Competing in the world's premier
GT racing class, the Vantage is packed with the latest racing technology including fully adjustable double wishbone suspension, lightweight bodyparts made of carbon & CFK and a fully - adjustable rear - wing.
Not exact matches
He won the
GT class of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in his first professional car
race, in 2005.
The kit will include the Ford
GT40 which won the famous endurance
race outright back in 1966, and the modern homage to it, the Ford
GT, which won the GTE Pro
class on it's Le Mans debut in 2016.
Porsche's motorsport division will continue with international
GT racing and with the 911 RSR in the GTE
classes of the WEC, but will be waving goodbye to LMP1.
During the
races they have to deal with traffic from the slower
GT300
class, which features
GT3 cars and Japan's own JAF -
GT category.
Prior to opening his school in 1968, Bob Bondurant slid Indian motorcycles around dirt ovals, won the
GT Class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Cobra 289, and
raced for Ferrari's Formula 1 team.
The
GT3
class was banned from further competition until safety and speed restrictions were rectified and enforced, after a violent Nissan
GT - R
GT3
race car crashed during the VLN Endurance Championship
race at the Nürburgring on Saturday, March 28, flipping over the safety fence and killing a spectator.
In addition to the
GT3
class, the Nürburgring will also lift a temporary competition ban on the SP7, SP8, SP8T, SP9, SP - Pro, SP - X, Cup - 2, the H4
GT classes, E1 - XP1, E1 - XP2 and E1 - XP Hybrid
racing classes.
It was the car to beat in the
GT class during the late 1950s, earning the unofficial «Tour de France» moniker after its four consecutive
race wins at the road
race of the same name.
[Müller
raced for Porsche and BMW in GTE and
GT classes.]
Other favorites included a 1998 Dodge Viper
GTS - R, a limited - production version of the Viper
GTS coupe built to homologate all the aerodynamic aides found on the GT2 -
class race cars that ran in international events including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
How on earth is Bentley going to transform the two - ton Continental
GT into a world -
class racing car?
Always looking for a competitive edge, Ferrari built the 250 LM as an «evolution» of the dominant 250 GTO and tried to register it as a
GT -
class (production - based)
race car with the FIA governing
racing body.
Plastic Explosive — David Hawtin drives an unspoilt example of one of the first post-war British
GT cars — Jensen's handsome all - glassfibre 541 / Jenks — The Last Word For Bill Boddy memories of the little man just keep flooding back... / Barn Fresh — An astonishingly original 1914 Model T Ford provides Douglas Blain with unexpected food for thought /
Racing Stars — Bill Boddy fills in some further detail in a learned postscript to Edward Eves's recent history / MG TF Exposed — The second in our exclusive James Allington cutaways this time of the last of the Abingdon «square riggers» / Nearly Great Marque authority — Ian Dussek tells the story of HRG one of the great British might - have - beens / Economy
Class — The Editor is charmed in spite of himself by a late - vintage Rover saloon / The Gamy Mystery — The golden years of automobile art described by Jonathon Wood.
Other nods to BMW heritage on car number 25 include images of the M1
race car from 1980, the BMW V12 LMR which claimed a Le Mans and Sebring win back in 1999 and a picture of an M3
GT which claimed every title in its
class in the 2011 American Le Mans Series.
The Nurburgring also offers amateur racers the opportunity to test their mettle with names such as Kazunori Yamauchi (creator of the Gran Turismo game series)
racing a Nissan
GT - R after a credible 4th in
class last year at the wheel of a Lexus IS - F.
The 75 - year old is one of the Revival's most successful drivers having won eight
races in single - seater and
GT classes.
Prepped for
racing, these Ferraris won their GT class at Sebring in 1959 and 1960, while a car entered by Chinetti's North American Racing Team and co-driven by Bob Grossman and Fernand Tavano scored fifth overall at the 1959 24 Hours of Le
racing, these Ferraris won their
GT class at Sebring in 1959 and 1960, while a car entered by Chinetti's North American
Racing Team and co-driven by Bob Grossman and Fernand Tavano scored fifth overall at the 1959 24 Hours of Le
Racing Team and co-driven by Bob Grossman and Fernand Tavano scored fifth overall at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans.
This plan of action must have been tempting for a small carmaker that was already busy developing a
class - leading V - 12
GT flagship, the 599GTB Fiorano; an all - new convertible, the California; and a midcycle repositioning of its two - plus - two, the 612 Scaglietti, not to mention running a Formula 1
racing team and supplying engines to Alfa Romeo and Maserati.
The rules governing the
GT classes require that a certain number of road versions of a
racing car must be built before it can be homologated, or approved, for competition.
After campaigning the ex-Zakspeed Capri in 1982, Roush creates a Ford - backed juggernaut that dominates Trans - Am and IMSA
GT, scoring nine straight
class wins in the 24 Hours of Daytona - usually
racing Mustangs - before focusing on more lucrative pastures in NASCAR.
That same year a 911 made its Le Mans
race debut, winning the 2 - litre
GT class, and writing the first page in a story of success that continues to this day.
Just 100 of these limited - production versions of the Viper
GTS coupe were built to homologate all the go - fast aero bits found on the GT2 -
class race cars that ran in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, among other
races.
LAKEVILLE, Conn. (July 23, 2016)-- Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner led a 1 - 2
class finish for Corvette
Racing on Saturday with a
GT Le Mans (GTLM) victory in the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park.
The Mazda6 is also presently used as a
racing vehicle for the GTS class at SCCA Pro Racing World Chal
racing vehicle for the
GTS class at SCCA Pro
Racing World Chal
Racing World Challenge.
Corvette
Racing's Antonio Garcia claimed pole position today for the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix in the
GT Le Mans (GTLM)
class with a lap of 1:15.198 (117.7 mph) at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
SEBRING, Fla. (March 21, 2015)-- Corvette
Racing won in
class for the ninth time at the 63rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida as Ryan Briscoe, Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen added Saturday's
GT Le Mans (GTLM) victory to their Rolex 24 At Daytona win from January.
CORVETTE
RACING AT CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK: Championship Leads Intact No. 3 Corvette, Chevrolet maintain
GT Le Mans points leads after fourth - place
class finish BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, Canada (July 9, 2017)-- Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen retained their Driver's Championship lead in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's
GT Le Mans (GTLM)
class Sunday with a fourth - place finish in the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Tommy Milner qualified the No. 4 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R third in the
GT Le Mans (GTLM)
class as Corvette
Racing goes for its 11th
class victory at North America's longest - running endurance
race.
The twin Corvette C6.R
race cars (chassis Nos. 5 and 6) are beginning their third season, and are scheduled to be retired in preparation for new global
GT class rules that will take effect in 2010.
In 2008, the second - generation IS 350 was entered in the Super
GT race series in the
GT300
class (cars with approximately 300 horsepower).
Gavin Wins First
GT Pole of Season for Corvette, Magnussen Takes Second Spot ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Corvette
Racing qualified first and second in the
GT class for Sunday's American Le Mans Series powered by eStar at Road America.
A
race car based on the Lexus LF - CC entered the 2014 Super
GT GT500
class, replacing the SC 430.
Corvettes Run Fastest Lap in
GT Class in Every Session of Two - Day Sebring Test SEBRING, Fla. — Corvette
Racing's twin Compuware Corvette C6.Rs ran the fastest laps in all four sessions of the two - day American Le Mans Series Winter Test at Sebring International Raceway.
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-...]
MONTEREY, Calif. — The six - hour American Le Mans Monterey proved to be trying day for Corvette
Racing as the Compuware Corvette C6.Rs finished fifth and seventh in the
GT class.
Aston Martin
Racing took five podium spots at the British
GT Championship at Spa - Francorchamps this weekend (12 July) as the pair of Oman
Racing Team V12 Vantage
GT3s finished second and third overall, the TF Sport V8 Vantage
GT4 took its first
class win and the Beechdean AMR
GT4 took third and first in the two one - hour
races.
«We knew that the level of competition in the
GT class was going to be intense, and that was the primary reason that Corvette
Racing moved to the category,» Kent said.
Chevrolet Earns Second Consecutive IMSA
GT Le Mans Manufacturer Title Championship No. 12 since 1999 in productionbased
racing series With GTLM Driver and Team championships secured, Chevrolet and Corvette Racing sweep 2017 IMSA GTLM class titles Third Manufacturer Championship for Chevrolet to date in 2017 racing season Chevrolet captured sixth consecutive IndyCar Series Manufacturer Championship Camaro GT4.R secured World Challenge GTS Manufacturer title for Chevrolet BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 7, 2017)-- Chevrolet earned its second consecutive Manufacturer Championship in
racing series With GTLM Driver and Team championships secured, Chevrolet and Corvette
Racing sweep 2017 IMSA GTLM class titles Third Manufacturer Championship for Chevrolet to date in 2017 racing season Chevrolet captured sixth consecutive IndyCar Series Manufacturer Championship Camaro GT4.R secured World Challenge GTS Manufacturer title for Chevrolet BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 7, 2017)-- Chevrolet earned its second consecutive Manufacturer Championship in
Racing sweep 2017 IMSA GTLM
class titles Third Manufacturer Championship for Chevrolet to date in 2017
racing season Chevrolet captured sixth consecutive IndyCar Series Manufacturer Championship Camaro GT4.R secured World Challenge GTS Manufacturer title for Chevrolet BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 7, 2017)-- Chevrolet earned its second consecutive Manufacturer Championship in
racing season Chevrolet captured sixth consecutive IndyCar Series Manufacturer Championship Camaro
GT4.R secured World Challenge
GTS Manufacturer title for Chevrolet BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 7, 2017)-- Chevrolet earned its second consecutive Manufacturer Championship in the...
The new additions to Corvette
Racing's driver roster have extensive experience in world -
class GT competition.
CORVETTE
RACING AT COTA: Early - Season Title Fight in Texas Team looking to build on momentum after Sebring, Long Beach victories Garcia, Magnussen 2013 winners at COTA in GT Gavin, Milner coming off class victory at Long Beach Chevrolet, Corvette Racing in contention for GTLM points leads DETROIT (May 2, 2017)-- Corvette Racing has started its 2017 season with two victories in its first three
RACING AT COTA: Early - Season Title Fight in Texas Team looking to build on momentum after Sebring, Long Beach victories Garcia, Magnussen 2013 winners at COTA in
GT Gavin, Milner coming off
class victory at Long Beach Chevrolet, Corvette
Racing in contention for GTLM points leads DETROIT (May 2, 2017)-- Corvette Racing has started its 2017 season with two victories in its first three
Racing in contention for GTLM points leads DETROIT (May 2, 2017)-- Corvette
Racing has started its 2017 season with two victories in its first three
Racing has started its 2017 season with two victories in its first three
races.
More recently, Corvette
Racing notched six
class wins at Road America in the
GT1
class, but the team now faces its most formidable challenge yet in the
GT (formerly
GT2)
class.
Following the classic 24 - hour endurance
race in France, Corvette
Racing will then move to the
GT2 category in preparation for a full - season program under new international
GT class regulations in 2010.
CORVETTE
RACING AT DAYTONA: Hard - Fought Result for No. 3 Corvette C7.R Excellent pit work, never - give - up spirit highlights 2017 opener DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2017)-- Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller led Corvette Racing's effort in the GT Le Mans class of the Rolex 24 At Daytona on S
RACING AT DAYTONA: Hard - Fought Result for No. 3 Corvette C7.R Excellent pit work, never - give - up spirit highlights 2017 opener DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2017)-- Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller led Corvette
Racing's effort in the GT Le Mans class of the Rolex 24 At Daytona on S
Racing's effort in the
GT Le Mans
class of the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Sunday.
CORVETTE
RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Ready to Roll for Six Hours Milner to start from third row in GTLM, championship co-leader Garcia fourth row WATKINS GLEN, New York (July 1, 2017)-- Corvette Racing will go for its second victory in the Sahlen's Six Hours at The Glen on Sunday from the third and fourth rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class following qualifying at Watkins Glen Internat
RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Ready to Roll for Six Hours Milner to start from third row in GTLM, championship co-leader Garcia fourth row WATKINS GLEN, New York (July 1, 2017)-- Corvette
Racing will go for its second victory in the Sahlen's Six Hours at The Glen on Sunday from the third and fourth rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class following qualifying at Watkins Glen Internat
Racing will go for its second victory in the Sahlen's Six Hours at The Glen on Sunday from the third and fourth rows of the
GT Le Mans (GTLM)
class following qualifying at Watkins Glen International.
CORVETTE
RACING AT LONG BEACH: Victory for Gavin, Milner in No. 4 Corvette Sixth victory for team at action - packed street circuit LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 8, 2017)-- Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class at Saturday's Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach in the No. 4 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette
RACING AT LONG BEACH: Victory for Gavin, Milner in No. 4 Corvette Sixth victory for team at action - packed street circuit LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 8, 2017)-- Corvette
Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class at Saturday's Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach in the No. 4 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette
Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the
GT Le Mans (GTLM)
class at Saturday's Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach in the No. 4 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.
CORVETTE
RACING AT LONG BEACH: Westward Bound with Momentum In - Hand Five class wins at historic street circuit for sport's leading GT program All four Corvette Racing drivers have won at Long Beach Garcia, Magnussen coming off Sebring GTLM victory Gavin, Milner second in last year's Long Beach GTLM race DETROIT (April 4, 2017)-- Three weeks after winning one of the longest races on its schedule for the 11th time, Corvette Racing will attempt to score a sixth victory
RACING AT LONG BEACH: Westward Bound with Momentum In - Hand Five
class wins at historic street circuit for sport's leading
GT program All four Corvette
Racing drivers have won at Long Beach Garcia, Magnussen coming off Sebring GTLM victory Gavin, Milner second in last year's Long Beach GTLM race DETROIT (April 4, 2017)-- Three weeks after winning one of the longest races on its schedule for the 11th time, Corvette Racing will attempt to score a sixth victory
Racing drivers have won at Long Beach Garcia, Magnussen coming off Sebring GTLM victory Gavin, Milner second in last year's Long Beach GTLM
race DETROIT (April 4, 2017)-- Three weeks after winning one of the longest
races on its schedule for the 11th time, Corvette
Racing will attempt to score a sixth victory
Racing will attempt to score a sixth victory in...
CORVETTE
RACING AT COTA: Two Corvettes in Thick of Close GTLM Qualifying Battle Magnussen within 0.2 seconds from class pole position at Circuit of The Americas AUSTIN, Texas (May 5, 2017)-- Jan Magnussen paced Corvette Racing's qualifying efforts Friday at Circuit of The Americas with the sixth - best time in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Circuit of The Ame
RACING AT COTA: Two Corvettes in Thick of Close GTLM Qualifying Battle Magnussen within 0.2 seconds from
class pole position at Circuit of The Americas AUSTIN, Texas (May 5, 2017)-- Jan Magnussen paced Corvette
Racing's qualifying efforts Friday at Circuit of The Americas with the sixth - best time in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Circuit of The Ame
Racing's qualifying efforts Friday at Circuit of The Americas with the sixth - best time in the
GT Le Mans (GTLM)
class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Circuit of The Americas.
CORVETTE
RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Podium Finish for No. 3 Corvette C7.R Garcia, Magnussen fight back for third in GTLM; Milner, Gavin salvage top - five finish WATKINS GLEN, New York (July 2, 2017)-- Corvette Racing's Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen placed third in the GT Le Mans class at the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen on Sunday — a nice boost in their run for the GTLM Driver's Champio
RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Podium Finish for No. 3 Corvette C7.R Garcia, Magnussen fight back for third in GTLM; Milner, Gavin salvage top - five finish WATKINS GLEN, New York (July 2, 2017)-- Corvette
Racing's Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen placed third in the GT Le Mans class at the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen on Sunday — a nice boost in their run for the GTLM Driver's Champio
Racing's Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen placed third in the
GT Le Mans
class at the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen on Sunday — a nice boost in their run for the GTLM Driver's Championship.
GT / GTA
classes will compete across 5 event weekends and 9 total
races or rounds.