American Le Mans Series
United Autosports To Compete At Petit Le Mans
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United Autosports announced today it will debut an OAK RACING Pescarolo-Judd LMP2 car with technical support provided by DAMS (Driot-Associés MotorSport) in the LMP2 Class during the legendary Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, Sept. 28-Oct. 1. The grueling 1,000-mile, 10-hour race spectacle serves as the penultimate round of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in the American Le Mans Series.
Co-owners Zak Brown (USA) and Richard Dean (GB) expect United Autosports to be a major contender in LMP2 at Road Atlanta and have assembled a formidable driver line up. Brown will be accompanied by FIA GT3 European Championship regular Mark Patterson (USA), who will also be making his LMP2 debut. The American duo of Brown and Patterson teamed up earlier in the year with former GP drivers and 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Mark Blundell (GB) and Martin Brundle (GB) to earn fourth place in the 24 Hours of Daytona. Former F1 driver and 24 Hours of Le Mans race winner Stefan Johansson (SE) will round out the trio of talent as United Autosports sets their sights on the Petit Le Mans podium.
“Road Atlanta is a legendary track and this year’s entrants are top-shelf; I speak for all of the United Autosports drivers when I say that we are thrilled to be a part of this field and eager to get out there and run against some of the top Le Mans Prototype teams in the world,” said United Autosports co-owner Richard Dean. “This is a prime opportunity for us because ultimately it’s our goal to get to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, so we are looking forward to going out there and shaking this field up a little bit.”
United Autosports will be part of the largest and most elite field ever at Petit Le Mans which covers a maximum of 1,000 miles (1,600 km) (which is approximately 394 laps) or a maximum of 10 hours, whichever comes first. Class winners of this event receive an automatic invitation to the following year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Wow. pretty cool. Always been a fan of Zak and Mark. Im sure Stepan could keep with the Level 5 and Signatech pros and I know Mark is faster than all 3 of the Oak 34 cars’ drivers and Tucker. Im not sure about Zak but I bet he will be around as fast as Tucker. Hope they give a good showing
They’re just there for the fun of it. signatech, and level 5 are all higher caliber entries and have more purpose in the race.
Good to see united breaking new grounds, but they can only bank on a trouble free and consistent race pace to upset the others. And if the others hit trouble.
But the possibility of a podium is there if they go trouble free, since the entries are thin.
Every new prototype entry is a good entry. Do you think that back in ’91-’92, all the protos had a chance at winning in class. Of course not, but at least all the cars were protos. The more teams running them, the more and more we will see at Le Mans
Would this be a full ALMS/Le Mans series contender in the future? I sure hope so, we need more LMPs!