Sentences with phrase «laps in a street car»

Blitzing GingerMan Raceway's back straight in the Lexus GS F at 120 mph all day is easy, but braking for the 90 - degree right hander at the end gets sketchy after a few laps in a street car.

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The bumpy and tricky Adelaide street circuit in Australia and the monstrous early 90s cars made for some incredibly impressive onboard laps, like this one of Senna in 1991.

Although written as some sort of protagonist, Trickle does reckless, borderline criminal acts, such as intentionally crash into another driver's car when in his victory lap, drive carelessly at dangerous speeds in a city street with his would - be girlfriend pleading for her life for him to stop, and another instance where he challenges a rival driver to a high - speed race in public streets for the juvenile pursuit of winning at all costs.

Mostly, I figure, laps first in a street Acura TLX (with racing brake pads, special tires, and accessory underbody spoilers) are designed to slow down an anxious group of race - driver wannabees, and so before I don my borrowed helmet and suit, I figure I'll eat up most of my allotted time in the same kind of car you can buy at your local dealer and maybe ease into the race car later in the day and minimize my exposure.

Along with this street - car pricing figure, Mini announced its partnership with LAP Motorsports to compete in the Street Tuner Class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, where LAP Motorsports will be running modified 2015 JCWs in the race series later thisstreet - car pricing figure, Mini announced its partnership with LAP Motorsports to compete in the Street Tuner Class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, where LAP Motorsports will be running modified 2015 JCWs in the race series later thisStreet Tuner Class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, where LAP Motorsports will be running modified 2015 JCWs in the race series later this year.

Thanks to Google Street View, Lotus enthusiasts can now take a virtual lap on the British automaker's private test track.Lotus recently invited Google to take a look around Lotus» Headquarters in Hethel, England, giving enthusiasts a look at where the sports cars are produced and tested.

Early the following afternoon, I set traction control to Sport 1, turn on the built - in lap timer, and confirm what the Corvette team had demonstrated at Virginia International Raceway a few months prior: This is almost certainly the fastest street - stock car money can buy.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Jan Magnussen captured the first pole position for the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Friday with the fastest lap in qualifying for Saturday's Patrón Sports Car Showcase at the Long Beach street circuit.

Magnussen fastest GTLM qualifier in No. 3 Corvette; Fittipaldi third overall in No. 5 Corvette DP LONG BEACH, Calif. — Jan Magnussen captured the first pole position for the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Friday with the fastest lap in qualifying for Saturday's Patrón Sports Car Showcase at the Long Beach street circuit.

No wonder, as this 4.8 - liter V10 powered super car built on a carbon fiber chassis produces 552 horsepower, can lap the famed German Nurburgring on street tires in a record time of 7:13.92, goes zero to 60 in 3.2 seconds and has a top speed of 202.

Gavin Captures 20th Career ALMS Pole on Challenging Street Circuit, Magnussen Third in GT Qualifying BALTIMORE — As Oliver Gavin prepared to make his qualifying run for Saturday's Baltimore Sports Car Challenge in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R, he asked engineer Chuck Houghton how many laps he had.

The top eight GT cars finished on the same lap, completing 67 tours around the 2.0 - mile temporary street course in Baltimore's Inner Harbor in the two - hour race.

For starters, it's Lotus» quickest street - legal sports car, having lapped the Hethel circuit in 1 minute 24 seconds — 0.8 seconds quicker than the Exige Cup 430 and 2 seconds ahead of the previous 3 - Eleven.

Each spring, car manufacturers and auto writers flock to Elkhart Lake, Wis. to partake in the annual, highly - anticipated Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) Spring Rally — two days of jam - packed events including hot laps on the famous Road America track, street driving to test out MAMA Family Vehicle of the Year contenders, hot - hatch autocrossing, go - karting fun and a challenging off - road course.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 11, 2014)-- Jan Magnussen captured the first pole position for the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Friday with the fastest lap in qualifying for Saturday's Patrón Sports Car Showcase at the Long Beach street circuit.

The 918 Spyder Weissach Package was the first street - legal production car to lap the Nürburgring in less than seven minutes.

The debut laps he took around Virginia International Raceway in April 2017 were his first in a Ferrari, and while he's driven many FIA - GT3 - homologated race cars, nothing compares to a track - focused Prancing Horse — save maybe its street - legal sibling, the 488 GTB.

The selection of races available to get points for wristbands is quite large in this game, and they range from Festival Events — standard lap races and point to point races — and Street Races — unofficial underground races — to Showcase Events — crazy and entertaining races where the player must take on against a variety of unusual vehicles, like a plane for example — and Star Showdowns — where players can duel known racers for their car.