Sentences with phrase «winning alms»

The year was 2004 and the Corvette Racing Team was in its final and 4th championship winning ALMS season with the venerable GT1 class C5 - R race car.

«Winning the ALMS championships with the Corvette C6.R, against prestigious competitors from Ferrari, Porsche, and BMW is the perfect send - off for the sixth - generation Corvette,» said Tadge Juechter, Corvette chief engineer.

I think it's something that will give us a certain amount of confidence, especially coming off the battles of winning the ALMS championship last year.

«Winning at Le Mans, winning the ALMS championships, and winning this award are all tributes to the teamwork of Pratt & Miller Engineering, Katech Engine Development, and all of the LS7.R component suppliers.

«Winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been the primary objective of the Corvette Racing program since its inception, but of equal importance is winning the ALMS GT manufacturers championship,» Fehan explained.

Olly and Tommy had won the ALMS championship but we had had a poor run in the endurance events.

Corvette Racing also won the ALMS From the Fans award in popular voting.

Corvette Racing drivers Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta have combined to win the ALMS GT1 drivers championship five consecutive seasons.

Designed and built to race in the LMP2 category it won the ALMS LMP2 championship three years running from 2006 — 08.

It also won an ALMS - best 10 team championships and 10 manufacturer titles for Chevrolet.

He won the ALMS GTS Drivers Championships in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and also contributed to all six of Chevrolet ALMS GT1 Manufacturers Championships.

The Dane won the ALMS» Most Popular Driver award for the second time in his career.

«Now my goal is to win another ALMS championship, and there is no better teammate to help me achieve that than Oliver Gavin.

The Flying Lizard Team is an amazingly well - oiled organization; anything less couldn't have won the ALMS GT2 Championship twice (2005 and 2009), both times with Long paired with teammate Jörg Bergmeister.

«Even though we won the ALMS championship last year, in endurance races we had a bad record.

Now we are heading to VIR, where Tommy and I won four years ago and won the ALMS GT Driver's and Team championships as well as the Manufacturer Championship for Chevrolet in the process.

Fellows won the ALMS GTS driving title alone in 2002, and then a change in the points system allowing co-drivers to share the title made them champions together last year.

The duo is trying for their second Driver's Championship together after they won the ALMS GT title in 2012.

Not exact matches

So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win human admiration.

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«I'm very proud to have won more ALMS races in Corvettes than any other driver and to set records at Sebring and Le Mans.

The Corvette crew has won eight consecutive ALMS GT1 team and manufacturers championships.

Corvette Racing returned to the ALMS winner's circle for the first time since its inaugural GT2 win at Mosport International Raceway in August 2009.

Winning four ALMS races set up our championship run — and when Olivier and I couldn't win, we've learned to look at the big picture instead of getting caught up in any single event.»

With his victory tonight, Beretta became the first driver in ALMS history to reach 40 career wins, including five victories at Laguna Seca.

Georgian Takes GT1 Pole for ALMS Petit Le Mans with Record - Setting Last Lap BRASELTON, Ga. — Hometown hero Johnny O'Connell won the GT1 pole for Saturday's 10 - hour / 1, 000 mile Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta, the 10th round of the American Le Mans Series.

O'Connell reprised his pole - winning performance at his home track to become the fastest GT1 qualifier for the second time in his ALMS career.

Gavin and Beretta Lead Historic Corvette 1 -2-3 Finish PORTLAND, Ore., July 30, 2005 — Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta won the run for the roses today in the City of Roses, scoring their second ALMS victory of the season in the 2 - hour, 45 - minute American Le Mans Portland Grand Prix with their No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R.

Corvette Racing has won the checkered flag seven times during the ALMS era but has yet to see the winners circle in GT2 Corvette C6.R.

O'Connell notched his 27th career ALMS win, Magnussen tallied his 15th ALMS victory, and Corvette Racing logged its 60th race win in the record book.

A victory at Mid-Ohio will tie the ALMS record for the most consecutive wins in the GT1 division.

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Since the start of the 2012 season, the group has combined to win 16 races in the ALMS, TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and Le Mans.

«In 2011 we won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but we struggled a bit in ALMS.

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.

The «two Ollies» have won the last two ALMS races at Mosport.

Beretta extended his record for career ALMS victories with his 37th win, while Gavin notched his 28th career ALMS title.

The two won the 2012 ALMS drivers» championship, and opened the 2013 season with a victory at Sebring last month.

The first - generation car scored 35 victories in 55 races, won its class at the 12 Hours of Sebring three consecutive years, posted three 1 - 2 finishes in the GTS class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and earned four consecutive ALMS manufacturers championships for Chevrolet.

Magnussen and Garcia were third in the 2013 race to clinch the ALMS GT Manufacturer's Championship for Chevrolet and the Team title for Corvette Racing; the pair went on to win the Driver's Championship to close the season.

All the victories at Le Mans, winning races and championships in the ALMS and now the TUDOR Championship have been great.

Corvette Racing is a past winner at VIR with Milner and teammate Oliver Gavin winning in 2012 on their way to the ALMS GT title.

The ALMS season resumes with Round 3 on May 9 - 11 with the American Le Mans Series Monterey (Calif.) at Laguna Seca, where Gavin and Milner won last year.

This year was my fifth year with the team, and we've already scored two Le Mans wins and an ALMS GT championship together.

«Chevrolet races to win in every series, so it's a great day when Chevy wraps up its fifth consecutive ALMS manufacturers championship,» said Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan.

With five wins on the season, Corvette Racing is assured of being the ALMS» most successful entrant in series history.

«It was a very strange race today, but as usual my Corvette, my crew and my teammate were perfect,» said Beretta, who extended his record for ALMS career victories with his 30th win.

Previous versions of the Corvette C5 - R and C6.R race cars have dominated the GTS and GT1 categories in the last decade, winning 77 races and eight consecutive ALMS championships.

I've been in many championships in the ALMS — in GTS, GT1, GT2 and now GTE — and what it comes down to, as we saw last year with BMW, is that they had a flying start winning the first few races of the year and that set them up for the season.

The win was the first for the Milner / Gavin driver combination, and Milner's first career ALMS victory.