Sentences with phrase «race victories»

During that time, the car has achieved dozens of race victories in a variety of GT race series around the world.

We've seen some amazingly long runs of race victories over the years, featuring some of the biggest names in F1.

It's such a strength of this program to have been flexible and smart enough to apply themselves in the best way to come away consistently with championships and race victories over the years.

And for good reason, as the Italian - born ace has no less than 52 major racing victories to his name.

But can its four - wheel - drive traction cancel out its performance deficit and hand it drag race victory?

Race victories come down to fractions of a second, and many of those are gained or lost in the pit lane during driver changes, fueling and tire changes.

It was the second straight race victory for the Corvette DP and third of the season.

Gavin, who drives the No. 4 Corvette C7.R with Tommy Milner, has been part of three Corvette Racing victories at Road America.

He and teammate Jan Magnussen gave Corvette Racing a victory in its first Watkins Glen debut in 2014.

In three years since its debut, the Corvette DP has claimed 22 race victories including the Rolex 24 At Daytona 24 and Petit Le Mans in 2014.

Garcia is riding a streak of endurance racing victories in the Daytona 24 - hour, Sebring 12 - hour, and the 2008 and 2009 Le Mans 24 - hour races.

Capturing its first overall race victory at the 1969 JAF Grand Prix, this first generation GT - R was well known for its 0 - 400 m time of 16.1 seconds and a top speed of 200 km / h.

Nissan North America chairman José Muñoz explains, «There's a sense to the exterior design that the TITAN Warrior Concept could drive right off the auto show stage and retrace the historic route of Nissan's off - road racing victories in the Baja Peninsula, and given the high - torque Cummins 5.0 L V8 Turbo Diesel, extensive suspension modifications and TITAN XD heavy - duty durability, it certainly could.»

The British racing driver has had an unusual journey up the single - seater ladder, enjoying success in Formula BMW before winning the 2012 British Formula 3 championship and taking race victories in GP3.

With 30,000 racing victories behind us, we can afford to ease back a little, motorsports style.

Both Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs will be part of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) field with Corvette Racing looking not just for a second straight race victory but consecutive wins at Watkins Glen.

«Those guys have just been able to capitalize on race victories.

The Men's RS: X was another which brought a last - day turnaround, with Spain's Ivan Pastor Lafuente taking the RS: X medal race victory to snatch gold from Brazil's overnight leader, Ricardo Santos, who slumped to seventh on the day for silver.

The result of this evolution over a 50 - year period — which included countless race victories as well — is a sports car that fully embodies the authenticity of the Porsche brand.

Corvette C7.Rs already have won at Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring in 2015 • Gavin, Milner enter off thrilling class victory at 24 Hours of Le Mans • Garcia, Magnussen back to defend Watkins Glen race victory from 2014 • Two Corvettes sit 1 - 2 in Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup GTLM standings

enthusiasts, and no other sports car has claimed as many race victories, proving time and again that

RealTime has a long history of success in racing a wide range of Acura and Honda products, including 88 World Challenge race victories and 14 championships since 1993.

He had fought for good health on and off for a number of years with the same indomitable spirit that led him to many a victory on the river both as oarsman and the architect, as Head Coach, of a record series of Boat Race victories for Oxford over rivals, Cambridge in the 70s and 80s.

Up until the mid-2000s, Alberto Ascari had been the man to beat with his seven - race victory streak across the 1952 and 1953 seasons — both of which saw him take championship wins.

Last season, he participated in some practice sessions as a test driver for Force India alongside his duties in GP3, in which he secured the title convincingly, picking up half of the pole positions and feature race victories available.

With comments from rivals also suggesting that Red Bull has arrived with a strong package in 2018, could the RB14 really assist Ricciardo to a first home race victory?

There was consolation for Austria in the 49er as Nico Delle - Karth and Nikolaus Resch won the Medal Race following back - to - back race victories the previous day to land the gold with six points to spare over Stefano Cherin and Andrea Tesei.

And on the track there was more success as Great Britain topped the World Championships medal table with five golds, including men's sprint, points race and Madison titles, as well as women's omnium and scratch race victories.

She has also won 10 World Championships and two European Championships gold medals but for all that success she has not forgotten her first major wheelchair race victory — the 2009 Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon.

Johnson, not beholden to Hizzoner for his speaker race victory, has already promised to be an independent foil to the mayor.

The car also won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1988, on its way to 69 total race victories.

It began to find racing success the very same year, with gentleman drivers Marquis de Portago and Oliver Gendebien driving 250 GT Berlinettas to four consecutive Tour de France road race victories between 1956 and 1959, earning the car its nickname.

It was the Mustang's first major - league racing victory, and it became a French PR gold mine for Ford.

And we're no less proud of that leading position than we are of any epoch - making racing victory.

Corvette Racing teammates Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen are currently the most successful trio in the sport, having scored four straight endurance racing victories since their win at Le Mans in June 2005.

An improbable collision in the pit lane between the two Corvette C6.Rs saw Olly and his team mates, Oliver Beretta and Emmanuel Collard drop out of contention for a GT race victory and struggle through to a ninth place finish at the chequered flag.

Jade Buford returned to the Pirelli World Challenge this weekend in the GTS division and continued his success rate with a 50 - minute sprint race victory in the No. 45 Racer's Edge SIN R1 GT4 car at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario Saturday in Round 5.

Vintage Car Race Victories Earned, Nitro Burned, and Memories Rekindled at Spring Classic Showcasing Nitro Revival

It is a partnership that has resulted in 106 race victories around the world, 12 Manufacturer and Team championships in IMSA, and 11 Driver titles.

Scored 52 career race victories in Japanese touring car competition, including a miraculous 49 consecutive victories.

The Acura ARX - 05 will add to a rich legacy of Acura sports car racing campaigns and championships, including the 1991 - 93 IMSA Camel Lights manufacturer and driver championships; 50 IMSA and American Le Mans Series class or overall race victories [through Watkins Glen 2017]; and the 2009 American Le Mans Series manufacturer, driver and team championships in both the LMP1 and LMP2 classes.

ALTON, Va. — Mark Wilkins of Mulmur, Ont., Canada, came back from disappointment on Saturday to score his second Pirelli World Challenge TCR race victory of the year Sunday in the Round 4 40 - minute sprint race at VIRginia International Raceway in the PWC Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi Sport.

This is also the location of Buckler's first pro race victory in 1995, and also his last professional race at Sonoma in 2003, where he sat on the pole position for a very competitive ALMS GT race.

In the 1988 F1 season the RA168E powered Honda to set eight new records, including the most race victories (15 out of 16), the most Constructors points (199) and the most one - two finishes (10).

Embodying the essence of more than 23,000 Porsche racing victories, the 911 GT3 is the ultimate integration of driver and car and arrives in the UK this autumn.

«We are very pleased to celebrate the GTLM tire championship and race victory here today,» said Chris Baker, motorsports director for Michelin North America.

Prior to the creation of the TUDOR Championship where Michelin participation is constrained to the open tire GT Le Mans (GTLM) class, Michelin and its technical partners secured the overall 12 hour race victory at Sebring for 15 consecutive years (1999 - 2013).

NAR chalked up a host of key opportunity race victories this year.

It began as a simple request for good luck and ended up becoming a symbol for something even more magical: track records and race victories for Alfa Romeo and its team of drivers.