Sentences with phrase «alms class win»
Boosted by the tremendous performance of Team GB in the London 2012 Olympics, plus a strong desire to put the disappointment of the previous ALMS round behind him, Olly took the chequered flag just 0.283 seconds ahead of Jörg Bergmeister in the Porsche to record his 37th ALMS class win.
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Since then, 24 Corvettes have scored class or category victories in this legendary endurance race, including seven ALMS class wins by Corvette Racing.
Not exact matches
The first - generation car scored 35 victories in 55 races, won its class at the 12 Hours of Sebring three consecutive years, posted three 1 - 2 finishes in the GTS class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and earned four consecutive ALMS manufacturers championships for Chevrolet.
Mark Kent, GM Racing manager: «Over the past decade, Corvette Racing has had some amazing accomplishments in the GTS and GT1 classes of competition, including winning 77 races and eight consecutive ALMS championships.
All Corvette Racing needs to win its 10th ALMS team championship is for either of the two cars to finish sixth or better in class at VIR.
CORVETTE RACING FAST FACTS — 1999 - 2015 Le Mans class wins: 8 ALMS manufacturer titles: 10 ALMS driving titles: 9 ALMS team titles: 10 Worldwide races: 168 Worldwide wins: 97 Team 1 - 2 finishes: 54
We won overall in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, our first class win at Le Mans where we ran as high as fourth overall and then contending for our first ALMS Championship.
In the six years that followed, Corvette Racing scored 35 ALMS victories, including an overall victory in the Daytona 24 - hour race, three 1 - 2 finishes in the GTS class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and three consecutive class wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring.
O'Connell and Fellows have won the GT1 class in every ALMS event contested on the 2.25 - mile Mid-Ohio circuit, and Corvette Racing has posted 1 - 2 finishes in every ALMS race held at the scenic Ohio track.
Corvette Racing has participated in every ALMS race in Long Beach, winning three straight in the GT1 class in 2007 - 09.
Corvette Racing drivers have won a total of 13 ALMS class championships since 2002.
Since Corvette Racing made its debut in 1999, Chevrolet's factory team has won 49 races (including five class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, four class wins in the Sebring 12 - hour race and an overall win in the Daytona 24 - hour race), five American Le Mans Series manufacturers championships and four ALMS drivers championships.
Since its debut in 2005, the Corvette C6.R has won 38 races, the most of any GT1 car and second all - time in ALMS history regardless of class.
Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen won for the second time this season in the ALMS» GT class driving their No. 3 Compuware Chevrolet Corvette C6.R.
The GT1 Championship Editions were coming at a time that Corvette Racing was moving from the GT1 class down to GT2 and so the car celebrated the race team's eight ALMS GT1 Manufacturers and Team Championships, five 24 Hours of Le Mans class wins, and a total of 74 victories.
With a win in the GTE Pro class at Le Mans and runner - up finishes in the ALMS GT team and driver championships last year, America's premier production sports car team has focused on improving all aspects of its performance as it prepares its Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars for the 2012 campaign.
Corvette Racing also broke the ALMS record for laps completed in the GT class and won the Michelin Green X Challenge.
Corvette Racing has won the last eight ALMS GT1 team and manufacturer championships and posted 75 class wins worldwide including a record 69 ALMS victories.
Sharp earned his first ALMS win in the P2 class at the Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at Long Beach.
Johnny is a Two - time ALMS GT1 champion, 35 career ALMS wins, seven Sebring 12 - hour class victories, holds ALMS records for most starts (93) and most podium finishes (70).
Corvette Racing has won GT class honors in six of the last 13 ALMS races including Sebring (Gavin / Milner / Westbrook) and Laguna Seca (Magnussen / Garcia).
Landmark first trip to historic road course for ALMS champions Corvette C7.Rs face new challenge at Six Hours of The Glen Garcia, Magnussen go for third straight win in TUDOR Championship Coming off second, fourth in class at Le Mans DETROIT — It's only about an hour's flight from Detroit to Watkins Glen International.
Corvette Racing had also used the same oil to win eight ALMS GT1 titles from 2001 to 2008 and seven class victories in the 24 Hours of LeMans since 2001.
O'Connell and Fellows have been co-drivers for the Corvette team since 2001 and have scored 19 wins together in the ALMS, as well as two class wins in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Milner took the checkered flag in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R for the fifth round of the ALMS as the duo became the first in the GT class to win multiple...
Except for the LMP1 overall win in 1999, all of O'Connell's 20 ALMS wins have been in the GTS class with Corvette Racing.
In the Corvette C5 - R, Fellows and teammate Johnny O'Connell have won the GTS class in the ALMS event at Mosport for three straight years (2001-2002-2003) and this year will be going for a record - tying fourth straight.
Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner — third in the ALMS GT championship in 2013 with two wins after taking the class title in 2012 — will drive the other Corvette.
For this season there will also a reunion between the four - time Le Mans GT1 class winner and three - time ALMS GT1 Champion with his 2007 Championship - winning chassis.
He can become the first driver in ALMS GTC class history to win at the same venue four times in a row.
Michelin teams combined for victories in all three ALMS open competition classes and took the top four positions overall here at the third stop on the 2013 ALMS season, as the P2 class - winning Level 5 squad of Marino Franchitti, Scott Tucker and Ryan Briscoe combined to finish third and fourth overall.
The year was 2004 and the Corvette Racing Team was in its final and 4th championship winning ALMS season with the venerable GT1 class C5 - R race car.