The continued participation of Chevrolet in the American LeMans Series GT1 racing series depends on Aston Martin. Asked whether Chevrolet would commit to running its C6R Corvette racers in next year’s series, GM’s road racing manager, Steve Weslowski, responded, “As soon as they announce they are coming back, we’ll announce that we’ll be back. I think you should direct that question to David Richards and George Howard.” Richards and Howard run ProDrive, the company (...)
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For the fifth time this season, two Porsche RS Spyders start from the first row. In one of the last laps of a qualifying that was full of suspense to the end, Ryan Briscoe (Australia) turned the fastest time in 1:13.357 minutes on the 3.35 kilometre city circuit in Detroit.
For Briscoe, who shares the yellow Penske Motorsports RS Spyder with Sascha Maasssen (Germany), this marks his first pole position in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). Timo Bernhard (Germany) was beaten to pole by (...)
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The Porsche RS Spyder is still the benchmark in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). With the seventh straight overall win, Porsche has further extended its head position in the race series featuring the world’s fastest sportscars. Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) not only beat their opponents in the LMP2 class by 19.576 seconds but also dominated the
Audi R10 with its extra 200 horsepower and a superior power-to-weight ratio in the LMP1 class on the Mosport International (...
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Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) take up the ninth round of the American Le Mans Series from the front row. On the Mosport International Raceway, situated close to Toronto (Canada), Dumas in his #7 Porsche RS Spyder was only beaten to pole position by Rinaldo Capello in an
Audi A10, which starts in a different category allowing an extra 200 hp and a superior power-to-weight ratio.
With a time of 1:05.919 minutes, Dumas posted the quickest time in the LMP2 category. Second (...
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Sunday, on August 26th, three Compuware Corvette C6.Rs will vie for the GT1 title in the Grand Prix of Mosport. Team mates Ron Fellows and Andy Pilgrim will race on the Canadian track in bright Arctic White that celebrates the limited edition Ron Fellows ALMS GT1 Champion Corvette Z06. The team will race alongside "standard" Compuware Corvette C6.Rs driven by Johnny O’Connell and Jan Magnussen in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R, and Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the No. 4 Compuware (...)
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Sunday, at Toronto, Canada, will take place the only race of the American Le Mans Series outside the United States. Porsche is keen to extend its clear lead with another success after claiming six overall victories and seven class wins in succession.
The race track from Canada represents the most challenging and fastest on the American Le Mans calendar. This fact is confirmed by Porsche driver Romain Dumas, who won the LMP2 class here last year with the Porsche RS Spyder.Dumas says that (...)
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The final sprint in the American Le Mans Series starts with two races within one week. On Sunday (26 August), the world’s fastest sportscars start at Mosport close to Toronto (Canada). ‘Motor Town’ Detroit (Michigan state) hosts the popular sportscar racing series the following Saturday.
Audi has excellent chances of clinching the Manufacturers’ and Teams’ titles early at either Mosport or Detroit. The Audi R10 TDI, which produces almost 650 hp, is still unbeaten in its class and, with eight (...)
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There were only three full course cautions in today’s four-hour Generac 500 at Road America race but they spanned more than one quarter of the race, mostly due to a lengthy rainstorm and thunderstorm that put a halt to green flag racing for more than an hour.
Luck was not with the Lizards at this race. Things started to go wrong just before the race on the recon lap (30 minutes prior to the race) when Darren Law reported shifting problems with the No. 44. The crew took the car behind the (...)
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Audi once more demonstrated the impressive performance of modern diesel engines in round eight of the American Le Mans Series at Road America (US state of Wisconsin): Both
Audi R10 TDI sportscars were the dominating cars on the fastest track of the season, achieving another 1-2 victory in the LM P1 class. After a fierce inter-team battle, Dindo Capello/Allan McNish (Italy/Scotland) beat their team-mates Emanuele Pirro/Marco Werner (Italy/Germany) by just 0.796 seconds.
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With a brilliant overall victory at the four hour race in Elkhart Lake, Porsche further increased its lead in the American Le Mans Series. In a breath-taking finale, Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) won the eighth round of this series featuring the world’s fastest sports prototypes at the wheel of a Penske Motorsports RS Spyder on the legendary Road America circuit in the US state of Wisconsin. For Porsche this marks the sixth overall victory in succession.
In the most (...)
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