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John Potter (racing Driver)
John Potter is a race car driver and race team owner. Business career He is also the founder of Magnus Racing. Racing career He is a class winner at the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona, the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring, and the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...) † Points only counted towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup and not the overall GTD Championship. * Season still in progress ;Notes: 1 Disqualified for minimum ride height violation. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Potter, John 1982 births Living people 24 Hours of Daytona drivers American Le Mans Series drivers Rolex Sports Car Series drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Racing
Magnus Racing is an Auto racing, automobile racing team based in Tooele, Utah, currently competing in the International Motor Sports Association, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The team was established in 2010 by John Potter (racing driver), John Potter and runs Honda NSX (second generation)#GT3, Acura NSX GT3 car in the series. History The team finished fifth in GT in its debut in the 2010 24 Hours of Daytona and was a regular competitor in the Rolex Sports Car Series season before making its American Le Mans Series debut at the season-ending Petit Le Mans, finishing third in the GTC class. In 2011, Magnus competed in a full-season in the Rolex Sports Car Series and select races of the American Le Mans Series. Magnus kicked off the 2012 Rolex Sports Car Series season with a GT class victory at the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona with drivers Andy Lally, Richard Lietz, René Rast and team owner John Potter. It marked the team's first career victory. Current drivers *Andy Lall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia International Raceway
Virginia International Raceway (commonly known as "VIR") is a race track located in Alton, Virginia, near Danville. It is less than a half-mile from the North Carolina/Virginia border just outside Milton, North Carolina, on the banks of the Dan River. VIR hosts amateur and professional automobile and motorcycle events, driving schools, club days, and private test rentals. Track description VIR offers five track configurations, of which two can be run simultaneously. The "Full Course" is in length while the "Patriot Course" stretches for entirely inside the Full Course. The "North Course" is long and the "South Course" covers a distance of . Both consist of a portion of the "Full Course" and short connecting sections that connect to portions of the "Patriot Course" to produce the two courses that can run simultaneously. There is a second pit complex that is used only when running the "South Course". The longest configuration, "Grand East Course", is long, and combines most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 SportsCar Grand Prix
The 2016 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park near Bowmanville, Ontario on July 10, 2016. The race was the seventh round of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the event marked the 31st IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility. Background International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2015. It was the third consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, thirty-fifth annual running of the race. The 1 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix was the second of seventh scheduled automobile endurance races of 2016 by IMSA, and was the fourth round not held on the held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The race was held at the ten-turn Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 12 Hours Of Sebring
The 64th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida was an endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 16 to 19 March 2016. The race was the second round of the 2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship, as well as the second round of the North American Endurance Cup. It was the final time that the original Daytona Prototypes participated in the race, as, for 2017, they were replaced with the new DPi cars. The race was won by Tequila Patrón ESM's Honda HPD-Ligier JS P2 driven by Scott Sharp, Johannes van Overbeek, Ed Brown, and Pipo Derani after completing a pass for the lead in the final moments of the race. It was the first overall 12 Hours of Sebring win for both ESM and Honda. The Prototype Challenge class was won by the No. 54 CORE Autosport entry driven by Colin Braun, Mark Wilkins, and Jon Bennett. GT Le Mans was won by the No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R from Corvette Racing, driven by Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V10 Engine
A V10 engine is a ten-cylinder piston engine where two banks of five cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. V10 engines are much less common than V8 and V12 engine A V12 engine is a twelve-cylinder piston engine where two banks of six cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft. V12 engines are more common than V10 engines. However, they are less common than V8 engines. The f ...s. Several V10 diesel engines have been produced since 1965, and V10 petrol engines for road cars were first produced in 1991 with the release of the Dodge Viper. Design The V10 configuration does not have perfect engine balance, since an unbalanced couple (mechanics), rocking couple is caused by each cylinder bank functioning as a straight-five engine. Therefore, balance shafts are sometimes used to reduce the vibrations in a V10 engine. Diesel engines One of the first known V10 engines was used in the 1936 ''Busch-Sulzer ICRR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audi
Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. As a subsidiary of its parent company, the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide. The origins of the company are complex, going back to the early 20th century and the initial enterprises ( Horch and the ''Audiwerke'') founded by engineer August Horch (1868–1951); and two other manufacturers ( DKW and Wanderer), leading to the foundation of Auto Union in 1932. The modern Audi era began in the 1960s, when Auto Union was acquired by Volkswagen from Daimler-Benz. After relaunching the Audi brand with the 1965 introduction of the Audi F103 series, Volkswagen merged Auto Union with NSU Motorenwerke in 1969, thus creating the present-day form of the company. The company name is based on the Latin translation of the surname of the founder, August Horch. , meaning "listen", becomes in Latin. The four rings of the Audi lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type 4S)
Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * Type (Unix), a command in POSIX shells that gives information about commands. * Type safety, the extent to which a programming language discourages or prevents type errors. * Type system, defines a programming language's response to data types. Mathematics * Type (model theory) * Type theory, basis for the study of type systems * Arity or type, the number of operands a function takes * Type, any proposition or set in the intuitionistic type theory * Type, of an entire function ** Exponential type Biology * Type (biology), which fixes a scientific name to a taxon * Dog type, categorization by use or function of domestic dogs Lettering * Type is a design concept for lettering used in typography which helped bring about modern textual printin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship
The 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship was the third season of the United SportsCar Championship and first to be under the name as the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It was the 46th season of IMSA-sanctioned GT Championship sportscar racing tracing its lineage to the 1971 IMSA Camel GT season. It began on January 30 with the 24 Hours of Daytona. and ended on October 1 at Petit Le Mans. Classes The class structure remained largely unchanged from 2015, with the major change coming in GTD which will now run full GT3 spec machinery. *Prototype (P) *Prototype Challenge (PC) *GT Le Mans (GTLM) *GT Daytona (GTD) Schedule Race schedule The 2016 schedule was released on August 8, 2015 and features twelve rounds. There were also two test sessions before the beginning of the season. They were held on November 17-18 at Daytona International Speedway, as well as The Roar Before the 24, also at Daytona, January 8- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lime Rock Park
Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the town of Salisbury, in the state's northwest corner. Built in 1956, it is the nation's third oldest continuously operating road racing venue, behind Road America (1955) and Willow Springs International Motorsports Park (1953). The track is owned by Skip Barber, a former race car driver who started the Skip Barber Racing School in 1975. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. History The 1.53-mile Lime Rock track was originally conceived of in 1956 by Jim Vaill, who, along with John Fitch and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, built the track utilizing state-of-the-art road and highway safety principles of the time. The first race, a mix of G-Production class and an MG class, was held on April 28, 1957. The winner of the G-Production was Ted Sprigg in an Alfa Romeo Giulietta. The winner of the MG class was Charles Callanan in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 12 Hours Of Sebring
The 63rd Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida was an endurance racing (motorsport), endurance sports car racing event held at Sebring International Raceway from March 18-21st. The race was the second round of the 2015 United SportsCar Championship as well as the second of four events in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, North American Endurance Cup. The race was won by Action Express Racing's No. 5 Corvette Daytona Prototype, piloted by Sébastien Bourdais, João Barbosa, and Christian Fittipaldi, finishing a full lap ahead of any else in the field. The Prototype Challenge class was won by the No. 52 entry from PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports piloted by Mike Guasch, Tom Kimber-Smith, and Andrew Palmer (racing driver), Andrew Palmer, securing their second consecutive victory in the season. In the GT Le Mans class, victory went to Pratt & Miller, Corvette Racing's No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R driven by Antonio García (racing driver), Antonio García, Ryan Briscoe, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 24 Hours Of Daytona ...
The 53rd Rolex 24 at Daytona was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida from 22–25 January 2015. The 53rd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona was also the first race for the 2015 United SportsCar Championship season. Results Race Footnotes References Provisional Race results {{24 Hours of Daytona 24 Hours of Daytona Daytona Daytona Daytona Daytona refers to the city of Daytona Beach, Florida, or things named after it. Daytona may also refer to: Locations * Daytona Beach Shores, Florida * South Daytona, Florida * The Daytona Beach metropolitan area * Halifax area, also known as Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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