Sentences with phrase «class wins»

The cars have been successful in competition too, with several class wins in 2017.

A combination of the HR coupled with real industry perspective ensures that you have a world class winning résumé.

However, it did manage seven class wins until its retirement in 1992.

We won overall in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, our first class win at Le Mans where we ran as high as fourth overall and then contending for our first ALMS Championship.

This morning, the official twitter account of Corvette Racing paid homage to Corvette Hall of Famer John Fitch and his driving partner Walt Hansgen, who scored Corvette's first class win at Sebring in 1956.

Two more cars will run out of the U.K. in the WEC under the Ganassi banner, but most of the personnel will come from Multimatic, notably team manager George Howard - Chappell, who ramrodded the teams that scored GT class wins at Le Mans with Ferrari and Aston Martin.

Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen captured the GT class win for Corvette Racing.

Pirelli has a long and illustrious history in endurance racing, and has also claimed a huge variety of class wins in GT racing all over the world.

Corvette Racing has already secured the first two jewels in endurance racing's Triple Crown in 2006 with GT1 class wins in Sebring and Le Mans.

Victories include class wins at Sebring and LeMans.

It was the fourth Le Mans class win for O'Connell and Magnussen, and the second consecutive Le Mans GT1 victory for Garcia.

O'Connell and Ron Fellows have teamed up for three Sebring class wins with Corvette Racing.

Pirro and Marco Werner took their first LMP1 class win since Sebring and finished third overall, Audi's best finish since Houston in April.

«You can't say enough about how Corvette Racing prepares their cars — both cars were very strong, and this was a good test for the 24 Hours of Le Mans,» said O'Connell, who was aiming for a record seventh class win in Sebring.

Having opened the 2016 season with GTLM class wins in the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the No. 4 Corvette C7.R and drivers Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner (joined here by Marcel Fassler) can complete a 2016 sweep of the three longest North American races.

Since then, 24 Corvettes have scored class or category victories in this legendary endurance race, including seven ALMS class wins by Corvette Racing.

In the six years that followed, Corvette Racing scored 35 ALMS victories, including an overall victory in the Daytona 24 - hour race, three 1 - 2 finishes in the GTS class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and three consecutive class wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Some of us aren't famous (yours truly), but some are: Buddy Rice, 2004 Indy 500 champion; Johnny O'Connell, Corvette Racing driver and owner of more class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans than any other American; Dominic Dobson, Indy car driver; Parker Johnstone, Indy car driver; Bill Cooper, famous for teaching Dale Earnhardt how to drive a road - racing car; and Wilbur Shaw, Jr., one of the very first instructors (and son of the three - time Indy 500 winner).

It is the sixth class win for the team and Chevrolet at the historic Long Beach street circuit.

Viljoen continued, «It was disappointing not to get the Am class win as we had a very strong chance for it but certain things went against us and it was not meant to happen this weekend.

The Junior Handler must have qualified for participation in the AKC / Eukanuba National Championship show, with all 5 qualifying Open Class wins being earned while showing a Chinese Shar - Pei.

CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: Sustained Excellence at a Familiar Place Team searching for 11th class win in historic 12 - hour race Corvette Racing seeking third straight GTLM victory at Sebring Gavin, Milner, Fässler enter as defending GTLM winners Garcia, Magnussen, Rockenfeller led Corvette Racing effort at Rolex 24 DETROIT (March 14, 2017)-- Corvette Racing returns this weekend to a track where it has made many memories and scored some of its most glorious achievements.

Gavin took his fifth class win at Le Mans in the 83rd running of the French endurance classic less than a fortnight ago, the British ace and his Corvette Racing teammates, Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor, defeating stiff opposition from the likes of Aston Martin and Ferrari to stand atop the podium at the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe.

In the challenging Le Mans race, the single Corvette Racing car was able to complete 337 consistent and reliable laps to take the LMGTE Pro class win, finishing with a five - lap advantage over the second placed LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia.

During the 2017 Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals — NHRA's largest event — more than 25 percent of the Stock Eliminator field was composed of COPO Camaro race cars, with many claiming class wins.

Boosted by the tremendous performance of Team GB in the London 2012 Olympics, plus a strong desire to put the disappointment of the previous ALMS round behind him, Olly took the chequered flag just 0.283 seconds ahead of Jörg Bergmeister in the Porsche to record his 37th ALMS class win.

While full - season duties in the TUDOR Championship's prototype class precludes them from competing for Corvette Racing in the U.S., the familiarity of Taylor and Westbrook with the program at Le Mans is a boost for a team seeking its eighth class win there since 2001.

The Le Mans win in 1991 followed a decade of class wins from other Mazda prototypes, including the 757 and 767.

Klenin recorded his first class win on Memorial Day weekend at the tight, fast Lime Rock Park 1.5 - mile road circuit in Connecticut and still can't take the smile off his face.

Corvette Racing has won the last eight ALMS GT1 team and manufacturer championships and posted 75 class wins worldwide including a record 69 ALMS victories.

The No. 30 MOMO NGT Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 of Henrique Cisneros and Jonathon Ziegleman collected the GT Am - Am class win again, with Yuki Harata and Alessandro Bressan claiming GT Cup honors in their No. 55 Dream Racing Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo.

It marked TruSpeed and Chase's second class win in the last three races after taking top GTA honors in the first Sprint round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park last weekend.

Since 2009, the team has totalled 17 GT class wins among 68 total podium finishes campaigning the BMW M3 GT, BMW Z4 GTLM and BMW M6 GTLM.

Also multiple class wins in US specialty shows.

Etihad Airways» Diamond First Class won Best First Class at the 2012 World Airline Awards.

Cliff's training systems and nutrition plans have helped bodybuilders all over the world achieve class wins, pro cards, and professional titles.

Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and John Jones scored the only class win by a fourth - generation Corvette in the Sebring 12 - hour in 1988, taking the GTO trophy in a Corvette built by Protofab.

The championship has seen a massive growth since, along with the success of Lamborghini's GT3 efforts, which has included GT Daytona class wins in this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona and Twelve Hours of Sebring.

Results of the silver, gold and best of class winning wines are listed in the October issue.

Aside from the speed, technology, endurance and skill involved in finishing Le Mans, traffic management is a major element and often plays a huge role in deciding class wins.

Experience and established class wins you trophies....

Of the riders with the most premier class wins since 1949, four of the top 10 (Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez, and Dani Pedrosa) are currently racing.

Team News & Lineups: Gladbach has struggled in away matches but at home they have been absolute class winning 11 of their recent games however they will be without Schubert while Tobias Strobl is a major doubt for Barcelona clash.

A Touch of Class won Jackson her second leading actress award but has aged poorly.

Meanwhile, a 2006 Ferrari F430 GT2 race car used as a test car brought $ 225,500, a Honda - powered 2011 Lola B1143 LMP2 IMSA car that won its class at the 2011 12 - Hours of Sebring and Road America brought $ 112,750, and a 2012 HPD ARX - 03 LMP2 IMSA car with several class wins to its name in 2012 fetched $ 110,000.

After campaigning the ex-Zakspeed Capri in 1982, Roush creates a Ford - backed juggernaut that dominates Trans - Am and IMSA GT, scoring nine straight class wins in the 24 Hours of Daytona - usually racing Mustangs - before focusing on more lucrative pastures in NASCAR.