Sentences with phrase «than a road course»

The loop is relatively tight without elevation change, emulating an autocross course more so than a road course.
The Volkswagen Touareg shares much of its platform with the Porsche Cayenne, but the vehicle's suspension has been tuned predominantly for comfortable cruising than road course lapping.
«It is a different challenge than a road course because you know that you can not put a wheel off the line or you will be in the wall.

Not exact matches

So, as someone who's been branded a contrarian, someone who's been known to rock more than a few boats when it comes to the way we think about money and the role it plays in our daily lives, I propose an alternate course... a financial road less traveled.
Rather than continuing down the road with a «business as usual» approach, perhaps it's time to take massive action and correct course.
A school located on the Geneva Road might be expected to include more courses on Reformation history than a school on the road to CanterbRoad might be expected to include more courses on Reformation history than a school on the road to Canterbroad to Canterbury.
The Tabletatura, of course, hate the whole thing; and they object particularly to the reception of communities rather than individuals, quite simply because far more will come, numerically, under this dispensation than under what previously obtained: i.e., special fast - track arrangements for clergy wanting reordination (this has helped substantially with the shortage of priests) but the old business of «individual submission» for the laity, and off with them to some denatured liturgy at the ghastly concrete Catholic barracks down the road.
More than quick and convenient gas pumps, Harris Ranch's Fast Track offers an inviting convenience store, with clean bathrooms, light snacks and meals, a coffee bar, rows of refreshing drinks, and of course, many wonderful and unique Harris Ranch offerings — such as our famous beef jerky, packed for the road!
In the last five years, she's won 10 ultramarathons (any footrace longer than 26.2 miles) and set six course records, and she holds the second - fastest women's 100 - mile road race time in the nation.
But someone such as Allegri would not only take it in his stride he would I believe relish the chance to have somebody next to him that understands the values of the club (starting with of course the fact we f**king HATE finishing behind those Pikies up the road and the very minimum we must achieve is ending the season higher than them).
In 244 starts in the Cup Series he had scored just two victories — both on road courses — and had finished better than 17th in the year end standings just once.
Oliver thinks more than ever of sunny Texas golf courses, and of his ongoing swing transition («The transition is: I need to fix it»), and of his sons, who are now 10 and eight and rambunctious, and could use a father who no longer goes on 10 - day road trips.
He's had an unusual season where he's done the very un-Will Power thing of being more competitive on ovals than he has on road courses, including a brilliant defensive drive at Pocono.
They have of course played in the FA Cup during that time, progressing to the quarter - finals with a comfortable 2 - 0 victory at home to Blackpool, but to all intents and purposes David Moyes has the exciting prospect of picking from a squad that should be a lot fresher than that of his opposite number, one that will also be boosted by the return of several important figures, as Everton attempt to extend their unbeaten league run to six matches at Loftus Road.
At home, of course, we have friends who can either join us or to whom one of the kids can duck out rather than go somewhere they don't like, but on the road, there's no «plan b», no - one else to help out.
It would essentially forbid the club from selling its land near Irving Park and Bloomingdale Roads for any use other than as a golf course or open space.
A skateboarding road - trip flick that will bore real skateboarders silly (and I should know — I've been one since the late»70s), it includes barely 10 minutes of badly - edited actual boarding, less than half of which features the main characters (no - name actors using obvious stunt doubles), who in the course of the movie perform only one trick (at the very end) that's beyond the abilities of any dedicated junior high school punk with a modicum of talent.
Of course, a relationship this demented is bound to burn out sooner rather than later and their road to self - destruction makes a pretty good yarn.
Rather than passively wait for history to take its course, or to succumb before the inevitable shifts that come ahead, we want to inspire educators and the society in full to make active decisions and take whatever roads we need so as to guarantee that every child in the world has the opportunity to thrive.
And a small, diabolical little road course with more off - camber corners than you can shake a Snell sticker at.
Of course, this is as extreme a road as you're likely to find and its narrowness is more suited to a Caterham than an M3 or similar.
Even so, a couple of quick laps around a 2.2 - mile road course showed that the XT is still very much a compact crossover rather than a tall - roofed WRX, as it displayed considerable body roll and understeer.
Yet the FR - S is a better and more rewarding car to drive — at least on a handling course; we haven't driven it or the BRZ on public roads yet — than many cars that have turbos, large - displacement engines, transaxles, big rubber, or all - wheel drive.
Maybe it has something to do with GM building its own private racetrack ten years ago, but more recent cars like the Cadillac CTS - V and the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 feel much happier on a road course than the outgoing Corvette does, even if they're not as fast.
Absolutely content on a road course, the Spider also felt more at home on the road than its fixed - roof predecessor.
On a road course, there are few cars more entertaining than an SRT Viper.
What better way to debut Project 8 — our most track - focused production car ever, than on America's most iconic road course
While a handful of laps around a modified road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway are hardly enough for a thorough evaluation, I felt more confident turning its wheel than I have in any other Challenger variant.
It's luxurious, it drives better than anyone expects of an SUV, and we found it can even bound across a rocky off - road course.
Of course this is all probably of less import on the high - speed, paved corners of Big Willow than the snow - covered roads of Sweden above the Arctic Circle, where the Golf R was introduced to the European media this past winter.
Despite legendary bad luck, Gurney won more Formula 1 races than any American not named Mario Andretti, and he claimed five NASCAR victories (in six years) on the road course at Riverside.
Of course, the GT4 is a stiffer - sprung car than the standard models, which gives it even tauter body control and roll resistance, but in proper Porsche Motorsport tradition is also rides a bumpy road surface with abundant damping quality.
Over the course of the afternoon my confidence grows, more because the road surface has dried than me having got any sort of a handle on the P1's performance.
It's taught for the twisties, of course, but the ride quality over cracked Michigan roads was better than a 335i with the sport package was earlier this year.
According to GM, a Z / 28 is over two and a half seconds faster than the more powerful ZL1 on its Milford Road Course, and more than five seconds more rapid than a Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca.
Like the BMW, the E43 is a model that was designed to provide a middle ground between a garden - variety E-Class and the hardcore performance of the E63 S. And, like the BMW, the E43 is much happier on your favorite back road or slogging through the daily commute than it is being pushed to 10 / 10ths out on a road course.
But the RLX Sport Hybrid SH - AWD wasn't conceived for auto crosses or road courses, and other than the bland exterior styling — I'm beginning to wonder if anyone really prefers the jewel - eye headlight look, never mind their exceptional light - casting performance (more important than styling, sure).
Shift the seven - speed PDK (the only gearbox available — stop whining, it's faster on a road course than a manual) into «D» and creep out of the pits, light on the throttle for now.
But as I said in my entry regarding the CLS63 AMG S - Model, in most real - road situations and encounters, it will deliver big - time other than a finicky gearbox, semi-numb steering on corner entry and, of course, all that weight.
The new calibrations improve response in Tour, Sport and Track modes and Chevrolet says that with the new calibrations applied to a 2016 Z06, the lap times on the Milford Road Course improved by more than a second.
O'Connell won the GT1 pole for the first time in his ALMS career, covering the 2.54 - mile road course in 1:17.034 (118.701 mph), more than 2.4 mph faster than the previous record.
«We'll be racing on road courses that range from 1.5 miles at Lime Rock to more than 4 miles at Road America, with a new temporary circuit in Detroit also in the road courses that range from 1.5 miles at Lime Rock to more than 4 miles at Road America, with a new temporary circuit in Detroit also in the Road America, with a new temporary circuit in Detroit also in the mix.
Brabham set the GT - 1 track record by going 122.760 mph around the 3.56 - mile road course, breaking the record set last year by Olivier Baretta in a Dodge Viper GTSR by more than four seconds.
Automobile manufacturers made available their newest cars, crossovers and trucks to more than 75 media members on track, street, and off - road courses.
March 18, 2013, Auburn Hills, Mich. - Configured in - house by the Chrysler Group's SRT (Street and Racing Technology) team in collaboration with professional road racers, the exclusive, street - legal and single - spec 2014 SRT Viper TA (Time Attack) package is specifically built for the performance enthusiast driver who likes to exercise their machines at the more than 150 road - race courses around North America.
Sebring also is one of three circuits at which Corvette Racing has appeared in its 19 - plus seasons, and the program has logged more than 40,000 racing miles over the 3.7 - mile, 17 - turn road course.
We've tested the sedans and coupes on slow, fast, twisty and hilly roads and on challenging race courses, and they go, steer, corner and brake as well as, or better than, anything in their segment.
We have learned that a Milano is quicker on a road course than a same - year BMW 3 - Series, but is much more difficult to fix when something breaks.
It's worth noting that our new G - Classes did all this on a large estate in the mountains of the far south of France, usually used as a rally driving school and manufacturer's development course, rather than the «off - road» courses typically staged by manufacturers to highlight their new SUV's strengths.
We'd guess most Macan buyers are more likely to try a road course than the back country, yes, and there the amazement increases.
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