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The Dodge Viper - winner of two international racing championships last year - remains the division's halo car.Meanwhile, Pontiac quietly is moving away from the boy - racer mind - set.
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She has four world championship medals and won her last World Cup race before heading to Pyeongchang.
The Mucke Motorsport team has raced with pink cars in the DTM for the last couple of years thanks to their association with the same sponsor, and this year will see the pink BWT - liveries expand into the German Formula 4 and GT championships as well.
If Young Bill Buchan Jr., the Seattle skipper who piloted a Luders 16 to a clear - cut victory in the annual North American Sailing championships, remains anything close to the coolheaded, calm - browed competitor he was this last week at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, it is going to take some doing to beat him in future races.
With Nelson Piquet out of the race (and already champion) and Nigel Mansell having to miss the last two rounds through injury, second was enough to give Senna the runner - up spot in the championship.
In winning his 17th consecutive road race over the last seven months, Bill Rodgers discovered that the Diet Pepsi 10,000 - meter national championship hit the spot
He used that formula last year, winning a second round race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a third round race at Martinsville Speedway and the championship finale at Homestead - Miami Speedway.
Last February he got the silver medal in the 20 - km race at the world championships, the highest finish for an American in international biathlon competition.
Except, of course, this was the widespread belief last year, then all Johnson did was win a playoff - best three races en route to win a seventh Cup championship, tying the all - time mark shared by Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.
We are down to just eight drivers still alive for the championship with four races remaining, though most eyes are on Joey Logano, winner of each of the last three weeks.
However, in the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi, Petrov played a massive part in the outcome of the championship.
Having dragged his Ferrari into championship contention he was leading the last race of the year when title rival Jacques Villeneuve launched his Williams down the inside.
But therein lies the problem: Hamlin and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team haven't been anywhere near as consistent as they were last year, when he looked like the championship favorite.
The trio have raced together in a variety of championships over the last few years and have a healthy rivalry and friendship, and in the run up to the event they've been trying to psych each other out.
Last month, the Catalan giants appeared to be cruising to the title, but an unexpected slump by Enrique's side — coupled with the relentless consistency of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid — has opened up the championship race as we approach the final furlong.
He'll drive on day one, before handing over to Pierre Gasly — a long - time Red Bull and Toro Rosso tester, who won the GP2 championship last year and is currently racing in Super Formula.
The Ferrari 156/85 was, unsurprisingly, the car Ferrari used in 1985 and Johansson's team - mate Michele Alboreto came close to winning the championship with it, before five consecutive car failures in the last five races scuppered his chances.
The intent was to bring the performance level of the three manufacturers closer inline where one doesn't hold an overwhelming superiority like Toyota had last season where its drivers combined to win 16 of 36 races and saw Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch finish 1 - 2 in the championship and each lead over 2,000 laps.
F1 says the race weekend set a new outright record for a championship race at the famous Spa track, with an attendance figure increase of 11.8 % compared to last year.
A couple of weeks ago the WEC announced that the next season would be a «super season», running for 15 months across 2018 and 2019 as the series seeks to re-align its calendar so that the Le Mans 24 Hours can be the last race of the championship.
Last September, on the eve of the San Jose Mile, the race that would clinch the championship for Shobert, Price pulled half a tattered dollar bill out of his wallet and slapped it on a table in a local cocktail lounge.
That was his last year in single seaters and he then made the switch to endurance racing, where he won the LMP2 class at Le Mans in 2008, as well as winning the LMP2 championship in the Le Mans Series.
This year's race will be the last in the prestigious Suzuka 1000 km's history, with it departing the Super GT championship to become a 10 - hour GT3 and JAF - GT endurance race.
For all those who missed the alpine world championship last winter, there was Garmisch» 78, winner of the racing and competition category.
That left Phil Hill to lead home Richie Ginther and Willy Mairesse in a processional Ferrari one - two - three against an opposition comprised mainly of privateers and Formula 2 cars in what also proved to be the last win in a championship race for a front - engined car.
Quite a few racing championships were in action at Silverstone last weekend, resulting in loads of crashes and fails.
Vettel's recent 18 - race streak was a huge factor in his championship challenge last year, before the Singapore start crash signalled the beginning of the end of his title hopes.
Formula E had a thrilling start to the season last weekend in Hong Kong, with both races featuring the kind of action and drama that any championship would be proud of.
Whilst all eyes were on the dramatic, tyre - bursting conclusion to the championship up at the front, Tambay came home in last place, 12 laps down and unclassified - not a fitting end from the former Ferrari driver and two - time race winner.
Last year Stoffel didn't even make the start in Bahrain, he was pulling the car into the pitlane so this year from two races four cars to the checkered flag and third in the constructors» championship.
Yarborough, who has decided to enter fewer races from now on, knew that this had been his last real chance for a fourth championship.
Though Alonso had won the drivers» title at the last race, McLaren and Renault were still fighting for the constructors» championship.
But unless something crazy happens in the last two races he'll be ending his career with 11 wins, 16 poles, and a best of second in the championship back in 2008 - though he could so easily have been a champion.
Last year, Busch was in a similar position and claimed his first series title by outdueling Kevin Harvick for both the race win and championship.
The Blues sit six points clear at the top of the table having won their last 12 league outings to establish themselves as the team to beat in the race for the championship.
Force India wrapped up fourth place in the championship last time out in Mexico, raising questions about whether Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon would be free to race each other in the final grands prix.
We were always in the race for the championship until the last three games.
He did and now, following a season - opening performance of 6.63 in France at the end of last month — his first race since June — the 2014 world indoor champion has every intention of being in contention to find out what it feels like to win at a major championships in front of a home crowd in Birmingham in a few weeks» time.
When the chequered flag came down for the final time in Hockenheim Stroll had won all of the last five races, 14 of the 30 held that year, and taken the championship with a 180 - point margin over team mate Maximilian Gunther.
Red Bull won more races in 2017 than last year yet slipped to third place in the constructors» championship.
Last October it was announced that the Virgin Money London Marathon would host the world marathon event ahead of the championships taking place in Doha, Qatar, from October 22 - 31 as the spring date better suited the race schedules of the leading marathon racers.
The Brit is taking the step up to Formula 2 after winning last year's Formula 3 championship to go with his Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, Toyota Racing Series and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 titles.
Last week American track star Molly Huddle ran down the final stretch of her 10K race at the world championships in Beijing in solid third place.
On to the last race night of the season, it is a competition between DJ Werkmeister and Cyle Lindemuth for the championship.
Launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, AMR amplifies and accentuates the sporting prowess of the British marque's road cars, by taking inspiration or direct influence from Aston Martin Racing's participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship; a series with which the marque tasted world championship success with factory drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen just last season.
Last but not least, on June 10, 1993, Nicola Larini's 155 V6 Ti won both heats of the most prestigious race of the DTM championship, held on the Nurburgring circuit.
Gavin and Beretta scored their sixth win in their last seven starts and took a 15 - point lead (173 - 158) over their Corvette Racing teammates Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell in the GT1 championship standings.
Previous versions of the Corvette C5 - R and C6.R race cars have dominated the GTS and GT1 categories in the last decade, winning 77 races and eight consecutive ALMS championships.
Now we have to focus on Road Atlanta and do what we can to move Antonio and Chevrolet back into the championship lead at the end of the last race.»
I've been in many championships in the ALMS — in GTS, GT1, GT2 and now GTE — and what it comes down to, as we saw last year with BMW, is that they had a flying start winning the first few races of the year and that set them up for the season.