Larbre claimed the GT1 Le Mans Series title with the DBR9 in 2006, proudly continuing an unbroken series that has seen the team win a major sports
car championship every year for the last seven seasons.
Not exact matches
That was the first
year he ran full - time in the series and the
year he won his first XFINITY series
championship... driving a
car owned by his father, Dale Earnhardt, Sr..
Mick took to the track in his father's 1994
championship - winning
car just before the start of this
year's Belgian GP, and it looked like a very special moment.
The Mucke Motorsport team has raced with pink
cars in the DTM for the last couple of
years thanks to their association with the same sponsor, and this
year will see the pink BWT - liveries expand into the German Formula 4 and GT
championships as well.
Mercedes has unveiled the
car it hopes can take the team to a fifth consecutive
year of
championship success
He was still only 28
years old, so would have had plenty of time left to get himself in a
car capable of challenging for a
championship where even in that ultra-competitive era, he wouldn't have looked out of place.
Despite finishing down in 15th in the GP2 / F2
championship in the last two
years, Sean Gelael is getting more opportunities in an F1
car.
Only unlike Senna and Schumacher he didn't do it in a selfish attempt to win a
championship, oh no - he did it so that 1) the team wouldn't fire him at the end of the
year and 2) the ensuing safety
car would put team mate Fernando Alonso on the perfect strategy, allowing him to win the race.
Would Hamilton come with last
years car to win this
years F1
championship?
It wasn't the fastest
car of the
year, with Ferrari finishing fourth in the
championship that
year behind Williams, McLaren and Benetton.
Over the next 10
years he sweptfloors at Hendrick Motorsports, worked as a mechanic and fabricator for ownerStanley Smith, oversaw the body development for Gordon's number 24
car, changedtires on Gordon's
championship teams in 1995 and»97 and served as crew chieffor Stacy Compton in 2001.
There's also the WRC title - winning M - Sport Ford Fiesta from last
year, the final iteration of the Porsche 919 LMP1
car, and a GT3 version of the Ferrari 488 which took Christina Nielsen and Alessandro Balzan to the GTD
championship in IMSA last season.
The following
year a development of the
car helped Alan Jones to the
championship, and win back - to - back constructors» titles in 1980 and 1981.
Last
year Stoffel didn't even make the start in Bahrain, he was pulling the
car into the pitlane so this
year from two races four
cars to the checkered flag and third in the constructors»
championship.
It's always pretty spectacular when a
car rolls over, but this crash from Silverstone in the BRSCC Ford Fiesta Junior
championship earlier in the
year is something else
If he wins the
championship this
year and remains in a competitive
car for a few more seasons, he would have a realistic chance of matching or maybe even beating Michael Schumacher's record of seven world
championships.
The final part of his career is simply termed «Legend», and this will be depicted by the 2016 Mercedes W07 - the
championship winning
car from his final
year of being «in charge» of Formula 1.
The film segues breezily between various episodes from Piaf's life — such as her lover, French boxer Marcel Cerdan's (Jean - Pierre Martins)
championship bout in mid -»40s New York; her period in Hollywood during the»50s; Piaf's abandonment as a young girl by her contortionist father (and earlier by her mother, a street singer); her brushes with the law as an adult; and her 1951
car accident and subsequent morphine addiction that caused her to age well beyond her
years and left her barely mobile; and, through it all, her ability (like Billie Holiday) to funnel personal tragedy and emotional struggles into her vocalizations — dazzling audiences in the process.
Instead of working your way through different racing tiers over the course of several calendar
years, all the
championship series in Career are unlocked from the start as long as you can afford the
cars necessary to race in them.
For its first update in just over two
years, Mini Motor Racing adds 64 - bit compatibility, a new
championship, some new tracks and
cars, an overhauled multiplayer mode, and some seriously prettied - up graphics.
With this
car, Downing won the IMSA Prototype Lights
championship for three
years consecutively — 1985, ’86 and» 87.
FRANKFURT, Germany — Mercedes - AMG is celebrating three consecutive
years of Formula 1 Manufacturers World
Championships (and corresponding drivers»
championships for Lewis Hamilton, twice, and Nico Rosberg) with a
car aimed at the heart of Bugatti, a marque that hasn't competed in Grand Prix since the 1930s.
It won the European Touring
Car championship almost straight away, and four
years in a row.
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 raci
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 raci
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 raci
car racing.
It's Europe's largest motorsport show, and among the stars this
year will be a host of Formula 1
cars — including Red Bull's 2012 world
championship winner and its rival from Ferrari — as well as Force India driver Paul Di Resta and Le Mans winners Derek Bell and Allan McNish.
Launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this
year, AMR amplifies and accentuates the sporting prowess of the British marque's road
cars, by taking inspiration or direct influence from Aston Martin Racing's participation in the FIA World Endurance
Championship; a series with which the marque tasted world
championship success with factory drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen just last season.
The first - generation
car scored 35 victories in 55 races, won its class at the 12 Hours of Sebring three consecutive
years, posted three 1 - 2 finishes in the GTS class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and earned four consecutive ALMS manufacturers
championships for Chevrolet.
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.
What's the appeal of a 47 -
year - old
car for a man who has raced Formula 1
cars, Indy
cars, and prototypes — not to mention Corvette Racing's
championship - winning C6.Rs and Team Cadillac's title - contending CTS - Vs?
Another highlight on the Audi stand are two successful racing
cars: the Audi R8, five times winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours and winner of the American Le Mans Series, and the A4 DTM, which took Tom Kristensen to third place in this
year's DTM
championship.
«Obviously, I'd love to get a win here again, like I did last
year, my first win in ALMS, but at the end of the day is the
championship and finishing the race and keeping the nose of the
car clean, give it to Oliver and let him work his magic like he did last
year.»
Built in 40 days in a corner of Carroll Shelby's shop by the 22 -
year - old designer and a pickup crew of helpers, the Daytona led a brief but storied run that ended with the first FIA World GT
championship for an American
car.
They added another win at Portland and closed out the
year by finishing second at the Monterey Sports
Car Championships to wrap up the
championship.
We know we have the best team in the pit lane and Tommy is a fantastic partner in the
car — we proved it to everyone last
year by winning the
championship and I'm keen to put the difficulties of our last few races behind us and get back to where we were at Sebring!»
Less than two
years after the Coupe hit dealerships Maserati created Trofeo Maserati, a one - make
championship for racing versions of its production sports
cars.
He has also been an accomplished late model stock race
car driver for over 20
years and has earned three track
championships, winning over 250 events.
Just one
year removed from winning a driver, team and manufacturers» GT
championship in the Pirelli World Challenge, K - Pax Racing is switching to Bentley Continental GT3
cars for the 2018...
The
car, a Huracan Super Trofeo Evo, will compete in one of the Italian manufacturer's Super Trofeo series this
year, in the launch season of the upgraded package for the single - make
championships in North America, Europe and Asia.
It was the first win of the
year for the No. 3
car and where things started to turn in our favor for the
championship.
Following the end of Lexus Australia's two -
year contract, we understand Porsche
Cars Australia (PCA) beat at least two other brands — excluding Alfa Romeo, which showed early interest with its new Giulia — to become the
championship's official on - track support vehicle supplier, with its Cayenne.
When his racing career ended a
year later after his third national
championship, Shelby set his mind on building an American sports
car that could beat the best European models.
Today, a
year later, the Huracán GT3 is ready for a global challenge: it has been chosen by more than 20 customer teams, with 40
cars competing over 78 race weekends in 13 of the most prestigious GT
championships worldwide: from IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the United States to Asian
Championships such as SuperGT, Asian Le Mans Series and GT Asia, through Europe's major series such as Blancpain GT, ADAC GT Masters, British GT Championship, Campionato Italiano GT, International GT Open, International Endurance Series and Michelin GT3 Cup.
With a win in the GTE Pro class at Le Mans and runner - up finishes in the ALMS GT team and driver
championships last
year, America's premier production sports
car team has focused on improving all aspects of its performance as it prepares its Compuware Corvette C6.R race
cars for the 2012 campaign.
He's been in business for 27
years and won International Show
Car Association
championships, been featured in 194 feature articles with 22 covers, has competed for the Ridler Award twice, been in the top 25 at the Street Machine nationals five times, and won Best of Show four
years in a row at the Slamology Nationals.
And these are not backmarker teams — the Gainsco
car won once in 2013 and was in
championship contention all
year, while Starworks won twice, with six more podium finishes.
The Motorsport Edition is named to celebrate the racing achievements of the Commodore in its 38 -
year history, including more than 460 Australian touring
car championship and V8 Supercars race wins and 24 Bathurst 1000 victories.
They won both the drivers and manufacturers
championship in the Touring
Car category last
year with race - prepped versions of these things.
Most recently known for his
championship - winning success in the PWC sprint format, Long possesses
years of endurance experience and class wins victories at some of the world's most renowned sports
car venues like the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans.
In Touring
Car B - Spec, a three - way battle developed for the Drivers»
Championship between rookie 15 -
year - old Ernie Francis Jr., Robbie Davis and Joel Lipperini.Francis Jr., driving the Breathless Performance Mazda 2 jumped out to an early lead in the
championship with back - to - back - to - back wins at St. Petersburg in Rounds 1, 2 and 3.
American Le Mans Series 12 - Hour Season - Opener Marks Corvette's 50th
Year in Racing SEBRING, Fla. — Corvette Racing's
championship - winning Corvette C5 - R is a tough act to follow, but the new Corvette C6.R race
car is up to the task.