A new OAK-Pescarolo LMP2 has rolled off the line thanks to the extensive work undertaken by Onroak Automotive, OAK Racing’s constructor department. Developed to cater for private teams and targeted at the international market, it is now available for purchase in the US through Conquest Endurance.[...]
Flying Lizard Motorsports announced today that the team will return for the 2012 American Le Mans Series season, fielding two 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs in the GT class.[...]
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing will have a bigger on track presence in the American Le Mans Series next season with the team fielding a LMP Challenge class entry alongside its LMP1 program, which will be announced in the coming weeks.[...]
As Sebring’s legendary 12-hour classic nears its 60th Anniversary celebration, a special commemorative poster has been produced showing all 59 winning cars from six decades of racing on the famous central Florida circuit.[...]
Taking into account the results of the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours as well as the Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series Championships, seventeen teams have been given automatic invitations to take part in qualifying for the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours.[...]
The new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is ready to race. The top model of Porsche Motorsport’s customer racing vehicles will head into the 2012 season with extensive modifications. Particularly striking at first glance are the changes to the body: the width of the new GT3 RSR has grown by 48 millimetres. Built to conform to the A.C.O. “LM” GTE regulations, the 911 represents the crowning pinnacle of a range of successful customer sport race cars that are based on the 997 type 911 GT3 RS street sports car.[...]
Major changes: Diesel vehicles such as the Audi R18 TDI which won in Le Mans will be subject to a further set of restrictions starting in 2012. As the coordinators of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the ACO announced that there would be reductions in the diameter of the air restrictors, the boost pressure, and the tank capacity of diesel vehicles.[...]
In 2012, the safety of all prototypes will be reinforced, and the equivalences between the different engines powering the LM P1 cars in the Le Mans 24 Hours, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series will be readjusted.[...]
Dyson Racing capped off its championship- winning season with a second in ALMS points at the 14th annual Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda. “The car was a bullet all day,” commented Chris Dyson. “After starting from the pit lane after a precautionary morning engine change, we had to go for broke. With the turbocharged Mazda engine behind us, we had the power and it was a thrill to carve through traffic. It was a joy to drive and I did not want to get out of the car. I was in it for almost three hours and felt like I could have done another two.”[...]