Sentences with phrase «factory team racing»
«Customer enthusiasm this weekend was at all all - time high with the production Z06 on display and the factory team racing here with the Corvette C6.R,» said Hill.
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He'll do some simulator work back at the factory and will also get to take part in a few free practice sessions at races, though the team hasn't said how many he'll do yet.
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Ferrari pulled out of prototype racing at the end of 1973 in order to focus on F1, but 20 years later a Ferrari sports prototype was seen at race tracks once more - although it had actually been built by Dallara and wasn't run by the Ferrari factory team.
«When you're racing every week on a factory team,» he says, «you take for granted what you've got, and you forget about how hard it was to get to where you're at.
At Sauber her role will largely consist of simulator work at the factory and attending races with the rest of the team.
Then there are the GTE classes, which feature factory teams from Ford, Porsche, Ferrari and Aston Martin (BMW join them in 2018) and always has close racing.
LaRocco spent the last seven seasons of his career with Factory Connection Racing and is credited with elevating the team to the top level of the sport.
We're also invited inside AMG's factory parts truck, which supplies items on race weekends without cost to teams who need them.
The Ford team stretched an early lead over the factory Ferrari to four laps by the end of the race.
That 2006 race was a perfect introduction: ignorant of the scale of the challenge I faced and bolstered by the comfort of being part of a big factory team.
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.
The teaser video shows clips of the racing version of the Vantage, also called the GT3, that competes for Aston's factory racing team.
Although it remained with the same race team — that of the Porsche factory — for its entire career, the transporter has worn several different liveries through the years, including those of Gulf, Martini, and Rothmans.
It will also give me a glimpse of how my handling skills and fitness level compare to the 28 - year - old American racing for Ferrari's factory team in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
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.
Mercedes has now become the third German manufacturer in so many weeks to announce that it will field a full, factory - backed works team in Formula E. It's set to join the electric race series for the 2019/2020 season, a year after BMW's 2018/19 entry and two years after Audi's 2017/2018 debut.
Plato starred at Brands Hatch on Easter Sunday with two wins and a fifth place, but Donington historically isn't his strongest circuit — he hasn't won there since 2008, when he was still racing for the factory SEAT team.
Team Porsche North America will start two of its three factory entries in the top - three following today's GT Le Mans (GTLM) qualifying for the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA).
We'd practiced the 90 - mile race route twice before today's main event, and with help from the factory team of Bill Rietow and John Townsend we had a good idea how to maintain a precise speed.
The team also works on the factory's Synchro Motorsport race team.
John Hennessey and the Hennessey Performance team match race 2 bone stock factory vehicles: 2017 Camaro ZL1 vs 2017 Corvette Z06 from a 40 mph roll.
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.
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.
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.
Chevrolet Factory Team Seeks Reversal of Fortune at Portland International Raceway Portland, Ore. — The Portland Grand Prix, to be contested at Portland International Raceway on July 22, will kick off the second half of the ALMS season for Corvette 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...
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.
Chevrolet Factory Team to Run Entire ALMS Schedule and 24 Hours of Le Mans DETROIT — Corvette Racing, the most successful team in the history of the American Le Mans Series, will compete in the GT1 class in all 12 events on the ALMS schedule in 2Team to Run Entire ALMS Schedule and 24 Hours of Le Mans DETROIT — Corvette Racing, the most successful team in the history of the American Le Mans Series, will compete in the GT1 class in all 12 events on the ALMS schedule in 2team in the history of the American Le Mans Series, will compete in the GT1 class in all 12 events on the ALMS schedule in 2008.
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.
Chevrolet Factory Team to Demonstrate Performance and Environmental Benefits of E85 Ethanol in 12 - Race Series DETROIT — Corvette Racing is powered by E85 ethanol, a high - octane, renewable alternative fuel, in the 2008 American Le Mans Series.
Briscoe joined the factory Corvette team last season for three races in the Tudor United Sportscar Championship Enduros and doesn't have an IndyCar drive for 2015 after Chip Ganassi Racing released him.
Milner is in his second year with GM's factory road racing team, and Taylor is readying for his rookie season.
Corvette Racing officials have announced a revised driver lineup for the two - car Chevrolet factory team.
Later in 2006, Acura announced that the three factory teams would be Andretti Green Racing, Fernández Racing, and Highcroft Racing, and that the chassis would be built by Lola Cars of the UK and Courage Compétition of France.
The Corvette Racing team took the C6.Rs to downtown Le Mans where the two factory racers underwent the pre-race technical inspection better known as scrutineering.
In commemoration of Honda's return to F1 circuits this season as a 100 % Honda racing team, the Honda booth at the 76th Geneva Motor Show will feature three all - Honda machines — a 2006 - liveried machine flanked by Honda RA271 (1965) and RA272 (1966), both from an era when Honda last participated in the championships as a full - factory team
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.
The experts from the VXR racing team came up with a new styling kit that provides more afressivity to the factory model.The new kit is made to fit both three and five door versions of the Cors and it's available from Vauxhall retailers -LRB-...)
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.
After all, Yellow and Black is the color scheme of our factory Corvette Racing team and one of the reasons the race team's livery has remained yellow is because they show so nicely in pictures and on TV.
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.
One of the most popular seminars at Corvette Museum's Bash is the one featuring members of the factory - backed Corvette Racing Team.
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.
This orange R34, built by Danish drift team Unique Racing, takes advantage of the under - hood space created by removing the factory straight - six in delightfully overkill fashion.
Chevrolet's factory team has won five of the last six ALMS events contested at the Georgia track, posting victories in four Petit Le Mans endurance races (2000,» 01, ’02 and» 04) and a sprint race in 2003.
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.
The major seminars include the What's New with the 2019 Corvette hosted by Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter and Corvette Product Manager Harlan Charles, the Corvette Assembly Plant update with Kai Spande, a talk with Doug Fehan of the factory - supported Corvette Racing Team, and the annual update from the board members of the National Corvette Museum.
Coming off a victory in the SPEED World Challenge GT for the factory Cadillac CTS - V racing team as well as a podium finish in the Corvette C5 - R at Mosport, the Canadian has recently driven a wide variety of GM - powered racing cars.