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Oxford University Ski and Snowboard Club (OUSSC) achieved an overall victory on the slopes of Tignes in the 2013 Varsity races against Cambridge!

So today's 6 Hours of Fuji was particularly nuts as the race for overall victory went down to the final lap.

This year's Le Mans 24 Hours was absolute chaos as each LMP1 crew did their best to try and not win the race, almost handing overall victory to LMP2.

It proved to be a bitter sweet Valentine's Day for Lizzy Yarnold as she took victory in the final World Cup skeleton race of the season in Sochi, but missed out on the overall title by just 20 points.

A majority of all voters said in a post election survey that the Obama victory would lead to improved race relations overall.

He carries a storied professional racing past that includes driving a Porsche 917K to victory with Hans Herrmann at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970, giving the German company their first overall win at the famed Circuit de la Sarthe.

From 1968 until 1989, it shuttled Porsche racing cars to nine overall Le Mans victories and eleven world sports car championships.

Racing «sports cars,» like the incredibly efficient (but also insuperably ugly) Prototype racers that now fight for overall victory at Le Mans, have absolutely no visual linkage to anything any of us would want to be seen driving on the road.

While the e-tron quattro will be Audi's first full - production electric vehicle, the company has built several examples in the past to learn its lessons, not to mentioned raced hybrid electric cars to overall victory at Le Mans.

Even if it didn't cause showroom stampedes, during its six - year existence, the three - door racked up an impressive string of accomplishments in the Swedish Touring Cup series, winning both the 2009 and 2010 title, and over the course of its racing career, getting 20 overall victories, 42 podium finishes, 34 pole positions, and 22 fastest laps.

Corvette Racing is aiming for an overall victory in the inaugural earth - friendly race - within - a-race.

Corvette Racing's 50 victories includes 44 class wins in the American Le Mans Series, five class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and an overall win in the 2001 Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Johnny O'Connell has a record - tying six victories at Sebring, including an overall win in 1994 and class wins in 1993, 1995, and 2002 - 04 — the last three with Corvette Racing.

Since that first race, the team has competed in more than 160 events around the globe with 94 victories worldwide — including the overall win in the 2001 Rolex 24 — along with 10 team and manufacturer championships in the American Le Mans Series and seven victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

ALTON, Va. (Aug. 28, 2016)-- Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen won the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR on Sunday, the second overall victory for Corvette Racing in its history and the first win for the No. 3 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R of the season.

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This spec class debuted in 2015 featuring Porsche 991 Cup Cars that are ran as part of the overall GT Class races, with a separate victory circle presentation alongside that of the GT / GT - A class winners.

Related: Corvette Racing at VIR: Magnussen Leads Corvette 1 - 2 Effort in Qualifying Corvette Racing at VIR: Three Straight and an Overall Victory?

Action Express Racing paced the Corvette Daytona Prototype contingent in Prototype qualifying Friday as Chevrolet power goes for its second straight overall Sebring victory.

From 1999 - 2004, Corvette Racing and the C5 - R set the standard for racing success with 31 victories in the ALMS, along with an overall victory at the Rolex 24 inRacing and the C5 - R set the standard for racing success with 31 victories in the ALMS, along with an overall victory at the Rolex 24 inracing success with 31 victories in the ALMS, along with an overall victory at the Rolex 24 in 2001.

In the six years that followed, Corvette Racing scored 35 ALMS victories, including an overall victory in the Daytona 24 - hour race, three 1 - 2 finishes in the GTS class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and three consecutive class wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

CORVETTE RACING AT VIR: Overall Victory for Garcia, Magnussen First class win of season for No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Winning duo leads 84 laps in GT - only event and solidify third in GTLM points Third straight win and fifth of season for Corvette Racing Chevrolet increases lead in GTLM Manufacturer Championship Gavin, Milner remain first in GTLM Driver Points ALTON, Va. (Aug. 28, 2016)-- Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen won the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR on Sunday, RACING AT VIR: Overall Victory for Garcia, Magnussen First class win of season for No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Winning duo leads 84 laps in GT - only event and solidify third in GTLM points Third straight win and fifth of season for Corvette Racing Chevrolet increases lead in GTLM Manufacturer Championship Gavin, Milner remain first in GTLM Driver Points ALTON, Va. (Aug. 28, 2016)-- Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen won the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR on Sunday, Racing Chevrolet increases lead in GTLM Manufacturer Championship Gavin, Milner remain first in GTLM Driver Points ALTON, Va. (Aug. 28, 2016)-- Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen won the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR on Sunday, the...

CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Championship Chase Heads to Lone Star State Critical days ahead for Chevrolet, Corvette in race to GT Le Mans titles Garcia, Magnussen coming off overall victory at VIR No. 3 Corvette team a class winner at COTA in 2013 Gavin, Milner hoping to solidify Driver's Championship lead Chevrolet in strong position in GTLM Manufacturer points DETROIT (Sept. 14, 2016)-- The first of Corvette Racing's 102 class victories came on a hot, steamy Texas eveningRACING AT COTA: Championship Chase Heads to Lone Star State Critical days ahead for Chevrolet, Corvette in race to GT Le Mans titles Garcia, Magnussen coming off overall victory at VIR No. 3 Corvette team a class winner at COTA in 2013 Gavin, Milner hoping to solidify Driver's Championship lead Chevrolet in strong position in GTLM Manufacturer points DETROIT (Sept. 14, 2016)-- The first of Corvette Racing's 102 class victories came on a hot, steamy Texas eveningRacing's 102 class victories came on a hot, steamy Texas evening in...

It means that Chevrolet's Corvette Racing team — with 97 class victories around the world — is in prime position to win an overall event for the second time.

The winning Aston Martin Racing DBR9 was driven to GT1 class victory and a remarkable fifth overall by David Brabham, Rickard Rydell and Darren Turner.

The new V12 TDI in the Audi Q7 is closely related to the engine that twice powered the Audi R10 TDI racing car to overall victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours - a 5.5 - liter V12 that delivers approximately 480 kW (over 650 hp).

Porsche says that the 2018 Panamera will see a significant technology ported over from its hybrid racing program — specifically its efforts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where it won back - to - back overall victories this year and last with its 919 Hybrid race car.

Garcia has won his class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times, the 12 Hours of Sebring once, and scored an overall victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona — but he has never raced on the streets of Long Beach.

«Looking at our season overall, although we didn't collect as many victories as we'd like to, we did get the most important one, the 24 Hours of Le Mans,» said Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan.

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Related: Corvette Racing at VIR: Three Straight and an Overall Victory?

As the only automaker to mass - produce the rotary engine, Mazda continued efforts to improve power output, fuel economy and durability, and in 1991 took overall victory at 24 Hours of Le Mans with a rotary engine - powered race car.

That includes an overall victory in the GT - only race at VIR last month.

Corvette Racing backed up its overall victory in last year's inaugural ALMS Green Challenge with a win in the first Michelin Green X Challenge at Sebring.

Corvette Daytona Prototypes held four of the top five overall positions early Sunday while Corvette Racing's pair of Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs were locked in a race - long fight in search of second straight GT Le Mans (GTLM) victory at Daytona International Speedway.

Overall, Corvette Racing has now recorded 45 victories in 66 races, and 31 of those wins were 1 - 2 finishes.

ALTON, Va. (Aug. 28, 2016)-- Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen won the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR on Sunday, the second overall victory for Corvette Racing in its history and the first for the No. 3 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R of the season.

CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: Gavin, Magnussen Part of Tight GTLM Fight Fittipaldi nabs first Long Beach pole position for Action Express Racing; Ricky Taylor second Corvette Racing going for 100th program victory Gavin to start fourth, Magnussen in fifth Second straight Long Beach overall pole for Corvette DP DETROIT (April 15, 2016)-- Corvette Racing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) gridRACING AT LONG BEACH: Gavin, Magnussen Part of Tight GTLM Fight Fittipaldi nabs first Long Beach pole position for Action Express Racing; Ricky Taylor second Corvette Racing going for 100th program victory Gavin to start fourth, Magnussen in fifth Second straight Long Beach overall pole for Corvette DP DETROIT (April 15, 2016)-- Corvette Racing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) gridRacing; Ricky Taylor second Corvette Racing going for 100th program victory Gavin to start fourth, Magnussen in fifth Second straight Long Beach overall pole for Corvette DP DETROIT (April 15, 2016)-- Corvette Racing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) gridRacing going for 100th program victory Gavin to start fourth, Magnussen in fifth Second straight Long Beach overall pole for Corvette DP DETROIT (April 15, 2016)-- Corvette Racing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) gridRacing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) grid as...

Case also notes that Mazda Motorsports Director John Doonan feels this effort is the most significant step Mazda has taken towards returning to the global racing stage since its 1991 Le Mans overall victory.

Working in conjunction with GM Racing engineers and Pratt & Miller, Corvette Racing has scored 78 victories, including an overall win in the 2001 Daytona 24 - hour race, six wins in the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and seven class wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

It would be hard to imagine a better racing example of good news / bad news than the overall and Prototype victory at Saturday's 66th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring: The No. 2 Tequila Patrón...

The pair previously raced as teammates in a Panoz LMP1, scoring an overall victory at Mosport in 1999.

CORVETTE DP: Fittipaldi second overall for Action Express Racing Action Express Racing's try at a third consecutive Watkins Glen victory will begin from the outside of the front row in the Prototype class.

Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell finish third overall LEXINGTON, Ohio — The General Motors Chevrolet Corvette Racing team claimed a decisive 1 - 2 GTS victory at Round 2 of the American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio.

It would be hard to imagine a better racing example of good news / bad news than the overall and Prototype victory at Saturday's 66th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring: The No. 2 Tequila Patrón ESM Nissan of Scott Sharp, Ryan Dalziel and Olivier Pla had a transmission break at the end of the front straightaway on the first lap, giving the drivers 11 hours and 59 minutes to watch the race from the sidelines.

The»67 Heritage Edition is mechanically identical to the normal Ford GT, but takes its livery from the GT40 that took overall victory 50 years ago at the famed endurance race.

Gavin fourth in GTLM; Westbrook third in Prototype qualifying Garcia, Magnussen on GTLM front - row for shot at fourth straight win WestbrooChevrolet leads both Prototype, GTLM manufacturer championshipsk third overall in Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP Watkins Glen victory moved Chevrolet into manufacturer points lead BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Canada — Corvette Racing's two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs qualified second and fourth for Sunday's Mobil 1 Sports Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Leading the field will be the two - time race winning pair of GTS overall point leader James Sofronas teaming again with Am racer Alex Welch in the No. 14 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS machine after an impressive 60 - minute victories at COTA and VIR.

The Corvette team went to Le Mans riding a wave of confidence after a 1 - 2 finish and an overall victory in the season - opening Daytona 24 - hour race.

In addition, Chevrolet drivers won several noteworthy races in 2015, including the Indianapolis 500, IndyCar Dual in Detroit, NHRA U.S. Nationals, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, and the manufacturer's first overall victory in 50 years at the 12 Hours of Sebring.