Sentences with phrase «historic racing events»

Despite their tremendous rarity and value, the GT is still a popular race car at major historic racing events such as the Coys and Bonham's festivals, Goodwood Revival, Classic Le Mans and occasionally at AMOC events throughout the season.

Regardless of the buzzword, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion has grown over the years to become one of the most respected and prestigious historic racing events in the world.

The Project 50 911, which is being run by Porsche GB from its UK headquarters, will compete in a number of historic racing events — including the Nurburgring Oldtimer and Silverstone Classic - throughout 2013.

Tuthill Porsche 911s have won historic racing events all over the world!

Ledwinka's Land Cruiser — The Automobile's Publisher goes shopping for a Tatra T87 / Historic Double — Two recently inaugurated Historic racing events both in superb settings are already well established.

The Monterey Motorsports Reunion event at the epic Laguna Seca circuit is one of the stand - out historic racing events of the whole year, as all sorts of different cars take to the track for a series of short demonstrations and races.

Each car comes with a history too lengthy to list here and is ready for the next historic racing event.

Olly went back in time to the 1950s and 1960s this weekend at the prestigious historic racing event, the Goodwood Revival meeting and got a sharp reminder of how much motor sport has progressed in the last half century — as well as having a huge amount of fun.

Goodwood, of course, is the world's leading historic race event, with legendary cars and drivers invited from around the world to participate.

Not exact matches

Liberty believes historic races in Europe are important for F1's future and will make sure these traditional events stick around on the calendar.

Three weeks after the main event comes the Le Mans Classic - a historic event which only happens every two years, but which features racing between endurance machinery of years gone by.

For instance, one event might be the modern hot hatch, historic road racing, rise of the supercar, Forza trophy trucks, Polaris RZR Spec, or Open Wheel Legends just to scratch the surface.

There are many ways to examine the beauty of this historic event, but the best thing about «The Great Race» for teachers is its many connections across the curriculum.

DULUTH, Minn. — In an effort to attract more mushers and infuse new energy into their event, organizers of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon have agreed to shorten the iconic winter race that skirts the North Shore and evokes a historic mail route.

McKenzie cars — The history of this small Birmingham manufacturer by Ian McKenzie / Sunny Silverstone — Tom Threfall's report on the VSCC race meeting / Rescue of a 30/98 Vauxhall — The story of «the lady of the lake» by Dennis Harrison / Nesseldorfer to Tatra — Michael Worthington - Willaims recounts the history of a remarkable series of car from Czechoslovakia / 1937 A.C. 16/70 — The editor enjoys his excursion no. 2 in this sports tourer with a pedigree / Commercial London - Brighton Run — The annual pilgrimage for historic commercials / About registration numbers — David Hales explains their origins and diversity / Mille Miglia 1989 — Toby Ross describes the «fantastic atmosphere» of this unique event.

Steve Welsh reports from this year's Goodwood Revival, the world's biggest historic motor racing event, with highlights including an all - Ferrari Lavant Cup and a tribute to Bruce McLaren

Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.

Karl Ludvigsen describes a technical tour de force of the first magnitude / Oily Rag Run — We report on The Automobile's inaugural Oily Rag Run, an event we hope will become a permanent fixture in the motoring calendar / Franschhoek Motor Museum — Simon Moore has visited this museum, an hour from Cape Town, and describes some of the mouthwatering exhibits being collected there / Dan Margulies — In the fourth part of Dan Margulies» competition reminiscences, as related to the Editor, we look at his switch to historic racing with the famous Maserati 8CM, chassis 3011 / The Car of Quality: The Taylor — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the story of one of the most ephemeral of all marques, Taylor of Scotswood - on - Tyne

In this month's cover story, Back on Track: Leyland - Thomas No 1, David Burgess-Wise tells the story of Parry Thomas's first Leyland Eight racer, destroyed in a war - time air raid, and the recent re-creation built around a collection of original parts / Steve Welsh reports from this year's Goodwood Revival, the world's biggest historic motor racing event, with highlights including an all - Ferrari Lavant Cup and a tribute to Bruce McLaren / Inspired by a 1956 Motor Sport article, Justin Marozzi takes his Bristol 405 on a 1000 - mile round trip to the Lake District in his article Filton Fashion / We bring together another group of unrestored cars and lead them on a scenic tour round Rutland, Britain's smallest county, for The Oily Rag Run / In Woodrow: Stockport's sporting cyclecar, John Warburton samples the sole surviving example of this unusual light car built by a hat manufacturer in the north of England / Jörg Sierks visits two world - class concours for An Elegant Weekend, held on opposite sides of the English Channel / Edwardians to Ostend — Stefan Marjoram took his sketchbook and camera on an exciting Continental road trip and shares his experiences / In this month's Back on the Road, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford Sports

1903 Brightmore Steam Lurry — Exploded diagram of the mechanism / Four inches of History — A.B. Demaus relates how the 1908 TT race was a particularly significant event / 1930 Double Six Low Chassis Daimler — Michael Brisby conducts a remarkable Daimler / Waldron's Wayfarer — Michael Worthington - WIlliams tells this remarkable survival story / Overhauling a Clerget Rotary engine «The music goes round and round...» by A.F.Carlisle / Austin Ruby Restoration — Bryan Purves recalls that the Ruby has been with us fifty years and tells how he restored his example / Ardingly 1984 — The 15th Historic Vehicles Spectacular / Shelsley Walsh — News of the final event of the Vintage Sports Car Club / On Making a Crankshaft — Charles Howard has broken a crank but how do you make a new one.

You have your choice of 24 Hours of Le Mans, the annual Le Mans Legend historic race that supports the main event, or the biennial Le Mans Classic (the next one is scheduled for 2016), which has become one of the coolest events in historic motorsport.

The Motorsport Event of the Year category is for all competitive historic motorsport events anywhere in the world, from race meetings to trials and road or off - road rallies.

Now 60 years later, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where historic automobile racing premiers as the only track - action competition during the Monterey Peninsula's annual Classic Car Week, the Corvette will star as the event's special marque, with seven generations of the magnificent sports car occupying special displays and / or paddock and pit areas before taking to the famous raceway for high - speed action.

«When I race at historic events I feel every bit of the same satisfaction as back in the pro days; however, in pro racing, all you care about is winning, and you aren't too caring about your cars or competitors — there's less respect out on the track.

The IHMA Motorsport Event of the Year is for all competitive historic motorsport events anywhere in the world, from race meetings to trials and road or off - road rallies.

Shelly Shafer Cates, Masters Historic Racing U.S. Event Manager, is delighted with the size of the entry.

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca will be hosting an influx of legendary drag racing personalities and vintage drag cars in the paddock at the Spring Classic Showcasing Nitro Revival on May 18 - 20, an event which also features vintage car racing and historic motorcycle exhibitions on the 2.238 - mile road course.

Constant reminders of this sprang up throughout the day today at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, a four - day event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where tens of thousands of people visit during Monterey's Classic Car Week to get their fill of cool historic cars racing wheel - to - wheel.

Now 60 years later, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where historic automobile racing premiers as the only track - action competition during the Monterey Peninsula's annual Classic Car Week, the Corvette will star as the event's special marque, with seven generations of the magnificent sports car occupying special displays and / o

SEMA Art Walk From sculptures to oil paintings and line drawings, automotive fine art captures renowned vehicles, race action, historic events and the personalities who built the industry.

It truly represents what makes sports car racing great: a historic track, a long - distance event, thousands of great fans and a very unique and fun atmosphere.

Chevrolet's multifaceted marketing partnership with Road America includes an Official Vehicle program and activities during the track's numerous events, including the American Le Mans Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, GRAND - AM Rolex Sports Car Series, AMA Superbike, SCCA June Sprints and National Championship Runoffs, and historic car and motorcycle races.

One of few events to celebrate historic car and motorcycle racing simultaneously, the Spring Classic has expanded on the Historic Motorcycle Exhibitions that took place in 2017 by adding even more bikes for the on - track exhibitions and paddohistoric car and motorcycle racing simultaneously, the Spring Classic has expanded on the Historic Motorcycle Exhibitions that took place in 2017 by adding even more bikes for the on - track exhibitions and paddoHistoric Motorcycle Exhibitions that took place in 2017 by adding even more bikes for the on - track exhibitions and paddock show.

Vintage race cars and Historic Motorcycle Exhibitions will take place on the 11 - turn, 2.238 - mile road course during all three days of the event.

Click, who owns 16 car dealerships in California and Arizona, is downsizing the collection of Ford performance vehicles he's been racing at historic motorsport events since 1991.

Across many mediums, automotive fine art captures renowned vehicles, race action, historic events and the personalities who built the industry.

The event will be held in conjunction with the Historic Sportscar Racing Classic 24 Hour race at Daytona so there will be plenty of things to see and do.

Tickets for the tribute include a discounted four - day entry package to all the events happening at Daytona with the HSR Classic 24 Hour sports car race so come out and learn about John Greenwood's legacy and then see all the historic sports car racers which include Corvettes, Porsches, Ferraris, Jaguars, Camaros, Mustangs, Cobras, Mopar and more.

The sports cars have been built to FIA's homologation requirements for historic racing, meaning we should be seeing them in action during events such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

These days, you can find the 767B racing at historic events like the Monterey Motorsports Reunion and Goodwood Festival of Speed, among other events, as well fetching upwards of seven - figures at public auction.

The event, which featured Maserati, did not hold back on delivering countless surprises associated with the special marque, including drivers, their collections, and the finest of models unveiled and taking to the track, but it was a 1964 Ford Falcon and its owner Mike Eddy (Gardena, Calif.) who drove it in Group 7A (for 1966 - 1972 Trans Am) that claimed the ultimate recognition after two days of practice and a weekend of back - to - back racing for nearly 550 authentic and historic automobiles that were hand - selected to compete.

Approximately 550 race cars are accepted from approximately 1,000 entry applications to compete in the country's premier historic motoring event.

Scheduled for August 14 - 17 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the annual event this year celebrates 100 years of Maserati and punctuates action on the track with 550 pre-selected historic and period - correct race cars competing in 15 race groups over the four - day gathering.

MRLS has hosted the likes of IndyCars, Can - Am cars, international prototypes, MotoGP motorsports, Superbikes and famed historic machines dating back to 1957, but no professional racing event has been run to an eight - hour distance.

The headliner events for the week are the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, better known as the Monterey Historics and a vintage racing event only equaled in prestige by the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK, and the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, a show dedicated to the rarest and most valuable classic cars in existence and only equaled by absolutely fuck all.

Four of the six Z ® s appearing at the event, formerly known as the Monterey Historic Automobile Races, have significant racing histories — including SCCA National Championships, IMSA Manufacturers» and Drivers» Championship and victories at LeMans, Daytona and Sebring.

If you're ready to attend the Historic Festival 36 Labor Day Weekend racing event at Lime Rock but want to add something unique to your experience, consider one of the following:

Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) New England Region www.ner.org Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA) www.vscca.com Historic Festival 36 (Lime Rock Park's premier vintage racing event) www.limerockhistorics.com National Auto Sport Association (NASA) Northeast Region http://nasane.com/ Porsche Club of America Connecticut Valley Region (PCA CVR) Club Racing http://www.cvrpca.org/onthetrack.php?id=3 If you're an experienced club racer and want to go professional road racing, here are the professional and semi-pro road racing organizations that have recently held events at Lime Rockracing event) www.limerockhistorics.com National Auto Sport Association (NASA) Northeast Region http://nasane.com/ Porsche Club of America Connecticut Valley Region (PCA CVR) Club Racing http://www.cvrpca.org/onthetrack.php?id=3 If you're an experienced club racer and want to go professional road racing, here are the professional and semi-pro road racing organizations that have recently held events at Lime RockRacing http://www.cvrpca.org/onthetrack.php?id=3 If you're an experienced club racer and want to go professional road racing, here are the professional and semi-pro road racing organizations that have recently held events at Lime Rockracing, here are the professional and semi-pro road racing organizations that have recently held events at Lime Rockracing organizations that have recently held events at Lime Rock Park:

The famous Iditarod dogsled race is ran yearly to commemorate this historic event.

One of the biggest sled dog racing events is the Iditarod inspired by the historic six - day serum run to Nome, Alaska in 1925.