Sentences with phrase «many sports car drivers»

Peter Gregg has become the best sports car driver in the U.S. by finding fault, a road to the top that was certain to take him on a wide detour around popularity

Our staff and group of contributors are no different, represented by track - day rookies all the way to a professional championship - winning sports car driver and everything in between.

For instance, those cool analog gauges I mentioned are utterly useless — what sports car driver wants to monitor their instant fuel economy?

Yes, I know sports car drivers shouldn't care, but I'm here to report the cupholders do their job and have deftly handled the all - important 6 a.m. coffee cup duties.

Power gains come from the Chiron's bigger turbochargers that benefit from a new two - stage system, which Bugatti's engineers say ensures «maximum acceleration from a standstill without the «turbo lag» feared by sports car drivers.»

Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps is considered to be the most - epic drive on earth, much beloved by sports car drivers and motorcyclists.

His numerous honors include being appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog by the Queen of Denmark and being voted his country's «Sportsman of the Decade» and Autosport's «Sports Car Driver of the Decade» from 2000 to 2009.

Of course, these cars won't compete with the likes of a Ferrari or a Lamborghini or even a V8 muscle car — but they will definitely feed the need for a daily sports car driver.

Because sports car drivers like the versatility of a manual transmission, automatic transmissions, traditionally, haven't gone over well in small two - seat sports cars.

Known as being one of Britain's most successful international sports car drivers, Olly is gearing up for an 11th consecutive season with the hugely successful Corvette Racing team.

The whole ethos of the race is the fact that you're racing in different classes with the best sports car drivers in the world and running your own race within the race just adds to the pressure and excitement.

Lexus says the LS can reach 60 mph in just 6.6 seconds - which is quick enough to leave many sports car drivers with nothing more than a good view of the car's taillights.

BOWMANVILLE, Ont., Canada — Many of North America's top GT Production sports car drivers and teams head to the «Great White North» this weekend (May 18 - 20) when the Pirelli World Challenge GT and GTS series participates in the always - popular Castrol presents Victoria Day Speedfest at the historic Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Its ultra-powerful AMG 6.0 - litre V12 biturbo engine delivers performance that many sports car drivers can only dream about: it accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h in 4.4 seconds and 0 to 200 km / h in just 13.3 seconds (provisional figures).

With 300 horsepower on tap, you can shock the daylights out of most sports car drivers.

He is a three - time U.S. sports car driver of the year and designer of the Shelby Cobra.The popular Texan, whose chili recipes have become as famous as his race car designs, suffered from congestive heart failure and had had two previous heart surgeries.

This makes it unnecessary for even ambitious sports car drivers to fully deactivate PSM.

The whole ethos of the race is the fact that you're racing in different classes with the best sports car drivers in the world.»

He is a three - time U.S. sports car driver of the year and designer of the Shelby Cobra.

«Corvette is a natural fit to honor that legacy, while creating a compelling new package for sports car drivers.»

Reuss went on to describe his history of owning Corvettes and he finished his presentation with these comments on the C7: «Tadge and the team are doing the next generation Corvette and it will thrill all of the sports car drivers of the future and it will be built right here.»

That's some serious tire - smoking power that will make plenty of sports car drivers jealous.

Inspiration Series buyers will also get a Signature Barneys sommelier set and a magnum of wine from the estate of Lexus sports car driver Scott Pruett.

With its outstanding performance, razor - sharp precision and exceptional high - speed stability, the Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670 - 4 SuperVeloce is the ultimate performance car for advanced sports car drivers.

«Le Mans is the biggest challenge an endurance sports car driver or team can face,» said Mark Kent, Director of Racing for Chevrolet.

International sports car driver, Oliver Gavin, of Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire today completed the Virgin London Marathon in a time of 2 hours 54 minutes and 20 seconds, setting a new personal best time and also helping to raise over # 88,000 for the CLIC Sargent children's cancer charity.

Britain's Oliver Gavin has a vast amount of experience and proven success as an International sports car driver with the GM factory Corvette Racing team, including multiple Championship titles and victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Donohue co-drove in the No. 4 yellow car with sports car driver and race car builder Bruce McLaren for Shelby American Racing.

I really like the FT - HS its from a major car company with a track record for real driving reliability unlike all the others on the list, it uses technology proven to work in the Prius and many other hybrids, its really going to be produced, and at a price point that is within most sports car drivers budgets.

Insurance companies consider the typical sports car driver to be less responsible on the road than drivers of conventional cars.

Not exact matches

Autopilot is at least as safe as human drivers on the highway, in a car that doesn't use gasoline and performs like a sports car, the magazine said.

Drivers are also favoring sports utility vehicles over cars.

In a sport that has ads plastered over nearly every inch of the drivers and their cars, it was a big deal for Bayne to namedrop the Christian charity.

Jan 04,2016... As designer and builder — and occasional driver — of the marvelous winged Chaparral sports car, Jim Hall...

Most pronounced, this past offseason saw NASCAR executives, drivers, car owners, network executives, and track promoters unite in an unprecedented showing of collaboration to combat the growing list of issues within the sport.

The 1992 champion reckons the sport needs to get back to the maximum 26 - car grid in order to give more drivers an opportunity and create more entertainment on track

We take a look at the drivers who came back to the sport after suffering nasty injuries in racing cars

Jan 04,2016... With the world's best drivers and top - ranking factory teams, America's biggest sports car race achie...

Last March he burst equally suddenly on the sports car world as an accomplished driver.

This was a weekend dedicated to the proposition that the owner of a sports car should turn up in the driver's seat on race day.

The commission members are former IndyCar team owner Tom Kelley; Tim Clauson, an ex-race car driver and mechanic whose son Bryan started the 2012 Indy 500; Earl Goode, former chairman of Indiana Sports Corp. and a former aide to former Gov. Mitch Daniels; Ryan Kitchell, CEO of Indiana University Health and the state's former public finance director; and Chris Atkins, director of Indiana's Office of Management and Budget.

A vintage - car race served up many of the sport's best surviving drivers as happy participants.

The drivers start to arrive in the middle of the afternoon, lining up according to racing class: motorcycles and hot rods towed in on trailers on one side, street - legal sports cars in the middle, and, at the very far end of the pit, a couple lines of high school kids flanked on one side by black and white patrol cars.

Article 9.2 of the sporting rules outlines the season - long number allocation, but it also explains that «this number must be clearly visible from the front of the car and on the driver's crash helmet».

Two drivers will make their IZOD IndyCar Series debut this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, headlined by Luca Filippi for Barracuda Racing and James Davison of Dale Coyne Racing.

Davison has also driven sport cars and credits IMSA Prototypes Lites driver and team owner Joel Janco for helping him find sponsorship for IndyCar.

«I think with the competition — the race cars are very cool - there's diversity in the sport with the drivers from 14 different countries, nine different winners this year...,» Frye said.

The Indian driver completed a half - season at HRT in 2010 and returned to Team Lotus in 2011 in a one - off at Germany but has competed in the sports car ranks ever since.

He's highly - rated by many in the sport, and given the fact that he's a Mercedes junior driver, it wouldn't be surprising to see him in one of the silver cars at some point in the near future.

As designer and builder — and occasional driver — of the marvelous winged Chaparral sports car, Jim Hall of Texas dares to defy Ford and Ferrari in the classic endurance races