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Northeast Grand Prix
The Northeast Grand Prix (until 2006: New England Grand Prix) is a professional sports car race held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States as part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Previous editions of the Grand Prix belonged to the SCCA National Sports Car Championship, the IMSA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series. The race currently has a duration of 2 hours and 40 minutes and takes place in July, previously having been held on Independence Day weekend compared to the Lime Rock Grand Prix that was held on Memorial Day Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who have fought and died while serving in the United States armed forces. It is observed on the last Monda ... weekend. Winners References External linksUnited SportsCar Championship official site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Northeast Grand Prix
The 2018 Northeast Grand Prix was a Sports car racing, sports car race sanctioned by the IMSA, International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut, on July 21, 2018. The race was the eighth round of the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship. Background IMSA, International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2017. It was the fourth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the twenty-seventh annual running of the race. The 2018 Northeast Grand Prix was the eighth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2018 by IMSA, and was the fifth round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The race was held at the seven-turn Lime Rock Park on July 21, 2018. The race was the first of two GT-only rounds on the 2018 IMSA calendar, in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Crawford (racing Driver)
Charles Edward Crawford (born January 26, 1964), known as ed fROMOHIO, is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for Firehose, an alternative rock band he formed in 1986 with former Minutemen members Mike Watt (bass guitar) and George Hurley (drums). Biography In 1985, Minutemen vocalist and guitarist D. Boon was killed in a van wreck. In 1986, Ed, a recent Ohio State University graduate and Minutemen fan, heard an erroneous rumor that Watt and Hurley were auditioning new guitarists from a member of Camper Van Beethoven. Ed contacted Watt after obtaining his phone number at a show in Columbus, Ohio. Crawford called Watt and talked his way into visiting with Watt while visiting a friend in Southern California. Watt and Hurley were still very much grief-stricken over the death of their friend and bandmate, and exhibited little interest in starting a new band. While in California, Crawford pestered Watt to meet and play. As Crawford was about to return to Ohio, at the last m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 SCCA National Sports Car Championship Season
The 1961 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the eleventh season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began February 5, 1961, and ended September 23, 1961, after thirteen races. Classes The class structure was changed to allow certain cars to be moved out of their displacement class, based on past performance. The nominal class structure was as follows: Schedule : Feature race Season results Feature race overall winners in bold. : C and D Modified were classified together at Marlboro; the combined class was won by Fred Gamble's DM Maserati Tipo 61. The highest-finishing CM car was Bud Faust's Ferrari-Chevrolet in 2nd. : F Modified were classified with E Modified at Marlboro. : F Modified were classified with E Modified at VIR. : I Modified were classified with H Modified at Cumberland. : C Modified were classified with B Modified at the Road America June Sprints. : E Modified were classified with D Modified at Lime Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Lime Rock Nationals
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevrolet
Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant (1861–1947) started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918, and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's second ousting in 1919, Alfred Sloan, with his maxim "a car for every purse and purpose", would pick the Chevrolet brand to become the volume leader in the General Motors family, selling mainstream vehicles to compete with Henry Ford's Model T in 1919 and overtaking Ford as the best-selling car in the United States by 1929 with the Chevrolet International. Chevrolet-branded vehicles are sold in most autom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelso Auto Dynamics
Kelso may refer to: Places Australia * Kelso, New South Wales * Kelso, Tasmania * Kelso, Queensland Canada * Kelso Conservation Area, Ontario, containing Lake Kelso ** Kelso, a village in Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario New Zealand * Kelso, New Zealand South Africa * Kelso, KwaZulu-Natal, a small coastal village south of Durban United Kingdom *Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland ** Kelso railway station United States *Kelso, Arkansas *Kelso, California **Kelso Dunes **Kelso Mountains *Claraville, California formerly Kelso *Kelso Township, Dearborn County, Indiana *Kelso Township, Sibley County, Minnesota * Kelso, Missouri *Kelso Township, Scott County, Missouri Kelso Township is an inactive township in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Te ... *Kelso Site in Hooker County, Nebraska, the site of a prehisto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship Season
The 1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the tenth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 3, 1960, and ended November 13, 1960, after seventeen races. Schedule : Feature race Season results Feature race overall winners in bold. : D Modified were classified with C Modified at Marlboro. : B and C Modified were classified together at VIR; the combined class was won by Dick Thompson's CM Chevrolet Corvette Sing Ray. The highest-finishing BM car was Bud Gates's Lister-Corvette in 2nd. : D Modified were classified with C Modified at Lime Rock. : C Modified were classified with B Modified at Thompson. : E Modified were classified with D Modified at Thompson. : E and F Modified were classified together at Watkins Glen; the combined class was won by Roger Penske's FM Porsche 718. The highest-finishing EM car was William Kimberly in Briggs Cunningham's Maserati Tipo 61. Champions External linksWorld Sports R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aston Martin DBR2
The Aston Martin DBR2 was a sports racing car built in 1957 as a sibling to the Aston Martin DBR1, yet competing in a larger engine capacity group. Development The DBR2 was created from a short lived Lagonda project known as DP166 (DP for ''Development Project''), This was a multi tube, back bone space frame chassis designed by Willy Watson. This was a progression from the DP115 'wide tubed ladder type' chassis which was similar to that used in the DB3S. Both the DP115 and the DP166 chassis were originally fitted with the failed Lagonda 4.5L V12 engine. All Three of the DP166 chassis made were leaning up against the wall of the Feltham racing department awaiting their fate, that was until the chief race car designer for Aston Martin at that time Ted Cutting was asked by John Wyer to build two race cars from two of the three chassis. The engines to be used were the new Tadek Marek designed 6 cylinder, 3.7 litre unit. He had just completed this engine for the forthcoming DB4. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisha Walker
Elisha Walker (October 8, 1879 – 1950) was an American businessman and writer. He was born in New York City. Isaac Walker was his father. He studied at Hotchkiss School, Yale and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an officer in a railroad. He was involved in a battle for control of Transamerica Corporation. He became a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Writings *"A Design for a Shipyard" 1902, M. I. T. B.S. thesis *"Concerning iron making, with special reference to the Buffalo and Susquehanna Iron Company" 1903 *"Industrial Mississippi, with Special Reference to the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SI) was constructed in the state of Mississippi, USA, at the turn of the 20th century to open a vast expanse of southern yellow pine forests for commercial harvest. In spite of economic uncertainty, entrepren ..." 1904 References External links * 1879 births 1950 deaths Businesspeople from New York City People from Syosset, New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Constantine (racing Driver)
George John Constantine (February 22, 1918 – January 7, 1968) was a racing driver from the United States. He competed nationally in 108 races between 1953 and 1962, winning 17 times. Constantine was the United States Sports Car Driver of the Year in 1960. He won the 1959 Nassau Trophy race and the 1956 grand prix at Watkins Glen (in a Jaguar D-type). He set course records at Lime Rock, (1:05.81), and Marlboro Marlboro (, ) is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the United States and by Philip Morris International (now separate from Altria) outside the US. The largest Mar ..., in 1958, and he was one of the top-rated competitors in the 1959 Daytona, Fla. international speedway race. Constantine was known as the "King of Lime Rock" and "The Flying Greek." His most famous car with the most victories was the rare and fabulous Aston Martin DBR2/1 (owned by Elisha Walker, Jr.), and his mec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 SCCA National Sports Car Championship Season
The 1959 SCCA National Sports Car Championship season was the ninth season of the Sports Car Club of America's National Sports Car Championship. It began April 5, 1959, and ended November 15, 1959, after fourteen races. Schedule : Feature race Season results Feature race overall winners in bold. : D Modified were classified with C Modified at VIR. : H Production were classified with G Production at VIR. : J Production were classified with I Production at VIR. : C Production were classified with B Production at Bridgehampton. : B and C Production were classified together at Lime Rock; the combined class was won by Bob Grossman's CP Ferrari. The highest-finishing BP car was Roy Tuerke's Chevrolet Corvette in 2nd. : D Modified were classified with C Modified at Lime Rock. : C Modified were classified with B Modified at Buckley Field. : C Production were classified with B Production at Buckley Field. : C and D Modified were classified together at Riverside; the combined class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Lime Rock Nationals
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive Islands, Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) United Suvadive Republic, declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
