Sentences with phrase «racing in the world challenge»

In 2014, the team expanded its program to include running two Audi R8 LMS in the TUDOR Championship, and in 2015, again expanded the program to include two Porsches in Porsche Club racing, and two McLaren 650S GT3s with K - PAX Racing in the World Challenge series.

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On a trip to Jamaica in 2012 he challenged sprinter Usain Bolt, widely regarded as the world's fastest person, to a race.

President Vladimir Putin's real challenge in Sunday's presidential election is not winning the race, but getting enough turnout to show the world his victory is legitimate.

They challenge transnational corporations investing in apartheid, or oppose proliferating nuclear reactors, or develop education programs to combat international monetary disorders or world hunger or the arms race.

I believe one huge miracle is finally happening in the world that is getting people to integrate amongst each other, regardless of race, sex, religious belief, sexuality, cultural differences, etc. and that it is in this that more people are challenging what is understood of the world around us, our place in it, and how God works through all of it.

Drechsler had finished second in the 100 meters to teammate Silke Gladisch, but she skipped the 200 (a race in which she is ranked No. 1 in the world) to be rested for Joyner - Kersee's challenge in the long jump.

He was reportedly clocked at running 40 metres in just 4.2 seconds beating Walcott's record by just 1 / 100th of a second, but these times are being challenged by Richard Kilty, who is the World and European champion at 60 metre sprint racing.

Still, as 1970 ski racing moves toward its competitive pinnacle — the FIS World Alpine championships next week at Val Gardena in northern Italy — there are signs that the season is about to produce one of sport's classic battles: the challenge of the crafty old kings of the mountain by brash young hotshots.

During a Pirelli World Challenge race at St. Petersburg, his Bentley Continental GT3 seemed to lose braking on the way into turn 10 (one of the fastest parts of the course), leaving him no option but to slam into the tyre barriers in spectacular fashion.

Sure, Toyota will benefit from having the double world champion in one of its cars at its home race, the WEC will benefit from the publicity and Fernando will benefit from potentially being able to realistically challenge for the championship now, but what about everyone else?

And thanks to his presence at Augusta from Monday through Sunday — which included four complete rounds of golf for the first time since his unofficial Hero World Challenge in December — ESPN and CBS were also winners in the TV ratings race.

1:41.770 minutes - the 919 Hybrid Evo set an all - time record lap at one of the most challenging race circuits in the world: Spa - Francorchamps.

Kipketer, 26, whose odyssey from a farm in the Great Rift Valley to an apartment in Copenhagen has been as challenging as any race, broke track's oldest world record in an Olympic event at the Weltklasse meet in Zurich on Aug. 13, proving that whatever his country, he belongs among his sport's alltime best.

«You can't specifically train for something like this, because the race is so long that if you did the miles for it, you'd destroy yourself,» says Dean Gardiner, a 30 - year - old Australian who has won numerous world paddle events and who came in second in the»94 Challenge.

The Clean Water Challenge, the longest kayak race in the world, is so grueling that it attracts elite marathon paddlers from around the world.

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.

It's a difficult task for all of the roughly 50,000 participants, but training for one of the world's most competitive races while working in a grueling round - the - clock government presents its own set of challenges.

There is a hum of activity as engineers ready their hyperadvanced robots for the final run in the world's most important robotics competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge, which ran over Friday and Saturday last week at this former horse - racing track in Pomona, California.

In 1993, its solar cells powered Honda to a win at the 1993 World Solar Challenge, an annual solar - powered automobile race that runs 3000 kilometers north to south through Australia's outback, from Darwin to Adelaide.

After the murder of a child by a stray bullet, a group of women led by Lysistrata organize against the on - going violence in Chicago's Southside creating a movement that challenges the nature of race, sex and violence in America and around the world.

Taking players on an exhilarating World Tour, DiRT 2 delivers over 100 stunning events, including aggressive, multi-vehicle races and intense solo challenges, set in the most diverse and demanding real - world environmWorld Tour, DiRT 2 delivers over 100 stunning events, including aggressive, multi-vehicle races and intense solo challenges, set in the most diverse and demanding real - world environmworld environments.

Rayman Legends \» four challenge levels will have the option of racing against friends \» ghosts and competing in daily and weekly feats in a world that only Rayman himself would be proud of.

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The plot revolves around the friendship between the race car McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and a battered, buck - toothed tow - truck named Mater (voiced by Larry the Cable Guy) who travel to Tokyo, Paris and London to compete in the inaugural World Grand Prix after a taunting challenge from Italian Formula One Speedster Francesco Bernoulli (voiced by John Turturro).

Be it street races, takedown challenges, time trials or collecting achievements in the world, this city is alive with activity.

Student Teachers Get «Real World» Practice Via Virtual Reality (Education Week) Chris Dede weighs in on how we can recognize biases through virtual reality simulations where you can easily change students» race and genders, and how training programs can help to address how teachers practice responding to challenging behaviors and stereotyping.

Environmental Charter High School is ranked in the top 3 % of U.S. public high schools by U.S. News & World Report, and was chosen as one of three national finalists in President Obama's Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.

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.

Appropriately, Bentley showed off its bigger - is - better Mulsanne in Texas, underlining the brand's performance bona fides with the Bentley GT3's participation in the Pirelli World Challenge race at Austin's Circuit of the Americas.

Notably, the RS3 LMS (more than 15 sold in this country so far) that in 2017 raced in the Pirelli World Challenge and the R8 LMS GT4 (more than 20 sold here) that just went on sale ahead of the 2018 season are intended to appeal to track - day enthusiasts as well as to aspiring pro racers.

Joining us this year was a new member of the team: British - born race driver Andy Pilgrim, winner of the Daytona 24, SCCA World Challenge champion, and a Le Mans racer in both a Porsche 911 GT2 and as a factory driver in a Corvette C5 - R.

At this year's Pike's Peak Hill Climb, Acura will be entering the NSX and two TLX sedans, an A-Spec model and a race - prepped GT with a new transmission, suspension, and twin - turbo V - 6, making the latter similar to the car that race in the Pirelli World Challenge.

The dawn of the 2011 race season is upon us: NASCAR just kicked off its year with the Daytona 500, F1 teams are presently testing in Europe, Le Mans hopefuls are currently starting their training — and, of course, Cadillac Racing is prepping its new CTS - V Coupe racer for the SCCA World Challenge GT

Can - Am — abbreviated from its full title of the Canadian - American Challenge Cup — began in 1966, attracting stars from across the motor racing world — names such as Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Dan Gurney and Keke Rosberg all competed in the series over the years.

Audi and its Quattro all - wheel - drive systems go together like peanut butter and strawberry jelly, but when the brand decided to go racing in the SCCA Speedvision World Challenge GT series at the turn of the millennium, it chose the very non-Audi rear - wheel - drive configuration.

Eriksen said if they go the GT3 route, the NSX could serve as the replacement to the all - wheel - drive Acura TLX - GT, which is currently on the second of a two - year agreement to race in Pirelli World Challenge.

Ryan Eversley won both races of the 2010 SCCA World Challenge Mid-Ohio Grand Prix in the touring car class.

This included the Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa that Pete Lovely drove to win the inaugural race in 1957 and the last car to win (the 2016 KPAX Racing McLaren 650S from the Pirelli World Challenge).

Johnny O'Connell will move from Corvette Racing to the new Team Cadillac motorsports program in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) World Challenge GT in 2011.

Record - Setting Racer Reunited with Corvette Racing Teammate Andy Pilgrim in New Cadillac SCCA World Challenge GT Program

Former GT series champion Alvaro Parente of Portugal returned to the Pirelli World Challenge winner's circle Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the PWC GT Sprint Round 5 50 - minute race as...

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-...]

All that, combined with benchmark braking and world - class ride and handling characteristics, make the Dodge Charger SRT8 civilized enough for a grocery run but fully capable in more challenging situations • The 2009 Dodge Charger SRT8 is part of a broad lineup of Street and Racing Technology vehicles developed under the credo «Race inspired, street legal» SAFETY AND SECURITY Please refer to the Safety and Security Glossary for descriptions of the following features: • Advanced Multi-stage Air Bag System • All - speed Traction Control System • Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) • Auto - reverse Sun Roof • BeltAlert • Brake Assist • Brake / Park Interlock • Child - protection Rear Door Locks • Constant Force Retractors • Crumple Zones • Electronic Stability Program • Energy - absorbing Steering Column • Enhanced Accident Response System • Height - adjustable Seat Belts • HomeLink Universal Home Security System Transceiver • Inside Emergency Trunk Release • Interior Head - impact Protection • Knee bolsters • LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) • Low - risk Deployment Air Bag • Power Adjustable Pedals • Remote Keyless Entry • Seat Belt Pretensioners • Sentry Key ® Engine Immobilizer • Side - impact Door Beams • Tire Pressure Monitoring Display COLOR AVAILABILITY • Deep Water Blue Clear Coat • Bright Silver Metallic • Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat • TorRed • Hemi Orange (with Super Bee Special Edition Package) MANUFACTURING INFORMATION • 2009 model year production start: July 2008 • Production location: Brampton Assembly Plant in Brampton, Ontario, Canada • 6.1 - liter HEMI V - 8 engine: Saltillo Engine Plant in Saltillo, Mexico • Five - speed automatic transmission: Indiana Transmission 1 in Indianapolis MARKET POSITION Dodge Charger SRT8 is the latest incarnation of a storied Dodge performance nameplate, combining SRT performance attributes with Dodge attitude.

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...

Record - Setting Racer Reunited with Corvette Racing Teammate Andy Pilgrim in New Cadillac SCCA World Challenge GT Program Johnny O'Connell will move from Corvette Racing to the new Team Cadillac motorsports program in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) World Challenge GT in 2011.

Starting in 2009, older World Challenge cars became eligible (with minor modifications) for competition in SCCA racing.

«The Nürburgring 24 Hours is one of the most challenging races in the world,» comments John Gaw, Team Principal at Aston Martin Racing.

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.