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The Triumph 1300 is a medium/small 4-door saloon car that was made between 1965 and 1970 by Standard Triumph in Coventry, England, under the control of Leyland Motors. It was introduced at the London Motor Show in October 1965 and intended as a replacement for the popular Triumph Herald .
The Honda 1300 is an automobile which was produced by Japanese manufacturer Honda from 1969 to 1972. The largest car manufactured by the company to that point, the front wheel drive 1300 was released as a sedan and coupé intended to compete primarily against Japanese automotive stalwarts such as the Toyota Corona, Mazda Capella, Mitsubishi Galant, and Nissan Bluebird.
The class most resembling the North American form of stock car racing are known as Saloon cars. Super Saloons are similar to dirt late models with the main differences being the bodies closer resemble production cars, use iron engines up to 7.1 litres (434 cu in) with no rear offset and run much larger sprint car tyres on the rear.
Since the early days of stock car racing in Britain the sport has developed into many different classes. In addition, non-contact oval racing became known as Hot Rods, while the original kind of armoured road car used in the 1950s developed into saloon stock cars and unarmoured cars raced in full contact banger racing.
Bond Equipe GT 2+2: April 1963 - October 1964; 451 (including 7 known pre-production cars) Bond Equipe GT 4S: September 1964 - January 1967; 1934; Bond Equipe GT 4S 1300: February 1967 - August 1970; 571; Bond Equipe 2-Litre Mark I Saloon (incl. the 2 litre convertible prototype): August 1967 - September 1968; 591 [6]
VAZ 2105 (Lada Riva 1300) Although introduced in 1979 and first produced in quantity in 1980, [21] the Riva's origins are older: it is a modernised and restyled version of the original Lada type VAZ-2101 Zhiguli saloon, [21] which was introduced in 1970 as a modified license copy of the Fiat 124. VAZ began development work on the facelift ...
The Tarmac Oval and Figure of 8 track is 396 metres (1,299 ft) in length and surrounded by a steel plate fence. Brafield was originally built in 1949 by Dave Hughes who promoted Skirrow Midget Racing. The track was purchased by John La Trobe in 1955 and the first Stock Car event was held on 15 August 1955. The track was concrete surfaced in 1959.
The Dolomite was the final addition to Triumph's small-car range (codenamed "Project Ajax"), which had started in 1965 with the Triumph 1300.Designed to be a replacement for the rear-wheel drive Triumph Herald, [1] the 1300 was originally fitted with a 1,296 cc (79 cu in) engine and front-wheel drive.