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Corvette Racing fans will be able to give the American Le Mans Series» most successful team a grand send - off before the twin Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars begin their transatlantic journey to France, where they'll compete in the world's biggest sports car race on June 12 - 13.

Fans will be able to give the series» most successful team a spirited send - off before the Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars begin their transatlantic journey to France, where they will compete in the world's most prestigious sports car race on June 12 - 13.

Now we are very proud to provide fans with even more opportunities to experience the magic of Le Mans and to see Corvette take on a field of world - class competitors in the most demanding sports car race on the planet.»

This is presented to the individual or group who has made the most significant contribution to the Series or sports car racing on a global stage in the past year.

The «From the Fans» award is presented to the individual or group who has made the most significant contribution to the Series or sports car racing on a global stage in the past year.

The WeatherTech SportsCar Championship features multiple classes of awe - inspiring sports cars racing on the track at the same time, making for seemingly endless passing throughout the race.

Not exact matches

Then, a 1936 Aston Martin 2 - liter sports - racing two - seater car is seen selling for between $ 2.1 million and $ 2.6 million on September 10 at the Goodwood Revival festival in England.

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.

By the time you've realized that truth, you're racing down the streets in a boosted sports car, bag of money and assault rifle laying on the back seat.

Last year Ferrari decided to opt out of sports - car racing, after a multitude of very successful seasons, and concentrate on Grand Prix racing instead.

The mechanical stars of a pair of zestful Sports Car Club of America endurance races last weekend on the exacting Road America course at Elkhart Lake, Wis. were bright - red Italian machines, an Osca and a Ferrari.

This was a weekend dedicated to the proposition that the owner of a sports car should turn up in the driver's seat on race day.

But what really makes Busch so formidable on flat tracks such as New Hampshire (those with little or no banking in the corners) is that he can control a loose race car (meaning the rear end slides up the track through the corners) as expertly as anyone in the sport.

He later went on to race in the British Touring Car Championship and sports car championships, as well as Grand Prix MasteCar Championship and sports car championships, as well as Grand Prix Mastecar championships, as well as Grand Prix Masters.

Despite never winning an F1 race, Cheever still achieved a lot in his varied motorsport career, winning sports car races, finishing runner - up at Le Mans twice, racing in CART and standing on the top step of the podium in IndyCar and winning the famous Indianapolis 500 in 1998.

The drivers start to arrive in the middle of the afternoon, lining up according to racing class: motorcycles and hot rods towed in on trailers on one side, street - legal sports cars in the middle, and, at the very far end of the pit, a couple lines of high school kids flanked on one side by black and white patrol cars.

The sport got its first look at the new restart rule during the second race of the opening round of the season at Hockenheim after an incident on the first lap brought out the safety car... and it made for an epic run down to the first corner.

Stock - car racing may not have caught on as big nationally as country music, but through the South it enjoys a more devoted grassroots following than any other sport except football.

Not only does it come with two Wheelies vehicles — a sports car and a race car — which are a lot of fun on their own, but it comes with a rampway for tons of twisting, turning racing adventures.

I am Cajun & American Indian decent, from Lafayette, Louisiana love the finer things in life, art, dining out, music, dancing, plays, travel, water sports, bible studies, classic car shows, muscle cars, boxing, gardening, car racing, attending church & worshipping God, & the list goes on & on...

Im Mike 32 years old from south eastern connecticut im half irisih and half french plus im a gemini... My hobbies include playing computer games, Watching shows on Tv, Reading, Collecting coins, Sports, Fishing, Indoor games such as chess, cards ect, Astronomy, Animals, pets, Car racing, Collecting...

I never know what to put in this box but i am 21 male I have short black hair green eyes slim and I love going out clubbing have a good time I love my extreme sports and I race motorcycles on the track I drive a very modified car on the road I am still living with my step dad at the moment but hoope...

Since its founding in 1939, Ferrari has dominated the world of racing and has built some of the highest performing and most desired sports cars on the... [Read More]

Since its founding in 1939, Ferrari has dominated the world of racing and has built some of the highest performing and most desired sports cars on the planet over its 70 + year history.

Beginning in 1965, Shelby and Ford led an all - out American assault on European sports car racing with the Daytona Coupe and GT - 40, culminating in the GT - 40's historic 1 -2-3 finish at the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hour, humbling the mighty Ferrari juggernaut as Henry Ford II proudly looked on.

Enter Mazda Motorsport and Chip Ganassi Racing, two manufacturer - affiliated race teams making waves in the United Sports Car Championship series by flipping this formula on its head.

This is the English automobile that invented the sports car in America, as many examples found a home with former World War II servicemen on both coasts of the U.S.. By the 1950s everyone had to have one, including Automobile's David E. Davis Jr., who drove an MG TF 1500 with a 1.75 - inch straight - pipe exhaust to California right after he got married in June 1955 and then raced it that October with disastrous consequences.

Judge's Eye View — Nick Georgano's photographs of the European Concours d'Elegance / Lotus Blossoms — Anthony Pritchard relates how the Lotus Mark VIII set Colin Chapman on the road to success / Austin Healey Sprite — Buyer's Guide / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Pasquino's Little Gems — David Tarallo recalls the postwar Fiat - based sports - racing cars built by Pasquale Ermini / Closed Circuit Centenary — The 1902 Circuit des Ardennes was the first large scale motor race of its kind to be run over a closed circuit.

Lea - Francis Hyper — The Editor investigates this underrated Meadows - powered Vintage sports car and drives a particularly original example / Auto - biography: Annabel Jones — Matthew Bell visits VSCC stalwart and supernavigator Annabel Jones and learns about some of her motoring adventures / Belgian Speed Hunters — Nick Jonckheere looks at some Land Speed Record pioneers, focussing on the early attempts to break the 100km / h and 100mph barriers / Goodwood Festival of Speed — David Venables reports from Lord March's annual gathering of the world's rarest sports and racing cars.

McKenzie cars — The history of this small Birmingham manufacturer by Ian McKenzie / Sunny Silverstone — Tom Threfall's report on the VSCC race meeting / Rescue of a 30/98 Vauxhall — The story of «the lady of the lake» by Dennis Harrison / Nesseldorfer to Tatra — Michael Worthington - Willaims recounts the history of a remarkable series of car from Czechoslovakia / 1937 A.C. 16/70 — The editor enjoys his excursion no. 2 in this sports tourer with a pedigree / Commercial London - Brighton Run — The annual pilgrimage for historic commercials / About registration numbers — David Hales explains their origins and diversity / Mille Miglia 1989 — Toby Ross describes the «fantastic atmosphere» of this unique event.

Paul Chudecki dons goggles and gauntlets / Atlantic Alliance — If Austin's A90 could talk it would be with a pronounced mid-Atlantic accent / The Greatest Race — Marc Douzey uncovers some astounding pictures of the 1914 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France / Cars in My Life — A final peep at John Moulton's album / Special Book Offer from our enthusiast's book shelf / The French Brooklands III — Bill Boddy continues the Montlhery story / Four into Three — Michael Worthington - Williams on Merrall Brown / SS to XK — In our free 20 - page supplement celebrating 75 years of Jaguar we look at the greatest of the marque's sporting road cCars in My Life — A final peep at John Moulton's album / Special Book Offer from our enthusiast's book shelf / The French Brooklands III — Bill Boddy continues the Montlhery story / Four into Three — Michael Worthington - Williams on Merrall Brown / SS to XK — In our free 20 - page supplement celebrating 75 years of Jaguar we look at the greatest of the marque's sporting road carscars.

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.

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.

De Dion Bouton: the beginning — We look into the origins of this most successful Veteran car manufacturer / The rise and fall of the Calcott — Michael Worthington — Williams writes about this casualty of the great depression / Sports cars for sports car racing — Rivers Fletcher on racing in road — going sports cars / Magnetic — experiment that fSports cars for sports car racing — Rivers Fletcher on racing in road — going sports cars / Magnetic — experiment that fsports car racing — Rivers Fletcher on racing in road — going sports cars / Magnetic — experiment that fsports cars / Magnetic — experiment that failed.

Cars in My Life — Nick Baldwin reflects on some of his all time family favourites / The Greatest Race III — Marc Douezy's story of the 1914 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France moves on to the pre-race scrutineering and practice / Working on a Chain Gang — The Editor drives arguably the rarest pre-war Frazer - Nash sports car / Travelling First Class — Zoe Harrison assesses Austin's flagship limousine of the 30's — the Mayfair / The French Brooklands IV — Bill Boddy's epic story of the Montlhery track reaches its final lap / Missing Link — Frank Lugg tells us why he thinks Guiseppe Coda was an unsung hero of early Italian car design / Vital Spark — Roy Berry journeys westward to visit a magneto specialist / Dew Drop — Michael Worthington - Williams on the cars of Harold E Cars in My Life — Nick Baldwin reflects on some of his all time family favourites / The Greatest Race III — Marc Douezy's story of the 1914 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France moves on to the pre-race scrutineering and practice / Working on a Chain Gang — The Editor drives arguably the rarest pre-war Frazer - Nash sports car / Travelling First Class — Zoe Harrison assesses Austin's flagship limousine of the 30's — the Mayfair / The French Brooklands IV — Bill Boddy's epic story of the Montlhery track reaches its final lap / Missing Link — Frank Lugg tells us why he thinks Guiseppe Coda was an unsung hero of early Italian car design / Vital Spark — Roy Berry journeys westward to visit a magneto specialist / Dew Drop — Michael Worthington - Williams on the cars of Harold E cars of Harold E Dew.

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.

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.

I've learned to drive sports cars like a Fiat 500 Abarth on a race track, and spent a week eking mileage out of a Nissan Leaf electric car.

By Bryan Goodman / VSCC Silverstone & Derbyshire Trial — Reports of these two events from Tom Threlfall in his Diary of a dilettante / Silverstone collage — More colour photos of the VSCC race meeting on 11th April / Pre-war saleman's aids — Malcolm Green looks at a series of little publications produced to help salesmen to sell MG cars / Rare Jensen V8 prototype — David Hawtin describes a very interesting prototype sports car built in 1935 / Bert Hadley at Shelsley Walsh — The well - known 1930s Austin works racing driver recalls his memories of the oldest hill - climb / The go - anywhere Citroen — Part one of Malcolm Bobbitt's assessment of the extraordinary half - tracked Kegresse.

Notable cars to not reach reserve included a 1960 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione, a model commonly referred to as not only one of the best - looking Ferraris but also the last of the true dual - purpose sports / racing cars that could be driven with equal aplomb in both competition and on the daily commute to the office.

War Horse Vauxhall — David Burgess-Wise examines the rôle played by the Vauxhall D - Type in the First World War, and drives the example in the manufacturer's collection / The Pomeroy Trophy at 60 — Peter McFadyen tells the story of the VSCC's event for finding the best sports touring car, and explains the arcane formulae behind it / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part three — In the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappeared

Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.

In this month's cover story, Back on Track: Leyland - Thomas No 1, David Burgess-Wise tells the story of Parry Thomas's first Leyland Eight racer, destroyed in a war - time air raid, and the recent re-creation built around a collection of original parts / Steve Welsh reports from this year's Goodwood Revival, the world's biggest historic motor racing event, with highlights including an all - Ferrari Lavant Cup and a tribute to Bruce McLaren / Inspired by a 1956 Motor Sport article, Justin Marozzi takes his Bristol 405 on a 1000 - mile round trip to the Lake District in his article Filton Fashion / We bring together another group of unrestored cars and lead them on a scenic tour round Rutland, Britain's smallest county, for The Oily Rag Run / In Woodrow: Stockport's sporting cyclecar, John Warburton samples the sole surviving example of this unusual light car built by a hat manufacturer in the north of England / Jörg Sierks visits two world - class concours for An Elegant Weekend, held on opposite sides of the English Channel / Edwardians to Ostend — Stefan Marjoram took his sketchbook and camera on an exciting Continental road trip and shares his experiences / In this month's Back on the Road, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford Sports

Our first taste of the car is on the challenging Portimao race track — quite an introduction to a 577bhp near - 200mph sports car, yet one that proves the GT R is a car to be enjoyed rather than feared.

Sports - car racing is like a track meet: There are multiple races going on at the same time.

When race drivers and other professors of speed discuss how great sports cars don't need 500 or 600 horsepower, the Cayman is often the first example on their blackboard.

Shortly afterward, the rules of sports car racing turned away from futuristic prototypes toward cars with the silhouettes of production models, so BMW racing director Jochen Neerpasch persuaded the company in 1975 to embark on a plan to build a mid-engine car.

Jonathon Wood looks at the popular 1.5 litre line / Cars In My Life — RB (Dick) James explains how a boyhood love of cars became a lifelong obsession / Orient Express — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the incredible tale of one of the barn finds of the century / Country Garage — Alan Marsh's childhood recollections of early motoring days in Somerset / Geoffrey Taylor & The Alta — Anthony Pritchard charts the story of the forgotten car that played a major role in Britain's rise in Grand Prix motor racing / Pure Magic — David Tarallo recalls a remarkable Mille Miglia / Low Life — Guy Griffiths takes an unusual look at motor sport / French Fancy — The Editor takes to the road in a delightful little Peugeot 202 — believed to be the only one on the road in BritCars In My Life — RB (Dick) James explains how a boyhood love of cars became a lifelong obsession / Orient Express — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the incredible tale of one of the barn finds of the century / Country Garage — Alan Marsh's childhood recollections of early motoring days in Somerset / Geoffrey Taylor & The Alta — Anthony Pritchard charts the story of the forgotten car that played a major role in Britain's rise in Grand Prix motor racing / Pure Magic — David Tarallo recalls a remarkable Mille Miglia / Low Life — Guy Griffiths takes an unusual look at motor sport / French Fancy — The Editor takes to the road in a delightful little Peugeot 202 — believed to be the only one on the road in Britcars became a lifelong obsession / Orient Express — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the incredible tale of one of the barn finds of the century / Country Garage — Alan Marsh's childhood recollections of early motoring days in Somerset / Geoffrey Taylor & The Alta — Anthony Pritchard charts the story of the forgotten car that played a major role in Britain's rise in Grand Prix motor racing / Pure Magic — David Tarallo recalls a remarkable Mille Miglia / Low Life — Guy Griffiths takes an unusual look at motor sport / French Fancy — The Editor takes to the road in a delightful little Peugeot 202 — believed to be the only one on the road in Britain.

I tend to think of the Ford GT40 as the last of the dedicated racing sports cars that you could imagine taking on the road.

Cadillac has rapidly reinvented itself in the past few years, selling SUVs and crossovers that star in music videos, as well as sports cars that can keep up with the best from Europe on a race track.