Sentences with phrase «gt factory teams»

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And to further raise the company's profile, Neerpasch was ordered to bring over the factory team to compete in the IMSA GT series.

Team Porsche North America will start two of its three factory entries in the top - three following today's GT Le Mans (GTLM) qualifying for the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA).

The long - time Corvette Racing factory driver arrived in Texas with a two point advantage in the GT Drivers» championship standings but the weekend never ran entirely smoothly for Olly and his team mate in the No. 4 Corvette C6.R, Tommy Milner.

Coming off a victory in the SPEED World Challenge GT for the factory Cadillac CTS - V racing team as well as a podium finish in the Corvette C5 - R at Mosport, the Canadian has recently driven a wide variety of GM - powered racing cars.

The CORE Autosport team, which fields a GT Porsche and a LMPC Oreca, had a miserable day after their morning announcement that they would run a two - car factory Porsche GT team last year.

GM factory driver Olly Gavin of Northamptonshire, England and his Banner Racing team mate Gunther Schaldach of Colorado, took a second consecutive podium finish in the # 07 The Cool TV Camaro GT.R at Virginia International Raceway yesterday, solidifying second place in the GT points standings for the Grand - Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America announced that it will field a two - car factory team named Porsche North America in the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans class.

«Having finally a unified platform to compete on has made the decision so much easier to enter a GT based Porsche factory team for the first time in American sports car racing.»

Core Autosport plans to compete in the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans class with Porsche 911 RSR cars and be a Porsche factory team.

In the hyper - competitive world of GT racing, keeping the finer details of a car like the C7.R under lock and key might give this factory team an advantage, so GM has directed its Corvette drivers and personnel to maintain silence when asked about the replacement for its championship - winning C6.R chassis.

The 350Z replaced the Skyline GT - R as the car for Nissan's factory and customer teams in the Super GT's GT 500 class.

With DNA from the legendary Nismo global racing team, the ultimate GT - R is a race - oriented model delivering «factory tuned» supercar dynamics with revolutionary enhanced aerodynamics and ultra-precise handling.

By returning to GT, BMW will renew its battle with fellow German manufacturer, Porsche, along with competing against the factory - supported Panoz Esperante effort of Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz and other teams to come.

The purpose - built, non-street legal and competition - ready SRT Viper GTS - R also was revealed as part of the Chrysler Group's announcement that a factory - backed SRT Viper Racing team will return to the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in 2012.

The GTLM class will include a pair of entries from BMW Team RLL, two from Corvette Racing, one full - season Ferrari entry from Risi Competizione and a second Ferrari for selected rounds from Krohn Racing in conjunction with Risi, two factory - backed Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs from Porsche North America, one Porsche 911 GT3 RSR — which will make its season debut in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida in March — from Team Falken Tire, and a pair of SRT Viper GTS - Rs from SRT Motorsports.

- Here's a stunner: Mazda is upping its motorsports program in 2014, fielding a two - car Le Mans Prototype team instead of a factory - backed Mazda 6 in the GT Daytona class.

So in just their second race, BMW Team RLL's two newest factory drivers delivered in the star - studded IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans class.

Heading the field are the factory linked Michelin technical partner GT Le Mans (GTLM) entries from BMW Team RLL, Corvette Racing, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, Risi Competizione Ferrari and Porsche North America.