Sentences with phrase «straight circuit racing»

The mainline Forzas are straight circuit racing games in which races take place on closed tracks.

Not exact matches

The two cars will go head - to - head in a roll race - basically a drag race from a rolling start - on the pit straight of the Adelaide street circuit, which hosted the Australian GP until 1986.

The circuit uses the longest district road in Italy as the start / finish straight the Via Cristoforo Colombo and will race around the Obelisco di Marconi with the Colosseo Quadrato making for a pretty backdrop to the race.

During race two of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000's visit to the Buddh International Circuit, several drivers got some unexpected air on the back straight.

Fortunately, Forza 6 remains true to itself and you're straight into a circuit race along the coastlines of Brazil.

By Barry Carter / «The Morgans time forgot» — Two survivors of the three - wheelers exported to Australia are described by Dennis Harrison / Archers of Dunmow — In the first of a series of articles on restoration and technical subjects David Hawtin writes about this long - established restoration workshop / 1909 Sizaire - Naudin — The brothers Sizaire and Louis Naudin produced a variety of cars including the example described here by Douglas Ormrod / MG Picnic at Brookiands — Malcolm Green reports on the well - attended picnic for MG enthusiasts in support of the Brookiands Appeal / The English - bodied Stutz — The popularity of Stutz cars in this country in the late 20s is explained by Michael Worthington - Williams / 1929 Stutz straight - eight — The Editor drives a Lancefield - bodied type M in this month's Excursion / Pre-war racing at Donington — Robert Heelis recalls watching motor racing at the Midlands circuit when he was a boy / VSCC Welsh Trial — In his Diary of a dilettante Tom Threlfall reports on this year's Welsh Trial / Rallye des Ancetres — Malcolm Elder tells us how much he enjoyed taking part in this French rally.

This was a golden era for motor racing, and sports car competition in particular: cars that could exceed 220mph, and match or even exceed F1 lap times; extreme and often treacherous circuits, from the steep banking of Daytona to the 3.4 - mile straight of Le Mans and the tortuous mountain course of the Targa Florio; hero drivers, facing the ever present prospect of serious injury or worse, the whole vibrant madness immortalised in the film «Le Mans», the ill - fated brainchild of Steve McQueen.

AUSTIN, Texas — The speedometer needle is closing in rapidly on 140 mph as we fly underneath the pedestrian bridge on the back straight at Circuit of the Americas, a track that caters to ultra-high grip, and horsepower Formula 1 race cars.

Gavin and Beretta Post Second Straight Podium Finish ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Corvette Racing finished third and fourth today in the seventh round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series at the fast Road America circuit.

The 911 pace car ahead of me raced up the main straight and took the ascent up through Turn 1 of the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit without a flash of brakelights.

Going into this weekend's seventh round of the 12 - race American Le Mans Series, Chevy's factory road racing team has posted five straight victories on the scenic 2.25 - mile Mid-Ohio circuit.

The Mulsanne Express With its long straights and glass - smooth racing surface, the immense 8.4 - mile Le Mans circuit rewards horsepower and demands aerodynamic efficiency.

With eight class victories — including seven straight from 2001 and 2008 (the team didn't race there in 2003)-- no team in the IMSA paddock can match Corvette Racing's level of success at the circuit.

With daunting high - speed corners and soaring straights, it is not a track for the timid — which is why Corvette Racing's drivers relish their return to the historic 10 - turn circuit for Sunday's Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport.

«Miller Motorsports Park doesn't have the same straight - line speed and heavy braking that we experience at Le Mans, but its racing surface is just as smooth and the circuit has elements that remind me of the Dunlop chicane and the Esses in Le Mans.

LE MANS, France — With four GT1 class victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the last five years — including a streak of three straight wins in 2004 - 06 — Corvette Racing driver Oliver Gavin knows his way around the Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans.

Modes include straight up racing, of which takes place on ordinary circuits.

The player starts straight into action, at a circuit race driving a outstandingly styled Acura Integra Type R with a Mantis wide body kit, easily winning over his opponents... merely to be woken up by Samantha (Cindy Johnson) from his day dreaming.

NASCAR organized the NASCAR Thunder 100, a pair of exhibition 100 - lap races on the east circuit, a 1.4 miles (2.3 km) layout which utilizes the pit straight and esses, before rejoining the main circuit near the Casio triangle.

Then as the weather cleared up, a drying line started to form around the circuit depending on which line the cars were taking through each corner, which I could both see and hear as I searched for the wet parts of the track on the straights to cool down my tyres — a technique used in real life racing as well.