Sentences with phrase «turned race laps»

The top Michelin technical partner team cars from BMW, Corvette Racing and Porsche North America all turned race laps within 0.5 seconds of that mark.

Not exact matches

Bourdais was on the third lap of his qualification run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when his Dale Coyne Racing No. 18 GEICO Honda made hard contact with the Turn 2 SAFER Barrier.

«As soon as he was behind the Haas, knowing how tough it is to overtake around here, he absolutely went for it, got a bit wide I think in Turn 11/12 on lap six and that damaged the rear diffuser and created a significant imbalance for him, which he did incredibly well to manage for the rest of the race.

Sunday's race will feature the two Sunoco Rookie of the Year leaders (tied with 54 points), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick, both of whom have never turned a lap at Martinsville.

But the race that had seemingly been so clear - cut took an entirely different focus when Logano's overheated right - front tire exploded, sending him crashing into the outside Turn 1 wall with four laps remaining.

So, I turned on a cycling race and the caption informed me the cyclists had 78 laps remaining.

Racing for position on Lap 223 Kenseth overdrove Turn 1, drifting up into Harvick, who then spun into the wall.

Harvick never turned a lap after a suspension failure caused him to crash during practice, damaging his primary car to the point Stewart - Haas Racing had little recourse but to switch to a backup.

The 1996 race winner crashed off the exit of Turn 2 with 78 laps remaining.

Late cautions turned a great race into an absolute showstopper which saw Robert Wickens and Alexander Rossi collide whilst fighting for the win with two laps to go

The race headed into «overtime» and on the last lap, Aric Almirola was in the lead and defending in to turn three.

Kevin Harvick, who's won three of seven races this season, did not turn a lap in the session after crashing in practice earlier Friday.

Star of the Race: Lewis Hamilton Overtaking Move of the Race: Lap 5: Jolyon Palmer on Valtteri Bottas making the most of his full wets into Turn 1 The Maldonado Award: Kimi Raikkonen The Last Word: Sebastian Vettel in Q3: «I touched the wall badly after Turn 19 but I had to go for it!»

Star of the Race: Fernando Alonso Overtaking Move of the Race: Lap 37: Fernando Alonso around the outside of Carlos Sainz at Turn 2.

I could not help but think though as the players were lapping up the praise and adulation that it may be a bit premature since the race to EPL glory often has late twists and turns.

Presumably conscious that key aspects of its franchise have been lapped by rivals Gran Turismo and Project Cars, developer Turn 10 has built carefully on the well - received Forza 6: 700 - plus vehicles, 32 racing locations, endless racing conditions due to the new dynamic weather system — these stats are just the start of it.

When drivers threatened to boycott the first race because «Dega seemed unsafe, France donned a helmet and turned laps at 176 mph.

The NSX GT3 is a race car that allows a pro driver to fully extract the maximum performance potential against the best GT3 cars and drivers but still lets a gentleman racer feel comfortable behind the wheel and turn the lap times needed for a multi-driver endurance series effort to succeed.

Although I got just three hot laps in the MX - 5 Cup, I felt at - home in the race car from the warm - up lap, though I'm not sure either of us became so familiar that we could experiment with the Miata's ability to rotate through tight turns.

As we wind through a labyrinth of oblique ice walls, Thomas explains that the first two laps will be done in «Snow» mode and then «Race» before the CST is turned off completely for the rest of our time here.

It was the ever - besweatered Sergio Marchionne's exasperated face that appeared on the world Formula 1 feed from the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday, not Amedeo Felisa's, after Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat bumped Sebastian Vettel's car twice in two turns to knock the Ferrari star out on the first lap of the race.

That translates to repeatable performance, something Aston Martin is also talking about — the ability to do consistent, back - to - back 0 - 60 runs, run at sustained top speeds, or even turn competitive laps around race tracks including the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

After the turn of fortune seven laps later, the checkered flag signaled Corvette Racing's first win in 2010.

«Considering that our cars are nearly 200 pounds heavier and we're running with 35 less horsepower that last year, it's a testament to the hard work of the team that we're able to turn faster lap times,» noted Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan.

Two - time Le Mans winner Oliver Gavin concurred: «We learned a lot, and there were several things we did to make the car more comfortable,» said the Briton after he turned the fastest lap of the day for Corvette Racing.

Corvette Racing turned back the challenge of the Aston Martin team in a hard - fought battle that often saw all four cars on the same lap.

Test Day goals accomplished; Gavin fourth and Magnussen sixth LE MANS, France — Corvette Racing successfully ran through its test program ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans today as the two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs turned their first laps around the circuit in the Sarthe region of France.

All four drivers were exceptional today — especially Antonio, who had never turned a lap here in the dry until the first lap of the race.»

That and the Esses play a big part of your laptime, and getting a good run off of Turn 7 and onto the backstretch is key for your lap in qualifying and the race.

DOUG FEHAN, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER «I know all our fans are anxious to see the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R turn its first laps at the upcoming test day at Le Mans.

LE MANS, France — Corvette Racing successfully ran through its test program ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans today as the two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs turned their first laps around the circuit in the Sarthe region of France.

As the race reached halfway, Westbrook was turning his opening laps of his stint.

In qualifying for tomorrow's four - hour Road Race Showcase at Road America, it was Jan Magnussen's turn to qualify the No. 4 Corvette C6.R and, despite being more than a second quicker than Olly's pole - winning lap at Road America in 2010, and six tenths of a second under the GT qualifying record set in 2008, he just missed out on pole position.

Our race unravelled right from Turn 1 of the first lap after contact from another GT car, and then in the pits.

«It was good racing with Scott Sharp at the start and pretty close, but I managed to get by him after he made a small mistake at turn 6 after being behind him for about 25 laps.

The Briton continues: «From about the fifth or sixth lap of the race we had a gearshift problem which turned out to be a cracked hose on the shift system.

There's only one reconnaissance lap and my mind's as busy as my hands around this convoluted 2.3 - kilometre race course, with its 19 turns and rapid changes in elevation.

More than a couple of this season's races came down to moves made at the final turn on the last lap so there's every reason to believe they'll finish that way again in 2017.

Jan Magnussen turned a fast lap at 2:01.358 (109.758 mph) to put the No. 3 Corvette C6.R fifth on the GT2 grid in the season - opening race of the American Le Mans Series.

Eversley, the multi-time GT race winner in PWC, easily scored the pole position Friday afternoon with a best lap of 53.429 seconds for an average speed of 99.31 miles per hour in the TCR qualifying session to pace the 13 - car field at the historic 1.5 - mile, seven - turn road circuit.

Merzon picked up three positions in the race to finish 11th and more importantly was turning competitive lap times in his first TCR weekend.

Corvette Racing successfully ran through its test programme ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans today as the two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs turned their first laps around the circuit in the Sarthe region of France.

Skeen, a former track record holder, took over from teammate Scott Heckert, also of Charlotte, on lap 16 and chased down the GT overall leading duo of Maxime Soulet of Belgium and Rodrigo Baptista of Brazil in the No. 3 K - PAX Racing Bentley Continental GT3 with three laps remaining in the 34 - lap feature at the 3.27 - mile, 17 - turn road circuit.

Both the No. 31 entry and the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac didn't make the three - hour morning session, and turned only a total of 19 and 20 laps, respectively, on Tuesday.

«Tommy lost positions in a similar incident at turn 11 earlier in the race and he used that experience to pick his way through on that final lap.

O'Connell turned the fastest lap of the race at 1:07.423, and eclipsed his qualifying time in the morning warm - up.

Defending GTS series champion Aschenbach jumped to the lead from his pole position on the first lap of the 32 - lap feature race at the famed 2.459 - mile, 10 - turn road circuit northeast of Toronto.

Felipe Nasr and Action Express Racing stayed quickest on Saturday night during the Roar Before 24 as IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers turned their first nighttime laps of the...

The Corvettes ran like clockwork throughout the grueling 12 - hour race, completing 341 laps around the 3.7 - mile, 17 - turn circuit.

They'll race one lap around the punishing 4.048 - mile, 14 - turn Road America course in the Tour de Road America Bike Ride to Fight Cancer to establish bragging rights in Chevrolet's championship - winning road racing team.