Sentences with phrase «winning race car driver»

Honda Performance Development and Honda R&D Americas, Inc. though have sourced a winning race car driver and with Honda Manufacturing of Alabama created a 500 + hp turbo Odyssey to do just that...

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«I want to help power companies prevent power outages, I want to help police identify patterns of crime that they didn't know about, I want to help race car drivers win races, and I want to help doctors predict medical outcomes.»
Raikkonen pipped the troubled McLaren drivers by a single point, and with Felipe Massa in the other car winning three races Ferrari won the Constructors» as well.
Today the Pau Grand Prix is one of the most prestigious races a driver can win in junior formulae, but in the 50s and early 60s it was F1 cars that tackled the tricky street circuit.
From diving to touring car racing and golf, Max Verstappen manages to win «Driver of the Day» for pretty much everything in this funny parody.
Thankfully no - one hit it, but in the jam driver Matt Kenseth (who had been fighting for the win) made contact with the back of another car, ultimately putting him out of the race.
After a year of forced idleness Driver Richard Petty came rolling back in a blue brute of a Plymouth to win Daytona's stock car 500, delighting his racing father — but not Dearborn
It is a common site that when a driver wins a race they do a burnout down the front straightaway, but often the celebration causes damage to the rear of a car.
When Bill Elliott — the only driver before Gordon to win the bonus — bagged the Winston Million in 1985, it marked stock car racing's biggest payday, quadrupling the prize for the Winston Cup season championship.
Wolff was adamant that both drivers continue to be treated equally throughout the weekend and in the race, and that only if another car threatens the team's chances of winning that one driver would be favoured.
With he and several other drivers out of contract at the end of the year Alonso is seeking a race - winning car, and has made it clear he'll leave McLaren if he doesn't think things will improve for next season.
Now they knew their driver had the championship, if by the skin of his teeth — and that they would win the Sears Craftsman pit crew championship, a title earned by a crew's car spending the least amount of time in the pits in 10 selected races during the season.
Kurt Busch, Race car driver NASCAR's rising star from Las Vegas has won four races and more than $ 5 million in each of the past two seasons.
He really is a good driver, he won Le Mans in 2015, and always seems to outperform his car (both him and Perez drag that Force India up), even if he gets horrible luck in the races.
With African American race car driver Bill Lester's historic win at the Grand - Am Road Racing, the light has now been shined on other Black racers who have How those in power in the Black church make empty promises and manipulate unmarried African American women to stay single in the name of God.
With African American race car driver Bill Lester's historic win at the Grand - Am Road Racing, the light has now been shined on other Black racers who have
Although written as some sort of protagonist, Trickle does reckless, borderline criminal acts, such as intentionally crash into another driver's car when in his victory lap, drive carelessly at dangerous speeds in a city street with his would - be girlfriend pleading for her life for him to stop, and another instance where he challenges a rival driver to a high - speed race in public streets for the juvenile pursuit of winning at all costs.
Taruffi's racing career Part 2 — Charlie Rous concludes his article on the famous racing driver with an account of the years 1934 to 1950 / Our anniversary competition — Enter our motoring quiz competition and you could win a special day at the National Motor Museum / 1929 Sunbeam special — An enthusiastic report from David Hawtin on this exciting20 hp non-standard Sunbeam / The Lea - Francis story 1924 - 37 — Michael Worthington - Williams continues with part 2 of his history of the Coventry make / VSCC's December driving tests — This annual event is described by Tom Thelfall in his Diary of a dilettante / Type 35 Bugatti — The Editor writes about his encounter with a superb example of the archetypal Bugatti / 1908 TT: The» 4 - inch» race — The story of this early event with a curious name is recounted for us by Bryan Goodman / 1939 Lancia Aprilia — Zoe Harrison talked to the proud owner of this far - ahead - of - its - time Lancia / Shaft - drive C.N. — The early history of G.N. and the cars that were not propelled by chains.
To celebrate the 30 - year anniversary of when Saleen and General Tire won the 1987 Driver, Manufacturer, Team, and Tire SCCA ESCORT Endurance Championships, Saleen has partnered with the tire company once again to provide customers with a unique race and street - spec limited edition Ford Mustang that also replicates the winning car's livery.
Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.
In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction
Tom Kristensen, known in racing circles as «Mr. Le Mans» for his record as the most successful driver in Le Mans history, has earned seven of his nine overall wins at Le Mans at the wheel of Audi race cars.
Nissan won a total of 19 races with the car, and snagged two Drivers» and Manufacturers» Championships in 1992 and 1994 with Steve Millen behind the wheel.
Both teams raced with their full Le Mans driver line - ups too, and the resulting six - car battle in LMP1 suggests it'll be a six - way battle for the win at the 24 Hour race.
He was also a pretty fair race car driver, running a creditable season in Formula 1 in 1963, winning the U.S. Road Racing Championship in 1964, and dominating the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1965 in a car he designed and built himself.
He's the winningest Indy car driver of all time — by a long straightaway — and there were entire seasons when he won more races than he lost.
The pace at the front of the grid is outrageously hot — there are guys who have won races in the Renault Clio Cup (win that championship and you'll probably become a British Touring Car driver), career - minded youngsters with a very modern, holistic approach to their racing and older guys who have decades of experience.
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COOPER The Cooper Car Company launched in 1946, racing in F1 in the»50s and»60s, winning constructors» and drivers» titles in ’59 and» 60.
Lone stop north of the U.S. border is one of team's most successful venues Eleven class victories at CTMP in 16 appearances Heading to Canada with GTLM Driver's, Manufacturer's and Team championship leads Both Corvette C7.Rs with GTLM victories in 2017 Combined 12 victories for Corvette Racing drivers at CTMP DETROIT (July 5, 2017)-- Winning sports car races around the world is nothing new for Corvette Racing.
According to Milner, legendary American race car driver John Fitch won Corvette's first - ever race in 1956 at Sebring, establishing Corvette as a world - class contender.
Familiar Names to Make Up Corvette Racing North American Endurance Driving Roster Fässler, Rockenfeller to support team's long - distance program in 2018 Team has three Rolex 24 and 11 Sebring victories Duo a part of three victories for Corvette Racing since start of 2016 Corvette Racing set to embark on 20th season of competition DETROIT (Dec. 21, 2017)-- Corvette Racing is bringing back two well - known, championship - winning drivers for North America's biggest events in endurance sports car.
Championship - winning drivers join for defense of Rolex 24, Sebring GTLM victories DETROIT (Nov. 16, 2015)-- Already one of endurance sports car racing's most prominent...
Chevrolet's championship - winning team returns for American Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans DETROIT — Corvette Racing's roster of championship - winning drivers will return in 2008 to race the Chevrolet factory team's twin Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars in the 12 - race American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
DETROIT — Corvette Racing's roster of championship - winning drivers will return in 2008 to race the Chevrolet factory team's twin Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars in the 12 - race American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Fellows Named Most Popular Driver, Gongla Wins GT1 Crew Chief of the Year Award MONTEREY, Calif. — The checkered flag at the conclusion of the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Oct. 21 marked the end of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season, but Chevrolet's factory road racing team kept on winning.
The followup to the Bugatti Veyron will be called the Chiron, named after Louis Chiron, a Bugatti race car driver who won nearly every major grand prix in the 1920s and 1930s.
As the only American to win his class four times at Le Mans, Corvette Racing driver Johnny O'Connell is acutely aware of the impact of the world's greatest sports car race.
A multiple championship winning driver with Corvette racing in North America, the Bedfordshire - born will be lining up in his canary - yellow Corvette C6.R race car next Saturday, April 17 on the streets of Long Beach, California against fellow competitors in BMWs, Ferraris, Ford GTs, Jaguars and Porsches.
Porsche Cars North America already has won the race to make air bags standard for both driver and passenger in all its U.S. models, but second place is a close - run battle among Chrysler, Honda and Mercedes - Benz.
He has also been an accomplished late model stock race car driver for over 20 years and has earned three track championships, winning over 250 events.
Fellows» Formula With three victories in three starts at Mid-Ohio, Corvette Racing driver Ron Fellows has a winning formula for the Ohio track: «It's a combination of good race cars, good calls in the pits, and good fortune,» said the Canadian ace.
Garcia quickest driver in Daytona / Sebring - winning car; Milner sets time in No. 64 Corvette LE MANS, France — Following the first qualifying session Wednesday night at the Circuit de La Sarthe, Corvette Racing's two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs sit fifth and sixth on the provisional GTE Pro grid for this weekend's 83rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Just one year removed from winning a driver, team and manufacturers» GT championship in the Pirelli World Challenge, K - Pax Racing is switching to Bentley Continental GT3 cars for the 2018...
First came the Oldsmobile's IMSA World Sports Car program that put the Aurora V - 8 in the winner's circle at the Daytona 24 - hour and Sebring 12 - hour endurance races, took the Oldsmobile marque to Le Mans, and won the 1996 WSC drivers and manufacturers championship.
«The racing DNA of the original Grand Sport race cars is in the 2017 model, adding greater dimensions of capability and driver involvement to the Corvette's award - winning architecture, for a purer driving experience,» said Harlan Charles, Corvette product marketing manager.
[42] Swiss Team fielded the cars in the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons; Italian racing driver Andrea Bertolini won the 2011 championship at the wheel of a Swiss Team Quattroporte.
I can't think of two finer gentlemen and race car drivers I'd rather share this win with.»
●» XANAVI NISMO GT - R» (SUPER GT 2008 GT500 class Driver's Championship title - winning car) The car that won two successive races at the start of the 2008 SUPER GT season giving drivers Satoshi Motoyama and Benoit a total of three victories and the Driver's crown in its debut season.
In 1952, Fitch almost fulfilled Cunningham's dream of winning Le Mans with an American car and driver, but bad fuel provided by the sanctioning body forced him to leave the race early.
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