By Sam Tickell

Wirth tested for PTG Panoz at Petit Le Mans, his first taste of the ALMS

Andreas Wirth has faced the share of hard knocks in the world of motorsport as he attempts to forge his own path and build his racing career. As a German racing in America during this generation’s biggest financial collapse, things have not been easy.

The CiM Ferrari on Pole for Final Race

Allan Simonsen put the Christians in Motorsport Ferrari on pole for the final race of the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship season with a time of 1m09.165 on his final lap and was congarulated by Hector Lester on his return to the pits. Nick Foster and Nigel Redwood will line up alongside them on the front row in the Team RPM Viper, with Jeremy Metcalfe and Luke Hines in the CRS Ferrari and Guy Harrington and Ben de Zille Butler in the Team Modena Lamborghini on row 2. GT4 champions Matt Nicol-Jones and Stewart Linn claimed another class pole ahead of Joe Osborne and Phil Bailey.