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Samantha Tan
Samantha Tan (born ) is a Canadian racing driver and team owner, currently competing in GT World Challenge America with her team Samantha Tan Racing, a team that she co-owns with her father, Kenneth Tan. She is a global ambassador for BMW M Motorsport. Racing career Samantha Tan began racing at the age of 16, participating in events under the National Auto Sport Association in the Performance Touring E category with a modified 1991 Honda Civic. She moved on to race in the 2014 Canadian Touring Car Championship with a Mini Cooper. Tan made her debut in the Pirelli World Challenge in 2015, racing in a Kia Forte Koup in the TCA class. She returned the following year in 2016 under the same class, this time racing in a Honda Civic Si, finishing the year 6th overall. Tan would race in BMW machinery for the first time in 2017, driving a BMW M235iR for the full season, alongside a new teammate in Nick Wittmer. She would score 23 points and finish 29th in class. Tan and Wittmer would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Pirelli World Challenge
The 2016 Pirelli World Challenge was the 27th running of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series. Johnny O'Connell was the defending champion in the highest class, the GT class. Schedule The final calendar was revealed on November 3, 2015. The season comprised 11 rounds, with several rounds in support of the IndyCar Series and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. All tracks from the previous season were returning except for the Belle Isle, which was replaced by Lime Rock Park. On May 4, 2016, WC Vision announced that the TC class races at Mid-Ohio would be replaced by races at Lime Rock Park to give the drivers more track time. ;Notes: Entry list GT/GTA ;Notes: GT Cup Every driver participated in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. GTS ;Notes: TC/TCA/TCB Race results ;Notes: Championship standings Drivers' championships Points were awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below. The driver had to complete at least 50% of the class w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group GT3
Group GT3, known technically as Cup Grand Touring Cars and commonly referred to as simply GT3, is a set of regulations maintained by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for grand tourer racing cars designed for use in various auto racing series throughout the world. The GT3 category was initially created in 2005 by the SRO Group as a third rung in the ladder of grand touring motorsport, below the Group GT1 and Group GT2 categories which were utilized in the SRO's FIA GT Championship, and launched its own series in 2006 called the FIA GT3 European Championship. Since then, Group GT3 has expanded to become the de facto category for many national and international grand touring series, although some series modify the ruleset from the FIA standard. By 2013, nearly 20 automobile manufacturers have built or been represented with GT3 machines. Group GT3 allows for a wide variety of car types to be homologated with almost no limit on engine sizes and configuration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Dubai 24 Hour
The 2021 Hankook Dubai 24 Hour was the 16th running of the Dubai 24 Hour. It was also the first round of the 2021 24H GT Series and TCE Series. The race was won by Julien Andlauer, Frédéric Fatien, Alain Ferté, Mathieu Jaminet and Axcil Jefferies in the #36 GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R. Schedule Entry list 52 cars were entered into the event; 34 GT cars and 18 TCEs. Results Qualifying GT Fastest in class in bold. TCE Fastest in class in bold. Race Class winner in bold. Footnotes References External links * {{Dubai 24 Hour Dubai 24 Hour Dubai 24 Hour Dubai 24 Hour The Dubai 24 Hour Race is both a sports car and touring car automobile endurance race held annually at the Dubai Autodrome. It was inaugurated in 2006. Entrants and participants As with all races in the 24H Series, promoted by Dutch promoter C ... 2021 in 24H Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Wolfe (racing Driver)
Jason Wolfe (born 18 October 1994 in Mount Vernon, Ohio) is an American racing driver. Wolfe previously competed in single seater series such as the USF2000 championship. Currently, Wolfe competes in the German-based ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship. Racing career Single seater career In karting, Wolfe won the Yamaha Junior class with the Midstate Ohio Kart Club in 2009. Wolfe started single seaters in the SCCA Formula Enterprises class in 2010. The young driver finished second in the Great Lakes Division championship, behind the very experienced Scott Rettich. With these results, Wofle qualified for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America. The Ohio native finished in fourteenth place with his JAY Motorsports run car. For 2011 Wolfe competed in the SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises series finishing on the podium at Virginia International Raceway and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Wolfe ended the championship third in the series standings, behind Rettich and Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GT4 America Series
The GT4 America Series is a sports car racing series based in the United States. In 2019, the series was relaunched with the explicit GT4 title, following the alignment in 2017 of the Pirelli World Challenge series "GTS" class with SRO GT4, and the Stéphane Ratel Organisation assuming control of the series in May 2018. It is a GT World Challenge America support series, managed by SRO and sanctioned by the United States Auto Club The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States. From 1956 to 1979, USAC sanctioned the United States National Championship, and from 1956 to 1997 the organization sanctioned the Indianapo .... Classes SprintX In 2016 an extended sprint format series was added as a standalone championship in addition to its existing Sprint format racing series. SprintX races are 60 minutes in length and feature mandatory driver and tire changes. For 2021 the original single-driver Sprint races (which ran alon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
2019 GT4 America Series
The 2019 Pirelli GT4 America Series was the inaugural season of the GT4 America Series. It took over the GTS class of the Pirelli World Challenge, which adopted global GT4 technical regulations in 2018, and it is a Blancpain GT World Challenge America support series. GT4 America 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. Also East and West regional championships are awarded. The season began on 2 March in Austin and ended on 20 October in Las Vegas. Calendar At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar. The date for the season opening weekend in Austin was confirmed on 15 August. Finalized schedules were announced on 29 September. An official announcement, concerning the races at Las Vegas Motor Spe ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circuit Of The Americas
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a Grade 1 FIA-specification motor racing track and facilities located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas, in the United States. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, NASCAR's Texas Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round in MotoGP. It previously hosted the Australian V8 Supercars, the Americas Rallycross Championship, the American Le Mans Series, the Rolex Sports Car Series, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IndyCar Classic. The circuit and Grand Prix were first proposed in the middle of 2010. The circuit was the first in the United States to be purpose-built for Formula One. The layout was conceived by promoter Tavo Hellmund and 1993 Motorcycle World Champion Kevin Schwantz with the assistance of German architect and circuit designer Hermann Tilke, who has also designed the Sepang, Shanghai, Yas Marina ... [...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 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 SprintX GT Championship Series
The 2018 SprintX GT Championship Series is the final season of the SprintX GT Championship Series. Michael Cooper and Jordan Taylor are the defending champions in the highest class, the Pro class in GT. It is the second season sanctioned by the United States Auto Club. The season began on 23 March at Circuit of the Americas and will end on 12 August at Utah Motorsports Campus. GTS cars are separated from GT and GT Cup, as the GT4-based category has its own races this season. Calendar On 17 November 2017, WC Vision announced the 2018 calendar. All rounds are headliner events held in the United States. Circuit of the Americas was the season opener instead of Virginia. Mosport was dropped from the schedule in favor of Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas .... Entr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
