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Frank Feenstra

Frank Feenstra has written 174 posts for Planetlemans.com

Planetlemans Sportscar and GT Racing calendars at Flogs

Since you know Planetlemans, you have probably seen and used our calendar facility. You will also have noticed there was no 2011 calendar on our site yet. Today we have re-introduced the calendar, but not in the way you are used to. [...]

Exciting season opener for ADAC GT Masters at Oschersleben

The abbreviation “GT” stands for “Gran Tourismo”, but during the start of the ADAC GT Masters season at Oschersleben it also stood for “Großes Theater”, German for “great show”. Exciting door-to-door fights, fascinating wheel-to-wheel battles and breathtaking overtaking manouvres characterized the race. At the season premiere [...]

FIA announces 2010 GT1, 2 and 3 calendars

After the GT1 provisional calendar announcement earlier this week, the FIA World Motor Sport Council also approved the calendars for the FIA GT2 European Championship and FIA GT3 European Championship. Since the specific series’ can take place at combined events, here is the combined provisional calendar. [...]

SRT and AF Corse win FIA GT thriller in Portugal

The roller-coaster Autodromo Internacional Algarve circuit provided the perfect backdrop for a thrilling round of the FIA GT Championship, as 38,700 delighted spectators were able to watch a nail-biting finish to the sixth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship. The nr 3 SRT Corvette of Longin/Ruffier and the nr 51 AF Corse Ferrari 430 GT2 of Cadei/Barba Lopez [...]

Lotus Evora Type 124 Endurance Racecar

The Type 124 (pronounced One Twenty Four) Endurance Racecar is the next step in the evolution of the Evora. The car will make its 24 hour racing debut at the ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours which provides a great test for the Evora’s performance, efficiency and durability under tough and demanding endurance race conditions. [...]

Peugeot 908 HDi FAP and drivers on Frankfurt Motor Show

The N°9 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP which won the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours in the hands of David Brabham, Marc Gené and Alex Wurz will be on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show during the two media days (Tuesday September 15 and Wednesday September 16, 2009). [...]

New Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to debut in Frankfurt

Stronger, wider, faster: Porsche’s new 911 GT3 Cup car is the latest-edition of the world’s best-selling and most successful production-based race car of more than 1,400 units. It will be introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show September 17-27, 2009,
along side the previously-announced 2010 911 Turbo and 911 GT3 RS. [...]

Third podium of the season for OAK Racing Team Mazda France

The fourth round of this season’s Le Mans Series proved a superb one for OAK Racing Team Mazda France after their #35 entry of Matthieu Lahaye and Karim Ajlani claimed third position in LMP2. It was the pair’s second podium of the campaign after achieving a similar result at Spa-Francorchamps in May whilst the #24 car also finished third in Le Mans in June. [...]

Porsche readies most dynamic 911 to date; 2010 911 GT3 RS

Delivering even more engine power, lower weight and shorter transmission ratios, as well as upgraded body and suspension components than all previous GT3s, the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS sets the foundation for homologating the race version
of the 911 GT3 and will be introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show September 17-27, 2009. [...]

ALMS Petit Le Mans – Qualifying Report (update)

Qualifying for the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta just took place, and it was an exciting session, in very good (warm) weather conditions. The first session that took place, is GT qualifying. After only a few minutes on track, almost the entire GT2 field smashed the lap record by seconds compared to last year [...]

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