Sentences with phrase «prototype factory race»

The two - car Mazda Prototype factory race team will be managed by Florida - based SpeedSource Race Engineering.

Not exact matches

Ferrari pulled out of prototype racing at the end of 1973 in order to focus on F1, but 20 years later a Ferrari sports prototype was seen at race tracks once more - although it had actually been built by Dallara and wasn't run by the Ferrari factory team.

A total of five high - tech hybrid factory prototypes started the long race at the Circuit de la Sarthe on June 13, 2017 — three from Toyota and two from Porsche.

That project was later cancelled, and Porsche did not return to factory prototype racing until the 2005 debut of the Porsche RS Spyder.

But after encouragement from dealers who wanted to sell cars with racing connections, the factory created a special 4 litre prototype GT based on the DB4GT and called DP212, for the 1962 Le Mans 24 hour race.

Following the poor performance of the Aston Martin AMR - One prototype, Aston Martin Racing decided to switch to running the Vantage as a factory effort in 2012.

Audi, stalwarts of the top class of sports car racing since before it was first called Le Mans Prototype 1, exited the category last year, and with Porsche rumored to follow, this could be the final year of a factory - versus - factory, Goliath - versus - Goliath battle for the overall win in the world's most storied endurance race for quite a while.

Konica Minolta is one of the primary sponsors for Wayne Taylor Racing's Corvette Daytona Prototype in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship's Prototypes class while Michelin is a sponsor for the factory - backed Corvette C7.Rs in the TUDOR GTE - Pro class.

Porsche will extend its LM - GTE racing program into a second season in 2014, and will run two factory - built, 4.0 - liter 911 RSR race cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship alongside its new, hybrid LMP1 prototypes.

So there you have 10 reasons why we think the recent C7 prototypes are actually going to be factory built race cars and not the C7 ZR1 super car.

This was a no holds bared race where GM, Porsche and others would bring prototype production cars that were factory prepped to the race.

On weekends when he's not racing the factory Corvettes, you can find Binks wheeling a Riley & Scott prototype, a historic Trans Am Mustang or a classic Lola T70 around a race track at speed.

And let's not forget the last race of the 2015 season, the rain - drenched Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, where the slick pavement made it possible for the impossible to occur: One of the factory GT Le Mans Porsches beat all the Prototypes for the victory.