American Le Mans Series
Lowe’s Fernández qualifies 2nd in class at Road America
Lowe’s Fernandez Racing will line up on Row Two of the grid for Saturday’s Generac 500 presented by Time Warner Cable at Road America. Adrian Fernandez handled qualifying duties for the #15 Lowe’s Acura ARX this afternoon, claiming a second-place LMP2 class starting position and fourth-place overall result.
Porsche manages only 3rd on both grids at Road America
Romain Dumas (France), who shares the #7 LMP2 Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder with Timo Bernhard (Germany), and Jorg Bergmeister (Germany), who drives the #45 GT2 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with Wolf Henzler (Germany), both broke the track qualifying records in their classes, but it wasn’t quite enough to capture the pole for their Porsche teams for tomorrow’s Generac 500 at Road America.
Patrón Highcroft looking forward to the race at Road America
Today’s qualifying session for Sunday’s Generac 500 at Elkhart Lake’s Road America, Round 7 of the 2008 American Le Mans Series, may not have produced the precise result the Patrón Highcroft Acura team was looking for, but driver David Brabham feels the team is in good shape for tomorrow’s race.
Dyson’s qualifying report- Road America
In keeping with its reputation as the world’s fastest permanent road course, qualifying records fell sharply this afternoon at Road America for tomorrow’s Generac 500 American Le Mans race. The LMP2 pole time eclipsed the existing record by a second and a half, the largest P2 improvement this season. The two Dyson cars qualified almost two seconds quicker than their 2007 times and will line up seventh and eighth in class, with Marino Franchitti setting fast time for the #20 Porsche RS Spyder and Chris Dyson qualifying the #16 Thetford/Norcold entry.
First career pole for Tafel Racing at Road America
Tafel Racing earned its first American Le Mans Series career pole position today in preparation for Saturday’s Generac 500 at Road America. Dirk Müller’s (a native of Germany now living in Monaco) lap of two minutes, 6.083-seconds in the No. 71 Tafel/Bell Micro Racing Ferrari F430 GTC bettered the previous GT2 class track record by over one second. Dominik Farnbacher (Ansbach, Germany) will start the Bell Micro machine in tomorrow’s four hour race.
Front row for Risi at Road America
After a very productive two days of practice leading up to the Generac 500 at Road America, Risi Competizione’s Jaime Melo today secured a front row starting spot on the GT2 grid. His best time of 2:06.375 might have been improved upon towards the end of the 20-minute session but a red flag brought it to a premature end. Harrison Brix of San Jose, California qualified the #61 car and produced his best lap of the weekend so far to take a place on the fourth row of the grid.
Farnbacher Loles starts fourth at Road America
Farnbacher Loles Racing qualified fourth on the GT2 grid for Saturday’s American Le Mans Series race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. The four-hour race will be the first on the 4.048-mile road course for the team and two of its three drivers.
Flying Lizards with work to do before the Road America race
In the Flying Lizard No. 45 Porsche, Joerg Bergmeister qualified third, Patrick Pilet in the No. 46 was fifth and Seth Neiman in the No. 44 was eleventh in qualifying for tomorrow’s 2008 Generac 500 at Road America. The No. 71 Tafel Racing Ferrari is on the GT2 pole and will start at the front of the 14-car GT2 field.
VICI Racing - Road America qualifying
The #18 VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR will start tomorrow’s Generac 500, the seventh round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series, from the fifth row of the GT2 grid after an electrical issue saw the engine cutting out intermittently during this afternoon’s 20 minute qualifying session. However the team is satisfied with the progress made during the last two days here at a hot-and-dry Road America, and with a tough 4-hour race expected tomorrow, we are ready and prepared for the challenge.
Liz Halliday to return to the ALMS with Creation
Female racing driver Liz Halliday will make her long awaited return to the American Le Mans Series later in the year after signing for British squad Creation AIM to contest the Petit Le Mans and Laguna Seca events.
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