The Valiante and Angelelli and the rest of the team got reward in a tough year

SONOMA, Calif. (Aug. 23, 2008) - In a season where just about everything has gone wrong for the SunTrust Racing team in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16, everything went right for Michael Valiante and Max Angelelli Saturday at Infineon Raceway. Valiante led the opening 24 laps before handing over the No. 10 Pontiac Dallara to Angelelli, who led the final 58 laps to win the Armed Forces 250. The Daytona Prototype race will be televised Sunday at noon ET.

Chris Funk won the L3 class

BOWMANVILLE, Ontario. August 23 – Jonathan Goring, Torrington, Conn., led from flag to flag in the 30-minute IMSA Lites presented by Hankook race at Mosport International Raceway, a 10-turn, 2.5-mile course outside of Toronto.

The Motul Nissan took advantage of the wet conditions

Qualifying Session 1
Weather:Rain | Course:Wet | Air Temp. 22°C | Track Temp. 23°C

Close battle between the GT-R and NSX machines
The first qualifying session started at 9:50 in the morning. The rain that had been falling since the night before had turned into a drizzle by start time but never stopped and the track was completely wet. The temperature at start time was 22 degrees C., with a track temperature of 23 degrees C.

SPEED Touring Car polesitter, Chip Herr in the No. 97 MAZDA6.

CANADA (Aug. 23, 2008) – Chip Herr, of Lititz, Pa., captured his third pole of the season in preparation for Sunday’s SPEED Touring Car Presented by Toyo Tires race. Teammate Michal Galati, of Olmsted , Ohio , made it an all-Tindol Motorsports front row for Round Nine of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship, part of the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport at Mosport International Raceway.

SPEED GT polesitter Eric Curran in the No. 30 Whelen Engineering Corvette.

CANADA (Aug. 23, 2008) – Eric Curran, of East Hampton, Mass., captured his first SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship pole of the season and will lead the field for Saturday evening’s Mosport SPEED GT Round Seven race Presented by Toyo Tires, part of the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , will start second.

Team boss, Chris Niarchos chats to Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, the Prime Minister of Romania

The race weekend in Bucharest is now well underway and it’s a case of ‘so far so good’ for CR Scuderia. Before the track action got started yesterday CRS Team Principal, Chris Niarchos, was delighted to welcome Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, the Prime Minister of Romania, to the team garage.

The Phoenix team have bounced back from a disappointing Spa with a pole in Romania

Qualifying for the 6th round of the FIA GT Championship, the Bucharest City Challenge, took place in extremely hot conditions around the 3.071 km Bucharest Ring street circuit, which the Championship is visiting for the second time.

Car problems have forced the withdrawal of the Jet Alliance Aston Martins

Jetalliance Racing has withdrawn both cars from the race for safety reasons
despite a spot on the front row!

From pole to victory for Fassler and Deletraz

The first-ever one-hour race in the history of the FIA GT Championship was a close and exciting battle around the Bucharest streets. And the win, after a close battle with their team-mates, went to Swiss drivers Deletraz and Fässler in their Phoenix Carsport Corvette, who crossed the line0.6 seconds ahead of the nr 6 Corvette of Gollin and Hezemans.

It is an all-Audi front row

Audi Sport North America's Dindo Capello made Mosport International Raceway the fastest circuit in the American Le Mans Series with a stunning lap time of 1:04.094 (138.116 mph) in qualifying Saturday for the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Capello smashed his own previous record at the track by 1.735 seconds, one of 10 cars to go under last year's pole time.