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CR Scuderia: Kirkaldy breaks FIA GT pole record

Andrew Kirkaldy took pole position in the no.56 CRS Ferrari at Zolder today. This is his second pole of the 2008 season which brings his FIA GT pole position tally up to 12, a record for the Championship. In stark contrast, Tim Mullen had to settle for ninth when a driveshaft failure caused the no.55 CRS Ferrari to shed its left rear wheel as he turned into turn four. Luckily his warm up lap had been a good one so he still secured a top ten qualifying spot.[…]

Patrón Highcroft Racing Captures Pole Position at Laguna Seca

Patrón Highcroft Racing captured its third overall pole position of 2008 for the final American Le Mans Series round of the season - the Monterey Sports Car Championships, presented by Patrón. The Acura ARX-01b’s blistering pole position time of 1:10.103 set a new ALMS lap record at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during Patrón Highcroft Racing’s final qualifying session in the LMP2 category, as the team moves to LMP1 with Acura for 2009.[…]

Dyson Racing Laguna Seca Qualifying Report

In the final qualifying session of the 2008 American Le Mans Series, Guy Smith qualified eighth in LMP2 with Butch Leitzinger right behind in ninth in their pair of Porsche RS Spyders at the famed Laguna Seca track here in the coastal hills of central California. “The car was very good, but traffic played havoc with our good laps,” commented Smith.[…]

VICI Racing Laguna Seca Qualifying Report

Following a huge push by the team over the week-and-a-half since Petit Le Mans, the #18 VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR this afternoon safely qualified for tomorrow’s four-hour Monterey Sports car Championships at a hot and dry Laguna Seca. With a new car having to be built from the ground up, along with the factor of a new tire supply from Dunlop[…]

Porsche positioned for manufacturers titles at Laguna

Porsche race drivers in the LMP2 and GT2 classes of the American Le Mans Series have put their teams in position to help Porsche clinch the manufacturers championship with solid qualifying efforts for tomorrow race.[…]

Farnbacher Loles Racing takes Laguna Seca GT2 pole

Farnbacher Loles Racing earned the GT2 pole position for the final race in the 2008 American Le Mans Series. Dirk Werner of Kissenbrück, Germany, set a class record en route to the pole, lapping the 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca road course in one minute 22.080 seconds at an average speed of 98.182 mph in the No. 87 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.[…]

Lowe’s Fernandez Racing on Front Row in ALMS Season Finale

The #15 Lowe’s Acura ARX-01b will start second in tomorrow’s four-hour Monterey Sports Car Championships after a strong drive by Luis Diaz in qualifying this afternoon. This is the third front row start for Diaz and Adrian Fernandez this season [Long Beach and Salt Lake City] as the pair look to better their third-place result at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca last year.[…]

Corsa Zytek third in LMP1 Laguna Seca ALMS qualifying

In his first-ever attempt to qualify a prototype, Johnny Mowlem wheeled the Corsa Motorsports Zytek 07S to third in class for the start of the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Laguna Seca Friday afternoon. Mowlem turned in a time of 1:12.819 on his seventh lap.[…]

Audi R10 TDI on the fifth row of the grid at Laguna Seca

Emanuele Pirro has captured the LM P1 pole position at Laguna Seca (U.S. state of California) in his last race with the Audi R10 TDI. On Friday, the Italian won the qualifying battle against his team-mate Lucas Luhr.[…]

Flying Lizard Qualifies 2nd, 4th, and 15th at Laguna Seca

Joerg Bergmeister brought the Flying Lizard Motorsports’ No. 45 Porsche into second place in today’s qualifying session for the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Laguna Seca. In the No. 46, Patrick Pilet was fourth fastest in class and in the No. 44 Seth Neiman was 15th.[…]

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