Michele Rugolo and Giacomo Ricci took a brilliant win in the inaugural round of the 2009 International GT Open, in an exciting and closely-fought race in Imola, after a faultless performance that allowed Ferrari and Advanced Engineering to beat the Porsche teams that had dominated free practice, qualifying and the first part of the race.[...]
Two well-known GT drivers shone in this morning’s qualifying for the Pro-Am race of the Imola GT Open.
The Porsches confirmed the good form shown in free practice, with Jean-Philippe Belloc taking the pole in IMSA Performance car (1.45.745), ahead of Autorlando’s Gianluca Roda, only 29 thousendths behind. The other 997 Autorlando of Couceiro is [...]
The Long Beach Grand Prix is the premier street race in America and the biggest motorsports event in southern California. This is the third year the American Le Mans Series has run this iconic track and Dyson Racing had their best Long Beach qualifying effort to date with Guy Smith qualifying second, two tenths off pole and Butch Leitzinger third, four tenths behind Smith in their BP Mazda Lola Coupes.[...]
On the hot and sunny streets of Long Beach this afternoon Richard Westbrook qualified the #18 T-Mobile® VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR on the third row of the grid for tomorrow’ American Le Mans Series race. The Englishman’s best lap of 1:21.805 left the team in a solid position for the race and came despite fuel pressure issues and a stop-and-go penalty that added up to compromise the 25 minute qualifying session.[...]
Patrick Long qualified the Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR third in GT2 and teammate Seth Neiman qualified the No. 44 11th for tomorrow’s American Le Mans Series race at Long Beach.[...]
or the third consecutive race, Farnbacher Loles Racing will start from the front row in the American Le Mans Series. Wolf Henzler grabbed his first pole of the season and the team’s second with his 1:21.394 lap of the Long Beach street circuit. Henzler¹s fast lap in the #87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR came after a brief red flag period during the qualifying session.[...]
Patrón Highcroft Racing scored its first pole position of the year on the streets of Long Beach today when David Brabham drove the Acura ARX-02a to set the fastest time in qualifying for the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series event.[...]
Risi Competizione’s Jaime Melo convincingly clinched his second consecutive GT2 ALMS pole position this afternoon on the streets of Long Beach, steering the #62 Ferrari F430 to a best time of 1:20.111 – 2.5 tenths of a second quicker than his nearest rival.[...]
Lowe’s Fernandez Racing continued their dominant showing in American Le Mans Series’ LMP2 competition, claiming the class pole and third place overall in qualifying this afternoon for the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans at Long Beach. The #15 Lowe’s Acura ARX was strong out of the box on the challenging 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit[...]
Risi Competizione’s Ferrari F1 driver, Mika Salo, will drive in this year’s “Coast to Coast” Gumball 3000 rally and you could be co-driving with him.[...]