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Batmobile Looking Nissan DeltaWing, To Take Racing World By Storm At The 24 Hours of Le Mans [VIDEO]
Le Mans :: France | 1 year ago
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Articles The car is built by several racings firms and suppliers, headed by Ben Bowbly and endurance-racing backer Don Panos, reported Yahoo. The Deltawing stemmed from the desire to create a racer as an alternative to IndyCars, since Indy racing
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Franchitti’s younger brother to run cutting-edge technology at Le Mans
Chicago :: IL :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Globe and Mail Update Published Thursday, Feb. 02, 2012 6:49PM EST The name is Italian, the heritage is Scottish, and the future lurks in a wind tunnel. So it is for Scottish sports car driver Marino Franchitti, at 32 he's the lesser known but no
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Drayson Racing Unveils All-Electric Le Mans Prototype
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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January 11, 2012 Drayson Racing Technologies and Lola Group unveiled an electric-powered Le Mans Prototype racing car, the Lola-Drayson B12/69EV, at the 2012 Low Carbon Racing Conference at Britain's Motorsports Industry Association Conference on Jan.
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Paul di Resta: 'What Jackie achieved is something to aim for'
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 2 years ago
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Tall and red haired, he is naturally quiet, perhaps introspective, comfortable in his own skin and unmoved by any need to prove himself to everyone he meets. There is a steeliness there, too, and a deep understanding of the sport and what he needs to
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Sebring 12 Hours: Highcroft Signs Pagenaud for Sebring Twelve Hours
Sebring :: FL :: USA | 2 years ago
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The trio finished fifth overall and second in class at Sebring in 2010 after a late-race electrical problem cost them their five-lap lead...Sebring is such an important race and I am very excited to be back with Highcroft, David and Marino and to be
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David Brabham ready to tackle Le Mans
Le Mans :: France | almost 3 years ago
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Brabham, who won the GT1 category in 2007 and 2008 before claiming overall victory for Peugeot last year, is heading to France with his American-based Highcroft Racing team for their first appearance at the iconic endurance race. And Brabham believes
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Highcroft Wins Epic American Le Mans Series at Monterey
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 3 years ago
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But only knowing that negates the first hour of the race, where Clint Field roared into the lead and kept his underfunded, family-owned Intersport Lola-AER ahead of all the big teamsuntil a turbo blew ending his day. Klaus Graf in the Cytosport
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American Le Mans Series has home at Laguna Seca
Long Beach :: CA :: USA | 3 years ago
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The race was a 10-hour, 1,000-mile endurance race and the series was born. Hours of Le Mans and he put together a schedule of events on American road and street courses. The only track that has been on the schedule every year since that initial full
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Peugeot on the Pole for the 58th Twelve Hours of Sebring
Sebring :: FL :: USA | 3 years ago
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Fla.—Qualifying is over for the American Le Mans series 58th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, and not surprisingly, Le Mans winner Peugeot is on the pole. Marc Gené put the #7 Peugeot 908 HDI FAP on the pole for the 58th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve
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Sports-car racing races for survival in tough times
Le Mans :: France | over 3 years ago
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The question many in motorsports were asking 10 years ago: Can two separate sports car racing series survive?...Grand-Am was established in 1999 "to return stability to major league sports car road racing in North America," according to the
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