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Lone stop north of the U.S. border is one of team's most successful venues DETROIT (July 5, 2017)-- Winning sports car races around...
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DETROIT (July 5, 2017)-- Winning sports car races around the world is nothing new for Corvette Racing.
Lone stop north of the U.S. border is one of team's most successful venues Eleven class victories at CTMP in 16 appearances Heading to Canada with GTLM Driver's, Manufacturer's and Team championship leads Both Corvette C7.Rs with GTLM victories in 2017 Combined 12 victories for Corvette Racing drivers at CTMP DETROIT (July 5, 2017)-- Winning sports car races around the world is nothing new for Corvette Racing.
Despite never winning an F1 race, Cheever still achieved a lot in his varied motorsport career, winning sports car races, finishing runner - up at Le Mans twice, racing in CART and standing on the top step of the podium in IndyCar and winning the famous Indianapolis 500 in 1998.
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The low square car not only won the biggest single event in sports - car racing but in doing so also squeezed by Porsche to win for itself the International Manufacturers» Championship by a slim three points.
MOTOR SPORTS — GEOFF BODINE, driving a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, averaged 80.908 mph around Nashville International Raceway's.596 - mile banked oval to win a $ 206,000, 250 - mile Grand National stock car race.
MOTOR SPORTS — AL UNSER SR. averaged 120.644 mph and defeated Al Unser Jr. by one lap and.23 second to win $ 37,094 and a 150 - mile CART Indy - Car race in Phoenix.
In 1958 and 1959, by winning no fewer than 45 sports car races, he began to attract the attention of top works teams.
Montoya alreadyhas a win this year: the Rolex 24 - hour endurance sports car race at Daytona inlate January.
Our Caliber wasn't designed to be a sports car, so when I say that it moves away from a stop pretty well, don't go thinking you'll win any drag races.
Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.
Southern California - based Brock Racing Enterprises made motorsport history in 1970 when it won the first of its Sports Car Club of America National Championships behind the wheel of a Datsun 510, the predecessor to the modern - day 370Z sportSports Car Club of America National Championships behind the wheel of a Datsun 510, the predecessor to the modern - day 370Z sports cCar Club of America National Championships behind the wheel of a Datsun 510, the predecessor to the modern - day 370Z sportssports carcar.
Corvette Racing's win at the Le Mans 24 Hours means it has won the three most illustrious sports car races of the year.
As soon as Anthony Davidson switched from F1 to sports cars, he knew the race he wanted to win was Le Mans.
Prepping the one - off sports car that won the first big road race on the West Coast.
And for Porsche, it really is about the taking part rather than the winning: racing the hybrid GT3 R will be «a «racing laboratory» that will provide invaluable knowledge and insight on the subsequent use of hybrid technology in road - going Porsche sports car».
It became Motor Trend's Import Car of the Year and also made Car and Driver's 10 Best, plus it was introduced at the same time Toyota partnered with Dan Gurney's All American Racers to win a string of championships in IMSA sports car raciCar of the Year and also made Car and Driver's 10 Best, plus it was introduced at the same time Toyota partnered with Dan Gurney's All American Racers to win a string of championships in IMSA sports car raciCar and Driver's 10 Best, plus it was introduced at the same time Toyota partnered with Dan Gurney's All American Racers to win a string of championships in IMSA sports car racicar racing.
In the mid-1960s, Henry Ford II turned to Carroll Shelby to help the blue oval capture the international sports car championship including an overall win in the world's biggest car race, the 24hours of Le Mans.
Taking 15 wins from 16 races, it's the most dominant car in the sport's history, with Ayrton Senna taking eight of those victories to finish the year ahead of teammate, Alain prost.
Le Mans is the pinnacle in world sports car racing, and GTE Pro when you look at the field and the talent, every single car can win.
It is the only team in major North American sports car racing to win 100 races around the world and has won at least once at every track on this year's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.
Chevrolet's thoroughbred sports car has won auto racing's version twice, in 2002 and 2004.
America's premier sports car team has made winning America's oldest sports car race almost routine with 10 victories, nine pole positions and six fastest race laps in 18 appearances.
Having won back to back in the years 1998 to 1999 against arguably more sophisticated race cars such as the BMW M3, Porsche 911, Ferrari 355, Toyota has proven that the SW20 chassis was competitive enough for top level sports car racing.
The No. 25 BMW M8 GTE of Connor De Phillippi and Alexander Sims raced to a well - deserved second place finish in today's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, taking the checkered flag 1.673 seconds behind the race winning No. 912 Porsche.
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 CorvetteRACING 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 CorvetteRacing'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.
Familiar Names to Make Up Corvette Racing North American Endurance Driving Roster Fässler, Rockenfeller to support team's long - distance program in 2018 Team has three Rolex 24 and 11 Sebring victories Duo a part of three victories for Corvette Racing since start of 2016 Corvette Racing set to embark on 20th season of competition DETROIT (Dec. 21, 2017)-- Corvette Racing is bringing back two well - known, championship - winning drivers for North America's biggest events in endurance sports car.
Championship - winning drivers join for defense of Rolex 24, Sebring GTLM victories DETROIT (Nov. 16, 2015)-- Already one of endurance sports car racing's most prominent...
Fellows Named Most Popular Driver, Gongla Wins GT1 Crew Chief of the Year Award MONTEREY, Calif. — The checkered flag at the conclusion of the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Oct. 21 marked the end of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season, but Chevrolet's factory road racing team kept on winning.
««RaceToWinCorvette» is an opportunity for a fan to win one of the most beloved sports cars in history, and travel to see one of the world's great endurance races, the Rolex 24 at Daytona,» said Maria Stenbom, Chevrolet Racing Manager of Digital and Social Media.
Sports car racing legend and award - winning winemaker Scott Pruett will be the honored guest at the annual Picnic in the Park at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion on August 15.
This year's season - opening round of the 10 - race American Le Mans Series presents formidable challenges for Chevrolet's championship - winning sports car team.
America's premier production sports car team scored its fifth GT1 class win in six years in America's classic endurance race, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Corvette Racing will go for its eighth class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2001 at 3 p.m. CET / 9 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 14 with live coverage throughout on FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, the FOX Sports Go mobile app and FOXsports.com — which will stream live Corvette Racing in - car camera feeds and a pit camera for the full race in the U.S.
As the only American to win his class four times at Le Mans, Corvette Racing driver Johnny O'Connell is acutely aware of the impact of the world's greatest sports car race.
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 C7.R.
Introduced for the 2013 racing season as Volkswagen's first WRC - spec factory car since the 1990 Golf Rally G60, the Polo R WRC went on to dominate the sport by winning three back - to - back World Rally Championships through 2015.
The 718 in the name refers to the Porsche 718 four - cylinder mid-engine sports cars that won numerous races back in the 1950s and 1960s, among them being the legendary Targa Florio and Le Mans.
The goal in sports car racing and almost any kind of in motorsports in general is to win Le Mans.
Wilson's M - Sport company runs successful World Rally Championship and endurance racing teams, and builds winning rally and rallycross cars for competitors all over the world and at all levels of the sport.
The new models are named 718 Boxster and 718 Boxster S, paying homage to the flat - four cylinder engines that were used in the mid-engine Porsche 718 sports car which won numerous races back in the late 1950s and early 1960s,» according to the Porsche press release.
These new Porsche models ultimately went on to become the winningest sports car design in racing history — as well as one of the most highly coveted sports cars ever devised.
Corvette Racing is America's premier production sports car team, with 72 wins in 100 races.
And at the center of it all is the championship - winning Optima race car, sporting a new look for the 2015 season.
It's where I won my first sports car race in a prototype in the ALMS.
The team is the defending GTE Pro race - winner and is the first sports car team to win five straight endurance Triple Crown events — Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans.
Corvette C6.Rs Qualify First and Third for ALMS Season Finale at Laguna Seca MONTEREY, Calif. — Corvette Racing's development curve for the new - generation GT2 Corvette C6.R continued its upward trajectory today when Jan Magnussen won the pole for Saturday's Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
DETROIT (Nov. 16, 2015)-- Already one of endurance sports car racing's most prominent teams, Corvette Racing is adding even more championship - winning talent to its roster for the first two rounds of the WeatherTech SportsCar Champioracing's most prominent teams, Corvette Racing is adding even more championship - winning talent to its roster for the first two rounds of the WeatherTech SportsCar ChampioRacing is adding even more championship - winning talent to its roster for the first two rounds of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
What It Takes to Win Le Mans What does it take to win the world's most prestigious sports car race?
Larry Bowman won the popular late 50s, early 60s sports racing class in a Lister - Chevrolet, while Rob Walton s Cobra Daytona coupe won the race for 1963 - 66 production cars.