Lexus proudly returns to American
sports car racing in 2017 with two RC F GT3 vehicles competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
No other manufacturer has won more GTLM races this season (five) nor in IMSA since the post-merger era began for
sports car racing in 2014 (11).
We believe the teams we have selected will provide world - class competition and will be our calling card as we embark on an exciting new era of
sports car racing in North America.»
R further strengthens our V - Performance portfolio, placing Cadillac into the highest series of
sports car racing in North America.»
Wisconsin - based racers Augie Pabst and Jim Jeffords excelled in
sports car racing in the early»60s with their Chevy - powered machines.
- Bob Stallings is like most of those in U.S.
sports car racing in that he treats his team as a business, but it's also his hobby.As the sport undergoes its massive change that will lead to a unified...
The Supra also competed in IMSA
sports car racing in the U.S. in the 1980s, and twice ran at Le Mans in the 1990s.
The purpose is to award the person who has made the greatest contribution to
sports car racing in the year.
The 4th generation Supra was known for its participation in motorsports including All - Japan GT racing, American IMSA
sports car racing in 1980s and the Le Mans in 1990s.
«It is important for us to support our partners in the TUDOR Championship as well as the FIA and ACO during one of the biggest weekend for
sports car racing in North America.
Photo Credit: ALMS.com The future of
sports car racing in North America just got a bit more interesting with Wednesday's announcement that NASCAR's Grand - AM Series...
DETROIT (Sept. 29, 2015)-- Corvette Racing looks to close its season of
sports car racing in the same fashion as it started — with a victory.
This is a tremendous event and one that helped revitalize professional
sports car racing in North America in the late 1990s.
While Pirelli World Challenge is a new series for Segal, he has made his mark in international
sports car racing in Ferraris with victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
ABOUT Pirelli World Challenge: Known for intense competition, Pirelli World Challenge features some of the best wheel - to - wheel professional
sports car racing in North America.
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Two events occurred in 1955 that forever changed
sports car racing in America: Chevrolet introduced the small - block V - 8 in Corvette, and Road America held its first race.
Detroit — Corvette Racing looks to close its season of
sports car racing in the same fashion as it started — with a victory.
The From the Fans award, determined by ALMS fans in online voting, is presented to the person who has made the greatest contribution to
sports car racing in the past year.
One distinguishing characteristic of these cars is they are both fully GT4 homologated meaning they can compete in any GT4 designated race series which is quickly becoming the most popular form of
sports car racing in the world.
Fehan and Corvette marketing manager Gary Claudio are previous recipients of the award, which recognizes the greatest contribution to
sports car racing in the last year as voted by ALMS fans.
I was running right behind Allan Simonsen's car and I shall never be able to forget what happened... every single one of us in motor racing, and
sports car racing in particular, hopes and prays we won't see that again.
His ability to bring together the historic 24 Hours of Le Mans in combination with the ALMS created what is now considered to be the most competitive
sports car racing in the world.
TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R «Petit Le Mans has done a lot for
sports car racing in America and is one of the biggest events in the U.S.. It's a favorite of mine.
We think the most logical canvas would be the forthcoming BMW M6 GT3, which is due to replace the current Z4 GT3 in
sports car racing in 2016.
2012 was the 50th running of the race which had begun as a three - hour duration
sports car race in 1962.
BALTIMORE (Aug. 31, 2013)-- Corvette Racing scored a 1 - 2 class finish today in one of the wildest and unpredictable
sports car races in memory at the Grand Prix of Baltimore and the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series.
It's where I won my first
sports car race in a prototype in the ALMS.
«The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most historic and challenging endurance
sports car races in the world,» said Jim Campbell, U.S. Vice President Performance Vehicle and Motorsports.
BALTIMORE — Corvette Racing scored a 1 - 2 class finish today in one of the wildest and unpredictable
sports car races in memory at the Grand Prix of Baltimore and the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series.
Not exact matches
In a
sport that requires athleticism, skill, preternatural spatial awareness... and the ability to look past the inherent risk of driving a
race car at 200 miles per hour and still perform at the highest level, he talked about his injury.
And if that's not enough,
in 2010 C.J. founded CJ Wilson
Racing, a
sports car race team that recently announced its move up to the IMSA GTD class, one of the premier
sports car classes
in the world.
A lifelong adrenaline junkie, the Ottawa - born software pioneer fell
in love with the fastest and most dangerous
sports there are: professional
race car and motorcycle driving.
Sports - car racing is the best sports - business success story hiding in plain sight: IMSA, the premier sanctioning body for sports - car competition in North Am
Sports -
car racing is the best
sports - business success story hiding in plain sight: IMSA, the premier sanctioning body for sports - car competition in North Am
sports - business success story hiding
in plain sight: IMSA, the premier sanctioning body for
sports - car competition in North Am
sports -
car competition
in North America.
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 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.
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.
And she soon also followed her father into motor
racing, eventually becoming a winner
in sports car and GT endurance
racing, even driving
in the grueling 24 hours of Le Mans.
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In view of extremely hazardous conditions at the Watkins Glen course, because racing at this site under present circumstances places all organized motor sport in jeopardy,» says the Sports Car Club of America, it is banning to its members all races at the Glen until further notic
In view of extremely hazardous conditions at the Watkins Glen course, because
racing at this site under present circumstances places all organized motor
sport in jeopardy,» says the Sports Car Club of America, it is banning to its members all races at the Glen until further notic
in jeopardy,» says the
Sports Car Club of America, it is banning to its members all
races at the Glen until further notice.
We take a look at the drivers who came back to the
sport after suffering nasty injuries
in racing cars
The low square
car not only won the biggest single event
in sports -
car racing but
in doing so also squeezed by Porsche to win for itself the International Manufacturers» Championship by a slim three points.
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.
In sweeping the Daytona 24 - hour race some rugged German sports cars demonstrated that they are the threats of the year in the altered game of endurance racin
In sweeping the Daytona 24 - hour
race some rugged German
sports cars demonstrated that they are the threats of the year
in the altered game of endurance racin
in the altered game of endurance
racing.
He later went on to
race in the British Touring
Car Championship and sports car championships, as well as Grand Prix Maste
Car Championship and
sports car championships, as well as Grand Prix Maste
car 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.
Trim enough at 47, Greenberg used to
race sports cars and motorcycles and still tools to his office at Miami's Mount Sinai Medical Center
in a high - powered Porsche.
It almost makes you wish tracks were still like this, until you remember that this is the very same
race where the ultra-talented Stefan Bellof tragically lost his life, cutting short a a career that had yet to fully blossom
in either
Sports Cars or Formula 1.
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.
A
sports car buff who has not been seen riding a bicycle
in years, the prince nevertheless climbed aboard a two - wheeler
in Stockholm and led the field through part of the first lap of a bike
race, pulling nimbly aside after 850 meters and letting the 60 - odd competitors pedal past.