrell team in the wake of Jackie Stewart's retirement, and began to calm down.
		Reasoning that he was going to make little further progress with Tyrrell, he signed for the newly reorganised Walter Wolf Racing outfit in 1977.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /drivers/careers/515.cfm (591 words)

	Historic Grand Prix
		The only disappointing aspect of the HGP race for the fans who watched (including IndyCar driver Dario Franchitti, a keen student of racing history) was that Duncan Dayton completed only one lap in the JPS Lotus 79 that Mario Andretti drove to the 1978 F1 World Championship.
		Those cars are expensive to run, but you can tell by the reception from the fans that a lot of people are excited to see these cars run again.
		After making the trip to The Glen in a '70s-vintage car and competing in a race car from the same era, Rahal was asked whether race cars or production cars have made a bigger advance in the ensuing decades.
	www.historicgrandprix.com /articles/rahal.htm (693 words)

	AT&T Williams \| Official site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Having been the beneficiary of an inheritance from someone he described as, ‘A super old bloke known in the family as Cousin Alec, who was Irish, with huge jowls and a red nose’, Patrick was able to finance himself through an honours degree at London University.
		After briefly racing clubman sports cars, he was drawn towards the world of motor sport and got a job at Lola Cars in Huntingdon, one of the most respected manufacturers of racing cars in Britain.
		Soon after, he joined Frank Williams Racing in Reading, which subsequently changed its name to Walter Wolf Racing and then in early 1977, he moved on with Frank to set up Williams Grand Prix Engineering.
	www.williamsf1.com /patrick_head.html (906 words)

	GALGO - Argentina's Other Diecast Company
		The most curious of the GT racing cars is a bit of a mystery.
		This car was fairly successful in its day, winning some races and contending for the championship in both 1979 and 1980 in the hands of Didier Pironi and Jaques Lafitte.
		Renault introduced turbocharged engines to racing and won many F1 races as well as LeMans but fell short of their goal of a world championship before pulling out of F1 after 1983.
	www.breithaupts.com /totc326.htm (934 words)

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