Sentences with phrase «alms racing»

Ron talked about the beginnings of ALMS racing, Corvette Racing and future plans.

After all, this year in the newly constituted TUDOR Championship, not only has Doug had to keep an eye on the new rules and regulations coming out of IMSA during the ALMS / Grand AM merger, he's also had to content with rolling out two new race cars, the Corvette C7.Rs, and making sure they were ready to race in January 2014, a full three months earlier than the previous ALMS racing schedule.

Although the team has raced twice previously at the facility near Salt Lake City, this will be the first ALMS race held on the circuit's...

«I'm very proud to have won more ALMS races in Corvettes than any other driver and to set records at Sebring and Le Mans.

Winning four ALMS races set up our championship run — and when Olivier and I couldn't win, we've learned to look at the big picture instead of getting caught up in any single event.»

Pilgrim and Fellows will be doing double - duty at Mosport, driving their Corvette C6.R in the ALMS race and Cadillac CTS - V race cars in the SCCA World Challenge GT event.

The «two Ollies» have won the last two ALMS races at Mosport.

The ALMS race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the third round of the 12 - race 2007 American Le Mans Series, is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. local time) on Saturday, April 14.

Beretta, celebrating his milestone 100th ALMS race, started the No. 3 Corvette C6.R eighth on the GT grid, and pitted from P7 at 56 minutes into the race.

Experience Gives Corvette Racing a Head Start in Inaugural ALMS Race on Bayside Street Course ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As a lifelong resident of Monaco, Corvette Racing's Olivier Beretta knows a little something about street races.

His next ALMS race will be at Lime Rock Park on Saturday, 9th July.

The No. 4 Corvette C6.R of Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Richard Westbrook finished 10th in the last ever ALMS race, Petit Le Mans, at Road Atlanta last weekend, after having endured two lengthy stops to replace a pair of alternator belts.

It will be the last ALMS race in GT1, and I hope we win.

He has ALMS race wins at Road Atlanta, Long Beach and Baltimore; and Grand - Am race wins at Indianapolis, Mid-Ohio and Daytona.

After three runner - up finishes in the last four ALMS races, Magnussen and co-driver Antonio Garcia are gunning for their first victory in Sunday's two - hour, 45 - minute race.

Ironically, Magnussen and O'Connell had sealed their victory in last year's inaugural Detroit ALMS race when they gained a lap on their teammates during a safety car period.

Olly is one of the 63 drivers present for this weekend's ALMS race who has prior experience from another series of the 3.27 - mile, 17 - turn Virginia road course, and despite it being challenging, he's a fan of the venue.

With the competition being as equal and difficult as it has been in the first three ALMS races, it will take a perfect race with perfect pit stops and a good - handling race car.

Now midway through the busy summer ALMS race period, attention turns for the seventh round to a favourite venue for Olly and nearly every other driver in the field — Road America in Wisconsin.

The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix — a race Corvette Racing has won nine times since 2001 — takes place on Sunday 21st July, one of only two ALMS races not to be held on a Saturday.

Fellows won 21 ALMS races in the C5 - R and captured the GTS drivers» championship three times, including twice with O'Connell.

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.

So the World Challenge is expected to grow in importance, as tracks will be looking for series to replace some of those Grand - Am / ALMS races they lose in the coming years.

Corvette Racing has participated in every ALMS race in Long Beach, winning three straight in the GT1 class in 2007 - 09.

BRASELTON, Ga. — Petit Le Mans, the finale of the 2012 American Le Mans Series, will crown a season that has seen Corvette Racing score four victories in nine ALMS races and sweep the GT driver, team, and manufacturer championships.

«It's going to be wonderful to see Corvettes that were racing before I was born,» said Beretta, who started his milestone 100th ALMS race at Mid-Ohio.

We've tested previously at Road America in preparation for Le Mans, and I'm confident that the team will have two strong Corvettes for the ALMS race.»

In the final episode of Corvette Racing's 2011 Tech Transfer segments which air during the ALMS race telecasts, Corvette Racing's Doug Fehan...

For comparison, Oliver Gavin's qualifying time in the Corvette C6.R at 2010's ALMS race at Laguna was 1:23.101.

Where the calendar conflicts with the ALMS, the C6.R driver expects ALMS races to take precedence.

«They get to see the cars running on the track and experience what happens at an ALMS race.

«Corvette Racing's first ALMS race at Mosport was in 2000, but the team initially didn't plan to run there,» Fellows recalled.

A second shipment was airlifted to Europe in May following an ALMS race in Salt Lake City.

Corvette's Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter came to the 2012 Petit Le Mans ALMS race at Road Atlanta last week to unveil the 2014 C7...

After back - to - back podium finishes in the two ALMS races contested since the debut of the GT2 version of the Corvette C6.R, Corvette Racing will continue its testing and development program with the new production - based race cars on the high - speed Mosport circuit.

O'Connell has previously raced twice on the St. Petersburg street circuit, driving a Cadillac CTS - V to a runner - up finish in the SCCA World Challenge GT race in 2006 and driving a Corvette C6.R in the inaugural ALMS race in 2007.

The track also promotes fantastic racing as the last two ALMS races there produced the closest overall finishes in series history.

O'Connell has started more ALMS races than any other driver, 103 and has 14 wins in the world's top endurance classics: The 12 Hours of Sebring, Petit Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The amateur video shot from the stands shows the conclusion of the ALMS race...

The inaugural ALMS race in Detroit capped a hectic week for Corvette Racing that included personal appearances, meetings with GM executives, charity events, and gatherings with Corvette club members.

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).

Corvette Racing recently scored its 85th win in 140 ALMS races it has entered.

The Corvettes continue a season that has been nothing short of magnificent, taking victories at all three major international endurance events and every single ALMS race in between.

Romain put on an incredible race with Dido Capello in the 2007 ALMS race at MRLS and makes his first appearance at the famed track since 2008 when he drove the Penske Spyder P2 car.

With his GTS class pole position in the most recent ALMS race at Road America, his third of 2004, Olivier Beretta has now moved within one pole of tying Corvette teammate Ron Fellows for all - time leadership in ALMS pole positions (fast qualifiers) with 14.

The red head knows the challenges he will face in his 101st ALMS race.

Now that the 2013 ALMS race season is in the history books (along with the ALMS series itself), attention is turning to the combined...

Klaus Graf will start Sunday's ALMS race in Canada from the pole after posting the top time on Saturday.

These are mostly 997 variants, but now there's the possibility of catching a glimpse of Porsche's Panamera and Cayenne at any ALMS race.

Not exact matches

Insomuch as haggling and bartering are socio - economic mechanisms to supplement income (please note that this article does not consider the practice of religious alms giving, the taalibe or the role of marabouts, which could be the subject of its own blog post), an understanding of the production of poverty (and the simultaneous production of wealth in other territories) is one factor that disproves the idea that haggling, bartering and re-haggling are reflective of the race, ethnic heritage or culture of the individual.