Sentences with phrase «racing effort»

Back when the idea for a new Corvette Racing operation was first broached back in 1997, GM and Chevrolet hadn't formally entered a factory racing effort in a major league road racing series since the 1950s.

Garcia, Magnussen, Taylor lead Corvette Racing effort with GTE Pro podium LE MANS, France — The new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R is a podium finisher in its debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In GT Le Mans, Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen in the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R led the Corvette Racing effort with a fourth - place class finish.

Bentley might look to its GT3 racing effort for guidance.

CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: Sustained Excellence at a Familiar Place Team searching for 11th class win in historic 12 - hour race Corvette Racing seeking third straight GTLM victory at Sebring Gavin, Milner, Fässler enter as defending GTLM winners Garcia, Magnussen, Rockenfeller led Corvette Racing effort at Rolex 24 DETROIT (March 14, 2017)-- Corvette Racing returns this weekend to a track where it has made many memories and scored some of its most glorious achievements.

The origins of the Camaro 1LE date back to 1988, when the package was first developed for the third generation car in order to make it more competitive in road racing efforts.

Welcome to the weird world where the race cars are quiet, a post-Dieselgate Audi still has a factory racing effort, and Faraday Future's name is actually on a real - life, complete working car that exists.

Foutz has been the muscle behind Ford's off - road racing efforts since the late 1990s.

Mar 1, 2017 — Unveiled today, the RealTime Racing liveries in the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge will feature an exciting combination of the team's traditional blue, white and orange colors for the team's pair of cars — including RTR's signature «squircles» — in a mirror - image pattern common to both Acura Motorsports NSX GT3 racing efforts this year.

HPD's Le Mans prototype sports car racing efforts have resulted in more than 70 victories and multiple American Le Mans Series engine, chassis, team, and drivers» championships.

Pratt and Miller, the award - winning team behind the Chevrolet Corvette's factory - supported racing effort known simply as Corvette Racing, released an interesting new video last night that takes a deep dive into the philosophy of racing.

Warren, whose degree is in aerospace engineering, oversees engineering and also «the whole racing effort» for Richard Childress Racing in Welcome, North Carolina.

Bugatti loves Monégasque racing driver Louis Chiron almost as much as Chiron loved the lonely, wealthy women who backed his early racing efforts in his 2.3 - liter supercharged Bugatti Type 35B.

No matter, it sold many more units (2153 total) and brought money McLaren's way (are you surprised to learn that a winning F1 racing effort burns up all the cash anyone can raise and more?).

All together good for a combined 950 hp, the LaFerrari's hybrid powertrain takes KERS knowledge from Ferrari's Scuderia racing efforts and puts it into an, er, street car.

The 1453 - cc engine, sharply tuned fifty - seven years ago by Alfred Momo — who was to Cunningham's racing efforts what Phil Remington was to Carroll Shelby and Dan Gurney's teams decades later — is not really suitable for a morning commute in stop - and - go running, but despite pulling a remarkable 130 hp, it is quite flexible and very eager, a physical testimony to the long - term brilliance of the Maserati brothers and their passion for racing.

The No. 4 Corvette C7.R of Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Robin Liddell led the Corvette Racing effort placed a disappointing fifth in the GT Le Mans class following a problem with the car's gearbox with less than three hours to go.

These days, Audi's racing efforts focus on Formula E and its all - electric single - seaters.

Also, despite General Motors» policy against factory - sponsored racing efforts, Camaro began to make a name for itself on the track on the new International Race of Champions (IROC) series with many top drivers winning trophies from behind the wheel of a Camaro year after year until the late 1980s.

One of the most powerful production V8s ever, the new engine boasts a wealth of exciting features derived from AMG's highly successful racing efforts.

Thank goodness for Chevrolet's continuing racing efforts because this Stingray brims with technology adapted from the C6.R road race car.

For many years the Subaru Technica International team has been the only factory backed racing effort to compete in Japan's most prestigious form of motorsport when it would team up with the aftermarket parts manufacturer Cusco to campaign an entry into what used to be called the Japanese Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC.

The D40 Frontier platform is currently being used as a Stage Rally vehicle by the NISMO Stuff Racing effort currently competing in the Coupe Rallye Quebec series.

His «rant» against GM's preference for NASCAR above all other forms of racing is a great read for those of us who prefer the road racing efforts epitomized by the success of Corvette.

Starting with a stiffer structure that provides 50 percent more torsional rigidity, the chassis of the 2013 SRT Viper benefits from numerous enhancements — many learned through racing efforts with Viper GTS - R and Competition Coupe models.

However, if you want the limited AMR Signature Edition version you can see in the gallery, wearing the Stirling Green and lime accents made famous by Aston's various racing efforts, you'll need to pay a fair bit more — and hurry.

*** TRG is expected to field five Aston Martin GT4s in the SprintX races, marking the largest single - race effort for the team since the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona, when it ran five Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.

Campbell added: «Thanks to the Corvette and Chevrolet owners who supported the Corvette Racing efforts at Le Mans or followed the racing action this weekend from around the world.»

But it's based on the same race - proven engine architecture serving Ford's IMSA Daytona Prototype endurance racing efforts and packed with tons of tech: highlights include variable cam timing, a low - friction roller - finger - follower valvetrain, a dual fuel injection system using both port and direct injectors, and Ford - engineered pistons, rods, camshafts and twin turbochargers.

The team is fielding five Aston Martin Vantage GT4s in this weekend's Pirelli World Challenge season finale, marking Buckler's biggest single - race effort since the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2012.

The pair of race cars will join the Rio 5 - Door B - Spec that debuted at the SEMA Show earlier this month as part of Kia's racing efforts with Kinetic Motorsports....

«We're simply too busy establishing a strong dealer network in the United States to become involved in a racing effort,» he says.

Although Mazda plans to sell a diesel version of the 6 in the U.S., the car's launch has been pushed back until spring 2014, explaining why Mazda had to use European cars for its racing efforts.

A racing effort at the 24 Hours of Le Mans begins in 2000 with the C5 - R and continues to this day.

Ferrari began working on hybrid KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) powertrains in 2008 for its Formula 1 Scuderia's racing efforts.

He joined Nissan's racing efforts in 1987 and rose to direct the company's 1994 Le Mans campaign with the R33 - series Skyline GT - R.

It sits third, in fact, behind Ferrari and McLaren, but unlike either of those teams, Williams has never sold road cars to fund its racing efforts, instead — as the team itself puts it — it exists purely to race in the top echelon of motorsport, F1.

It's not terribly common to automotive executives getting involved in the company's racing efforts, but it's always exciting when it happens.

His passion was racing; for him, the road cars existed only to support Scuderia Ferrari's racing efforts.

AUDI»S DIESEL RACE CAR Dieselgate has rocked Volkswagen's universe and some feared its racing efforts would suffer, but Audi just pulled the wraps off its brand - new LMP1 race car, the R18.

«I thought that the racing effort could benefit from similar communication between GM Racing and all of our technical partners.»

The latter's late - race effort was particularly stout as he passed three cars in the final five minutes.

But make no doubt about it, in 1956 there was indeed a factory Corvette racing effort, and it paid off!

It's great to have so many Corvette owners here in Long Beach and around the country supporting Corvette's racing efforts in the TUDOR United SportsCar championship.»