Sentences with phrase «car challenge series»

It's an open secret that Porsche intends to support teams racing the Clubsport in IMSA's Continental Sports Car Challenge series in the United States, but it's suitable to other professional series in North America like Pirelli World Challenge, as well as SCCA, NASA, and Porsche Club of America club racing.

This week, Marc Miller reflects on his time racing in the IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series, what Continental Tire Challenge has done for his career, and fills us in on some of the memorable cars he's been able to drive over the years.

He competes on a part time basis in the FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA TUDOR United Sports Car Series, and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series.

Not exact matches

Formula E isn't the easiest series to get to grips with for a rookie, what with all the challenges of driving an electric car and managing the battery usage.

Nick Wittmer was racing in the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car series at the Virginia International Raceway when he was forced to exit race two.

Although quantifying the physical appearance of real products is challenging, the researchers used a recently developed morphing technique to construct the «average» car in a particular market segment or brand from a series of individual pictures.

Harry was photographed kissing the «Suits» actress by a car when they attended the second day of the Audi Polo Challenge weekend in Ascot, Berkshire, England; the royal took part in the series the day before.

Features all the teams and cars of the series, including a mixture of Ferrari Challenge cars, such as the 355, the 360, the FXX, the 430 Challenge and GT cars, like the 575GT.

The car, which will campaign in the remainder of the Pirelli World Challenge Series, will use a unique twin - turbocharged V - 6 engine developed by Honda Performance Development.

This year, he expects to support about two dozen privately owned R8 LMS cars — two in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship for professional endurance racing, seven in the Pirelli World Challenge series for professional sprint races, and the rest in club races or at track days.

Far from posing a challenge for cross-shopping 7 - series intenders, as Cadillac suggests, the STS will have to slug it out with cheaper cars, such as the excellent and the very fine CTS, which resides below it in Cadillac's hierarchy yet shares the same architecture and V - 6 engine, provides imperceptibly less passenger accommodation, and is available for considerably less money.

Along with this street - car pricing figure, Mini announced its partnership with LAP Motorsports to compete in the Street Tuner Class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, where LAP Motorsports will be running modified 2015 JCWs in the race series later this year.

Sensing a challenge, Bream began building an electric BMW M3 - chosen for its sorted chassis, he says - but when the series folded before the first round even took place, Bream decided to compete against combustion powered cars instead.

I've raced in the now - defunct Viper Challenge series, and driven plenty of the old ACRs — they ceased production in 2010 — but my cut - parry - thrust ride with Winkler was the fastest I have ever been around a racetrack in a street - legal production car.

Driving the Series II cars, both on the autoroute and on challenging secondary roads north of the Mediterranean on France's Cote d'Azur — the French Riviera to Americans — shows why sales were so good in bad economic times.

Launched in 2011 with a # 40,000 price tag, it looked expensive for a 1 - series but significantly undercut BMW's own M3 and the Porsche Cayman S, cars it seriously challenged for outright fun.

With this new F56 - generation car, the Mini Challenge will surely become — along with the Clio Cup — the go - to series for aspiring professional tin top racers.

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Testing and Development Yield Gains for Gavin and Magnussen LEXINGTON, Ohio, — Corvette Racing drivers Oliver Gavin and Jan Magnussen qualified their Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars third and fourth respectively for Saturday's Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the sixth round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series.

Gavin and Beretta Score Hard - Fought Second in Battle of the Brands LEXINGTON, Ohio, — Corvette Racing was up to the challenge in the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, the sixth round of the American Le Manchallenge in the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, the sixth round of the American Le ManChallenge, the sixth round of the American Le Mans Series.

There has been surprisingly little news about the Brass Monkey Nissan GT - R race team competing in the World Challenge series — party because other than their introduction, the cars haven't generated much excitement themselves.

Written by K - PAX Racing Staff SAN JOSE, Calif. — K - PAX Racing, winners of three GT Class championships in the Pirelli World Challenge sports car series, today announced it will field -LSB-...]

LEXINGTON, Ohio, — The upcoming Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, the sixth round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series, will mark the first anniversary of Corvette Racing's debut in the production - based GT category.

The car was homolgated to World Challenge specs by The Racers Group (TRG) and our sources at the series tell us it will...

The MINI JCW Team and MINI USA continued to show their dominance in the quest for a series championship in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series during this weekend's Mid-Ohio 120 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington,series championship in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series during this weekend's Mid-Ohio 120 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington,Series during this weekend's Mid-Ohio 120 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

Mid-Ohio ALMS to Mark First Anniversary of Corvette Racing's GT2 Debut LEXINGTON, Ohio, — The upcoming Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, the sixth round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series, will mark the first anniversary of Corvette Racing's debut in the production - based GT category.

The IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge is a grand touring and touring car racing series run by the International Motor Sports Association.

It was built for the SCCA World Challenge series, but it'd make a hell of a track car today.

The format is reminiscent of the original Trans - Am Series, combining conventional sports cars and touring cars, though the Trans - Am Series usually had a single driver per car, unlike the Continental Challenge, which has two drivers per car.

Since entering the Sports Car Club of America Pro Racing - sanctioned World Challenge series in 1993, RTR has claimed 85 race victories, along with the 14 Manufacturers» Championships and 14 Drivers» Championships.

The Pirelli World Challenge is a North American auto racing series launched in 1990 by the Sports Car Club of America.

This year's season - opening round of the 10 - race American Le Mans Series presents formidable challenges for Chevrolet's championship - winning sports car team.

In 1990, the series was officially named World Challenge and was restructured to adopt rules similar to the European Group A for homologated production cars.

But Doug Fehan and Chevrolet's Jim Campbell should seriously look at foregoing the United Sports Car Championship in the USA and put the two C7.Rs into the FIA's World Endurance Challenge series.

The race car will compete in the 2004 SCCA Speed World Challenge, a competitive North American race series for production - based cars.

In today's main feature race, the one - hour, two - driver challenge for closed - cockpit GT cars (1960 - 1964), the Corvette Racing driver who usually competes in the American Le Mans Series, lined up alongside some of the most famous names in motor sport in around # 100million of exotic cars.

Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin qualified third on the hugely competitive GT grid for tomorrow's Saturday's Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the sixth round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series.

On a steamy summer afternoon, Corvette Racing drivers Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner qualified their Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars fifth and eighth respectively for Saturday's Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, the fifth round of the 2011 American Le Mans Series.

Peter Cunningham and Ryan Eversley drive the 42 and 43 cars in the Pirelli World Challenge series.

The two - hour Baltimore Sports Car Challenge presented by SRT, the eighth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series, will start at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 1.

The two - hour, 45 - minute Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, the sixth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series, will start at 1:05 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 4, and will be broadcast on ABC at 2 p.m. ET.

In his new role, he is responsible for engineering and administration for GM's motorsports programs in the American Le Mans Series (Corvette Racing), SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championship (Team Cadillac) and the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series (Pontiac GTO.R and Daytona Prototype).

The engine modifications are based largely on the power plants used in the race cars from the MINI CHALLENGE series which has been impressing competitors and fans alike across the country since the series launch in March this year.

The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge is one of the most technical and demanding events on the ALMS calendar and the Corvette Racing team was hoping to profit from data acquired at an additional test session at the road course near Lexington, Ohio prior to the race, the sixth round of the 2012 series.

The next round of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge.

The Intercontinental GT Challenge utilizes sports car manufacturers in partnership with GT3 series teams local to the event country, creating efficiencies by transporting engineers and drivers around the world instead of cars and equipment.

Beginning this month, Wesoloski will oversee engineering and budgets for GM's motorsports programs in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), SPEED SCCA World Challenge and the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.

Qualifying on the 2.0 - mile temporary course that winds through Belle Isle Park, Jan Magnussen won the GT1 pole for Saturday's Detroit Sports Car Challenge, the 10th round of the 12 - race American Le Mans Series.

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Gavin Awarded Pole After Post-Qualifying Inspection LEXINGTON, Ohio — Corvette Racing shattered the GT1 track record at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course today in qualifying for Saturday's American Le Mans Series Acura Sports Car Challenge.