The world's strangest racing cars
Single-seaters with a pair of Mini engines, a Peugeot 806 touring car and much more - AUTOSPORT's sister publication Motorsport News selects the oddest machines to grace the world's racetracks
The history of motorsport is full of weird and wonderful creations, racing oddities that intrigued or confused.
Some of them proved to be successful, even hinted at the way forward, while others flopped. Some even made people wonder what on Earth the designer was thinking.
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