Archive for July, 2008
Le Mans Classic – Grid 6
The most “recent” period at Le Mans Classic with a limit of 1979 for the newest car reflected again the changes after the golden age of prototypes. The evolution would go on for the 3 and 2 liter classes with Chevron, Lola and other smaller constructors trying to match Matra first and Porsche later. The GTs would also follow suit and some supercars of the time like the Ferrari 512, Porsche 935 and the BMW M1 would also get numerous entries at La Sarthe[...]
Spyker Squadron wins the Omnitel 1000 km
In good weather conditions SNORAS Spyker Squadron started from pole position in the Baltic’s biggest endurance race; the Omnitel 1000 km. The annual held race drew many thousands spectators to the top-class Lithuanian beach resort of Palanga for the 50-car grid with entrants from several Baltic countries[...]
Le Mans Classic – Grid 5
It was a golden era for many, the time of Ford, Ferrari and Porsche battling it at the highest level. Legendary cars like the GT40, the 917 or the 330P3 and 4 raised the bar very very high…so high that the rules had to be changed drastically for 1972 leaving the 1966-1971 as a unique, unforgettable period at Le Mans. Maiden overall victories for Ford and Porsche and the twilight of Ferrari at Le Mans mark a very emotional period of Endurance racing[...]
Commanding victory for Audi at Mid-Ohio
Audi Sport North America’s two Audi R10 TDI prototypes were in a class of their own in round six of the American Le Mans series at Mid-Ohio (U.S. state of Ohio). Lucas Luhr/Marco Werner and Dindo Capello/Emanuele Pirro achieved a comanding 1-2 victory for Audi – on a track which in the past favoured the lighter LM P2 cars and on which Audi last scored an overall victory in 2004[...]
Porsche victorious in LMP2, second in GT2
Last week, it was the Brabham/Sharp Acura that ran down the #7 Penske Porsche RS Spyder with 90 seconds left to score a victory at Lime Rock Park, but the roles were reversed today in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as Romain Dumas (France) held off Brabham to score the Porsche tandem’s fourth win in six American Le Mans Series races and extend their LMP2 driver points lead to 28[...]
Second place in class for Patrón Highcroft Acura at Mid-Ohio
Riding high on last week’s history-making first-place win at Lime Rock Park, Patrón Highcroft Racing again went to battle against the Penske Porsches, providing high-wire tension and excitement in the last several minutes of the Acura Sports Car Challenge. Scott Sharp, who started the race from the second place on the grid, drove a brilliant stint, maintaining his position and handing off a strong car to his co-driver, David Brabham, about an hour into the race. Brabham, who finished the race, engaged in a fierce on-track contest for LMP2 class leadership, and made a clean pass of Patrick Long in the #6 Penske Porsche with just 14 minutes remaining . He then fought until the last second to overtake the #7 Penske Porsche, but the class victory was ultimately not meant to be for this young team from Connecticut[...]
Third ALMS class victory for Tafel racing at Mid-Ohio
Tafel Racing collected its third American Le Mans Series GT2 class victory today in the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge. The No. 71 Tafel/Bell Micro Racing Ferrari F430 GTC of Dirk Müller (a native of Germany living in Monaco) and Dominik Farnbacher (Ansbach, Germany) were rewarded with their third victory of the season – joining wins at St. Petersburg, Fla. and Long Beach, Calif. – after a brilliant pit strategy call jumped the car from fourth into a one lap lead with the team’s first of two pit stops. The No. 73 Tafel Racing Ferrari F430 GTC co-driven by Alex Figge (Denver, Col.) and Jim Tafel (Alpharetta, Ga.) made a sizeable leap through the field gaining four positions from their starting spot to finish eighth on the 2.25-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course[...]
Farnbacher Loles disappointed in Mid-Ohio results
Farnbacher Loles Racing led the GT2 class during the American Le Mans Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday, but had to settle for a fourth-place finish. The team was fastest in class in the first test and practice sessions, qualified second and led the first part of the race, but a strategy error foiled the team’s victory charge[...]
Flying Lizard Update – Mid-Ohio
The Flying Lizard No. 46 and No. 45 Porsches were nose to tail when they took the checkered to finish second and third, respectively, in GT2 at today’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. The No. 44 Porsche had a mechanical failure halfway through the race and was retired[...]
VICI racing Mid-Ohio report
VICI Racing turned in a faultless performance at a very hot and dry Mid-Ohio this afternoon during the Acura Sports Car Challenge with the team satisfied have made another all-round step forward in the season-long tire development program. The #18 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR was driven today by Nicky and Francesco Pastorelli, the two young Dutch brother turning in a very consistent race pace on their way to recording a second consecutive top-ten finish for the Hughes Telematics and Hughes Network Systems-supported car in a race that was dominated by three lengthy full course caution periods. The team’s Technical Director Roland Wall was pleased with the improvement in lap times recorded here over the last few days as the ambitious tire program being run with Kumho Tires edges its way steadily closer to the front running pace in GT2[...]
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