American Le Mans Series
VICI Racing Monterey Sports Car Championships Preview
Following a real race against time over the last week-and-a-half VICI Racing arrived at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, California, this week for the final appointment of their inaugural year in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), the Monterey Sports Car Championships.[…]
Porsche Motorsport Laguna Seca Preview
At the final round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, Calif. on October 18, Porsche teams aim to help the manufacturer clinch the LMP2 and GT2 class championships - still up for grabs after stunning wins at Petit Le Mans earlier this month[…]
Lowe’s Fernandez Racing Heads to ALMS Season Finale
Lowe’s Fernandez Racing will conclude its second season of American Le Mans Series competition this weekend with the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Team drivers Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz have turned many a lap around the hillside circuit, combining for a total of 23 career starts.[…]
Risi Competizione Laguna Seca Preview
The Risi Competizione team travels to the final round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series riding on the crest of a wave, having triumphed in the GT2 class at two of the last three races including the prestigious Petit Le Mans. The victory at Road Atlanta on October 4, together with the Houston-based team’s dominant win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, has gone a long way towards making up for the dismal early part of its 2008 racing season.[…]
Ryan Lewis switches cars for season finale
Ryan Lewis is in California this weekend for the final round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series at Laguna Seca. After the no.30 Intersport Lola was badly damaged at Petit Le Mans, Ryan will switch over to the no.37 car for this event, joining Jon Field and Richard Berry behind the wheel.[…]
Patrón Highcroft aims to conclude LMP2 campaign in style
Patrón Highcroft Racing will head to the final round of the American Le Mans Series - the Monterey Sports Car Championships Presented by Patrón, on October 17-18, with the intention of concluding its highly successful LMP2 campaign in style. The Danbury, CT, based team will complete its last race in the category, as they will move to LMP1 with Acura in 2009.[…]
Christijan Albers gets chance in Audi R10 TDI
After Swiss driver Marcel Fässler, Audi now gives another driver the opportunity to contest a race with the powerful 650 hp plus Audi R10 TDI: At the American Le Mans Series finale at Laguna Seca (US state of California) on 18 October, the former Dutch Formula 1 driver Christijan Albers starts together with Emanuele Pirro (Italy) for Team Audi Sport North America. The Audi R10 TDI with start number 2 will be driven by the usual German duo of Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner.[…]
Audi achieves Petit Le Mans hat-trick
With an impressive success at Road Atlanta (U.S. state of Georgia) Audi continued its winning streak at the prestigious 1000-mile race “Petit Le Mans”. In front of a record crowd of 113,000 spectators, Dindo Capello, Allan McNish and Emanuele Pirro achieved Audi’s ninth consecutive victory. Audi thus remains unbeaten at “Petit Le Mans”[…]
Porsche conquers LMP2, GT2 titles at Petit Le Mans
The Porsche RS Spyder/Acura prototype pilots battle in LMP2 and the rivalry between the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR and the Ferrari 430 drivers in GT2 “a season-long affair” ended happily for the German sports car manufacturer as Penske Racing and Flying Lizard Motorsports drivers took their Porsches to year-end American Le Mans Series championships at the 11th running of Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
Peugeot finishes 2nd at Petit Le Mans
37 cars at the start, 11 safety car interventions, 394 laps of the exacting, hilly American circuit, temperatures in excess of 30°C… and just 4.512 seconds in it at the flag between the only Peugeot 908 HDi FAP present and the N°1 Audi which finally took the spoils at Road Atlanta. Peugeot Sport came to the United States to gain experience as it prepares for its 2009 campaign, and that’s exactly what it achieved!
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