Sentences with phrase «american racing legend»

At Le Mans a month later, Gurney would challenge the race with the help of three American racing legends: AJ Foyt, Carroll Shelby and the Ford GT40.

Not exact matches

As well as American endurance racing legends such as Hurley Haywood and Scott Pruett (both of home share the record for outright victories with five), plenty of F1 names have been victorious too.

Hillenbrand's first book, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001), was an «inspiring» tale about the famous race - horse; it was also made into a Hollywood film in 2003.

ITALIAN SOUND, ITALIAN LEGEND > Vittorio Jano Like American race car builder Harry Miller, Vittorio Jano was a soup - to - nuts race car designer who developed engines, chassis, and everything in between.

Mors: the true story behind the legend — In the first of a two - part series, Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges tells the story of the highly successful Mors racing cars / «Compare and contrast...» — Having owned examples of both, John Warburton explains the allure of the 30 - 98 Vauxhall and compares it to the sidevalve Aston - Martin / Impressions of an immortal — Karl Ludvigsen casts his mind back to the summer of 1961, when he drove a Mercedes - Benz W196 Grand Prix car when it was still quite new / Documenting decay — American photographer Brewster Moseley has made a special study of decaying Detroit iron in a Montana scrapyard, and shares some of the results / Made in Logansport: the Revere — Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the littleknown Revere of the late teens and»20s and its shady promotor, Newton van Zandt / Back on the Road — Neil Tigwell wanted to build his idea of what a post-war Riley Lynx could have looked like.

Racing in front of the Corvette Legends of Le Mans at the six - hour American Le Mans Series Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 21 - 22, round three of the ALMS, the Briton will once again be taking his Corvette C6.R into the thick of an intense, and no doubt thrilling, GT battle.

Chevrolet Celebrates Le Mans Drivers and Race Cars of the Past and Present MONTEREY, Calif. — Chevrolet saluted the men and machines that laid the foundation for Corvette Racing's success in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a special Corvette Legends of Le Mans program at the American Le Mans Series Monterey on May 21 - 22.

Maserati Brings 100 Years of its Past, Present and Future to Life at Monterey Car Week as the Featured Marque at both Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Maserati's Centennial Celebrations Include the North American Premiere of the Stunning «Alfieri» Concept Coupe and Racing Legend Sir Stirling Moss joins at Laguna Seca

The Corvette owners school curriculum was designed by Corvette racing legend Ron Fellows who spent years racing Corvettes and has wins in the American Le Mans Series, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and even NASCAR.

In 1986, the American motor - racing legend Bobby Unser set a new record in his Sport quattro S1 with a time of 11:09:22 minutes.

MONTEREY, Calif. — Chevrolet saluted the men and machines that laid the foundation for Corvette Racing's success in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a special Corvette Legends of Le Mans program at the American Le Mans Series Monterey on May 21 - 22.

James Brown's impact on American popular culture reverberates so deeply through music and race relations that writers are still attempting to uncover the man behind the legend.