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Audi 5th on Mid Ohio starting grid
Marco Werner has set a new track record for LM P1 sports cars in an exciting qualifying for the sixth round of the American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio (US state of Ohio). On Friday, the German beat the previous record by over a second[…]
Risi takes GT2 pole at Mid Ohio
Risi Competizione’s Brazilian driver, Jaime Melo, was at his brilliant best in a thrilling GT qualifying for tomorrow’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid Ohio, claiming GT2 pole position on the last lap of the 20-minute session. His best time of 1:20.025 edged out the competition in what turned out to be an extremely close-fought session. Patrick Friesacher of Austria, who was qualifying the team’s second Ferrari 430 GT, will start from 6th place on the grid, setting a best time of 1:20.844[…]
Farnbacher Loles on front row for Mid Ohio
Farnbacher Loles Racing will start the American Le Mans Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course from second on the GT2 grid, after a strong qualifying run on Friday[…]
Lizards qualify 3rd, 5th and 7th for Mid Ohio
The Flying Lizard No. 45, 46 and 44 Porsches qualified third, fifth and seventh, respectively, in GT2 for tomorrow’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, the sixth of eleven races in the 2008 ALMS season[…]
VICI Racing qualifying report - Mid Ohio
VICI Racing and development partner Kumho Tire are looking forward to tomorrow’s Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid Ohio after a very solid qualifying performance this afternoon which focused on tactical preparations for the 2 hour 45 minute race, the sixth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series. With preserving tires on the #18 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR for the opening stint of the race the key consideration for the team, Nicky Pastorelli turned in three laps early in the 20 minute qualifying session; however his laps were compromised after encountering traffic. With the #18 car safely onto the fifth row of the grid the team is satisfied with the progress that has been made over the last two days and prepare to start the race in excellent shape[…]
Tafel manages 4th in close Mid-Ohio qualifying
With less than three-tenths of a second separating the No. 71 Tafel/Bell Micro Racing Ferrari F430 GTC in fourth-place from the pole-winning Ferrari, qualifying for tomorrow’s Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge showed just how intense the two hour and 45-minute event will be. Dominik Farnbacher (Ansbach, Germany) driving the Bell Micro Ferrari turned a lap of one minute, 20.324 seconds to earn the outside of the second row of the GT2 grid. Jim Tafel (Alpharetta, Ga.), making his first qualifying attempt of the season, lapped the 2.25-mile long, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course at 1:24.047 to place the No. 73 Tafel Racing Ferrari F430 GTC 12th in the GT2 class[…]
Lowe’s Fernández Racing aiming for Mid-Ohio podium
Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz return to one of their favorite circuits on the 2008 ALMS schedule this weekend as the series prepares for the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Fernandez and Diaz bring a wealth of experience to the permanent road course located within the rolling hills of Lexington, Ohio, combining for a total of 18 career starts[…]
Risi Competizione Mid-Ohio preview: The tide has turned
Boosted by a hard-fought and well-deserved podium finish at Lime Rock Park last weekend, its first of 2008 in the American Le Mans Series, the Risi Competizione team has had little opportunity to savor the moment.[…]
Porsche looking to extend class leads in ALMS at Mid-Ohio
Only days after fierce competition at Lime Rock Park, where the Porsche and Acuras did LMP2 battle and the Porsche and Ferraris tangled in GT2, the American Le Mans Series moves to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, for the Acura Sports Car Challenge. The race, which will last two hours and 45 minutes, will take the green flag on Saturday, July 19, at 3:30 PM EDT, will be broadcast live on American Le Mans Radio, available at www.americanlemans.com, which also has live timing and scoring[…]
Tafel Racing looking forward to Mid-Ohio
Competition in the American Le Mans Series is always wide-open. Now, even at the season midpoint, everything in the GT2 class is still wide-open. Who can win on any given track? Which will be most dominant, Ferrari or Porsche? Who will prevail at the end of the season? None of these things has a forgone conclusion[…]
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