Sentences with phrase «engines in the racing cars»

Finally they had to limit the sizes of the engines in the racing cars because people were killing themselves.

Porsche, more than almost any other Le Mans team, keeps pretty close ties between the engines in its race cars and those in its road cars.

Not exact matches

As mentioned in Chapter 5, the drinking alcoholic becomes increasingly like a car with the engine racing but the clutch disengaged.

Senna didn't really want to drive for McLaren in 1993 as he didn't think the car (with its underpowered Ford engine) was worthy of his talents, and instead of signing a contract for the whole year famously drove for the team on a race - by - race basis.

Held during the iconic Goodwood Revival meeting, the Settrington Cup does away with frivolities like engines or complex aerodynamics in favour of a pedalling setup in cars so small that teams have to enlist children to race them.

It's not like an engine penalty either (which is applied to the car rather than the driver) so Fernando Alonso won't have to serve it when he returns to F1 for the next race in Montreal.

«Above all, Le Mans is an engine breaker,» Wyer said in his office 10 days before the race, as outside in the workshop mechanics were reassembling the three squat five - liter GT40s that would be racing in France, a third car having been added for the 24 Hours.

As for creating a rotary engine for use in such ultra-exotic races as Indianapolis or Formula I, Rudolph Uhlenhaut, the now - retired chief engineer of the firm, is said to have told insiders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Establishment that perhaps three years and $ 5 million would be necessary to develop a winning rotary - engine car for the annual 500 - mile race.

In 1961 he tried the Indy 500 and whilst his Cooper wasn't the first rear - engined car to race there, it had a similar effect as it had in FIn 1961 he tried the Indy 500 and whilst his Cooper wasn't the first rear - engined car to race there, it had a similar effect as it had in Fin F1.

Unfortunately for Jenson Button that's exactly what happened at Monaco in 2010, and by the time McLaren had noticed it was too late - Button's engine overheated behind the safety car and he was out of the race.

Chapman's Lotus MK25, built in 1962, was the first racing car to have its engine integrated with its body in the monocoque design.

That left Phil Hill to lead home Richie Ginther and Willy Mairesse in a processional Ferrari one - two - three against an opposition comprised mainly of privateers and Formula 2 cars in what also proved to be the last win in a championship race for a front - engined car.

Will every car in the race being powered by the legendary Cosworth DFV engine the sound is pretty incredible.

After the race drivers complained about how tough it was to follow other cars, let alone overtake, and were already backing off in order to save their engines.

In the race the reliability of the Mugen - Honda engine Damon talked about did get him and his Jordan to the end of the race (one of only nine cars to do so), but there was no reward of points as he crossed the line in eighth place, back when only the top six scoreIn the race the reliability of the Mugen - Honda engine Damon talked about did get him and his Jordan to the end of the race (one of only nine cars to do so), but there was no reward of points as he crossed the line in eighth place, back when only the top six scorein eighth place, back when only the top six scored.

Everybody in commentary (Sky / BBC / C4) enjoyed the tired old «Fernando is faster than you» jokes as he got stuck behind the Williams of Felipe Massa for the rest of the race, but he did manage to stay in front of another Mercedes - engined car which was surely a result.

They know Honda is a disaster next season, so they kept poor drivers in the car and pray that Honda develop well over the year, so that the Red Bull racing team can have a decent engine supply in 2019.

Car lovers, start your engines and race on over to Motoring at the Museum on Sunday, September 9 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Arlington Heights Historical Museum (110 W. Fremont Ave in Arlington Heights).

Smith designed the RAD and then built a prototype car racing game in Unity, the most popular game engines in the world, and integrated the RAD into that prototype.

In addition, the brand new graphics engine in «Forza Motorsport 5,» powered by the Xbox One, will let «Forza» players get closer than ever to these amazing cars and to really build an appreciation for these masterpieces of race engineering.&raquIn addition, the brand new graphics engine in «Forza Motorsport 5,» powered by the Xbox One, will let «Forza» players get closer than ever to these amazing cars and to really build an appreciation for these masterpieces of race engineering.&raquin «Forza Motorsport 5,» powered by the Xbox One, will let «Forza» players get closer than ever to these amazing cars and to really build an appreciation for these masterpieces of race engineering.»

Crashday adopts a similar mentality to Nadeo's TrackMania, offering you the chance to race, perform stunts, and create your own tracks in a tasty looking game engine that does shiny cars and enormous draw distances very well.

Each race won in the game earns you cash, which you can use to pay the entrance fees for new races or to improve your car with upgradable tires, turbo, and engine categories.

I was looking to capture the sensation of speed that a fast engine sound in a «regular» racing game creates and transfer this to a science fiction context where the sound design would be less believable if the vehicle sounded too similar to a car.

In a state - of - the - art racing car with three engines, three braking systems and over 500 sensors, the electrical systems are key.

For example, students discovered that Williams» pioneering work in cooling down race car engines had been transferred to reducing energy bills in the frozen aisles of supermarkets — creating vast energy savings.

As many have stated earlier it won't benefit you but it could in theory hurt your car as it will certainly trip a check engine light and cause the vehicle to behave strangely and at worst racing gas which is basically ethanol / methanol or some other alcohol could corrode and damage aluminum engine parts.

Ford will launch its 3.5 - liter EcoBoost V - 6 engine in a 2014 Riley Technologies Daytona Prototype racing car at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the company announced today.

ITALIAN SOUND, ITALIAN LEGEND > Vittorio Jano Like American race car builder Harry Miller, Vittorio Jano was a soup - to - nuts race car designer who developed engines, chassis, and everything in between.

«In the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Audi was the first manufacturer to have achieved victories with a TFSI engine, a TDI and a hybrid race car, so writing motorsport history on several occasions,» Audi motorsport chief Wolfgang Ullrich said in a statemenIn the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Audi was the first manufacturer to have achieved victories with a TFSI engine, a TDI and a hybrid race car, so writing motorsport history on several occasions,» Audi motorsport chief Wolfgang Ullrich said in a statemenin a statement.

It's a stark representation of everything Porsche knows about producing quick lap times, short of moving the engine in front of the rear axle as Porsche Motorsport has done with the latest top - dog 911 RSR race car.

Alpine started off as a small French automaker specializing in the production of racing and sports cars powered solely by Renault Engines.

The Group B race class was all the rage in the early 1980s, with production - based cars heavily modified for motorsports duty, most built with turbocharged engines pumping out huge horsepower figures.

So now, in the interest of maintaining parity, Mazda decided to have all left - hand - drive ND race cars built at Long Road Racing and sold with sealed engines, transmissions, and engine control units.

There was just one problem: Devin's race cars were embarrassing Porsche at Riverside International Raceway in California, and as a result Stuttgart had little interest in selling him engines.

Clydeside Colossus — Giant Glasgow industrial conglomerate William Beardmore and Co made ships railway engines aeroplanes airships motor cycles taxicabs... and as Bill Monro relates cars / Fort Dunlop Under Siege — Douglas Blain takes a close look at a manufacturing operation which is key to the survival of our hobby / Buying a Car For Restoration — Workshop / Sunbeam Tiger — Buyer's Guide / Goodwood Does It Again — David Venables reports on another successful Goodwood Festival of Speed / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Loyd - Lord — Michael Worthington - Williams recounts how a conventional car from Chiswick strayed from the straight and narrow / Dollar Derby — The Editor enjoys a 3 1/2 litre Bentley that cost # 1460 new but once changed hands for a dollar / Racing Under The Bonnet — The camera of Alan Smith captures the action that matters behind the scenes in the early days of postwar British motor racing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — Part Car For Restoration — Workshop / Sunbeam Tiger — Buyer's Guide / Goodwood Does It Again — David Venables reports on another successful Goodwood Festival of Speed / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Loyd - Lord — Michael Worthington - Williams recounts how a conventional car from Chiswick strayed from the straight and narrow / Dollar Derby — The Editor enjoys a 3 1/2 litre Bentley that cost # 1460 new but once changed hands for a dollar / Racing Under The Bonnet — The camera of Alan Smith captures the action that matters behind the scenes in the early days of postwar British motor racing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — Part car from Chiswick strayed from the straight and narrow / Dollar Derby — The Editor enjoys a 3 1/2 litre Bentley that cost # 1460 new but once changed hands for a dollar / Racing Under The Bonnet — The camera of Alan Smith captures the action that matters behind the scenes in the early days of postwar British motor racing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — PaRacing Under The Bonnet — The camera of Alan Smith captures the action that matters behind the scenes in the early days of postwar British motor racing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — Paracing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — Part Two

But as Manuel Lage has discovered the first car to bear the name was an Alfonso Hispano - Suiza / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Three / Americans to the Rear — Concluding his series on American rear engined cars Karl Ludvigsen examines the role played by General Motors / Epicyclic Gearing — Workshop — Part Two / Settlers Special — A cut - down 1933 Riley Monaco shipped to Vancouver by an ex-pat in the»50s formed the basis for Miles Fenton's ideal supercharged special / Racing in the Rain — Alan Smith has been using his camera to good effect at motor sporting events for over 50 years / Ards TT 75th Anniversary — John Payne reports on the 75th Anniversary of the Ards TT / The Little Engine that could — Gavin Farmer celebrates the Jowett Bradford / It's quicker by Rail — Brian Heath's subject this month is a 1939 Railton long chassis special limousine.

Acetylene lighting — The story of the development of acetylene for vehide lighting is recorded for us by Dr. C. Brooks / Mercedes at Indianapolis — Martin Flower writes about the successes of Mercedes racing cars at the speedway from 1911 to 1957 / Vauxhall 30/98 — A superb 1922 example of the delectable E-type is described by David Hawtin / The Don Garlits Collection — Zoe Harrison recently visited a fascinating old - car museum in Florida USA / La Buire — made in Lyon — The French La Buire company made their first petrol - engined car in 1904.

Scott Barrett investigates / 1924 RAC Small Car Trials — Ninety years after they took place, we look at the RAC Small Car Trials with the help of outstanding period photographs of the proceedings / Italian aero - engined specials of the 1920s — Alessandro Silva tells the little - known story of those Italians who adapted WW1 aero engines for competition use in the»20s / Armstrong Siddeley race and rally — The late Anthony Pritchard talked to Tommy Sopwith about his Sphinx special and «works» entries in international rallies in the»50s

There is some irony, then, in the fact that the model that really put his company on the map — the Miura — took one of its defining characteristics from race cars: namely its mid-mounted engine.

All Steamed Up — Mike Clark was just an old - car person who liked steam until a Stanley Model H Gentlemen's Speedy Roadster took over his life / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Two / Americans to the Rear — In Part Two of his series on American rear eninged cars Karl Ludvigsen follows the involvement of Ford Motor Co / Commercially Speaking / No Idle Boast — Anthony Pritchard investigates the Jowett Javelin and Jupiter and concludes that both were outstanding designs marred by inadequate development / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / The Miller's Tale — A straight eight Miller racing car was to be seen in the Marendaz works in 193In Part Two of his series on American rear eninged cars Karl Ludvigsen follows the involvement of Ford Motor Co / Commercially Speaking / No Idle Boast — Anthony Pritchard investigates the Jowett Javelin and Jupiter and concludes that both were outstanding designs marred by inadequate development / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / The Miller's Tale — A straight eight Miller racing car was to be seen in the Marendaz works in 193in the Marendaz works in 193in 1935.

Graham Robson describes a well known series of the period: the MCC National Rallies1950 - 56 / Back on the Road — Michael Ware looks at more readers» rebuilds / Ford Popular — Back on the Road / 1939 Raymond Mays — Back on the Road / 1953 Bristol 403 — Back on the Road / 1902 Delahaye 0A / End - of - Term Report — Douglas Blain reviews his first season's historic racing with a Morgan Plus Four / Wet & Dry Liners — Workshop / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Something Up their Sleeve — Sleeve Valve Engines & their Users — Part Two / Something Up Their Sleeve — In the second part of his examination of sleeve valve engines and their users Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the Burt - McCollum single sleeve design / Rally Car Replica — Triumph TR4 / Rally Car Replica — Brian Heath tries out a replica of the Triumph TR4s entered by the works in such classic»60s rallies as the RAC and Liege - Rome Liege / Commercially SEngines & their Users — Part Two / Something Up Their Sleeve — In the second part of his examination of sleeve valve engines and their users Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the Burt - McCollum single sleeve design / Rally Car Replica — Triumph TR4 / Rally Car Replica — Brian Heath tries out a replica of the Triumph TR4s entered by the works in such classic»60s rallies as the RAC and Liege - Rome Liege / Commercially SpeakiIn the second part of his examination of sleeve valve engines and their users Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the Burt - McCollum single sleeve design / Rally Car Replica — Triumph TR4 / Rally Car Replica — Brian Heath tries out a replica of the Triumph TR4s entered by the works in such classic»60s rallies as the RAC and Liege - Rome Liege / Commercially Sengines and their users Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the Burt - McCollum single sleeve design / Rally Car Replica — Triumph TR4 / Rally Car Replica — Brian Heath tries out a replica of the Triumph TR4s entered by the works in such classic»60s rallies as the RAC and Liege - Rome Liege / Commercially Speakiin such classic»60s rallies as the RAC and Liege - Rome Liege / Commercially Speaking

by Michael W - W / Excursion with a 1923 Belsize — The Editor drives a light car with an oil - cooked engine / Antibes — Juan les Pins - Malcolm Elder took part in this event in the South of France / Four - hour race in Blois — Pictures of this French event by Malcolm Elder.

In Initial impact, Simon Charlesworth tells the story of a rare survivor of this important Vintage tourer / / For this month's Auto - biography, Matthew Bell meets graphic designer, historic racer and lover of Americana Julian Balme to discuss his life behind the wheel / / The first saloon to use the legendary XK engine, Jaguar's Mk VII was a 100mph luxury car just as happy winning touring car races as cruising the home counties.

But perhaps most remarkably of all, AMG reckons Project One owners will be able to drive their cars for 50,000 km rather than after a brisk trip around the houses in Monaco before the first «revision» is needed, which means removing the engine and transmission and taking them apart to see what's been going on, just like a race car.

Fitted with a monster 5.4 - litre V8 engine producing over 500bhp, it's set to compete in Touring Car and sports car races across the globe beginning later this yeCar and sports car races across the globe beginning later this yecar races across the globe beginning later this year.

Bengt Ason Holm tells the story of AB Thulinverken / Miles of MG's — Malcolm Green relates the story of Ken Miles an Englishman who built and raced MG specials in the USA / Driven From Behind — Karl Ludvigsen begins his new series on the development of rear - engined cars precursors of the Volkswagen / Two Festivals — We report on the Silverstone Historic Festival and the Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nurburgring / Vin de Pays — Michael Worthington - Williams recounts the story of one of France's provincial car makers.

The M is big fun to drive, makes you want to do bad stuff, handles like it's on rails, is also quite comfortable and makes you feel like you're in a race car especially when the top is down and you can hear and feel the engine.

Faces from racing history — Alan Smith presents a fascinating collection of photographs of famous racing drivers and personalities of the 1940s / First journey in an internal combustion - engined car — A report on a centenary run to celebrate the first trip in Britain in such a vehicle / Restore your car's interior — with our special offer — A leather restoration kit and an interior restoration book form this months special offer — elusive to readers / 1939 BMW 327 — During the mid-1930s BMW set new standards with a range of fine touring cars.

The engineering of this ultramodern car is absolutely unreal: a monocoque built from carbon - fiber - reinforced plastic; a racing - type weight distribution of 43 percent front / 57 percent rear; rear tires that are each over a foot wide; a plug - in hybrid powertrain with electric motors on each axle that delivers 19 miles of range in full - electric mode; a seven - speed PDK transmission; and a 4.6 - liter V - 8 engine that revs to 9150 rpm and makes 608 hp.

The noise from the twin - turbo V6 engine and the acceleration it can so readily generate is also deeply racing car in its feel and delivery.