Sentences with phrase «factory driver»

It's one thing if you have your hot shoe, factory driver in the car.

Long, the longtime American Porsche factory driver from Manhattan Beach, Calif., enjoyed a spectacular 2017 season in the Pirelli World Challenge with the Overall GT and Sprint GT point championships in the potent No. 50 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R.

A GM factory driver for Corvette Racing for 15 years and an ambassador for Chevrolet UK, he successfully competes in Europe, the USA and Australia, while remaining a dedicated family man, fitness fanatic and marathon runner.

Footage was also shot at the famed Le Mans road course in France with Corvette factory driver Johnny O'Connell.

The long - time Corvette Racing factory driver arrived in Texas with a two point advantage in the GT Drivers» championship standings but the weekend never ran entirely smoothly for Olly and his team mate in the No. 4 Corvette C6.R, Tommy Milner.

First VLN race at Nurburgring has 24 GT3»S from six manufacturers with factory drivers from Audi BMW Mercedez and Porche Total entry for 4 hour race 173.

Pilgrim was also a Corvette Racing factory driver from 1999 to 2003.

GM factory driver Olly Gavin of Northamptonshire, England and his Banner Racing team mate Gunther Schaldach of Colorado, took a second consecutive podium finish in the # 07 The Cool TV Camaro GT.R at Virginia International Raceway yesterday, solidifying second place in the GT points standings for the Grand - Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

Hand is so far the only confirmed driver of the GT, with BMW factory driver Dirk Mueller, Marino Franchitti and Marc Goosens among some of the rumored drivers.

The 2018 model will be making use of a Mercedes - AMG 4.0 liter turbocharged V8 engine, specifically developed for a Vantage GTE car and optimized by factory drivers for the new AMR Vantage GTE.

TRG - AMR North America team principal Kevin Buckler confirmed to Sportscar365 late Thursday that Aston Martin factory driver Darren Turner and recent Pirelli World Challenge winner Brandon Davis will share the wheel of the No. 66 entry in Sunday's penultimate round of the Rolex Sports Car Series.

Demonstrating the car's capabilities was the Lamborghini GT3 factory driver Mirko Bortolotti.

Road racing specialist seeks his first Cup win Chevrolet Corvette factory driver Ron Fellows has been a fixture on the NASCAR road courses for the past few years.

Jump onboard with Nissan factory driver Harry Tincknell in their NISMO entry to the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hour race, in the LM P1 category.

The team could enter as part of a tie - up with Venturi, which currently fields Mercedes factory driver Maro Engel.

Porsche factory driver Nick Tandy traveled directly from the six hour race in Austin, Texas to the Ring and adapted from driving the Le Mans prototype Porsche 919 Hybrid to the 700 hp 911 GT2 RS fitted with standard N - spec Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires in impressive fashion.

In 2008, five super sports cars owned by an enthusiast were compared by Porsche factory driver Marc Basseng, winner of several VLN races in Porsche GT3 RSR.

Audi factory driver Lucas di Grassi and the Audi Sport ABT Formula E team won the inaugural event of the new all - electric FIA Formula E Championship in Beijing.

He is a Cadillac factory driver at the SCCA World Challenge, where he resulted GT class champion in 2005, runner - up in 2007, 2008 and 2012, third in 2006 and 2013.

The 21 - year - old driver will take advantage of the inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (MRLS) on October 15 to join Porsche factory drivers Wolf Henzler (Germany) and Sven Müller (Germany) for the Mazda Raceway California 8 Hours.

GM factory driver Olly Gavin and his Banner Racing team mate Gunther Schaldach drove a faultless race at Barber Motorsports Park today to take the # 07 The Cool TV Camaro GT.R to second place in the GT class in round two of the 2011 Grand - Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

«We're putting you two in your own run group,» said Dean DiGiacomo, Lamborghini's Super Trofeo series factory driver and chief instructor for this event, as I anxiously awaited...

Patrick Long / / Driver, No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R — «Additional factory drivers and teams who have won international championships coming to Laguna Seca, what's not to like about that?

Created by gamers and tested by a team of world - class racing drivers — including two - time Le Mans winner Tommy Milner, Audi factory driver René Rast, stunt driver Ben...

He's an Audi factory driver on loan to Shank for this year's race.

*** Dream Racing Competition, which is set for its IMSA debut, has added Lamborghini factory driver Fabio Babini and fellow Italian Paolo Ruberti to its No. 27 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 this weekend alongside full - season drivers Larry DeGeorge and Lamborghini Junior Driver Cedric Sbirrazzuoli.

The three - time ALMS GT2 Driver's Champion and Le Mans winner is Porsche's only American Factory Driver.

Englebert Moll, a former Abarth factory driver from Switzerland, brought half of his 40 - Abarth collection to Paris and it was an amazing thing to see, showing the true diversity of Abarth as both a tuner of small - bore Fiat economy cars and a full - on motorsports powerhouse, building scratch - made, giant - killing race cars.

Driven by factory driver Niklas Lilja, the Koenigsegg Agera posted a time of 36.44 seconds over a 2535m distance.

On the contrary, thanks to the competition - mandated inlet restrictors, the racing and road engines produce similar peak power, though factory driver Fabrizio de Simone says the racing engine generates more of its grunt at peak revs.

We sat down with former Porsche factory driver Derek Bell to discuss the Porsche's new dual - clutch transmission.

If you happen to be Porsche factory driver Kévin Estre that means you can squeeze every last drop of pace from the car around the most unforgiving circuit of them all.

Launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, AMR amplifies and accentuates the sporting prowess of the British marque's road cars, by taking inspiration or direct influence from Aston Martin Racing's participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship; a series with which the marque tasted world championship success with factory drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen just last season.

We know what you're thinking: A General Motors factory driver?

There factory driver Marc Lieb established an official 6 - minute, 57 - second lap time, undercutting the Carrera GT by a stout 33 seconds.

To get out there against the guys in the Flying Lizard cars, those guys are awesome, very strong factory drivers.

The 39 - year - old long - time GM factory driver not only won today's ninth and penultimate round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series at Virginia International Raceway, but he also won his fourth ALMS Drivers» Championship title, secured for Chevrolet the Manufacturers» Championship and for Corvette Racing the Teams» title.

It's been a busy few months for Olly, Corvette Racing's senior factory driver and current American Le Mans Series GT Driver Champion.

It's a rare opportunity to learn from Porsche factory driver Romain Dumas.

The Porsche factory driver extended his margin to more than five seconds prior to the race's one - and - only full - course caution for the GT Cup class No. 27 Dream Racing Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo of Ryan Hardwick, who ran off course.

Parente will share driving duties with Bentley factory driver Andy Soucek in the pair of 60 - minute races on Memorial Day.

The driver lineup for the season is expected to come from Porsche's factory driver stable for both works - entered cars.

Five - time Deutsche Touringwagen Masters (DTM) champion and Mercedes factory driver Bernd Schneider piloted the AMG GT R around the track and if not for some traffic around the track, Schneider could have posted an even quicker time that the one he set the record with.

With Corvette serving as the featured marque for this year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, GM decided to surprise all of those in attendance with a two - lap demo run by factory driver Tommy Milner.

Porsche factory driver Patrick Long, a three - time American Le Mans (ALMS) GT2 Driver's Champion, claimed his first Pirelli World Challenge GT Drivers» Championship piloting the No. 45 TruSpeed Porsche 911 GT3.

However, lapping Autódromo do Estoril behind BMW factory driver Bruno Spengler reveals otherwise.

Parente and Barnicoat, both McLaren factory drivers, competed in the No. 9 car in the PWC SprintX category while also competing together in Europe.