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For Davison, it marks his first full - time sports car racing program after competing in a handful of DP races for Starworks Motorsport and Michael Shank Racing in 2010 and 2011, respectively, as well as this year's Bathurst 12 Hour in a Porsche.
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Such clear borrowings from Audi's touring car racing program deliver a bulldog - squat front and rear that are suggestive of some very serious horseplay.
VW Group is also scaling back its sports car racing programs to save money, with both Audi and Porsche running one less car in the WEC series.
Not exact matches
When NASCAR's Drive for Diversity (D4D) program selected Paulie Harraka in the fall of 2006, he took the big step of moving up into late model racing from karting and legends cars.
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The people behind Project Cars 2 came by to show off some of the different race types that they have in the game and talk about how the game is actually based off of a program real professional drivers use to practice.
When Jaguar finished its highly - successful D - Type racing program, the company converted a number of remaining D - Type chassis to a road - going spec, hoping to capitalize on Americans» appetite for hi - performance cars from Europe.
As with the previous Ferrari FXX, which was based on the Ferrari Enzo, the FXX K is really a rolling research laboratory for Ferrari; the exclusive list of drivers able to buy the car can only get behind the wheel on certain race tracks as part of a test program for the company.
At the same time, Mazda overhauled its race - car program.
Much of its development was done with it bolted to the back of IMSA - spec Daytona Prototype race cars, beginning with Michael Shank Racing during the 2014 season and, of course, continuing with Chip Ganassi Racing, Ford's eventual competition partner for the GT program.
Production - car - based customer racing is a giant part of the game in sports - car competition, with Audi Sport — it's responsible for the RS street cars and customer racing programs — so far delivering more than 200 R8 GT3 - spec cars worldwide (60 in the U.S.).
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.
1989 marked a milestone for the Art Car program, as it was the first instance where BMW commissioned two examples in a single year — both based off race - spec forms of its awesome first - generation M3.
The programming for the ESP - off mode and how it interacts with the electronically controlled limited - slip diff, is apparently taken from the GT3 race car.
Those successful in current programs in Europe, including Aston's recently announced single - make racing series, will receive recognition from the automaker and the opportunity to test race cars higher up on the food chain.
And you may be tempting a quick and painful and final end to your day's spectating,» read an excerpt from the first program sold at the «Eighth Annual Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races» November 1957.
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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.
«Looking at lap times, we had cars that were very competitive today,» said Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan.
«After 10 amazing years with Corvette Racing as part of one of the best American sports car teams in history, I am extremely flattered that Cadillac selected me for this very important program,» said O'Connell.
In 1998, Toyota Racing Development offered an official kit body conversion and tuning program for MR2 owners to transform their existing SW20 MR2 into a wide - body TRD2000GT replica car.
As the result of the Enzo, Ferrari decided to use some of the technology developed for it in a small - scale program to get more feedback from certain customers for use in future car design as well as their racing program.
In 1998 with the withdrawal of Nissan Motors due to financial problems and Honda, to concentrate on its Formula One program and also realising it would be less expensive for them to race their NSX in the Japanese Grand Touring Championship series (although both Nissan and Honda did take part in British Touring Car Championship after leaving JTCC; those programs, however, were run by their European branches), it left Toyota as the sole factory manufacturer to have cars competing using their Corona EXIVs and Chasers.
MONTEREY, Calif. — With the championships decided and anticipation for a new GT2 program building, the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday, October 18, will mark the end of an era for Corvette Racing.
The GT1 Championship Edition program is another example of how racing helps Chevy sell cars and trucks and provides a solid return on investment.»
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 iProgram 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 iprogram in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) World Challenge GT in 2011.
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.
«It will be a level playing field for Corvette Racing and the Prodrive Aston Martin team because neither team has been to Laguna Seca with their current cars,» explained Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan.
Celebrity guests in attendance this year were Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing Program Manager, Wil and Liz Cooksey, 15 - year Bowling Green Assembly Plant Manager, and Lou Gigliotti, LG Motorsports founder and internationally known race car driver.
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 ChampioRACING 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 ChampioRacing 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 ChampioRacing'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 ChampioRacing 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 ChampioRacing 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.
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In addition to the cars, Ford says it will have a major announcement about its racing program at the show.
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Lamborghini also plans to expand its racing program in North America by participating in GT Daytona (GTD) class sports car competition with the Huracán GT3 starting in 2016.
Hosted by Porsche Cars North America, the four - day program of on - track competition will be complemented by a Concours d'Elegance, which is open to invited race participants.
The Corvette Grand Sport never really had a chance to prove itself as Chevrolet pulled the plug on the racing program almost right after it began but 5 legendary cars were built.
All four will be responsible for the imminent future of Cadillac endurance racing, in a program that tasks itself with making top - level sports car racing engaging and relatable again.
«Considering that our cars are nearly 200 pounds heavier and we're running with 35 less horsepower that last year, it's a testament to the hard work of the team that we're able to turn faster lap times,» noted Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan.
Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan reflected on another flawless performance by America's premier production sports car team: «At the end of the day these guys finished a couple of tenths of a second apart, and it's just incredible to think they can do that race after race,» he said.
To tell you more about the new race car, I would like to introduce GM Racing's program manager for Corvette Racing, Doug Fehan.»
«I think it was clear today we had the dominant cars,» said Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan.
Maintaining continuity in the Kia Racing program's third - year, Kinetic Motorsports will build, develop and campaign the two Optima World Challenge cars while continuing Kia's Forte Koup efforts in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.
«It's always good to experience as many different conditions as possible, but it certainly would have been better if we could have run through our planned program in the dry to get Marcel (Fassler) the maximum amount of time in the car and focus on our race setup,» said the Briton.
Throughout the video we see the familiar livery of the C7.R race cars on various tracks during the 2014 campaign and we hear from the principals of the team including Chevrolet's Director of Racing Mark Kent and Corvette Racing's Program Manager Doug Fehan.
To assist in the technology transfer from racing to the production cars, engineers have opened up the lines of communication between the engineers working on the production cars and those on the racing program.
«Both the Corvette C5 - R and C6.R earned a place among the greatest entries in the modern era of sports car racing,» said Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing Program Maracing,» said Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing Program MaRacing Program Manager.
Chevrolet's multifaceted marketing partnership with Road America includes an Official Vehicle program and activities during the track's numerous events, including the American Le Mans Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, GRAND - AM Rolex Sports Car Series, AMA Superbike, SCCA June Sprints and National Championship Runoffs, and historic car and motorcycle racCar Series, AMA Superbike, SCCA June Sprints and National Championship Runoffs, and historic car and motorcycle raccar and motorcycle races.
In his new role, he is responsible for engineering and administration for GM's motorsports programs in the American Le Mans Series (Corvette Racing), SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championship (Team Cadillac) and the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series (Pontiac GTO.R and Daytona Prototype).
Four - Hour Monterey Sports Car Championships Is Final Test for New Production - Based GT2 Corvettes MONTEREY, Calif. — While most teams in the American Le Mans Series are looking to Saturday's Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as the end to a long season, Corvette Racing will go to the scenic California circuit to wrap up its test and development program for the GT2 version of the Compuware Corvette C6.R race cCar Championships Is Final Test for New Production - Based GT2 Corvettes MONTEREY, Calif. — While most teams in the American Le Mans Series are looking to Saturday's Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as the end to a long season, Corvette Racing will go to the scenic California circuit to wrap up its test and development program for the GT2 version of the Compuware Corvette C6.R race cCar Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as the end to a long season, Corvette Racing will go to the scenic California circuit to wrap up its test and development program for the GT2 version of the Compuware Corvette C6.R race carcar.
Chevrolet Celebrates Le Mans Drivers and Race Cars of the Past and Present MONTEREY, Calif. — Chevrolet saluted the men and machines that laid the foundation for Corvette Racing's success in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a special Corvette Legends of Le Mans program at the American Le Mans Series Monterey on May 21 - 22.