Sentences with phrase «class sports car racing»
«The American Le Mans Series represents authentic, world - class sports car racing that is a perfect fit for BMW's authentic, world - class road cars,» Atherton said.
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And if that's not enough, in 2010 C.J. founded CJ Wilson Racing, a sports car race team that recently announced its move up to the IMSA GTD class, one of the premier sports car classes in the world.
The drivers start to arrive in the middle of the afternoon, lining up according to racing class: motorcycles and hot rods towed in on trailers on one side, street - legal sports cars in the middle, and, at the very far end of the pit, a couple lines of high school kids flanked on one side by black and white patrol cars.
Cars in My Life — Nick Baldwin reflects on some of his all time family favourites / The Greatest Race III — Marc Douezy's story of the 1914 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France moves on to the pre-race scrutineering and practice / Working on a Chain Gang — The Editor drives arguably the rarest pre-war Frazer - Nash sports car / Travelling First Class — Zoe Harrison assesses Austin's flagship limousine of the 30's — the Mayfair / The French Brooklands IV — Bill Boddy's epic story of the Montlhery track reaches its final lap / Missing Link — Frank Lugg tells us why he thinks Guiseppe Coda was an unsung hero of early Italian car design / Vital Spark — Roy Berry journeys westward to visit a magneto specialist / Dew Drop — Michael Worthington - Williams on the cars of Harold E Cars in My Life — Nick Baldwin reflects on some of his all time family favourites / The Greatest Race III — Marc Douezy's story of the 1914 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France moves on to the pre-race scrutineering and practice / Working on a Chain Gang — The Editor drives arguably the rarest pre-war Frazer - Nash sports car / Travelling First Class — Zoe Harrison assesses Austin's flagship limousine of the 30's — the Mayfair / The French Brooklands IV — Bill Boddy's epic story of the Montlhery track reaches its final lap / Missing Link — Frank Lugg tells us why he thinks Guiseppe Coda was an unsung hero of early Italian car design / Vital Spark — Roy Berry journeys westward to visit a magneto specialist / Dew Drop — Michael Worthington - Williams on the cars of Harold E cars of Harold E Dew.
In this month's cover story, Back on Track: Leyland - Thomas No 1, David Burgess-Wise tells the story of Parry Thomas's first Leyland Eight racer, destroyed in a war - time air raid, and the recent re-creation built around a collection of original parts / Steve Welsh reports from this year's Goodwood Revival, the world's biggest historic motor racing event, with highlights including an all - Ferrari Lavant Cup and a tribute to Bruce McLaren / Inspired by a 1956 Motor Sport article, Justin Marozzi takes his Bristol 405 on a 1000 - mile round trip to the Lake District in his article Filton Fashion / We bring together another group of unrestored cars and lead them on a scenic tour round Rutland, Britain's smallest county, for The Oily Rag Run / In Woodrow: Stockport's sporting cyclecar, John Warburton samples the sole surviving example of this unusual light car built by a hat manufacturer in the north of England / Jörg Sierks visits two world - class concours for An Elegant Weekend, held on opposite sides of the English Channel / Edwardians to Ostend — Stefan Marjoram took his sketchbook and camera on an exciting Continental road trip and shares his experiences / In this month's Back on the Road, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford Sports
Number two, what we called class - mass magazines — Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Esquire, those kind of male lifestyle magazines — were doing a better job of covering cars and car racing than the car magazines were.
For 2016, classes exist for selected Ferrari and Porsche models through 1989, as well as more general multi-marque classes broken down by category (hot rods, Italian race cars, British sporting cars, etc).
The appeal of the GTE class is simple, if a little fanciful: drive the 260 miles across France to Le Mans in your stripped - out sports car, cheer on its racing cousins for 24 hours, then drive home again.
From Carroll Shelby's start in sports car racing, to his dream of building a world - class sports car, to the impact the Cobra had on the motoring world that is stronger than ever today, this book has it all.
In auto racing, APR Motorsport has led two MKV VW GTI's to victory in the Grand - Am KONI Sports Car Challenge and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner (ST) class.
In auto racing, APR Motorsport has led two MKVI VW GTIs to victory in the Grand - Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner (ST) class.
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.
SEBRING, Fla. (March 18, 2017)-- Corvette Racing stormed to a stunning class victory in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida on Saturday — its third straight in North America's oldest endurance sports car race.
Some perspective: The fastest lap a GS - class Camaro GS.R race car did around Barber in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race last year was 1:36.car did around Barber in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race last year was 1:36.Car Challenge race last year was 1:36.02.
Written by K - PAX Racing Staff SAN JOSE, Calif. — K - PAX Racing, winners of three GT Class championships in the Pirelli World Challenge sports car series, today announced it will field -LSB-...]
MONTEREY, Calif. — Corvette Racing ended its final full season in the GT1 class of the American Le Mans Series with Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta claiming victory in the season - ending Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Thanks to new out - of - the - box racers like the Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport, McLaren 570 GT4, and the upcoming BMW M4 GT4, this entry - level sports car class has one of the most exciting grids in racing.
Seventh victory for Corvette Racing, Team Chevy in IMSA at Long Beach 50th victory for Oliver Gavin with Corvette Racing Garcia, Magnussen battle back to finish fourth in GTLM 107th all - time class victory for Corvette Racing LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 14, 2018)-- Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner raced their way to back - to - back victories in southern California by claiming the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach...
Competing in the world's greatest sports car race is motivation enough, but the memory of last year's runner - up finish in the GT1 class still rankles.
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.
Beretta Takes Lead on Late - Race Restart, Notches Record 40th Career ALMS Win MONTEREY, Calif. — Corvette Racing ended its final full season in the GT1 class of the American Le Mans Series with Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta claiming victory in the season - ending Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
«Both Ryan and Simon are world - class drivers who know the kind of preparation, patience and skill needed to succeed in the top levels of endurance sports - car racing.»
The popular Series boasts a paddock of more than 70 race cars and consists of six classes of vehicles: grand touring (GT); touring car (TC); grand touring sport (GTS); touring car B - spec (TCB), touring car A (TCA) and Porsche GT - Cup (GT - Cup).
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.
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.
The Sports Car Club of America created a «showroom stock» class for amateur club racing in 1972.
The Pirelli World Challenge is in its 26th season and has grown to include seven classes of sprint - format sports car competition, with two rounds of racing almost every event weekend.
After finishing second in the 15 - strong field of GT1 cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Corvette Racing will have the top production sports car class to itself at the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park on July 7.
Corvette Racing's speedy Spaniard raced there twice in the GRAND - AM Rolex Sports car Series» Daytona Prototype class, and he parlayed that experience into the fastest GT race lap in the ALMS» debut last season — 1:47.389 (109.620 mph).
The whole ethos of the race is the fact that you're racing in different classes with the best sports car drivers in the world and running your own race within the race just adds to the pressure and excitement.
Both series hold races — some of them long endurance events — that feature different classes of sports cars, led by the exotic Daytona prototype cars in Grand - Am and the LMP1 cars in the ALMS.
After finishing second in the 15 - strong field of GT1 cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Corvette Racing will have the top production sports car class to itself at the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix...
Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia scored Corvette Racing's sixth class victory in the world's biggest sports car race with the No. 63 Compuware Corvette C6.R.
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.
Now we are very proud to provide fans with even more opportunities to experience the magic of Le Mans and to see Corvette take on a field of world - class competitors in the most demanding sports car race on the planet.»
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.
It helps that Porsche routes some of the sound directly into the cabin, and every lift of the gas pedal — even at sedate cruising speeds when you run the car in sport mode — produces the sort of trailing throttle burbling and cracking reserved usually for GT - class race cars.
The C6.Rs will battle a who's who of sports car racing teams and manufacturers including Porsche, Ferrari, BMW and Jaguar in the crowded class featuring 17 entries.
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.
The GT1 Championship Edition (Regular Production Option GT1) commemorates the success of Corvette Racing and the Corvette C6.R: • Eight American Le Mans Series GT1 manufacturers and team championships • Five - time 24 Hours of Le Mans class champions • 74 victories in international sports car competition
Last year the No. 73 Compuware Corvette C6.R driven by Tommy Milner, Antonio Garcia, and Olivier Beretta scored a come - from - behind victory to capture Corvette Racing's seventh class title in the world's biggest sports car race.
SEBRING, Fla. (March 17, 2018)-- Corvette Racing entered the second half of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts well positioned for a shot at its fourth consecutive class victory in America's oldest sports car race.
CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: Halfway Report Team going for 12th class victory since 1999 at 12 Hours SEBRING, Fla. (March 17, 2018)-- Corvette Racing entered the second half of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts well positioned for a shot at its fourth consecutive class victory in America's oldest sports carRACING AT SEBRING: Halfway Report Team going for 12th class victory since 1999 at 12 Hours SEBRING, Fla. (March 17, 2018)-- Corvette Racing entered the second half of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts well positioned for a shot at its fourth consecutive class victory in America's oldest sports carRacing entered the second half of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts well positioned for a shot at its fourth consecutive class victory in America's oldest sports car race.
Drivers Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen piloted their No. 63 Compuware Corvette C6.R to a runner - up finish in the GT1 class and sixth overall in the world's most prestigious sports car race.
CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Progress Made in GTLM for Corvette C7.Rs Prototype pole position for Ricky Taylor in Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP Gavin starts on third row in championship - leading No. 4 Corvette Three Corvette DPs in top - five after Prototype qualifying Chevrolet looking to strengthen Manufacturer Championship leads AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 16, 2016)-- Corvette Racing's GT Le Mans (GTLM) championship - leading Corvette C7.R will start from the third row of the class in Saturday's Lone Star Le Mans sports RACING AT COTA: Progress Made in GTLM for Corvette C7.Rs Prototype pole position for Ricky Taylor in Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP Gavin starts on third row in championship - leading No. 4 Corvette Three Corvette DPs in top - five after Prototype qualifying Chevrolet looking to strengthen Manufacturer Championship leads AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 16, 2016)-- Corvette Racing's GT Le Mans (GTLM) championship - leading Corvette C7.R will start from the third row of the class in Saturday's Lone Star Le Mans sports Racing Corvette DP Gavin starts on third row in championship - leading No. 4 Corvette Three Corvette DPs in top - five after Prototype qualifying Chevrolet looking to strengthen Manufacturer Championship leads AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 16, 2016)-- Corvette Racing's GT Le Mans (GTLM) championship - leading Corvette C7.R will start from the third row of the class in Saturday's Lone Star Le Mans sports Racing's GT Le Mans (GTLM) championship - leading Corvette C7.R will start from the third row of the class in Saturday's Lone Star Le Mans sports car...
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.
The GT1 Championship Edition (Regular Production Option GT1) commemorates the success of Corvette Racing and the Corvette C6.R: • Eight American Le Mans Series GT1 manufacturers and team championships • Five - time 24 Hours of Le Mans class champions • 74 victories in international sports car competition Included in the GT1 Championship Edition...
For some perspective: The fastest lap a GS - class Camaro GS.R race car did around Barber in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race last year was 1:36.car did around Barber in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race last year was 1:36.Car Challenge race last year was 1:36.02.