Sentences with phrase «factory road racing»

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.

LEXINGTON, Ohio — With six races in the rearview mirror and six races on the road ahead, Saturday's Acura Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course marks the start of the second half of the season for Chevrolet's factory road racing team.

Fortunately Chevrolet's factory road racing team has the analytical tools and technical resources to unlock the mysteries of the new Lime Rock Park quickly.

Chevy's Factory Team Looks Back on Six Races and Looks Ahead to Six More LEXINGTON, Ohio — With six races in the rearview mirror and six races on the road ahead, Saturday's Acura Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course marks the start of the second half of the season for Chevrolet's factory road racing team.

MONTEREY, Calif. — Following the conclusion of the 2006 American Le Mans Series and the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Oct. 21 - 22, GM's factory road racing teams won special recognition in post-season award ceremonies.

Corvette Racing and Team Cadillac Personnel Receive Special Recognition Awards MONTEREY, Calif. — Following the conclusion of the 2006 American Le Mans Series and the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Oct. 21 - 22, GM's factory road racing teams won special recognition in post-season award ceremonies.

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.

Going into this weekend's seventh round of the 12 - race American Le Mans Series, Chevy's factory road racing team has posted five straight victories on the scenic 2.25 - mile Mid-Ohio circuit.

Milner is in his second year with GM's factory road racing team, and Taylor is readying for his rookie season.

Chevrolet's two - car factory road racing team will also return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in pursuit of a sixth GT1 title in the world's most famous sports car race.

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.

That process is continuing in 2008 as Chevrolet's factory road racing team develops new components and materials for its transition to E85 ethanol racing...

That process is continuing in 2008 as Chevrolet's factory road racing team develops new components and materials for its transition to E85 ethanol racing fuel.

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Or consider JB Priestley's account of travelling out of London in 1933 along the Great Western road and confronting the endless, low - density exurbia of ribbon sprawl: «We might suddenly have rolled into California... This is the England of arterial and by - pass roads, of filling stations and factories that look like exhibition buildings, of giant cinemas and dance - halls and cafes, bungalows with tiny garages, cocktail bars, Woolworths, motor - coaches, wireless, hiking, factory girls looking like actresses, grey - hound racing and dirt tracks, swimming pools, and everything given away for cigarette coupons.»

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Based on a factory - stock model, this Ford Performance - tweaked Raptor will compete in the upcoming Best in the Desert off - road racing series through the rest of this year.

Not many road cars look at home in a genuine factory racing workshop, but the Aston Martin Vantage GT8 manages to blend in pretty well.

Delivered as a body - in - white, the FR500C inspires a new generation of track - ready, factory - built race cars designed both for road racing (M - FR500 - Boss R1) and drag racing (FR500CJ).

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.

The company says in 18 months, which seems to be a proper time frame, it will deliver 25 «Founders Edition» road cars, race at the 24 Hours Nurburgring AND will have scaled up its production to produce 250 cars per year here at a factory in the U.S., possibly in Detroit.

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.

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 yeRoad 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 yeroad courses for the past few years.

Weighing 171 kilograms when fully fuelled and road ready, the new HP4 RACE is even lighter than the factory racing bikes currently used in the Superbike World Championship and is only slightly above the MotoGP factory racers in terms of weight.

Both cars were delivered directly from Maserati MC (Maserati Corse) factory to the U.S.. Both competed in the Maserati Trofeo race series enjoying great success including a victory at Road America in 2015.

The project is based on a Factory Five MK4 Challenge Series road - race car, though it's optioned with a Street Completion package to make it roadworthy.

If you're feeling ambitious you can also can put your new car through its paces on both a race track and an off - road course across the street from the factory at the Performance Drive Center.

This fall, the Toyota Tacoma will rejoin the 2017 model year TRD Pro family with all - new factory - installed off - road equipment designed by the experts at Toyota Racing Development (TRD) to make it even more off - road capable than before.

Any faithful follower of these pages knows we like to pit the fastest factory road cars against their racing counterparts to see where they'd finish in a head - to - head road race.

«This agreement with Corvette Racing, along with the 17 straight years of Mobil 1 being the Corvette factory fill motor oil, underscores the engine performance and protection that Mobil 1 technology delivers on the track and on the road.

ELKHART LAKE, Wisc. — Chevrolet captured a fourth - straight ALMS GTS Manufacturers» championship on Saturday with a class victory by the factory - backed Corvette C5 - R race cars at Road America.

Aimed squarely at extreme off - roading enthusiasts, the Tacoma TRD Pro features factory - installed off - road equipment designed by the experts at Toyota Racing Development.

And let's not forget the last race of the 2015 season, the rain - drenched Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, where the slick pavement made it possible for the impossible to occur: One of the factory GT Le Mans Porsches beat all the Prototypes for the victory.

Ford Racing road race Mustangs are factory - built race cars, ready for track days and road racing in a number of SCCA and NASA clRacing road race Mustangs are factory - built race cars, ready for track days and road racing in a number of SCCA and NASA clracing in a number of SCCA and NASA classes.

When Zora Duntov and company brought the ill - fated Corvette SS roadster to Sebring back in 1957, little did anyone know that it would be, for all intents and purposes, the last time the factory was ever openly associated with a racing program, at least in road racing.

The Degner curve was named in honour of Ernst Degner after he crashed his factory Suzuki 50 there during Suzuka's inaugural All Japan Championship Road Race meeting on 3 November 1962.

Ettore Spalletti's studio is in a small industrial complex, shared with a biscuit factory, on one of the serpentine hill roads of the legendarily dangerous car race that used to burn through the coastal city of Pescara and its surrounding villages.