Sentences with phrase «of sportscar racing»
The Group C era of sportscar racing was dominated by the likes of Porsche, Sauber, and Jaguar.
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The late 1960s set the stage for one of sportscar racing's most famous rivalries - Ford vs Ferrari.
He can go on as much as he likes about how the whole thing is a learning experience, but as he comes to terms with the nitty - gritty of sportscar racing, his attention is going to turn to getting the best result possible.
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Unsurprisingly, given the number of ex-F1 drivers that end up there, it's sportscar racing that he seems to be pretty interested in, particularly the DPi class in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Chamsportscar racing that he seems to be pretty interested in, particularly the DPi class in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar ChamSportsCar Championship.
Although sportscar racing and Formula E have been dabbling in esports for a while now, Formula 1 hasn't really embraced the concept of getting gamers involved with the sport.
Mazda's wailing rotary - engined beasts are some of the most iconic, and current Mazda sportscar driver Jonathan Bomarito drove an old 767B (predecessor to the Le Mans - winning 787B) in the race at Laguna Seca.
Long Beach is known for its chaotic street races and that reputation remained this year, with plenty of incidents during the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's visit.
Because the thing is, the date move now puts the race on the same weekend as Petit Le Mans - the final round of IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and North American Endurance Cup.
Vanwall also briefly tried out streamliner bodywork, while some of the early Porsches that raced in Formula 1 also had covered wheels, mainly because they were just sportscars that happened to race in Grands Prix.
Hans - Joachim Stuck will be out in a Porsche 962c - a car which remained competitive in various guises in sportscar racing for the best part of a decade.
That's no excuse for brake - checking someone though, and it happened twice in the space of just one corner during last weekend's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race.
After leaving the IndyCar scene in the mid-1980s Gurney turned his team's attention back to sportscars and had masses of success in GT racing.
Surprisingly, despite his diverse career in single - seaters, this will be Vergne's first taste of sportscar and endurance racing.
And it begins, of course, later this month with the Rolex 24, which will mark the first race under the banner of the recently retitled (from Tudor United SportsCar Championship) organization.
The Taylor brothers, along with the rest of the Wayne Taylor Racing crew, face their next challenge for IMSA Prototype dominance in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship May 4 - 6 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, the fifth event of the 13 - race 2017 season.
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 this year.
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.
And though there are some participants who want to press harder and some who do, I learned that the club's comparative paucity of maximum testosterone has led some to defect from the VSCCA to competing sanctioning bodies such as the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association or the Vintage Racing League or even the more well - known Sports Car Club of America.
We're still waiting for the official arrival of the diesel - powered Mazda6 in U.S. showrooms, but that's not stopping Mazda from actively campaigning diesel - powered race cars in the U.S.. Following the success of the Skyactiv - D - powered Mazda6 in the Grand Am GX series, Mazda is entering a prototype race car in the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.
Rumors are that two GTs will be run by Chip Ganassi in the 2016 Tudor United SportsCar Championship and also enter the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and that Multimatic Motorsports, a Canadian company with which Ford has been friendly for about two decades, will assemble the racing car, although Ford did not confirm these details during its press conference.
As well as being a prestigious stand - alone endurance race, the Rolex 24 at Daytona (the race's official name) marked the first round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Four years later we can safely say that the transformation from leather - lined boulevard behemoth to the ripped race - winner idling before us in the pits for this weekend's Blancpain GT Series event at Silverstone ranks as one of the most charming, impressive and downright ambitious stories in modern sportscar racing.
Although more than 80 percent of the visitors to the event now choose to come in «period» costume, it's the racing that lies at the centre of the event, with a card filled with everything from pre-war sportscars to some of the quickest sports prototypes of the mid 1960s.
DETROIT (May 1, 2018)-- Corvette Racing returns to one of its most successful venues this weekend when it visits Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Utilizing the race - proven, production - based Acura AR35TT twin - turbocharged 3.5 - liter V6 engine, the ARX - 05 is set to compete in the top category of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the legendary Team Penske.
The lineup for Corvette Racing will look familiar those that followed the team in the first two events of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship boasts some of the best racing in motorsports today.
Corvette Racing's Antonio Garcia claimed pole position today for the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class with a lap of 1:15.198 (117.7 mph) at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
As the 2012 Le Mans 24 - hour race approaches, sportscar ace Allan McNish takes time out to talk to evo's Henry Catchpole... From the confines of an Audi R8 GT Spyder he's piloting around Silverstone.
Many of the same teams and manufacturers that Corvette Racing will face also competed in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, or SVRA was founded over 20 years ago with the vision of keeping vintage race cars on race tracks where they belong.
The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at CTMP is Corvette Racing's second event as part of back - to - back race weekends for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
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).
Corvette Racing and Chevrolet are coming off a second straight sweep of the GTLM Manufacturer, Driver and Team championships in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship — titles won by combining driver skill with smart engineering strategy and team execution.
AUSTIN, Texas (May 6, 2017)-- Corvette Racing's Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen won their second race of the season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on Saturday with a GT Le Mans (GTLM) victory in the Advance Auto Parts SportsCar Showdown.
It's the ninth race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with two more remaining in a close title fight.
It is where endurance racing's premier production - based team heads this weekend in hopes of building its points lead in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans (GTLM) title race.
The No. 25 BMW M8 GTE of Connor De Phillippi and Alexander Sims raced to a well - deserved second place finish in today's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, taking the checkered flag 1.673 seconds behind the race winning No. 912 Porsche.
An early strategic call and some late - race luck propelled the No. 3 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R from eighth at the start to just off the podium in the seventh GTLM round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
DETROIT (April 10, 2018)-- After opening its 20th season of competition with two long - distance races in Florida, Corvette Racing makes its annual trip to the West Coast this week for the shortest event on its calendar in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
If you attended an IMSA race this year, you might have seen a pair of Shelby GT350Rs racing in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.
The MINI JCW Team and MINI USA are gearing up for another big race this weekend at Lime Rock Park in their quest to sit on top of the Manufacturer's standings in the Street Tuner class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series.
CORVETTE RACING AT LIME ROCK PARK: Third - Row Start for Pair of Chevrolet Corvettes Milner fifth, Magnussen sixth in qualifying ahead of GT - only race LAKEVILLE, Connecticut (July 21, 2017)-- Corvette Racing will go for another victory at Lime Rock Park on Saturday from the third row after qualifying for the Northeast Grand Prix — the team's seventh race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar ChampioRACING AT LIME ROCK PARK: Third - Row Start for Pair of Chevrolet Corvettes Milner fifth, Magnussen sixth in qualifying ahead of GT - only race LAKEVILLE, Connecticut (July 21, 2017)-- Corvette Racing will go for another victory at Lime Rock Park on Saturday from the third row after qualifying for the Northeast Grand Prix — the team's seventh race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar ChampioRacing will go for another victory at Lime Rock Park on Saturday from the third row after qualifying for the Northeast Grand Prix — the team's seventh race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 18, 2015)-- Antonio Garcia led Corvette Racing's qualifying effort at Circuit of The Americas on Friday as the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R will start on the second row of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) grid for Saturday's Lone Star Le Mans race in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.
So it's no wonder confidence is high heading into the second race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
The pair of Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs will furiously battle to work their way toward the front with the goal of maintaining Corvette Racing's and Chevrolet's lead in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) Manufacturer's, Driver's and Team points standings in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 7, 2018)-- Corvette Racing left Daytona International Speedway content with the results of its testing program following the annual Roar Before the 24 and ahead of the opening race of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.
CORVETTE RACING VIDEO RELEASE: «Simulating Success» Content Available Corvette Racing and Chevrolet are on the doorstep of another sweep of the GT Le Mans titles in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at today's 10 - hour Petit Le Mans at Road AtRACING VIDEO RELEASE: «Simulating Success» Content Available Corvette Racing and Chevrolet are on the doorstep of another sweep of the GT Le Mans titles in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at today's 10 - hour Petit Le Mans at Road AtRacing and Chevrolet are on the doorstep of another sweep of the GT Le Mans titles in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at today's 10 - hour Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Two Corvettes in Thick of Close GTLM Qualifying Battle Magnussen within 0.2 seconds from class pole position at Circuit of The Americas AUSTIN, Texas (May 5, 2017)-- Jan Magnussen paced Corvette Racing's qualifying efforts Friday at Circuit of The Americas with the sixth - best time in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Circuit of The AmeRACING AT COTA: Two Corvettes in Thick of Close GTLM Qualifying Battle Magnussen within 0.2 seconds from class pole position at Circuit of The Americas AUSTIN, Texas (May 5, 2017)-- Jan Magnussen paced Corvette Racing's qualifying efforts Friday at Circuit of The Americas with the sixth - best time in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Circuit of The AmeRacing's qualifying efforts Friday at Circuit of The Americas with the sixth - best time in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Circuit of The Americas.
The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at CTMP is Corvette Racing's second event as part of a back - to - back race weekends for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.