Sentences with phrase «factory racing driver»

The preparatory driver training program will commence in 2016 and features Aston Martin's factory racing driver Darren Turner.

Few will ever get to experience the surely gut - wrenching sensation of 887 hp and 944 lb - ft of torque at over 213 mph, but a first - person video of Porsche factory racing driver Patrick Long taking a hot lap around Texas's Circuit of the Americas might be the next - best thing.

Porsche factory racing driver Patrick Long is going to lead us around the track in a Porsche 911 Turbo S, which I just drove for a couple of familiarization laps around COTA.

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Jan 04,2016... With the world's best drivers and top - ranking factory teams, America's biggest sports car race achie...

«Rebellion Racing played a huge role in my career and also helped me become a factory driver for Porsche,» said Jani.

Played minor league baseball, on air disc jockey, factory race car driver, raised purebred Arabian show horses and I enjoy all types of music, going to the movies theater, concerts, beach, car shows, horse shows, horse racing, car races, museums and more.

Successfully doing so earns you the right to become their Factory Driver and race in select cars.

Buzzetta raced the car around Europe, until Porsche's competition department took notice of his success and signed him on as a factory driver.

Joining us this year was a new member of the team: British - born race driver Andy Pilgrim, winner of the Daytona 24, SCCA World Challenge champion, and a Le Mans racer in both a Porsche 911 GT2 and as a factory driver in a Corvette C5 - R.

He's a factory driver for Corvette Racing, the factory - supported team fielded by Pratt & Miller Engineering that ran cars built directly on the Z06 platform in the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship.

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.

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.

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.

A victory by Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows in the 1,000 - mile Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on October 4 clinched the GT1 drivers» titles for O'Connell and Magnussen, the seventh straight drivers championship for Chevrolet's factory sports car racing team.

Chevrolet's championship - winning team returns for American Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans DETROIT — Corvette Racing's roster of championship - winning drivers will return in 2008 to race the Chevrolet factory team's twin Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars in the 12 - race American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

DETROIT — Corvette Racing's roster of championship - winning drivers will return in 2008 to race the Chevrolet factory team's twin Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars in the 12 - race American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Fellows Named Most Popular Driver, Gongla Wins GT1 Crew Chief of the Year Award MONTEREY, Calif. — The checkered flag at the conclusion of the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Oct. 21 marked the end of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season, but Chevrolet's factory road racing team kept on winning.

Corvette Racing officials have announced a revised driver lineup for the two - car Chevrolet factory team.

Also, despite General Motors» policy against factory - sponsored racing efforts, Camaro began to make a name for itself on the track on the new International Race of Champions (IROC) series with many top drivers winning trophies from behind the wheel of a Camaro year after year until the late 1980s.

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.

Bachler is a young factory Porsche Junior driver from Austria who has raced in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.

The Corvette Racing factory driver has started the defence of his ALMS GT Drivers» title in a fast fashion, consistently being amongst the fastest drivers on the track in all of the test and practice sessions held to date at the 3.74 mile track in central FDrivers» title in a fast fashion, consistently being amongst the fastest drivers on the track in all of the test and practice sessions held to date at the 3.74 mile track in central Fdrivers on the track in all of the test and practice sessions held to date at the 3.74 mile track in central Florida.

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.

No other factory program can claim the number of victories and championships during the last 20 years as Corvette Racing — 106 worldwide victories, 12 Manufacturer and Team championships, and 11 Driver titles.

The long - time Corvette Racing factory driver has been snapped up as a last - minute addition to its driver line up by Aston Martin Racing to support his long - time friend and track rival, Darren Turner, in the No. 97 Aston Martin Vantage in the LMGTE Pro category for the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

As one former factory Corvette Racing driver remarked to us, you can «finally see out of the # $ @ & * &!

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

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.

Now after racing on high - speed courses in Sebring, Fla., and Atlanta, Chevy's factory road racing team is aiming to extend its lead in the drivers and manufacturers championships on the tight 13 - turn Mid-Ohio circuit.

DETROIT — Factory Corvette Racing driver Ron Fellows will pilot the No. 1 Nutter Butter / Nilla Wafers Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in this weekend's NASCAR Nextel Cup event at Watkins Glen in upstate New York.

ALMS Champion will travel by helicopter, airplane and automobile to Watkins Glen PORTLAND — Chevrolet Corvette factory driver Ron Fellows will depart today's American Le Mans Series race immediately after the checkered flag drops at 3:45 p.m. PDT.

PORTLAND — Chevrolet Corvette factory driver Ron Fellows will depart today's American Le Mans Series race immediately after the checkered flag drops at 3:45 p.m. PDT.

Klenin was impressive at Lime Rock Park in the new machine with a first and a second in the two GTSA races and was fourth overall against some factory drivers in the GTS Round 7 on Friday.

SONOMA, Calif. — Corvette Racing drivers Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell uncorked another vintage performance today in California's wine country as GM's factory racing team scored its fifth straight GT1 victory at Infineon RaRacing drivers Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell uncorked another vintage performance today in California's wine country as GM's factory racing team scored its fifth straight GT1 victory at Infineon Raracing team scored its fifth straight GT1 victory at Infineon Raceway.

Since Corvette Racing made its debut in 1999, Chevrolet's factory team has won 49 races (including five class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, four class wins in the Sebring 12 - hour race and an overall win in the Daytona 24 - hour race), five American Le Mans Series manufacturers championships and four ALMS drivers championships.

The British ace from Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire will cross oceans while dovetailing his full - time commitments as a factory Corvette Racing driver in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship with a second consecutive attack on the V8 Supercars PIRTEK Enduro Cup as teammate to Nick Percat in the # 222 Repair Management Holden VF Commodore.

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.

The Corvette Racing factory driver will be lining up for his 9th attempt for a win and a Rolex watch at the 24 - hour endurance endurance classic which takes place on January 26/27 at Daytona International Speedway.

Factory GM Corvette driver, Olly, was driving this weekend with his ALMS team mates Richard Westbrook and Antonio Garcia, plus the brother of Corvette Racing's Jordan Taylor, Ricky, who is West brook's season - long SDR team mate in the Grand Am Series.

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.

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.

In the hyper - competitive world of GT racing, keeping the finer details of a car like the C7.R under lock and key might give this factory team an advantage, so GM has directed its Corvette drivers and personnel to maintain silence when asked about the replacement for its championship - winning C6.R chassis.

Nielsen, who in 2016 became the first Danish woman to race at Le Mans, is part of Porsche Motorsport's new program where she is a «Selected Driver» representing North America and the first woman in Porsche history to be officially associated with the factory racing program.

Coming straight from the factory in Munich to the podium in its inaugural race in the 2016 season, the BMW M235iR went on to win a driver's championship in 2016 and the manufacturer's championship in 2017.

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.

While Potter's co-driver for its planned WeatherTech Championship return has yet to be identified, longtime Magnus driver Andy Lally, who raced for Michael Shank Racing's factory Acura NSX GT3 program this year, was on the team's pit box in last weekend's California 8 Hours at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, assisting with race strategy.

Bearing a different look from the traditional Magnus Racing livery and driver lineup, the team will fly the factory colors of Audi Sport for the No. 44 Audi Sport Team Magnus Audi R8 LMS, with drivers Pierre Kaffer, Markus Winkelhock, and Kelvin van der Linde.

Britain's Oliver Gavin has a vast amount of experience and proven success as an International sports car driver with the GM factory Corvette Racing team, including multiple Championship titles and victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Recent Pirelli World Challenge race winner Brandon Davis has joined AMR factory driver Darren Turner behind the wheel of the No. 66 entry, which has been through an uphill learning curve since unloading.

Originally supplied by the factory to their own Driver Tutoring College «Corse Pilota» at Fiorano this car was subsequently campaigned during the inaugural 2017 Club Challenge — a non-competitive race driving series for Ferrari Clients.