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2020 GT4 America Series
The 2020 Pirelli GT4 America Series is the second season of the GT4 America Series. The series is split into a Sprint series, which features 50-minute races with one driver per car, and a SprintX series, which features one-hour races with two drivers per car and a mandatory driver change during Pit stops. The season begins on 7 March at Circuit of the Americas and ends on 3 October at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Calendar The final calendar was announced on 12 November 2019 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SprintX and Sprint rounds at St. Petersburg and Long Beach were cancelled and replaced with tripleheaders at Virginia International Raceway and Sonoma Raceway. Entry list SprintX Sprint Note: A car marked with STP is entered only for the St. Petersburg makeup races at VIR. Race results Bold indicates overall winner SprintX Sprint ;Notes Championship standings ;Scoring system Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are requi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 GT World Challenge America
The 2020 GT World Challenge America powered by AWS is the 14th season of the United States Auto Club's GT World Challenge America, the third season under ownership of the SRO Motorsports Group and the first season without Blancpain sponsorship. The season began on 7 March in Austin and will end on 4 October at Indianapolis. Calendar At the annual press conference during the 2019 24 Hours of Spa on 26 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2020 calendar with Las Vegas being dropped from the schedule in favor of Indianapolis. Austin was removed from the provisional calendar on 25 October, before it would return on 8 November after extensive discussions with team owners and stakeholders. The round at Indianapolis became a non-points paying event. ;Calendar changes due to COVID-19 pandemic The round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was cancelled. The round at Virginia was moved from 6–7 June to 11–12 July. The round at Indianapolis is back to being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedway, Indiana
Speedway is a town in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,812 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Speedway, which is an enclave of Indianapolis, is the home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. History Speedway was laid out in 1912 as a residential suburb. It took its name from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is an early example of a residential community planned for the industrial plants located nearby. Carl G. Fisher, James A. Allison, Frank Wheeler, and Arthur Newby, founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, planned the suburb of Speedway west of the track. Fisher and Allison owned plants that needed workers, the Prest-O-Lite factory and Allison Engine Company. The investors' goal was to create a city without horses, where residents would drive automobiles, as well as participate in creating mechanical parts for new modes of transportation. The Speedway Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Gottsacker
Harry Gottsacker (born July 28, 1999) is an American racing driver who currently competes for Bryan Herta Autosport in the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge. Career Early career Gottsacker was introduced to motorsports through his grandfather, who brought him to drag racing events when Gottsacker was young. Gottsacker began racing himself through karting at age 13, competing in a wealth of SKUSA-sanctioned championships. At 14, he was selected to represent the United States at the KZ2 World Championship. Despite graduating from full-time karting at the end of 2017, Gottsacker continues to compete to maintain sharpness during the winter offseason. Rallycross For 2016, Gottsacker embarked upon a part-time campaign in the Global Rallycross Championship, driving in the GRC Lites class for PMG Rallysport. In his rookie season, he registered five starts and a best finish of 5th, at both the Fair Park and Marine Corps Air Station New River events. Gottsacker ended the season 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cooper (racing Driver)
Michael Cooper (born September 1, 1989 in New York, New York) is an American-born race car driver who currently competes in the Pirelli World Challenge. He resides in Huntington, New York, and also has a business management degree from at NYIT (New York Institute of Technology), and a nutrition degree from Long Island University. Racing career Early career In 2009, Cooper's brother signed him up for the Bob Lutz Cadillac CTS-V Challenge driving competition. In wet conditions at Monticello Motor Club, Cooper was the fastest amateur, gaining the attention of GM Factory Driver Johnny O'Connell. From there, Cooper began his racing career at the age of 19 at Skip Barber Racing School, racing in the Mazdaspeed Challenge in 2010. After winning several races in the Skip Barber series, Michael stepped into the Playboy Mazda Mx-5 Cup for his first season of professional racing. Cooper won the season opening event, and went on to finish fourth in the championship, narrowly missing out on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robby Foley
Robby Foley (born July 20, 1996) is an American racing driver who currently competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Career Raised in Randolph, New Jersey, Foley's motorsports career was kickstarted in 2010 by a severe injury sustained during a football game while attending Randolph High School, which included a torn LCL, ACL, PCL, and a broken tibia, fibula, and ankle, alongside nerve damage, leading to a consideration by his physicians of amputating the affected leg. The following year, Foley attended the Skip Barber Racing School. After winning the Skip Barber class of the 2015 Global MX-5 Cup, Foley was granted a $100,000 scholarship by Mazda, leading to a full season campaign with Atlanta Motorsports Group in 2016. Following several seasons in MX-5 Cup competition, Foley moved into the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Turner Motorsport in 2018, making his debut at Belle Isle in June. The following season, Foley began racing full-time with the team. Foley scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dinan
Michael Dinan (born 25 June 1998) is an American racing driver and car collector currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with ORT by TF alongside Ahmad Al Harthy and Charlie Eastwood. Dinan is the son of billionaire hedge fund manager Jamie Dinan. Racing record Racing career summary † As Dinan was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.* Season still in progress. GT4 America Sprint X Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) GT World Challenge America results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress. Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Lizard Motorsports
The Flying Lizard Motorsports group is a motorsport team from Sonoma, California, formed by Seth Neiman in early 2003. The team competed in the full American Le Mans Series season, as well as the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team went on to win six driver and team championships in the American Le Mans Series, becoming a Porsche factory team and Porsche Motorsport North America's development partner from 2007 to 2012. The team helped develop the first- and second-generation 997 GT3 RSR as well as bring it to victory several times in its six-year run in the series. The team solely raced Porsche cars from 2004 to 2019, becoming a staple in the Porsche racing community. After ten years of ownership, Seth Neiman sold the team during the 2014 offseason to longtime Crew Chief Tommy Sadler, Chief Strategist Thomas Blam, and former Lizard driver Darren Law. Sadler stepped up to become Technical Director, Blam became Team Manager and Law Program Manager. No longer f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMW M4
The BMW M4 is a high-performance version of the BMW 4 Series coupes and convertibles developed by BMW's motorsport division, BMW M, and marketed since 2014. As part of the renumbering that splits the 3 Series coupé and convertible models into the 4 Series (to further differentiate these from the 3 Series), the M4 replaced the BMW M3 coupé and convertible models. Upgrades over the standard BMW 4 Series include an upgraded engine, suspension, exhaust system, brakes and weight reduction measures including increased use of carbon fibre, such as on the roof of the car. __TOC__ First generation (F82/F83; 2014) On 25 September 2013, BMW released the technical specifications of the M4. It is powered by the S55B30 engine, which is developed and engineered by BMW M GmbH. This 3.0-litre inline-6 engine has been built specifically for the new M4/M3, having a redline of 7,600 rpm with the rev limiter actuated at 7,300 rpm. The engine uses two mono-scroll turbochargers with a peak boos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-AMG GT
The Mercedes-AMG GT (C190 / R190) is a grand tourer produced in coupé and roadster bodystyles by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-AMG. The car was introduced on and was officially unveiled to the public in October 2014 at the Paris Motor Show. After the SLS AMG, it is the second sports car developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG. The Mercedes-AMG GT went on sale in two variants (GT and GT S) in March 2015, while a GT3 racing variant of the car was introduced in 2015. A high performance variant called the GT R was introduced in 2016. A GT4 racing variant, targeted at semi-professional drivers and based on the GT R variant, was introduced in 2017. Recently, a new variant called the AMG GT Black series has been released. All variants are assembled at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. On 28 October 2021, Mercedes-Benz announced the new Mercedes-AMG R232 SL-Class as the direct successor for the roadster version. History The interior of the Mercedes- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenton Koch
Kenton Lee Koch (born July 5, 1994) is an American racing driver who competes in the GT4 America Series, Michelin Pilot Challenge, and IMSA SportsCar Championship. Career Early career Koch's interest in motorsport began at an incredibly young age, through avenues such as kart racing, karting and watching his father compete in off-road racing competitions on the weekends. At age six, Koch attended the LA Auto Show with his father, where he was introduced to karting. Although he was too young to compete at the time, once Koch turned eight, his parents presented him with his own kart. Skip Barber and Mazda MX-5 Cup Koch's transition into cars began in 2010. He himself stated that karting wasn't initially a career path, but after a strong performance in a Skip Barber Racing School, Skip Barber-promoted karting shootout, Koch earned a half-scholarship to compete in the Skip Barber Western Regional Series. During the opening weekend of the season at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Lagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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