Sentences with phrase «parts of race cars»

That's because, just like all the best looking parts of race cars, the finish is functional.

It certainly looks the part of a race car — I guess I take back my earlier comment about the Sport 380 being the most garish Exige ever.

Not exact matches

Barris had stated that parts from the wrecked Spyder were put into two other cars, both of which were involved in racing accidents, one of them fatal.

For 103 years, we've been naturally focused on creating cars, with the notable addition of motor racing as a core part of our brand story.

We look closely at the only part of the car to touch the race track, as well as the only business that pays for the right to supply the tyres to F1.

«People submit more and more domain - specific bots — in the car - racing competition you had people submitting bots that started hard - coding elements of tracks and cars and so on — and the actual AI part gets relegated to smaller and smaller roles,» Togelius says.

Ferrari NV RACE said Thursday that net profit rose 19 % in the first quarter in part thanks to higher sales of its sports cars, including the new 812 Superfast and 488 models.

Ferrari profit rises on sales of new modelsFerrari NV RACE said Thursday that net profit rose 19 % in the first quarter in part thanks to higher sales of its sports cars, including the new 812 Superfast and 488 models.

We can dream of a situation in which six cars have a chance of winning by the time the F1 flying circus arrives in Melbourne, but it's difficult to transfer winter testing times into a realistic running order and we'll only know part of the picture after the first race.

All of these F1 cars raced around the Adelaide circuit in period and will do so again during a display at the festival, which uses part of the track.

A sports car buff who has not been seen riding a bicycle in years, the prince nevertheless climbed aboard a two - wheeler in Stockholm and led the field through part of the first lap of a bike race, pulling nimbly aside after 850 meters and letting the 60 - odd competitors pedal past.

The awesome McLaren MP4 / 4 will be available as part of a new DLC pack, dubbed the eBay Motors car pack, the car that Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost took to 15 wins and 15 pole positions in the 16 - race 1988 Formula One season.

The luckless Abt was disqualified from his first win in Hong Kong a couple of races ago because some parts of his car had the wrong barcode on, even though it gave him no advantage whatsoever, and yet here's a team which did gain by making a potentially illegal alteration to some safety equipment and effectively got away with it.

The accident was triggered by a parts failure on Logano's car, which turned him into Patrick as the two raced into Turn 1 at speeds in the neighborhood of 210 mph.

Reigning WEC champion and former Red Bull «number 2 driver» Mark Webber drove his Porsche 919 Hybrid as part of the launch of the new Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid in an effort to demonstrate how technology from motor racing can transfer to road cars.

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.

This year not only did Le Mans not clash with a Grand Prix, but ahead of this weekend's Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring fans will be treated to a whole host of legendary cars and drivers from the famous French race will take to the track as part of a demonstration.

He started sixth and spent the first part of the race well inside the top 10 but smoke pouring out of his car signalled his retirement on lap 15.

A deal that included Roush Fenway supplying Front Row with cars and parts and the sharing of technical data, along with the services of Osborne, a longtime Roush Fenway crew chief who had won 18 races and nearly the 2011 championship with Carl Edwards.

The initial first part of that race on June 12 included this huge crash, after Josef Newgarden found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when friend and fellow racer Conor Daly lost the rear of his car.

BMW has also been an important part of Formula E, partnering with Andretti on its current race car in addition to being the official vehicle partner of Formula E, providing us with the gorgeous BMW i8 safety car and i3 medical and course car.

Drivers have a limited amount of them to use during the race, and although they can only use it when they're within a second of the car ahead at the start of the lap, they can do so at whatever part of the track they like, and for three times on that lap.

The 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix featured the first modern use of the safety car in a race and it played a part in helping Ayrton Senna take victory.

He'll have to ace the start if he doesn't want to spend the first part of the race stuck behind other cars!

Basically, the parts were legal, but because the FIA didn't know they were on the car, they've seen fit to throw Abt out of the race entirely, handing the win the to Felix Rosenqvist and Mahindra.

As we race through space, microwaves from the forward part of the sky gain some energy, just as raindrops hit more vigorously against the windshield of a moving car.

Born in an industrial mecca of Houston, Texas and bold enough to venture free from race - cars, auto parts and office work into art and creative writing.

The game also has sponsored race parts for detailed car tuning and modifications to handling physics, along with five play modes that cover underground and sanctioned drift racing and the sport's variety of speed and style - driven competition.

It's telling that a company pioneering machine - tooled animation so relies on that hint of humanity for its effectiveness; in its place, Cars resorts to cheap name - games (all the cities are car - parts except, dubiously, Los Angeles) as its primary gag and relies on a string of racing in - jokes (Darrell Cartrip, get it?

Johnson doesn't show up until the fifth (official) entry in the «Fast & Furious» series, and he sits out a lot of the seventh movie, but he's a big part of what made this franchise jump from a decent series of car - racing movies to one of the best and biggest action franchises on the planet.

Players can choose from stock cars to pure racing vehicles to never - released concept cars and, for the first time in the series» history, Porsche vehicles will be part of the action.

So you won't get all the cars, you won't get all the tracks, but you still get all the key features: you'll be able to play online, multiplayer races, you'll be able to join a club, create connections, attend challenges and even play through part of the single player game and unlock Trophies as well.

We were invited to the «Death Race 2» set last March in Cape Town, South Africa, and as part of our tour, we got an up - close look at these cars - turned - tanks.

Despite the fact that car customization won't play a part, the developers have instead gone above and beyond with the level of customization regarding the racing experience itself.

The film follows the exploits of Speed Racer (Young: Nicholas Elia, Old: Emile Hirsch), a boy fixated on race cars and becoming a driver thanks, in part, to his older brother Rex Racer (Scott Porter), who had already raced professionally.

It's less than an hour into the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, and Brad Kettler already looks bored as he lounges on a cushioned bench in front of a flat - screen TV in the cab of an Audi Sport customer racing big rig filled with roughly $ 2 million in racing car parts.

As with the previous Ferrari FXX, which was based on the Ferrari Enzo, the FXX K is really a rolling research laboratory for Ferrari; the exclusive list of drivers able to buy the car can only get behind the wheel on certain race tracks as part of a test program for the company.

I don't know how the V - 6 would handle towing my race car, but the idea of keeping the inside of the van stocked with spare parts and still having room to work inside and be shielded from the sun when I'm at the track is pretty appealing.

This is just a series of aero parts bolted together, looks just like a Le Mans car aka a racing car!

As ever, the victor will also travel to races around the world as part of the Blancpain series, undergo on - the - job race training and be awarded a company car - such as the Nissan 370Z Nismo used by Jann Mardenborough.

By Barry Carter / «The Morgans time forgot» — Two survivors of the three - wheelers exported to Australia are described by Dennis Harrison / Archers of Dunmow — In the first of a series of articles on restoration and technical subjects David Hawtin writes about this long - established restoration workshop / 1909 Sizaire - Naudin — The brothers Sizaire and Louis Naudin produced a variety of cars including the example described here by Douglas Ormrod / MG Picnic at Brookiands — Malcolm Green reports on the well - attended picnic for MG enthusiasts in support of the Brookiands Appeal / The English - bodied Stutz — The popularity of Stutz cars in this country in the late 20s is explained by Michael Worthington - Williams / 1929 Stutz straight - eight — The Editor drives a Lancefield - bodied type M in this month's Excursion / Pre-war racing at Donington — Robert Heelis recalls watching motor racing at the Midlands circuit when he was a boy / VSCC Welsh Trial — In his Diary of a dilettante Tom Threlfall reports on this year's Welsh Trial / Rallye des Ancetres — Malcolm Elder tells us how much he enjoyed taking part in this French rally.

Colin Peck presents the results of his researches into the genre / The Ballot 2LS, part six — Our Publisher continues his review of this landmark Vintage car by describing the example once owned by Ian Connell and now in George Wingard's collection in Eugene, Oregon / Auto - biography: Brian Sewell — In the latest instalment of his series interviewing personalities from the old - car world, Matthew Bell visits art critic Brian Sewell / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part one — In the first of a three - part series recounting the long careers of these famous racing cars, Simon Moore describes their origins and works competition histories / Back on the Road — Michael Ware visits the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, to inspect a rare and recently restored 1914 Briton 10/12

This time we travelled to rural North Yorkshire with a group of like - minded readers / Auto - biography: Joy Rainey — Matthew Bell talks to one of the fastest women in motor sport about her life behind the wheel and her epic transcontinental journeys / Brasier, part two — Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges concludes his Brasier study, focussing on the racing cars, powerboats and tractors of the marque's later years / St James's Concours of Elegance — This concours in the heart of London continues to grow in popularity and quality.

Six - wheeled Austin Seven — Paul Shinton on the background to this conversation / Norwich Union RAC Rally — We report on an event that drew / Flat racing and hill climbing — Tom Threfall on the VSCC events at Curborough and Wiscombe Park / History of McKenzie cars — Part two of the article by Ian McKenzie / The story of a London Garage — Fred Hislop recalls his memories of working at Delaney and Sons / Ramble in an Edwardian Rover — The Editor drives a 1912 model on this month's «excursion» / The Anderson specials — Brian Demaus tells the story of the pre-war Humber - based specials / Restoration of the Charabus — Mike Sutcliffe's saga of the rebuild of this dual purpose vehicle / Sandwell Parade and Manchester - Blackpool run — We report on two popular events — one in the Midlands the other in the North.

VSCC Lakeland — Trial Tom Threfall reports / Business and pleasure — Meet a happy Danish enthusiast who makes a living out of his hobby / Keeping the flag flying In the early 30s — John Black gave Standard a new image — and saved the company / Lost in the Wash — Michael Ware tells of Malcolm Campbell's ill - starred plans for a rival to Brooklands / Sit - up - and - beg - sort - out The pre-war and early post war Ford Eights were similar but... Bill Ballard sorts them out / A sports car by accident — M.W - W on the legendary Prince Henry Vauxhall / The Freehollow Flyer — Chris Edwards concludes his story of the Gordon England Austin 7 found in an American barn / «For ordinary usage and for racing» — Keith Clare found a 1913 Singer Ten with a chequered history in New Zealand / The Geelong Sprints — Australia's answer to the Brighton Speed trials / Rallying to Ballarat — Peter May reports on the VCC of Ausralia's Melbourne to Ballarat Rally / Body language — The final part of Mike Worthington - Williams» magnum opus on body styles.

The Editor reports / Pre-1931 Lanchesters — Chris Clark describes the early models and explains their unique features and advanced specifications / 1955 Lancia Aurelia Spider — This month The Editor gives us his (very favourable) impressions of a rare and delectable sports car / The Voisin Story — The well - known racing driver and author Paul Frere commences a two - part article on this historic manufacturer.

Taruffi's racing career Part 2 — Charlie Rous concludes his article on the famous racing driver with an account of the years 1934 to 1950 / Our anniversary competition — Enter our motoring quiz competition and you could win a special day at the National Motor Museum / 1929 Sunbeam special — An enthusiastic report from David Hawtin on this exciting20 hp non-standard Sunbeam / The Lea - Francis story 1924 - 37 — Michael Worthington - Williams continues with part 2 of his history of the Coventry make / VSCC's December driving tests — This annual event is described by Tom Thelfall in his Diary of a dilettante / Type 35 Bugatti — The Editor writes about his encounter with a superb example of the archetypal Bugatti / 1908 TT: The» 4 - inch» race — The story of this early event with a curious name is recounted for us by Bryan Goodman / 1939 Lancia Aprilia — Zoe Harrison talked to the proud owner of this far - ahead - of - its - time Lancia / Shaft - drive C.N. — The early history of G.N. and the cars that were not propelled by chaPart 2 — Charlie Rous concludes his article on the famous racing driver with an account of the years 1934 to 1950 / Our anniversary competition — Enter our motoring quiz competition and you could win a special day at the National Motor Museum / 1929 Sunbeam special — An enthusiastic report from David Hawtin on this exciting20 hp non-standard Sunbeam / The Lea - Francis story 1924 - 37 — Michael Worthington - Williams continues with part 2 of his history of the Coventry make / VSCC's December driving tests — This annual event is described by Tom Thelfall in his Diary of a dilettante / Type 35 Bugatti — The Editor writes about his encounter with a superb example of the archetypal Bugatti / 1908 TT: The» 4 - inch» race — The story of this early event with a curious name is recounted for us by Bryan Goodman / 1939 Lancia Aprilia — Zoe Harrison talked to the proud owner of this far - ahead - of - its - time Lancia / Shaft - drive C.N. — The early history of G.N. and the cars that were not propelled by chapart 2 of his history of the Coventry make / VSCC's December driving tests — This annual event is described by Tom Thelfall in his Diary of a dilettante / Type 35 Bugatti — The Editor writes about his encounter with a superb example of the archetypal Bugatti / 1908 TT: The» 4 - inch» race — The story of this early event with a curious name is recounted for us by Bryan Goodman / 1939 Lancia Aprilia — Zoe Harrison talked to the proud owner of this far - ahead - of - its - time Lancia / Shaft - drive C.N. — The early history of G.N. and the cars that were not propelled by chains.

Clydeside Colossus — Giant Glasgow industrial conglomerate William Beardmore and Co made ships railway engines aeroplanes airships motor cycles taxicabs... and as Bill Monro relates cars / Fort Dunlop Under Siege — Douglas Blain takes a close look at a manufacturing operation which is key to the survival of our hobby / Buying a Car For Restoration — Workshop / Sunbeam Tiger — Buyer's Guide / Goodwood Does It Again — David Venables reports on another successful Goodwood Festival of Speed / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Loyd - Lord — Michael Worthington - Williams recounts how a conventional car from Chiswick strayed from the straight and narrow / Dollar Derby — The Editor enjoys a 3 1/2 litre Bentley that cost # 1460 new but once changed hands for a dollar / Racing Under The Bonnet — The camera of Alan Smith captures the action that matters behind the scenes in the early days of postwar British motor racing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — Part Car For Restoration — Workshop / Sunbeam Tiger — Buyer's Guide / Goodwood Does It Again — David Venables reports on another successful Goodwood Festival of Speed / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Loyd - Lord — Michael Worthington - Williams recounts how a conventional car from Chiswick strayed from the straight and narrow / Dollar Derby — The Editor enjoys a 3 1/2 litre Bentley that cost # 1460 new but once changed hands for a dollar / Racing Under The Bonnet — The camera of Alan Smith captures the action that matters behind the scenes in the early days of postwar British motor racing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — Part car from Chiswick strayed from the straight and narrow / Dollar Derby — The Editor enjoys a 3 1/2 litre Bentley that cost # 1460 new but once changed hands for a dollar / Racing Under The Bonnet — The camera of Alan Smith captures the action that matters behind the scenes in the early days of postwar British motor racing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — PaRacing Under The Bonnet — The camera of Alan Smith captures the action that matters behind the scenes in the early days of postwar British motor racing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — Paracing / MG Buyer's Guide — Part two of our special MG supplement / MG Buyers Guide — Part Two

But as Manuel Lage has discovered the first car to bear the name was an Alfonso Hispano - Suiza / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Three / Americans to the Rear — Concluding his series on American rear engined cars Karl Ludvigsen examines the role played by General Motors / Epicyclic Gearing — Workshop — Part Two / Settlers Special — A cut - down 1933 Riley Monaco shipped to Vancouver by an ex-pat in the»50s formed the basis for Miles Fenton's ideal supercharged special / Racing in the Rain — Alan Smith has been using his camera to good effect at motor sporting events for over 50 years / Ards TT 75th Anniversary — John Payne reports on the 75th Anniversary of the Ards TT / The Little Engine that could — Gavin Farmer celebrates the Jowett Bradford / It's quicker by Rail — Brian Heath's subject this month is a 1939 Railton long chassis special limousine.

Finally for 1988 Pontiac bolted up a new multilink rear suspension derived from lessons learned from GM's part ownership of Lotus Engineering as well as the Fiero's successful foray into IMSA sports car racing.