Sentences with phrase «former racing driver»

The birthday of the late, great Carroll Shelby — former racing driver, car designer, chicken farmer, and entrepreneur — was January 11th.

Plenty outside of Ford give insight throughout the documentary, too, including former racing driver and current broadcaster Justin Bell, himself a GT - class Le Mans winner, and Larry Holt, Vice President of Multimatic Engineering — a man who Raj Nair calls in the film a «mad scientist,» and whose curly, disheveled white hair does little to dispel the notion.

The Shelby continuation car experts at Superformance have designed two special, limited - edition models to pay homage to legendary former racing driver Bob Bondurant.

Riding shotgun with me is a former racing driver named Silvio who now oversees suspension development.

Usually this is a celebrity, former race driver or someone to do with the event sponsor, and for the upcoming Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama the Grand Marshal definitely falls into the latter category.

Not exact matches

After being criticized, the former race car driver took to his Instagram story once again to clarify that they were making some food.

In 2011, he and several partners (including former race car driver Ron Fellows) established Canadian Motorsport Ventures, a company that bought Mosport International Raceway, Canada's largest automotive racetrack located east of Toronto.

Full list of contributors: • Kate Humble, TV Presenter • David Haye, Boxer and former - heavyweight champion of the world • Raymond Blanc, Chef • Lorraine Pascale, Celebrity Chef • Anthea Turner, TV Personality • Matt Tebbutt, Chef and TV Presenter • Jody Scheckter, former F1 World Champion racing driver • Peter Sidwell, Chef • Merrilees Parker, Celebrity Chef and TV Personality • Georgina Downs, founder of the UK Pesticides Campaign • Gordon McDermott, Executive Chef of Waitrose Cookery School • Carole Bamford, Daylesford Founder

Pedro Paulo Diniz, the former formula one racing driver, will kick off the summit with a keynote on farming for sustainability.

It also snapped a 112 - race dry spell for Richard Childress Racing, whose last victory occurred November 2013 — also at Phoenix with former RCR driver Kevin Harvick, who's since moved to Stewart - Haas Racing.

But this matches up with what Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul said about the Russian - he praised him for the same things that Lowe has and was happy that his former test driver had found a race seat.

Former F1 driver Tiago Monteiro won while Comini finished fourth in another half - points race, enough for him to win the championship.

2016 just keeps on getting worse with the news that former Minardi driver Esteban Tuero has retired from racing.

Alonso and Button are two of the most experienced open - wheel drivers alive today, and on Sunday, Alonso wished his former teammate luck over team radio just before the lights went out for the Monaco race.

Reigning WEC champion and former Red Bull «number 2 driver» Mark Webber drove his Porsche 919 Hybrid as part of the launch of the new Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid in an effort to demonstrate how technology from motor racing can transfer to road cars.

Former Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Jean - Eric Vergne is set for a busy year after signing to race in the World Endurance Championship.

The former Sauber and Haas F1 driver is believed to be in line to replace the injured Bourdais at Dale Coyne Racing

The former Sauber and Haas Formula 1 driver is currently racing in Formula E with Techeetah but has a free weekend.

Tony Kanaan, Ryan Hunter - Reay and Scott Dixon (who is widely considered to be one of the best drivers to never have raced in F1) are other former winner, while the seventh, 49 - year - old Buddy Lazier - first competed at Indy in 1989!

The week before, after three days of hearings in a U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Federal Judge James Noland reversed a USAC ban that would have kept six CART teams — numbering among them drivers such as defending Indy champ Al Unser, his brother Bobby, and former winners Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock — from competing in this year's race.

Sixteen active drivers have earned All - Star Race eligibility by either having won a race in 2017 or 2018, being a former All - Star Race winner or Cup Series champRace eligibility by either having won a race in 2017 or 2018, being a former All - Star Race winner or Cup Series champrace in 2017 or 2018, being a former All - Star Race winner or Cup Series champRace winner or Cup Series champion.

The former Toro Rosso driver has gained something of a reputation in the sim racing community for intentionally hitting people and has now been suspended from iRacing

He'll drive alongside two - time Formula E race winner and former Marussia F1 driver Jerome d'Ambrosio, who's been with the team from the beginning.

Whilst all eyes were on the dramatic, tyre - bursting conclusion to the championship up at the front, Tambay came home in last place, 12 laps down and unclassified - not a fitting end from the former Ferrari driver and two - time race winner.

Former F1 driver and Grand Prix winner Heikki Kovalainen has just won the championship in Japan's premier racing category, Super GT.

79 - year - old Rosemary Smith is a former rally driver from Dublin, and while she raced in the likes of the Monte Carlo Rally way back in 1966, she still has a passion for driving really, really fast.

Fabien Barthez (Racing driver): A year after retiring in 2007, the former Manchester United goalkeeper began a career in motorsport.

UTICA, N.Y. (AP)-- The family of a race car driver fatally injured when struck by Tony Stewart's sprint car has apparently reached a settlement in its wrongful death lawsuit against the former NASCAR star.

Guests of Italian descent included House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., the highest - ranking Italian - American in U.S. politics; former race car driver Mario Andretti, who sported socks designed like a checkered racing flag; fashion designer Giorgio Armani; actor John Turturro; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; and actor - director Roberto Benigni.

Danica Patrick, NASCAR and former IRL race car driver, and GoDaddy.com spokesperson: @Danica No more crash and burn; Tired of running around in circles; I want a man who's not afraid to let a girl take the wheel.

About Blog Richard Petty, nicknamed The King, is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock / Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series Frequency about 2 posts per week.

About Blog Jeff Gordon is an American former professional stock car racing driver and currently an announcer for Fox NASCAR.

Former race car driver Brent Magna (Hawke) is pitted against the clock.

In Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974), Fonda is all testosterone and irresponsible arrogance as Larry, a former race car driver who plots a supermarket heist with his devoted, more level - headed mechanic (Adam Rourke).

Synopsis: Former race car driver Brent Magna (Ethan Hawke) is pitted against the clock when his wife is kidnapped by a mysterious villain.

Hawke stars opposite Selena Gomez in the action film as a former race car driver who must go on a dangerous mission to rescue his wife when she is kidnapped.

The man at the wheel introduces himself as Tommy, who turns out to be a seasoned former race - car driver and a laid back, happy - go - lucky guy.

But under the direction of former Formula 1 racing driver Ivan Capelli, the Maserati Corse division has created an intriguing evolution of the GranTurismo that is surprisingly easy to live with.

Then came mid-engine, street - legal racing cars like the Porsche 550 Spyder and 904 Carrera GTS; the former most famous for claiming the life of actor James Dean in 1955 and the latter as a car raced in the early 1960s with great success by drivers like Ben Pon, the builder of Bernardus Lodge.

The exterior of the car was designed by Formula 1 ace designer, Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's former chief designer who led the team to four straight world constructor's and driver's championships with the help of Sebastian Vettel.

-- John Morton, former Shelby American racing driver

-- Bob Bondurant, former Shelby American racing driver

The next day I went to the Chanteclair [restaurant] and Rene Dreyfus [owner and former grand prix racing driver] bought my lunch and bought me a marc.»

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.

As a former amature road race driver, this car exceeded my expectaions.

After the Malaysian race, former driver Stirling Moss suggested that Schumacher, who had finished behind his teammate in each of the first four qualifying sessions and races, might be «past it».

For example, Tiff Needell, a very experienced race driver and the former host of the BBC TV show Top Gear, praised the handling of the ZZW30.

[48] Former Top Gear host and racing driver Tiff Needell commends the SW20's handling having said that it «encourages you to drive with enthusiasm» in a review back in 1990.

Significant testing was performed on race circuits including Willow Springs, where former Formula One driver Dan Gurney tested the car.

Former Corvette Racing Driver and all - around Mr. Nice Guy Ron Fellows was inducted into the Corvette Hall of Fame for his contributions...