Sentences with phrase «world challenge»

Last Friday at Sebring International Raceway, the Cadillac CTS - V made its debut as a full - fledged race car, competing against Dodge Vipers, Chevy Corvettes, Porsche 911s, BMW M3s, Ford Mustangs and Audi A4s in the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge event, a 50 - minute sprint.

We are excited for another round of the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) race at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama not too farm from Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG) where the Optima cars were made.

May 27, 2018 — RealTime Racing driver Ryan Eversley continued to show the way in his Honda Civic Type - R at Lime Rock Park, scoring his second win of the year and claiming the lead in the Pirelli World Challenge TCR point standings at the season's halfway point.

Video recaps from this weekend's Pirelli World Challenge races at Lime Rock Park are being posted on the «Honda Racing / HPD» YouTube channel.

Using the latest Honda Civics, Compass 360 Racing has continued to be successful in the SCCA World Challenge and the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.

This weekend at Road America, he will once again reprise his role in the # 12 Cadillac CTS - V, helping Team Cadillac improve their position for the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT Manufacturers» championship.

The NSX GT3, which is based on Honda's reborn supercar and utilises the same 3.5 litre twin - turbocharged V6 engine, is a race winner in the North American - based IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship and Pirelli World Challenge.

Maintaining continuity in the Kia Racing program's third - year, Kinetic Motorsports will build, develop and campaign the two Optima World Challenge cars while continuing Kia's Forte Koup efforts in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.

He currently drives the # 73 GTSport Racing Porsche Cayman S in the Pirelli World Challenge Series.

The race car will compete in the 2004 SCCA Speed World Challenge, a competitive North American race series for production - based cars.

Danish driver Christina Nielsen raced the # 7 TRG - Aston Martin Racing V12 Vantage in the GTA class in World Challenge in its Royal Purple / Orion livery.

2006 C6 Corvette with ZR1 body conversion kit featuring RTM front splitter, side skirts, front bumper, side fenders, rear fenders and world challenge louvered hood.

Baldwin currently drives a Porsche Cayman S for GTSport Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge and is the most successful Porsche Cayman S driver in the world with seven wins, over a dozen pole positions and twenty - plus podium finishes.

From ST Pete The Brass Monkey R35 GT - R's are in St. Petersburg for the first World Challenge race of the season...

After 11 seasons of competition, Cadillac is ending its Pirelli World Challenge program.

In 1990, the series was officially named World Challenge and was restructured to adopt rules similar to the European Group A for homologated production cars.

The Pirelli World Challenge is in its 26th season and has grown to include seven classes of sprint - format sports car competition, with two rounds of racing almost every event weekend.

One of North America's finest and longest running auto racing series, the Pirelli World Challenge, will crown their 2015 champions at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Sept. 11 - 13 at the Series» season finale.

Kia Racing won 2014 and 2015 Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car A class Championships with Forte Koup SX turbo

The 2015 Acura TLX is a true luxury sport sedan, so it is fitting that the car be raced against several of its natural competitors, and even some up - market brands, in the Pirelli World Challenge,» said Art St. Cyr, President of Honda Performance Development and Vice President, Product Planning and Logistics, American Honda, in a recent statement.

A painting commemorating the late IndyCar Series driver Justin Wilson by renowned motorsports artist Bill Patterson will be created during this weekend's Pirelli World Challenge / Mazda Road to Indy event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and then auctioned through Auction Cause to benefit The Wilson Children's Fund.

GT / GTA / GT Cup — Alessandro PierGuidi, of Tortona, Italy, qualified for the GT pole for Round 20 at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca presented by Cadillac.

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca announced it will hold its second annual Military Appreciation Day with FREE general admission to all active military and veterans with proper ID who attend the Pirelli World Challenge Saturday, September 12, 2015.

Near the end of the broadcast partnership with SPEED, the World Challenge had been broadcast on weekdays as opposed to the traditional weekends.

Then I got a ridealong with a real Camaro race driver named Lawson Aschenabch, who campaigns a Camaro GT4.R for Black Dog Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge GTS Class.

Advance ticket sales for the Pirelli World Challenge / Mazda Road to Indy, Sept. 11 - 13, are available until Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. Gate prices take effect after that.

RealTime Racing has become one of the most successful teams to compete in the Pirelli World Challenge.

Pilgrim and Fellows will be doing double - duty at Mosport, driving their Corvette C6.R in the ALMS race and Cadillac CTS - V race cars in the SCCA World Challenge GT event.

Speed TV network televised the World Challenge starting in 1996, with the series being called the SPEED World Challenge until 2010.

The Pirelli World Challenge followed with qualifying for the four GT classes (GT / GTA / GT Cup / GTS) and the Race No. 1 for TC / TCA / TCB.

The 2017 Pirelli World Challenge was the 28th running of the Pirelli World Challenge.

«With a competitive slot for nearly every sports car and sedan on the market the Pirelli World Challenge provides racing that everyone can relate to,» says Gill Campbell, CEO / general manager of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

On May 28, 2015 WC Vision announced an extended sprint format series in addition to its existing Sprint format racing series in 2016, which was a standalone championship supporting the Pirelli World Challenge at all headliner events.

Corey Fergus, of Columbus, Ohio, scored the Round 17 TC win at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca presented by Cadillac.

The 2015 Pirelli World Challenge season is off to an incredible start after two action - packed events and will have a full head of steam when it comes to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Sept. 11 - 13 for the season finale.

«My focus will be to adapt as quickly as possible to the Corvette,» said Papis, who drove a Cadillac CTS - V to victory in April's SCCA SPEED World Challenge race at Road Atlanta.

Test sessions for all seven classes of the Pirelli World Challenge and the three Mazda Road to Indy classes are scheduled for Thurs., Sept. 10, in preparation for the season finale event for both series Sept. 11 - 13 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

The Pirelli World Challenge is a North American auto racing series launched in 1990 by the Sports Car Club of America.

In 2014, the Pirelli World Challenge established a GT - A classification similar to the FIA's bronze category.

Since entering the Sports Car Club of America Pro Racing - sanctioned World Challenge series in 1993, RTR has claimed 85 race victories, along with the 14 Manufacturers» Championships and 14 Drivers» Championships.

GTS — Jack Baldwin, of Marietta, Ga., ran the fastest lap to secure the pole position during Saturday morning's GTS qualifying session at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca presented by Cadillac.

The ATS - V is the homologation car for the Cadillac GT3 racer competing against Bentley, Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche in SCCA World Challenge.

Fellows was the center of attention throughout the weekend as he drove in both the ALMS and SCCA SPEED World Challenge events at his home track.

The Pirelli World Challenge / Mazda Road to Indy weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca officially got underway at the iconic 11 - turn, 2.238 - mile road course for practice, qualifying and even the first race.

It was built for the SCCA World Challenge series, but it'd make a hell of a track car today.

In July 2008, the World Challenge series was purchased by WC Vision, a group of investors.

Ford said it hopes to have at least two privateer teams fielding Focus ST - Rs in Grand - Am ST and World Challenge TC classes in 2012, Allison said.

Tickets for the Pirelli World Challenge at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca are on sale now.

In Pirelli World Challenge, morning and afternoon sessions are scheduled for GT / GTA, GTS and TC - TCA - TCB.

The third generation Kia Optima is an official entry in the Pirelli World Challenge.