Sentences with phrase «back of sportscars»

The days of shoehorning yourself in and out the back of sportscars may finally be over, should this Italian beauty make it into production.

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But perhaps our favorite story came from one buyer to whom bitcoin not only gave back time — the bitcoin payment cleared in one hour instead of the several days for a traditional bank transfer — but also enough money to buy a new sportscar.

After leaving the IndyCar scene in the mid-1980s Gurney turned his team's attention back to sportscars and had masses of success in GT racing.

The range topping 335d xDrive musters sportscar performance, sprinting from 0 - 62mph in 4.8 sec off the back of 309bhp and 467 lb ft of torque, to rival the 75kWh Model 3.

The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at CTMP is Corvette Racing's second event as part of back - to - back race weekends for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

It is, however, a better Grand Tourer than it is an out - and - out sportscar, and some of that does fall back to the steering.

The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at CTMP is Corvette Racing's second event as part of a back - to - back race weekends for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

CORVETTE RACING AT MID-OHIO: Back to Another Famed Circuit Team's first event at Mid-Ohio since 2012 Corvette Racing with eight class victories at Mid-Ohio Gavin, Milner winners at Corvette Racing's last Mid-Ohio visit Corvette Racing coming off victory No. 107 in program history DETROIT (May 1, 2018)-- Corvette Racing returns to one of its most successful venues this weekend when it visits Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The auction, sponsored by the British publication Classic And Sportscar, featured 140 rare and exotic collector cars dating back to the dawn of automotive history.

The Audi TT never registered on my radar of desirable cars back in my teenage lusting - after - sportscars days, perhaps because I naively thought of it as a front - wheel drive - based faux sportscar.

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship moves from its recent spring date back to its traditional late - season slot on Mazda Raceway's major event schedule, Sept. 21 - 24, which occurs during the official beginning of the fall season.

Taylor made a move with just three laps of racing remaining to «finish the business» that his father started with Cadillac back in 2000 as the team won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 55th running of the Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona recently.

«I was thrilled when I heard about TRG being back with a Porsche in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship and that I will be one of the drivers in their brand - new 911 GT3 R,» Henzler said.

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.

In the second of his two back - to - back Grand - Am Rolex Sportscar Series races, Olly Gavin fought against wet weather, spinning obstacles and random caution periods to come through for a much deserved 4th place in the GT class in the Sahlen's Six Hours of Watkins Glen.

Fast - forward to the present day and the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship is headed back to Road America with Corvette Racing ready to make an impact of its own.

Corvette Racing will be back in action for the second round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship at the 12 Hours of Sebring in March.

Picking up Corvette Racing's sister car's accomplishment from 2015, Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin and Marcel Fassler won Saturday's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, backing up their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season - opening victory in the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Two - time defending IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship champ Christina Nielsen is heading back to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a new team, a new manufacturer and the same desire to fulfill a lifelong racing dream.

No sports car program can claim a streak of appearances of that length at Long Beach — one that stretches back to the team's first start in 2007 as part of the American Le Mans Series and has continued uninterrupted into the present - day WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

So that was the plan, publicly, for 2014: a more powerful Mazda 6 for United SportsCar's GT Daytona class; but behind the scenes, Mazda never gave up on the prototype, and at the end of October, at the aforementioned exclusive test, Mazda rolled out a brand - new Lola prototype with a moderately modified 2.2 - liter turbocharged diesel in the back.