Sentences with phrase «raceway early»

Aside from the high - revving engine (about 3700 rpm at 75 mph), the Fit was a perfectly pleasant car to drive two - and - a-half hours to GingerMan Raceway early on a Wednesday morning.

In a promotion between Monster and Pocono Raceway earlier this month, any fan who came to the track with an empty can of Monster on the Friday of the race weekend was given a free ticket for that day's activities, which included Cup Series qualifying, Xfinity Series practice, and a 200 - mile ARCA race.

The Stingray Precision Drive Event kicked off its eight city track tour at New York's Monticello Raceway earlier this month and Palm Beach was the second stop for the driving event.

We got a chance to test the C63 AMG on the track at Laguna Seca raceway earlier this year, and found that, in sport mode, the transmission anticipated our needs well.

Not exact matches

Three wins came at Thunderhill Raceway in Willows in April and May, one came at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas in early June and he swept both races at Portland International Raceway over the Fourth of July Weekend.

Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway and Delaware North, both of which had initially entered the bidding contest earlier this month, have both dropped out of the running.

The traction and composure I felt flogging the Lambo around GingerMan Raceway in South Haven, Michigan, earlier this year dulled the ultimate excitement level at the track but no doubt foreshadowed the Huracan's ability to plug through the worst Mother Nature can throw at us.

We drove the new GT3 earlier this year, but Porsche flew four 991.2 GT3s from Germany, cleared out Thunderhill Raceway, and let us have another go before the start of 2017's Pebble Beach festivities.

When our early outings to GingerMan Raceway revealed that the standard 205 / 50VR -16 rubber was quite clumsy due to its tall and flexible sidewall, the need for grippier tires took on a new sense of urgency.

CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: Magnussen Sets Early GTLM Pace DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 6, 2017)-- Jan Magnussen in the No. 3 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R posted the fastest GT Le Mans (GTLM) time on the first day of the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona International Raceway.

The 24 Hours of LeMons race series held two events at Sonoma Raceway aka Sears Point earlier this year, one in January and one in March.

As it had for three days prior, an early morning marine layer gave way to brilliant sunshine for Sunday's final rounds of racing at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, illuminating the «museum in motion» that has become a cornerstone of Monterey's annual Classic Car Week.

Early the following afternoon, I set traction control to Sport 1, turn on the built - in lap timer, and confirm what the Corvette team had demonstrated at Virginia International Raceway a few months prior: This is almost certainly the fastest street - stock car money can buy.

The long history of the raceway includes IMSA - sanctioned events in the former Camel GT Series in the early 1990s.

Nissan insiders suggest that early AMCI testing shows the 2016 Nissan Maxima SR turns a faster lap time at Buttonwillow Raceway than the 2015 BMW 328i, Audi A4 2.0 T quattro Tiptronic and the Acura TLX 3.5 L Tech.

An earlier report also revealed the ZR1's 0 - 60 mph sprint takes just 2.85 seconds and before that, it even shattered the Virginia International Raceway production car lap record.

Earlier this year, I was able to sample the 2015 STI at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Other tracks planning an early start include Citrus County, which will run the second half of the Winter Spectacular on Jan. 17; Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, with a two - day show on Jan. 17 and 18, and East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, which begins its 17 - day Winternationals on Jan. 22.

If they win, they will tie a record that they set earlier this year at Infineon Raceway for the most consecutive wins at a single venue by drivers.

Operating for the past two seasons as a customer team fielding a Honda - powered Ligier chassis in IMSA's prototype division, Michael Shank Racing has been a consistent front - runner in the headline category of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, winning earlier this year at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca among five 2016 podium finishes.

The season started at the Circuit of the Americas in early March with the titles being decided at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in mid-September.

*** The future of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca could be decided as early as next week, with the Monterey County board set for another meeting to determine the facility's operator in a meeting on Tuesday.

Driver Michael Cooper of Cadillac Racing more than made up for his disappointing performance at Circuit of the Americas in the Pirelli World Challenge earlier in the month, winning both races at last weekend's season closer at Sonoma Raceway.

SEBRING, Fla. (March 18, 2015)- Michelin and its technical partner teams face a major early season challenge as they take to the demanding 3.74 - mile Sebring International Raceway in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of...

Earlier this year, the Model 3 was taken to the Laguna Seca Raceway, where it completed nine laps without limiting its power.

Earlier this week Michelin announced that it is extending its relationship as the official tire of Sebring International Raceway through 2017.

SEBRING, Fla. (March 18, 2015)- Michelin and its technical partner teams face a major early season challenge as they take to the demanding 3.74 - mile Sebring International Raceway in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the second event of the 2015 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.

Michelin and its technical partner teams face a major early season challenge as they take to the demanding 3.74 - mile Sebring International Raceway in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the second event of the 2015 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.

In early 2007, ISC acquired the remaining 62.5 percent of Raceway Associates it did not already own, giving it 100 percent of the Chicagoland Speedway and its Sprint Cup race weekend, for approximately $ 102 million.