Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of Sandusky to the north of Columbus. The track opened as a 15-turn, 2.4 mile (3.86 km) road circuit…
Read MoreTag: Sports Car
Sports Cars
Mid-Ohio ALMS v1.0
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of Sandusky to the north of Columbus. The track opened as a 15-turn, 2.4 mile (3.86 km) road circuit…
Read MoreMid-Ohio 2016 v1.0
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of Sandusky to the north of Columbus. The track opened as a 15-turn, 2.4 mile (3.86 km) road circuit…
Read MoreMallala Motorsport Park v1.0
Mallala Motor Sport Park is a 2.6 km (1.6 mi) bitumen motor racing circuit near the town of Mallala in South Australia, 55 km north of the state capital, Adelaide. Following the purchase of the Mallala site by South Australia businessman and Sports Sedan racer Clem Smith in 1977, a Supreme Court decision declared the covenant unenforceable. The facility was then…
Read MoreFord Shelby Terlingua Mustang v1.01
The Ford Shelby Terlingua Mustang is a fifth generation Ford Mustang fitted with a V6 Racing Team package that includes performance enhancements and modified cosmetic details by Shelby. The package is applied by Shelby Automobiles in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Terlingua also features improvements to the handling and braking capabilities that were…
Read MoreShelby Daytona 1965 v1.0
The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe) is an American sports-coupé related to the AC Cobra roadster, loosely based on its chassis and drive-train. It was built for auto racing, specifically to take on Ferrari and its 250 GTO in the GT class. Just six Shelby Daytona Coupes were built between 1964 and 1965, as Shelby was reassigned…
Read MoreSaleen S5S Raptor v1.0
The Saleen S5S Raptor is a concept car revealed by Saleen on March 20, 2008 at the 2008 New York International Auto Show. The S5S Raptor was designed in 2007 at the ASC design studio in Metro Detroit, and is intended to be equipped with a 5.0 L (310 cu in) supercharged Saleen engine (similar to that used on the 2008 S302E) which will yield 650 hp…
Read MoreSaleen S7R Oreca v1.0
The Saleen S7R is a racing version of the standard, naturally aspirated S7, produced from 2000 to 2007. It was designed to compete in grand tourer–style motorsports series and events such as the American Le Mans Series, FIA GT Championship, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML) assembled the first few S7-Rs under the supervision of Saleen’s…
Read MorePorsche 997 GT2 v1.4
The 996 GT2 was superseded by the 997 GT2 in 2007 after a brief hiatus, with cars arriving at dealerships in November after an official launch at the 62nd Frankfurt Motor Show. The GT2’s engine was based on the existing 3.6 L (220 cu in) flat-6 engine as seen on the Turbo, but featured twin variable geometry turbochargers. The engine generated a maximum…
Read MorePorsche 997 GT3 Cup R v1.01
The Porsche 911 GT3 is a high performance version of the Porsche 911 sports car primarily intended for racing. It is a line of high-performance models, which began with the 1973 911 Carrera RS. The GT3, introduced in 1999, is named after the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Group GT3 class, in which it was designed to compete…
Read More