Sentences with phrase «of sportscars from»

The cabin gets AMG sports buckets, grey and black cabin colors that reflect the theme of the exteriors, contrasting yellow stitching and the bright yellow seatbelts typical to the GT line of sportscars from AMG.

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But perhaps our favorite story came from one buyer to whom bitcoin not only gave back time — the bitcoin payment cleared in one hour instead of the several days for a traditional bank transfer — but also enough money to buy a new sportscar.

In perhaps the most bizarre example of how confused the movie is about itself, he has the Fosters pull over during a zoom - zoom sportscar escape from gun - toting bad guys so they can have a calm, reasonable discussion about what they want out of their marriage.

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.

On the other hand, the production - based GT category now features some of the fiercest competition in the world, with factory efforts from Corvette, Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, and Aston Martin in the international FIA World Endurance Championship and / or IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in North America.

Away from towns and dual carriageways, and onto the sort of roads a sportscar should be designed for, the steering still blights the experience.

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.

The range topping 335d xDrive musters sportscar performance, sprinting from 0 - 62mph in 4.8 sec off the back of 309bhp and 467 lb ft of torque, to rival the 75kWh Model 3.

From the way the doors thunk when closed to the heft of the steering, the front - engined British sportscars don't carry the same delicate, light feeling you experience in a Ferrari.

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.

While the modern GP track (today 3.2 miles in length) has played its part in F1, sportscar and touring car history over the subsequent 34 years, the North Loop's relegation from the front line of motorsport has not meant its demise: far from it.

But it's fair to say that the announcement is likely to stir up some heated debate among the Lotus faithful, many of who are still recovering from the news that «rapper and producer» Swizz Beatz has joined the sportscar maker as vice president of creative design and global marketing.

The two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs will start from the third and fourth rows of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans (GTLM) field.

Aside from his indomitable Le Mans record, he won the 24 - Hours of Daytona three times, the Nurburgring 1000 - km, and the World Sportscar Championship twice.

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.

The pair of Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs will start from the fourth row of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) field for Sunday's Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix.

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.

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 Championship.

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 Americas.

The next race for Corvette Racing is the Advance Auto Parts SportsCar Showdown on May 4 - 6 from Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.

Wheels first reported on the possibility of a flagship Genesis sportscar from the 2016 Detroit Motor Show, although this is the first time the company has publicly confirmed the project.

At McLaren, our commitment to excellence and innovation underpins everything we do: from the performance of the Formula One ™ team on race day, to the ownership experience we offer Sportscars & Supercars.

The Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase at Long Beach, the third race of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, is set for 4:05 p.m. PT on Saturday, April 18 from the Long Beach street circuit.

The next event for Corvette Racing is the final round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship — Petit Le Mans on Saturday, Oct. 4 from Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga..

Corvette Racing's next event is the two - hour, 40 - minute Lone Star Le Mans race for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from Circuit of The Americas.

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship moves from its recent spring date back to its traditional late - season slot on Mazda Raceway's major event schedule, Sept. 21 - 24, which occurs during the official beginning of the fall season.

For a brand like Lamborghini, such ambitions would be unthinkable ten years ago because deviating from the rich heritage of building some of the greatest sportscars ever (Miura, Countach) into something as crass as SUVs is sacrilegious to traditionalists.

The two - hour, 40 - minute Lone Star Le Mans race for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from Circuit of The Americas is scheduled for 12:35 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 17 It will air live on FOX Sports 2 starting at 12:30 p.m. ET with IMSA Radio coverage and Chevrolet on - board cameras available on IMSA.com.

The V12 engine under the hood generates 368 kW (500 hp) of power and 1,000 Nm (757.56 lb - ft) of torque from six liters of displacement, enabling the big SUV to perform like a sportscar.

The knowledge gained from race outings with the new car in the FIA WEC and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC) in North America will be directly incorporated in the development of the production model, which is running parallel to the motorsport project.

Well, across the street from the 2006 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) at the Jacob Javits Center is where you'll find Zoom - Zoom City, a world where every vehicle has the soul of a sportscar.

Race weekends take their toll on cars from all racing categories and series — and none more so than in the IMSA Sportscar Championship, whose large variety of tracks are a challenge for manufacturers and drivers alike.

The duo talked about Corvette Racing, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship season, including their perspective from the previous race at Long Beach where an incident on the final corner dropped the No. 3 Corvette C7.R from 1st to 5th.

The next round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship takes place on the Long Beach (Calif.) street circuit from April 11 - 12.

The Italian SUV is capable of sprinting from 0 - 100kmph in a sportscar - shaming 3.6 seconds and on to a top whack of 305kmph making it the fastest SUV on sale today.

From June 9 - 10, it will be at Sportscar Together Day at the Kyalami racetrack in Johannesburg, South Africa, followed by a showing July 12 - 15 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K., before returning to the Porsche Museum for display through September.

TRG has pulled its Porsche 911 GT3 R from the remainder of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season due to what team principal Kevin Buckler states as tire issues stemming from January's rain - affected Rolex 24 at Daytona.

SEBRING, Fla. — With the 62nd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida providing the backdrop, officials from Chevrolet and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) announced today a multi-year agreement making Chevrolet an Official Automotive Partner of IMSA, the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the Continental Tire SportsCar ChalleFrom Florida providing the backdrop, officials from Chevrolet and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) announced today a multi-year agreement making Chevrolet an Official Automotive Partner of IMSA, the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the Continental Tire SportsCar Challefrom Chevrolet and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) announced today a multi-year agreement making Chevrolet an Official Automotive Partner of IMSA, the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.

The next round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship is the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Seated at the wheels of these Ford Performance cars are racing drivers Andy Priaulx, Harry Tincknell, Olivier Pla, and Stefan Mücke from the FIA World Endurance Championship, and Dirk Müller, Joey Hand, Richard Westbrook, and Ryan Briscoe from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Behind the wheel is Christian Fittipaldi, defending United SportsCar Championship champ for two years running, two - time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, a guy who's competed in everything from Formula One to NASCAR and was once named Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.

Today, a year later, the Huracán GT3 is ready for a global challenge: it has been chosen by more than 20 customer teams, with 40 cars competing over 78 race weekends in 13 of the most prestigious GT championships worldwide: from IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the United States to Asian Championships such as SuperGT, Asian Le Mans Series and GT Asia, through Europe's major series such as Blancpain GT, ADAC GT Masters, British GT Championship, Campionato Italiano GT, International GT Open, International Endurance Series and Michelin GT3 Cup.

The steering system of the Sportbrake features valving from the sportscar, while the front suspension knuckles are the same as those found on Jag's flagship XKR - S supercar.

Reborn British sportscar - maker TVR has revealed its all - new, Ford - powered sportscar ahead of the 2017 Goodwood Revival, dubbed «Griffith» after several models from the automaker's storied past.

Picking up Corvette Racing's sister car's accomplishment from 2015, Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin and Marcel Fassler won Saturday's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, backing up their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season - opening victory in the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Take the roof off and GranCabrio reveals itself as a true open sportscar, the exhaust an orchestra of sound from its polished dual oval outlets with an intoxicating burble on overrun and crisp crackle on downshifts, an aural pleasure that makes you want to swap cogs over and again, just to hear the noise.

In eight years of American Le Mans Series, World Endurance Championship and TUDOR United SportsCar Championship competition, HPD has recorded 74 race victories, including two class victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and multiple manufacturer championships in the American Le Mans Series from 2008 to 2013.

In the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's 2016 season, the lines are tightly drawn in the Prototype class at the 64th Annual Mobil 12 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida — of the dozen Prototypes entered, six are Daytona Prototypes, five are Prototype 2 cars, and one is the unique DeltaWing, which really doesn't fall into either classification, but is certainly closer to the P2 design and Daytona Prototype.