Sentences with phrase «weekend of sportscar»

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Because the thing is, the date move now puts the race on the same weekend as Petit Le Mans - the final round of IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and North American Endurance Cup.

That's no excuse for brake - checking someone though, and it happened twice in the space of just one corner during last weekend's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race.

Four years later we can safely say that the transformation from leather - lined boulevard behemoth to the ripped race - winner idling before us in the pits for this weekend's Blancpain GT Series event at Silverstone ranks as one of the most charming, impressive and downright ambitious stories in modern sportscar racing.

DETROIT (May 1, 2018)-- Corvette Racing returns to one of its most successful venues this weekend when it visits Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at CTMP is Corvette Racing's second event as part of back - to - back race weekends for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

It is where endurance racing's premier production - based team heads this weekend in hopes of building its points lead in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans (GTLM) title race.

The MINI JCW Team and MINI USA are gearing up for another big race this weekend at Lime Rock Park in their quest to sit on top of the Manufacturer's standings in the Street Tuner class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series.

- Scuderia Corsa will have a familiar face stepping in for one of its No. 63 WeathertTech Ferrari 488 GT3 drivers this weekend in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix...

The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix at CTMP is Corvette Racing's second event as part of a back - to - back race weekends for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

This weekend, the world's premier GT racing team looks to add another to that tally at one of its most successful venues: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix.

- «I actually really like the place,» says Joey Hand of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, which hosts the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the first time this weekend in...

CORVETTE RACING AT MID-OHIO: Back to Another Famed Circuit Team's first event at Mid-Ohio since 2012 Corvette Racing with eight class victories at Mid-Ohio Gavin, Milner winners at Corvette Racing's last Mid-Ohio visit Corvette Racing coming off victory No. 107 in program history DETROIT (May 1, 2018)-- Corvette Racing returns to one of its most successful venues this weekend when it visits Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Road America is the site of this weekend's Continental Tire Road Race Showcase — the eighth round of this year's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for GTLM teams.

DETROIT (Sept. 30, 2014)-- Corvette Racing closes the inaugural year of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship this weekend with the 17th running of Petit Le Mans — the annual 10 - hour endurance race at Road Atlanta.

On Thursday, teams in the now - titled WeatherTech SportsCar Championship unloaded their race cars at Daytona to participate in the Roar Before the 24 practice weekend in advance of the Rolex 24 at the end of January.

DETROIT (July 9, 2014)-- After winning a round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship at an unfamiliar venue, Corvette Racing heads this weekend to more recognizable surroundings.

DETROIT (Jan. 23, 2018)-- Corvette Racing is preparing to embark on its 20th season of competition with the Rolex 24 At Daytona and start of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship this weekend.

DETROIT — Corvette Racing — and the rest of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans class — takes center stage this weekend at Virginia International Raceway.

This weekend, Corvette Racing returns to the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship with the Sahlen's Six Hours of...

ALTON, Va. — Corvette Racing's No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R qualified sixth Saturday for the Oak Tree Grand Prix at Virginia International Raceway — barely two hours after a crash in the final practice session for this weekend's round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.

This weekend, Corvette Racing returns to the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship with the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International.

After missing the last two rounds, Spirit of Daytona Racing will make its return to IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition next weekend in Detroit with its freshly built Cadillac DPi - V.R.

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship takes to the streets of Detroit's Belle Isle for the fifth round of the 2018 season this weekend.

Scuderia Corsa will have a familiar face stepping in for one of its No. 63 WeathertTech Ferrari 488 GT3 drivers this weekend in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix...

Race weekends take their toll on cars from all racing categories and series — and none more so than in the IMSA Sportscar Championship, whose large variety of tracks are a challenge for manufacturers and drivers alike.

CORVETTE RACING AT MONTEREY: Points the Name of the Game Still in the driver's seat for all three GTLM championships Garcia, Magnussen coming off VIR victory to boost points lead Gavin, Milner look to add to team's late - season momentum Chevrolet ahead in ultra-tight Manufacturer's Championship battle Corvette Racing looks to repeat past success at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca DETROIT (Sept. 19, 2017)-- With two races left in this year's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Corvette Racing is hoping this weekend's...

This weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans brought joy and despair to teams up and down the pit lane in equal measure, and Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin experienced both during the world's most famous, and toughest, sportscar race.

The Ford Chip Ganassi Racing team narrowly missed out on a place on the podium at last weekend's Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring — the second round of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship — with the No. 67 Ford GT of Richard Westbrook, Scott Dixon, and Ryan Briscoe finishing fourth out of nine entries in the GT Le Mans class.

R in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, is coming off a third place finish in last weekend's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

A pair of teenagers are set to make their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debuts next weekend at Circuit of The Americas, with Parker Chase and Harry Gottsacker confirmed in TRG's Porsche 911 GT3 R for the Advance Auto Parts Sportscar SportsCar Championship debuts next weekend at Circuit of The Americas, with Parker Chase and Harry Gottsacker confirmed in TRG's Porsche 911 GT3 R for the Advance Auto Parts Sportscar Sportscar Showdown.

Corvette Racing and Corvette Daytona Prototypes head deep in the heart of Texas this weekend for the Lone Star Le Mans race and the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship at Circuit of The Americas.

DETROIT (Sept. 16, 2014)-- Corvette Racing heads deep in the heart of Texas this weekend for the Lone Star Le Mans race and the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship at Circuit of The Americas.

Today, a year later, the Huracán GT3 is ready for a global challenge: it has been chosen by more than 20 customer teams, with 40 cars competing over 78 race weekends in 13 of the most prestigious GT championships worldwide: from IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the United States to Asian Championships such as SuperGT, Asian Le Mans Series and GT Asia, through Europe's major series such as Blancpain GT, ADAC GT Masters, British GT Championship, Campionato Italiano GT, International GT Open, International Endurance Series and Michelin GT3 Cup.

America's leading GT sports car team heads to Long Beach, California, this weekend for the third round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

DETROIT (Aug. 18, 2015)-- Corvette Racing — and the rest of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans class — takes center stage this weekend at Virginia International Raceway.

After the championship's last round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship at the unfamiliar venue of Watkins Glen, Corvette Racing heads this weekend to more recognizable surroundings.

We'll have the full schedule up shortly for this weekend's kickoff of the 2017 Weathertech Sportscar Championship season.

R race cars are getting ready to compete this weekend in the top-most class of IMSA SportsCar Championship racing, as the series heads west to the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 13th through the 14th.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ — January 24, 2018 — The MINI JCW Team and MINI USA will start their fourth full season in the Street Tuner class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series this weekend at the famous high banks of the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla..

The racing career of the new BMW M8 GTE officially kicked off at the season opener of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in Daytona (USA) this weekend.

The California - based squad ran two Audi GT4s at Daytona last weekend in preparation for the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season opener, and expects to take delivery of a third later this month.

There are a lot of variables that could determine the outcome of the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase — the seventh round of the 2015 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship — at Road America (7 - 9 August) and Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin is going into the weekend with an open mind.

R to victory at Round 3 of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship over the weekend, ending a three - year winning streak for the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac of Wayne Taylor Racing.

Last weekend's round of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship marked the first race of the season in which Cadillac failed to put a driver on the podium, and only the second race that wasn't won by a Cadillac, as Helio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor earned their first victory in the No. 7 Acura Team Penske car.

View the first photos from Sebring as IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams unload and prepare for this weekend's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

DOUG FEHAN, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER: «Texas is all about BIG... and the combination of COTA, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship makes it one of the biggest and best sports car weekends for any fan around the world.

While brothers Ricky and Jordan Taylor swept each of the first five IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship rounds last year in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac, this season, neither brother had managed to eke out a win until last weekend's race at Mid-Ohio.

DAYTONA, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2014)-- Michelin made a highly successful return to the Rolex 24 At Daytona and helped kick off a new era in North American motorsports with an impressive GT Le Mans (GTLM) class victory at this weekend's launch of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.

April 25, 2016 — Michelin technical partner teams in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will get a «taste» of Le Mans as they compete in this weekend's Monterey...

Jan 7, 2018 — An expanded Acura Motorsports effort for the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship made its public debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway, with a pair of Acura ARX - 05 prototypes and three Acura NSX GT3s featuring in final pre-season preparations at the «Roar Before the 24» open test.