Sentences with phrase «racecars at»

Chow down on six - legged delicacies at Bugfest, and learn the science behind racecars at the American Chemical Society meeting.

Car collectors are in great company in Birmingham, with the largest collection in the world of both vintage and modern motorcycles and racecars at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.

BMW takes the wraps off the mental M8 GTE racecar at the ongoing Frankfurt Motor Show.

Earlier this year, Hyundai presented an updated version of the racecar at the Geneva Motor Show yet it was clear that the show car at the event was still a long ways away from being completed.

Throughout 2011, we have been celebrating the 20th anniversary of that victory by demonstrating the winning 787B racecar at Le Mans» Circuit de La Sarthe and various other events around the world.

The Italian automaker Maserati has just unveiled the GranTurismo MC Trofeo spec racecar at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Not exact matches

Nick Woodman and I are strapped into the cockpit of a vintage racecar on a winding, narrow road in California's Santa Cruz Mountains, taking cliff - side turns at 60 miles per hour and rocketing up to 100 on the straightaways.

Woodman had always harbored a dream of being a racecar driver, and once sales of the digital camera were going well enough, he indulged himself by going to racing school at Infineon Raceway, in Sonoma.

Reilly's column about Dale Earnhardt (above) not only allowed us to take a 600 - horsepower racecar around the track at 140 mph but also gave us a peek inside the men for whom high - speed competition is life.

September 8 - 12: High - Speed Science Ride with the American Chemical Society at its national meeting in Indianapolis as researchers investigate the science behind racecars.

Here, it's pretty clear who we're supposed to laugh at (Seth MacFarlane's pompous British racecar driver and the two hick Bangs) and also clear why we're rooting for who we're supposed to be rooting for.

Clever camerawork using small cameras attached to the racecars give glimpses of what it feels like to drive Formula One cars through S - curves at 170 miles per hour.

The film starts with a game of bocce ball between Law's and Giannini's characters at a lovely Italian villa, but quickly escalates when a bet is placed between the two players: that Law can't make it to Monaco in Giannini's rundown vintage racecar (his most cherished possession) by noon the next day.

My race - car experience has heretofore been limited to 50 - mph camera passes in a 1966 Ford GT Le Mans race car for a cover feature in Motor Trend Classic and laps at a short road course at Honda's Twin Motegi racetrack in a Honda Side by Side open - wheel, motorcycle - powered racecar.

Chevrolet has yet to release any official information on the new racecar, other than that the finished Corvette C7.R, sans camo, will make its official debut at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in Januarat the Rolex 24 At Daytona in JanuarAt Daytona in January.

«The drivers feel it's time to implement the extra protection,» said Wurz, and with the FIA looking at new ways to make Formula 1 more entertaining, including allowing the cars to make more horsepower, designing longer - lasting tires, and a return to fuel stops during races, the danger of open - wheel racecars will only increase.

The thought of such abilities, exploitable ones at that, crammed into a road car is difficult to comprehend - at the time of the McLaren F1, people thought no supercar would ever get faster, but it's hard to imagine any road car in the future being able to out - lap the new Red Bull road - going racecar.

The V - 10 Plus starts at $ 191,150, and while it's a more comfortable car with more advanced interior multimedia electronics, it also feels more like a grand touring car than a racecar adapted for street use, like the McLaren does.

And: If the FGT is a legitimate racecar for the road, then it should be siginificantly faster at the track then its comptitors.

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From this POV, the car is quite cheap at roughly half the price of a GTE racecar.

The motorsports team has over 5 million racecar parts in stock at the Experience Center, and they will be able to offer full, frame - off restorations to well - heeled customers.

Le Mans winning C - type, D - type, and XJR - 9 racecars from the Jaguar Heritage Trust, located at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, were present at the opening.

Rather than have its prestigious Formula 1 racecars merely sit in its museums, Mercedes - Benz thought it best to hang them by thousands of threads at its Mercedes - Benz World center.

Perhaps in the photograph it's entirely for style but I've ran two or three degrees of negative camber on tarmac racecars as it significantly improves grip available at turn - in when the car weights up.

A friend of mine (GTRfanatic also tunes them) has driven them here in races and he is saying that as easy it is to drive a GTRStreet at the track the difficult is the racecar to handle.

Racecars from every decade packed in garages and under tents, each patiently waiting its turn at going wheel to wheel around this legendary racetrack.

I go to an engineering school, and some friends of mine who build racecars looked at it and said it sounds like the power steering pump is having difficulties.

The GT8 is a N430 with motifikation, it s far away from the racecar and pretty near at the streetcar.

The central seat (which we try in the R1 racecar) is much the better bet, not least because otherwise you sit at an angle, hips to the left of the steering wheel and legs having to feed to the right to the pedal set.

It also illustrates how racecar design — at that time — could influence the engineering of a production car.

A lot of brand new vehicles have been introduced this week at the North American International Auto Show, but a few racecars have slipped through the front entrance as well.

At the last ChumpCar race you blew the engine up on your racecar going up the hill toward the corkscrew at Laguna SecAt the last ChumpCar race you blew the engine up on your racecar going up the hill toward the corkscrew at Laguna Secat Laguna Seca.

The system optimises sound quality, performance and aesthetics and provides a racecar - inspired soundtrack at higher engine revs without adversely affecting refinement during steady - state driving.

Unlike the 911, which has its engine at the rear, the Boxster is midengine, which is a layout common to most racecars and the key to its remarkable agility.

All that and more, plus a look at a safer way to refuel racecars.

The day at Spring Mountain Resorts, located about an hour west of Las Vegas, gave Greg Barbera the chance to fulfill a lifelong fantasy to learn how to drive a racecar.

In the 1920s, Enzo Ferrari and Vittorio Jano got together at Alfa Romeo and set out to build racecars that could win championships.

The Corvette C6.R racecar made its American Le Mans Series (ALMS) debut at «12 Hours of Sebring» in March 2005.

Not a cushy soft ride at all, but that's not what I want, or expect, in a racecar like this.

Likewise, race - spec driving aids like ABS, DSC, and traction control were also installed, as was a limited - slip differential to keep the racecar in tip - top shape when it begins competition at numerous racing series like the VLN Endurance Championship.

Attendees will have the opportunity to ride along as passenger with a professional driver at the helm in real racecars.

Who doesn't love a close up look at the steering wheel of a thoroughbred racecar!

Johnny O'Connell, one of the most successful racecar drivers in the history of the sport was recently at the track and we're interested to hear what he had to say.

The MDX's engine architecture is shared with two racecars that recently finished first and second in the LMP2 class at the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS).

He noted, too, that Porsche is looking at adapting some of its racecar technology for the street, and that many small, precise tweaks could help the automaker get the fuel efficiency they want out of this new flat - six without turning to a turbo.

At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, brands set up their stands in a parkland setting and attempt to lure show - goers who are primarily there to see historically significant racecars driven at high speeds by famous driverAt the Goodwood Festival of Speed, brands set up their stands in a parkland setting and attempt to lure show - goers who are primarily there to see historically significant racecars driven at high speeds by famous driverat high speeds by famous drivers.

Technical details for the racecars, which will be built at Jaguar's Special Vehicle Operations facility in Coventry, will be released next year, when the i - Pace production car is set to go into production.

At the rear is a diffuser - just like a racecar's.

We take a closer look at what Honda calls the «racecar for the road».