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This list of 1933 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races. Open wheel racing
In early 1933, governing body AIACR announced a new formula, with the main regulation that the weight of the car without driver, fuel, oil, water and tyre was not allowed to exceed 750 kg (1,650 lb). This was created to restrict the size of engine that could be used, with the authority estimating that this weight limit would allow around 2.5 ...
The 1933 season was to be the final one run to Formula Libre (open formula) regulations. The CSI regulatory body of the AIACR had announced a new 750kg, weight-based formula coming into effect from 1934. For unknown reasons, the European Championship was discontinued after only two years, despite five of the national races being planned to be held.
The Alfa Romeo P3, P3 monoposto or Tipo B was a classic Grand Prix car designed by Vittorio Jano, one of the Alfa Romeo 8C models. The P3 is considered to be the world's first genuine single-seat Grand Prix racing car [1] and was Alfa Romeo's second monoposto after the Tipo A monoposto (1931). [2]
The Star Mazda Pro, is an open-wheel formula racing car, designed, developed and built by Star Race Cars, for the North American Pro Mazda Championship spec-series, between 2004 and 2017. They were powered by 240 hp (180 kW) "Renesis" wankel rotary engine .
A Silver streak 8 in a 1949 Pontiac Streamliner - note the large intake silencer leading to an oil-bath air cleaner on the left side of the engine. The Pontiac straight-8 engine is an inline eight-cylinder automobile engine produced by Pontiac from 1933 to 1954.
Founded in 1931 by Walter C. Marmon and Arthur W. Herrington, the company was the successor to the Marmon Motor Car Company, a maker of high quality, costly automobiles from 1902 to 1933. [3] By the early 1930s, the U.S. economy had taken a severe downturn, and with the onset of the Great Depression, the market for prestigious luxury cars ...
An increased 65.5 mm bore, larger capacity 1711 cc option was available at no extra charge from August 1933. [4] Further details of these engines are in the panels at the right. A three-speed gearbox was supplied at first but a new four-speed Twin-Top [ note 1 ] version was an option from 1932 and became standard in 1933.