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Archive for October, 2006

Petersen/White Lightning to Start Third in ALMS Finale

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ October 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

walked-away with a pair of thirds. The 2005 American Le Mans Series GT2 Champions will start third in the GT2 class for tomorrow’s four hour Monterey Sports Car Championships here at Mazda R […]

Porsche RS Spyders one-two on LMP2 grid at Laguna

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ October 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Using what pole-sitter Sascha Maassen called a better track surface and improved car performance the #6 Porsche RS Spyder, prepared by Penske Motorsports, will sit first on the LMP2 grid for tomorr […]

Aston Martin Racing Qualifies First & Fourth at Laguna Seca

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ October 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Aston Martin Racing will start the tenth and final round of the American Le Mans Series at Laguna Seca Raceway on Saturday 21 October from first and fourth positions in the GT1 class. Stephan […]

Alex Job Racing Qualifies Second for ALMS Finale

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ October 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Alex Job Racing qualified second today in GT2 for the final round of the American Le Mans Series to be run at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca tomorrow afternoon. Mike Rockenfeller took the number 2 […]

Flying Lizard Laguna Seca Qualifying Results

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ October 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The Flying Lizard Motorsports squad had a disappointing qualifying session today for the 2006 Monterey Sports Car Championship at Laguna Seca. The team’s No. 45 Porsche had a clutch problem late […]

Creation claim front row start for Laguna Seca ALMS race

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ October 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

It was an achingly close, finger nails bitten to the quick, heart-in-the-mouth qualifying session for the Creation team, and it ended up with the Creation CA06/H-Judd just one tenth of a second awa […]

Victory for Davies and Biagi in GT1 at Adria

By Frank Feenstra ⋅ October 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

A Vitaphone one-two at the Italian circuit of Adria pleased the whole team today: Davies and Biagi took a fine win in their nr 2 Maserati MC 12, their second of the year, while Michael Bartels and And […]

BMS points secure GT1 Manufacturers Cup for Aston Martin

By Frank Feenstra ⋅ October 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Ferrari, claiming all but one win in the GT2 category to date, had already secured the GT2 Manufacturers Cup two races ago. In Adria, fourth and fifth places for the Aston Martin Racing BMS team, comb […]

Bobbi and Melo take the GT2 Drivers Championship

By Frank Feenstra ⋅ October 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Sixth across the line, and the last classified car in GT2 was the nr 58 AF Corse Ferrari of Bobbi and Melo, after an early race collision with the Vertigo saw the car come in for a long stop to repa […]

GT1 Drivers Championship for Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini

By Frank Feenstra ⋅ October 16, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

For the past three years, the GT1 Drivers Champions have driven Ferrari 550 Maranello cars. But for 2006, the Champions will be at the wheel of a Maserati MC 12. A close season-long fight, between the […]