Sentences with phrase «car racing in»
Lexus proudly returns to American sports car racing in 2017 with two RC F GT3 vehicles competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
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No other manufacturer has won more GTLM races this season (five) nor in IMSA since the post-merger era began for sports car racing in 2014 (11).
We believe the teams we have selected will provide world - class competition and will be our calling card as we embark on an exciting new era of sports car racing in North America.»
R further strengthens our V - Performance portfolio, placing Cadillac into the highest series of sports car racing in North America.»
Wisconsin - based racers Augie Pabst and Jim Jeffords excelled in sports car racing in the early»60s with their Chevy - powered machines.
- Bob Stallings is like most of those in U.S. sports car racing in that he treats his team as a business, but it's also his hobby.As the sport undergoes its massive change that will lead to a unified...
- A new era of sports - car racing in North America will be unveiled this weekend, with 66 cars set to begin testing for the Jan. 25 - 26 Rolex 24 at Daytona, the inaugural race for the IMSA - sanctioned...
The Supra also competed in IMSA sports car racing in the U.S. in the 1980s, and twice ran at Le Mans in the 1990s.
The purpose is to award the person who has made the greatest contribution to sports car racing in the year.
The 4th generation Supra was known for its participation in motorsports including All - Japan GT racing, American IMSA sports car racing in 1980s and the Le Mans in 1990s.
«It is important for us to support our partners in the TUDOR Championship as well as the FIA and ACO during one of the biggest weekend for sports car racing in North America.
Photo Credit: ALMS.com The future of sports car racing in North America just got a bit more interesting with Wednesday's announcement that NASCAR's Grand - AM Series...
DETROIT (Sept. 29, 2015)-- Corvette Racing looks to close its season of sports car racing in the same fashion as it started — with a victory.
This is a tremendous event and one that helped revitalize professional sports car racing in North America in the late 1990s.
Production car racing in Australia was revived in 1981 when CAMS introduced regulations for «Group E Series Production Cars», officially redesignated to its current «Group 3E Series Production Cars» name in 1988.
While Pirelli World Challenge is a new series for Segal, he has made his mark in international sports car racing in Ferraris with victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
ABOUT Pirelli World Challenge: Known for intense competition, Pirelli World Challenge features some of the best wheel - to - wheel professional sports car racing in North America.
Goodson, who owned Kenny Adams» car, did more for Florida dirt sprint car racing in recent years than anyone, largely through his sponsorship of races at different tracks.
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Two events occurred in 1955 that forever changed sports car racing in America: Chevrolet introduced the small - block V - 8 in Corvette, and Road America held its first race.
Detroit — Corvette Racing looks to close its season of sports car racing in the same fashion as it started — with a victory.
The From the Fans award, determined by ALMS fans in online voting, is presented to the person who has made the greatest contribution to sports car racing in the past year.
One distinguishing characteristic of these cars is they are both fully GT4 homologated meaning they can compete in any GT4 designated race series which is quickly becoming the most popular form of sports car racing in the world.
Fehan and Corvette marketing manager Gary Claudio are previous recipients of the award, which recognizes the greatest contribution to sports car racing in the last year as voted by ALMS fans.
I was running right behind Allan Simonsen's car and I shall never be able to forget what happened... every single one of us in motor racing, and sports car racing in particular, hopes and prays we won't see that again.
His ability to bring together the historic 24 Hours of Le Mans in combination with the ALMS created what is now considered to be the most competitive sports car racing in the world.
TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R «Petit Le Mans has done a lot for sports car racing in America and is one of the biggest events in the U.S.. It's a favorite of mine.
We think the most logical canvas would be the forthcoming BMW M6 GT3, which is due to replace the current Z4 GT3 in sports car racing in 2016.
The aim was purely homologation - related — aero tweaks to the Nismo allowed similar modifications to be made for Group A specification cars — the kind that saw Nissan dominate Australian Touring Car racing in the early 1990s.
It was the whole program to see the car racing in competition at what I would say is the most important race in the world, 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Slicks migrated from the drag strip to Indy - car racing in the 1960s and to Formula 1 in 1970.
He has for the past three decades photographed virtually every form of auto racing including Formula 1, IndyCar, NASCAR, NHRA, Pike Peak, and IMSA and World Endurance Championship sports - car racing in the United States and Europe.
ALBUQUERQUE Two - time Indy 500 winner and CART's alltime prize - money leader; set record for career starts in Indy car racing in July.
The Bathurst 1000 — arguably the greatest touring car race in the world.
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.
The chassis (No. 211) is the very one Schumacher raced to his fifth and final victory at Monaco and was also the car he raced in the Hungarian GP, when he clinched his fourth world championship.
A Brooklyn socialite and former wife of Charles Duryea, she met Johnson at a car race in 1909, and their romantic involvement was turbulent.
A racing fanatic, his already - legendary status allowed him to begin production on a passion project centered around the greatest test of driving skill in the world: Le Mans, a 24 - hour car race in France.
«I don't think anyone ever filmed a car race in such a realistic and intense way.
Then came mid-engine, street - legal racing cars like the Porsche 550 Spyder and 904 Carrera GTS; the former most famous for claiming the life of actor James Dean in 1955 and the latter as a car raced in the early 1960s with great success by drivers like Ben Pon, the builder of Bernardus Lodge.
The Monterey Historic Automobile Races are the premier vintage car races in the United States.
He had only attended a total of five car races in his life before decided to buy a race series and build a front - engine prototype.
Given the very same car raced in (but sadly retired from) the 1968 Nürburgring 1000 km, this was truly a day to remember.
It is also used in touring car races in Europe and the United States.
2012 was the 50th running of the race which had begun as a three - hour duration sports car race in 1962.
BALTIMORE (Aug. 31, 2013)-- Corvette Racing scored a 1 - 2 class finish today in one of the wildest and unpredictable sports car races in memory at the Grand Prix of Baltimore and the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series.
It's where I won my first sports car race in a prototype in the ALMS.
«The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most historic and challenging endurance sports car races in the world,» said Jim Campbell, U.S. Vice President Performance Vehicle and Motorsports.
And for the 10 cars racing in the GTLM class, the playbooks went out the window following a one hour rain delay only a quarter of the way into the race.
Allmendinger won the Toyota Atlantic series title in 2005 and five Champ Car races in 2006 before shifting to NASCAR.
Given that there's the Michelin 4 hour race at Sebring a week or so later it will be interesting to see how many TCR cars race in either