Sentences with phrase «track day car in»

The driving position was, in fact, the RP1's ground zero moment, because that's where the small but perfectly formed team of designers, engineers and ex-McLaren F1 team aerodynamicists began their quest to deliver «the fastest track day car in the world by 2020».

Not exact matches

A few days before launching its car in Barcelona, Toro Rosso headed to the Misano track in Italy, close to their home base in Faenza, in order to give the stunning - looking STR12 its first laps on track.

Testing may be restricted in Formula One these days, but the cars still get to hit the track now and then for «filming days».

My first day at the track, I pull into a line of cars at the gate: spectators signing in as drivers hand over a list of next of kin and waive away their right to sue should a tire blow out, or the transmission fry, or the wheels not quite catch and the wall come suddenly looming.

Ferrari used the test track for a filming day and hit the 100 km limit, with Raikkonen's stint in the car being followed by Sebastian Vettel getting a go.

There are SO many track days around these days but one thing I never thought I'd be able to do was drive a NASCAR (or Stock Car as they're officially known) here in the UK.

Schumer joined Rockland County Executive Ed Day near the train tracks on New Main Street in Haverstraw, where last week a CSX train collided with a commercial truck carrying cars.

«If it is good enough for high - ranking government officials and dignitaries to ride around in cars with bullet - proof glass, then it should be for our cops who put their lives on the line and are being tracked down and murdered like prey With this move, New York is sending the message that all lives matter including the lives of those who wear the blue uniform and who day - in, day - out put their lives on the live to protect ours.»

On the first day of the competition, the cars handled the track and obstacles at speed with few mistakes in dry, clear conditions.

Even so, it did take me a few days of hardcore playing in order to master the controls and learn the ins and outs of braking, gear changes, the cars and the tracks.

More choices, more opportunities, more strategy, greater risks and greater rewards SEAMLESSLY CONNECTED — Socialize and compete via Online Track Days, have players from around the world take the place of AI - controlled drivers in your solo play, and get news updates on the Driver Network around you PRO ESPORTS RACING — Skill & Behavioural - based matchmaking, create your own Online Racing Seasons, and Live Broadcast and Spectator functionality YOUR HOME FOR RACING — Your own personal, customisable Test Track to tune and test your cars.

Crowd - funded by a passionate community that has been involved in the development process from day - one to create their ultimate racing experience, Project CARS includes the largest track roster of any recent racing game, a huge variety of motorsports to play, a freeform and authentic career mode, world - class graphics and handling, dynamic time of day & weather, and a suite of community features and connectivity that leave the competition behind in the dust.

• «A Day At The Races» Take a trip to a real race track with Lindsay Lohan, race car driver Deborah Renshaw and Herbie for a behind - the - scenes look at NASCAR racing and the racing scenes in the movie.

Spec is everything and the lap time is only relevant if we can actually buy the car in record time spec, at least right away - not like some Seats or Nismos... So far is an impressive time, but if it was achieved with tyres you can't buy for the car (or won't for everyday use), without material that's needed for everyday and even prolonged track - day use (Air Con for ex.)

Our staffers offered similar sentiments when the hot hatch made the rounds back in 2012, agreeing that the constant permanent control was a track - day blight on the car's otherwise brilliant driving dynamics, especially considering the nearly - $ 40,000 price and supposed superiority to the Volkswagen GTI.

The car might be lightened and given a more aggressive suspension, in order to attract amateur track - day enthusiasts, reported Autocar in January.

This year, he expects to support about two dozen privately owned R8 LMS cars — two in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship for professional endurance racing, seven in the Pirelli World Challenge series for professional sprint races, and the rest in club races or at track days.

We gave Nelson about three months of experience schlepping test cars and racking up track - day miles and driving instruction before we dumped the whole shooting match in his lap.

Looking past the PR fluff in that statement, we see the 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth is pitched to «track - day enthusiasts» as «the ultimate high - performance small car.»

Our staff and group of contributors are no different, represented by track - day rookies all the way to a professional championship - winning sports car driver and everything in between.

It might seem strange to see NASCAR drivers, crew chiefs, and mechanics playing around with sprint karts at a track with right turns as well as lefts, but stock - car racing has come a long way from the days when Junior Johnson was running whiskey in a Ford V - 8 sedan.

After its Ferrari ownership, the car was sold to a private collector in 2007 and has since taken part in numerous Ferrari Racing track days.

Happy Hup — Our publisher samples a landmark American runabout of 1910 — the Hupmobile Model 20 / Hunting the Snipe — JonathonWood tracks down a quality car that helped keep the flag flying for Humber / Glorious Goodwood — David Venables reports that this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed was better than ever / Golden Apples — Anthony Pritchard visited Richard Gaylard Shattock now a spritley 86 at his home in Cornwall where he reminisced about his Atlanta racing days / Racing Double — Champagne corks have been popping in Norfolk and in Belgium; Douglas Blain joined the celebrations as both contestant and reporter / Arms and the Argonne — The Argonne forest in the North - East of France saw fierce fighting in the final months of the Great War.

Zoe Harrison investigates / The French Brooklands — Bill Boddy begins his series on Monthlery France's answer to the famous Surrey track / Record Breaker — Tom Threlfall and Nick Baldwin reminisce about one of Britain's most famous post war sports cars / Standard Issue — In the early days Standards were quality cars.

Held at the sprawling Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, where the SoCal chapter of PCA flexes its flat - six muscles, enjoying a three - day weekend of autocross, track sessions, and car parades in every type of Porsche imaginable.

Witnessed many a shunt on track days in front or behind... normally people going out like nutters not taking a bit time to get feel for car track first (I would for example not push very till second of 6 sessions no matter how many times driven castle come, tracks are live things need to feel & judge grip levels and your tyres on the day first).

Its breath of talents are perhaps broader than any other car in this class, being easier to live with day - to - day than its rivals but still able to hold its own down a challenging B - road or on track.

Montlhéry: The Golden Era — The last of the great prewar banked circuits to survive in largely original condition: David Burgess-Wise researches its history up to 1939 / A hard seven days and nights — Paul Skilleter explains how a remarkably standard Jaguar XK 120 covered 16,851 miles in 168 hours at Montlhéry in 1952 / The aerodynamic world of Etienne Bunau - Varilla — Reg Winstone investigates the influential career of this pioneer aviator, engineer, businessman and inventor / Good things come to those who wait — Kay Hottendorff shares his experiences in tracking down his dream car — a Cord in Oily Rag condition / Child's Play: spotting car numbers — John Harrison and Adrian Tranmer look at the origins, development and hazards of this popular schoolboy hobby / Future of the Past?

The real eye - opener for me was that as the track warmed and dried out throughout the day, the difference in the way the car reacted was astonishing.

Come Memorial Day weekend, Honda - and Chevrolet - powered Indy cars will be shrieking around the track, but on this clear winter morning, the largest sporting venue in the world is eerily silent — «save for the ghosts of the last 105 years,» says copy editor Rusty Blackwell.

Although the company does make the incredibly fast RXC for the road, the little SR3 — a shrunken LMP car with a frenzied motorbike engine — is these days solely offered in track - only form.

While setting lap times in a road car for a magazine story, or when running around on a track day, I'm always acutely aware of the consequences of having an off.

«A lot of people will tell you back in the day this car, with the 3.91 stock rearend, would keep up with the W - 30 at the track.

[37][38] In similar fashion to the Ferrari FXX, although the owners are private individuals, Maserati is responsible for the storage, upkeep, and maintenance of the cars, and they are only driven on specially organized track days.

«When I race at historic events I feel every bit of the same satisfaction as back in the pro days; however, in pro racing, all you care about is winning, and you aren't too caring about your cars or competitors — there's less respect out on the track.

At least not in the sense you'd expect — the badges are there, and the boy - racer trim bits, but a front - drive car with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) is never going to be a recipe for track - day fun.

In the early days, sports cars raced through the streets and county roads surrounding the village of Elkhart Lake on temporary circuits until enthusiasts found an enduring home with the opening of the permanent Road America track in 195In the early days, sports cars raced through the streets and county roads surrounding the village of Elkhart Lake on temporary circuits until enthusiasts found an enduring home with the opening of the permanent Road America track in 195in 1955.

You can put the savings toward plenty of track days and modifications too; we're sure the aftermarket will be able to empty your wallet in no time with this car.

In the morning, it revealed the 2019 Aston Martin Vantage road car and later in the day, it unveiled the new 2018 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE race car, bringing the car maker's new design language from the highway to the race tracIn the morning, it revealed the 2019 Aston Martin Vantage road car and later in the day, it unveiled the new 2018 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE race car, bringing the car maker's new design language from the highway to the race tracin the day, it unveiled the new 2018 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE race car, bringing the car maker's new design language from the highway to the race track.

In our review of the more - powerful RC350, we said that, «It's a fine car for novice track - day participants, because there isn't a wad of excess power to encourage getting in over one's head.&raquIn our review of the more - powerful RC350, we said that, «It's a fine car for novice track - day participants, because there isn't a wad of excess power to encourage getting in over one's head.&raquin over one's head.»

David King said: «We will be running a series of exclusive track day events commencing in 2016 that will offer the opportunity for these customers to explore their driving capabilities, and the car's performance potential, on some of the world's most famous and glamorous race circuits.»

I'm not convinced that everyone who drives a new Civic will immediately follow it up with a Miata project car and regular attendance to their local autocross or track days, but some of them will at least end up interested in cars and the thrill of driving.

Calling it «an all - day track car that's also street legal,» Ford introduced the new Mustang Shelby GT350 in advance of the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show.

The Renault Clio Renaultsport used to be one of the most fun - to - drive hatchbacks on sale in the UK — capable of showing a clean pair of heals to more exotic (and expensive) cars at a track day, while being as practical as a standard three - door Clio.

Porsche engineers have also adapted the Porsche Active Stability Management to work with the track day special RS and widened the car's track underneath both in front and in back.

Their 6th place finish at the hot and humid VIR track in Alton, Virginia came at the end of a topsy - turvy day which included a number of incidences of contact with other cars on the fast, narrow circuit.

In many ways, it isn't a rival to existing hot hatches at all, but a specialist machine for those who want a really exclusive, compact race - developed car that can cope with a trip to the shops as well as track days.

We had this particular Z06 in for our track - day cover story — along with the Porsche 911 GT2 RS and the Lexus LFA — and the American from Kentucky held its own against the other cars, which cost substantially more.

Barris also equipped each car with what passed for high end audio back in the day in the form of a separate 8 - track tape player boxed in at the leading edge of each floor console.

We have a knowledgeable team with expertise in street performance, track day prep, winter driving needs and day - to - day maintenance and repairs for your favourite car, SUV, 4x4 or exotic.