Volume 8

December 2008, Volume 8, No. 12

• VICI Racing Completes End of Year Test:

  VICI Racing wrapped up its 2008 track programme with two days of testing at the Sebring International Raceway just before Christmas; evaluating three promising young drivers, as the team looks toward an expanded line-up next year. Lance David Arnold, Christer Lindholm, and Johannes Stuck all took turns behind the wheel of a VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR on the short configuration circuit at Sebring, in Central Florida. Overcast on day one, a heavy early mist quickly cleared to leave a bright and sunny final day, allowing the team to complete working through the two-day programme.

• 40 Years of IMSA - Tom Milner Spotlight:

  As the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) prepares for its 40th season of road-racing, it seems appropriate to spend some time with a member of the American Le Mans Series paddock who was part of the first race at Pocono in 1969.

• Corvette Still Committed to ALMS Despite Recent Media Articles:

  "The primary focus of the race team is the 12 Hours of Sebring, Long Beach and, of course as it always has been, the 24 hours of Le Mans," Fehan said. "We tested the GT1 car at Sebring in November. And we will be utilizing Sebring and Long Beach to put the final touches on the Le Mans effort. We're continuously developing the car and package for fuel mileage, efficiency and new materials from our various suppliers. We want our last GT1 appearance at Le Mans to be successful. The team understands the importance of a victory at Sebring, Long Beach and Le Mans to close the GT1 program."

• Porsche Announces Factory Involvement in 2009 ALMS Championship:

  Stuttgart. In the 2009 season, three Porsche factory drivers will support the GT teams in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). With this, Porsche underlines its ongoing involvement in the racing series with the world’s fastest sports cars. Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) share the cockpit of a Flying Lizard Motorsports GT3 RSR. Wolf Henzler (Germany) backs up the Farnbacher Loles team with its GT3 RSR.

• Porsche and the ALMS Lose a Friend in Bob Carlson:

  Bob, who turned 60 years-old this past October, had a significant influence as both a journalist and public relations professional in the automotive and motorsports worlds, particularly within Porsche and at the Atlanta headquarters. He was also a friend, mentor, and valued colleague to everyone he touched, both in and out of his work environment.

• Detroit Grand Prix has been Cancelled for 2009:

  The Grand Prix of Detroit has been cancelled for 2009, reducing the ALMS season to 10 races.

• BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team Finalizes 2009 ALMS Driver Lineup:

  BMW of North America, LLC and Rahal Letterman Racing announced today the addition of Tommy Milner and Dirk Müller as BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team drivers in BMW’s return to American Le Mans Series competition in 2009. The duo will join Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand as the drivers for the team’s inaugural two-car effort in the ALMS GT2 class in 2009.

• Farnbacher Loles Confirm 2009 Campaign:

  Farnbacher Loles Racing will continue its strong association with Porsche in 2009. The team will again field a host of Porsche race cars in the American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and Patrón GT3 Cup Challenge.

• Farnbacher Loles and Porsche Strenghten Links for ALMS Season:

  A stronger partnership with Porsche and the addition of factory driver Wolf Henzler highlight the 2009 American Le Mans Series program for Farnbacher Loles Racing as the team announced its plans for next season Monday. Farnbacher Loles will be a Porsche factory partner in the Series' GT2 class with Germans Henzler and Dirk Werner as the primary pilots in a new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.

• L2 Lites Champ Tests Out Championship Winning GT Car:

  Newly crowned Australian GT Champion Mark Eddy and 2008 American IMSA Lites L2 Champion Tom Drewer celebrated their respective wins at Calder Park this week, participating in a Drive Day for the Australian
  Grand Prix.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - 3 Cars for VICI???:

  It seems GT2 will still be strong in the 2009 ALMS as more cars are getting announced.

• Flying Lizard Motorsports Unveils 2009 Plans:

  December 12, 2008 -- Flying Lizard Motorsports, the 2008 American Le Mans Series GT2 team champions, announced today its 2009 racing program. The Sonoma, California-based team will field two 2009 911 GT3 RSR Porsches in the GT2 class -- the No. 45 and No. 44 -- for the complete 2009 ALMS season.

• Pat Long Announces 2009 Plans:

  Porsche announced today that factory driver Patrick Long, 2-time winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, will return to action in the American Le Mans Series in 2009, driving the #45 Flying Lizard Porsche GT3 RSR with longtime friend and teammate Jorg Bergmeister.

• A Racing Alternative in These Bad Economic Times:

  In hard economic times, hard decisions have to be made - as we have seen with Audi reducing their sportscar efforts and Honda pulling out of F1. Generally, it seems that over many racing series, 2009 will see a 20-30% drop in entrants. But what could you do to keep your racing shop open or your driving career on track?

• Dyson Confirms Racing's Worst Kept Secret:

  POUGHKEEPSIE, NY December 11, 2008 Dyson Racing and MAZDASPEED Motorsports have joined forces for a long-term partnership in the top echelon of American sportscar racing. Sponsored by the BP energy company, the team will campaign two Lola LMP2 coupes in the eleven-race American Le Mans Series for the 2009 season. The BP Dyson Racing Mazda coupes will be powered by the 2.0 liter turbo Mazda MZR- engines prepared by Advanced Engine Research (AER) Ltd

• Mazda Announces 2009 Racing Program:

  December 11, 2008 (Orlando, Florida). The number one brand in road racing went to the countries biggest motorsports trade show to make a number of early announcements for the 2009 season. MAZDASPEED executives gathered at the annual Performance Racing Industry show to share updates on a half-dozen topics.

• Porsche Comments on the ALMS:

  The annual Porsche Motorsport Night last weekend in Weissach, Germany gave Wolfgang Duerheimer, member of the Executive Board for Research and Development at Porsche, a chance to discuss the famed marque's current and future path in sports cars and the American Le Mans Series.

• Tafel Racing Reflections - Jim Tafel:

  Jim Tafel had a unique perspective to the success of his Tafel Racing team in the 2008 American Le Mans Series. From both on top of the Tafel pit structure during a race to behind the wheel of one of the team's Ferrari F430 GTs, the season was an unqualified success. Tafel Racing won four GT2 races and finished second in the championship while the team owner continued to make progress on the track. Here is his perspective.

• Brabham Collects BRDC Woolf Barnato Trophy:

  David Brabham was awarded the BRDC Woolf Barnato Trophy, sponsored by Gulf, on Monday 8 December during the British Racing Drivers’ Club Awards 2008 ceremony at the Café Royal, London. For the second year in a row, Brabham jointly collected the award with Aston Martin Racing teammate Darren Turner, as the highest-placed finishing British or Commonwealth drivers in a British car, following their double GT1 Le Mans 24-Hour class victory in the Aston Martin DBR9 #009.

• ALMS Comment on 2009 Sebring Winter Tests:

  American Le Mans Series Sets Straight The Record On 2009 Sebring Winter Test

• RUMOUR: ALMS - It's Not All Doom and Gloom:

  Oh dear...Audi have withdrawn. The rock of the ALMS has decided to take the year off - possibly more. But despite the fallout of the economic crisis, everything is not lost.

• Recolouring Green - Sportscar's Environmental Push:

  Without a shadow of a doubt, sportscar racing led the green push in the motorsport world and made quite a few PR, competitive and positive business blows in 2008.

• Audi Withdraws from Full Season 2009 ALMS Campaign:

  Audi concentrates its motorsport programmes for the 2009 season on the new R15 TDI sport prototype for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the re-worked racing touring car A4 DTM and the newly developed R8 LMS for customer use in the GT3 class. Audi will not be represented by its factory team Audi Sport North America in the American Le Mans Series in 2009.

• ALMS Boss Atherton Praises Audi's Accomplishments And Contribution:

  American Le Mans Series President and CEO Scott Atherton expressed nothing but praise for Audi following its announcement that it will depart after the first event of the 2009 season, calling Audi's near-legendary accomplishments and technological advancements "the pinnacle of achievement in sports car racing."

• Mowlem: Corsa Shaping Motorsports' Future:

  Since 1999, Johnny Mowlem has been competing in the American Le Mans Series. As one of the most experienced drivers on the grid, Mowlem talks about his dual 2008 season, first behind the wheel of a GT2 sports car and later transitioning into a LMP1 Zytek prototype.

• Porsche Head, Tomas Laudenbach Wins Award for RS Spyder Engine:

  ATLANTA - December 2 - The 2008 World Motorsport Symposium Awards for the Race Engine Designer of the Year, presented by the UK published Race Tech magazine, has been won by Thomas Laudenbach, the head of motorsport development/power train at Porsche AG, for development of direct fuel injection for the Porsche RS Spyder race car.

• ALMS Drivers Named to AARWBA All-America Team:

  Four of the American Le Mans Series' best received postseason honors from the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association. Motorsports journalists from around the country selected Patron Highcroft Racing's David Brabham and Scott Sharp along with Jorg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler from Flying Lizard Motorsports as AARWBA first-team All-American Auto Racing Team members.

• Corsa Motorsports Retain Johnny Mowlem for 2009:

  1st December 2008 -- Announced today is that British racing star Johnny Mowlem will remain with the Corsa Motorsports team with full factory support from Zytek Engineering for the 2009 racing season. He will drive the LMP1 in the North America-based American Le Mans Series.

• Rahal Letterman Racing BMW Completes First ALMS Tests:

  HILLIARD, Ohio (December 1, 2008) -- The all-new BMW M3 that signals the return of BMW to American sportscar competition in 2009 successfully completed its first test sessions on American soil last week, as BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team and BMW Motorsport put nearly 1,400 miles of work in at Road Atlanta and Sebring International Raceway.

November 2008, Volume 8, No. 11

• PHOTOS: Our 2008 Favourites - ALMS:

  2008 was a classic year for the ALMS Series and our Season Review will be posted soon. But in the mean time we thought we would share some of our favourite photos from the season.

• 2009 American Le Mans Series Information:

  The 2009 calendar has been announced and the rumours are heating up for the 2009 driver and team line up. So we thought this would be an ideal time to get our 2009 page underway.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - More Information to Prove What We Think We Know???:

  It is 7am outside what used to be B-K Motorsports base in Saukville, WI and the Dyson transporter pulls into the drive.

• BMW Confirm ALMS and WTCC Programs for 2009:

  Munich, 29th November 2008. In 2009 BMW Motorsport will put its touring and sports car programmes into action on several popular stages, and will use racing versions of the BMW 3 series to fight for victories and titles: BMW once again take part in the FIA World Touring Car Championship, where the marque will be aiming to recapture the World Championship titles it missed out on with the BMW 320si WTCC in 2008.

• Audi Announces New R15 for Le Mans:

  Ingolstadt – In future, the AUDI AG motorsport programme will be based on three pillars: During the 2009 season, the brand with the four rings will compete once again in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the DTM. Additionally, with the new Audi R8 LMS, Audi Sport offers for the first time a racing sports car specifically developed for customer use.

• De Ferran and Pagenaud Team Up for LMP1 Campaign:

  INDIANAPOLIS, IN (26 NOVEMBER, 2008) -- Frenchman Simon Pagenaud will return to the cockpit of the de Ferran Motorsports Acura in 2009 after being re-signed by the team following his impressive rookie year in the American Le Mans Series.

• Q&A With Dirk Muller:

  It almost seems like Dirk Müller never left the American Le Mans Series. In his first full season back since 2001, a year after he won the Series' GT driver championship. After driving in seven races in 2007, Müller joined Tafel Racing and pumped championship expectations into the program, which took off to the tune of four GT2 victories and a runner-up finish in the class team championship.

• Official Statement from the Brabham Family:

  Ferndown, Dorset, November 20, 2008: The Brabham family would like to absolutely and categorically state that the range of cars and accessories being publicised under the Brabham name at the Essen Motor Show 2008 and on global websites, has nothing to do with the Brabham family, or its long and respected motor racing heritage, in any way. It is clear to us, as it must be to the whole world, what these people are trying to do. In our opinion, it is a clear case of using our name, our history and our success, without the backing of the Brabham family.

• BMW Rahal Letterman Go Testing:

  BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team got its first "meet and greet" with the new BMW M3 on Wednesday at Road Atlanta, a chilly day that saw the North American debut of BMW's newest GT2 challenger. Jörg Müller, the 2001 GT champion in the American Le Mans Series with BMW Motorsport, had most of the seat time Wednesday in the brand-new, freshly liveried M3.

• Capello Goes Rallying and Wins!:

  Winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Petit Le Mans again apparently wasn't enough for Dindo Capello. So Audi's Italian factory ace decided to cap his 2008 season with a victory at the Rally di Monza over the weekend, a field that included MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi.

• Ryan Lewis - Looking Back On 2008:

  2008 has proved to be a positive turning point in Ryan Lewis' racing career. After the many successes of his single-seater years Ryan took a risk and moved over to the world of sportscar racing in 2008 and, in the American Le Mans Series, he has found an environment that suits him perfectly.

• BMW and Rahal Letterman Racing Announce First Drivers for 2009 Season:

  For its return to the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series in 2009, BMW of North America signed Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand as its first two drivers for BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team's new BMW M3. In choosing Auberlen and Hand, BMW of North America has picked two of the most successful BMW drivers in the world and two of the most familiar names to M3 racing fans in North America.

• ALMS 2008 Review - A Classic Year:

  If people thought the 2007 American Le Mans Series was a classic, then the 2008 edition will go down in the record books as one of the best championships ever.

  It was arguably the most competitive Championship of any in 2008. ALMS fans were treated to numerous late race passes and outright wins from the Audis, Penske Porsches, Andretti-Green and Highcroft Acuras.

• Barwell Motorsport to Enter LMS, FIA GT3 in 2009:

  British GT/sportscar team, Barwell Motorsport, is returning to European competition in 2009, having spent this season contesting the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The former British GT Champions operated under the banner of ‘Drayson-Barwell’ in the 2008 ALMS, as part of its joint venture with driver Paul Drayson. The Surrey-based outfit, which is an official partnership team of Aston Martin Racing, spent the season honing the new Aston Martin Vantage GT2 into a competitive proposition against world class opposition in the US.

• VICI Reflects on Their 2008 Season:

  Miami, Florida - A promising inaugural season in the world's most competitive sports car championship, one that offers a solid platform to build upon, and highlights that a strong future in ALMS can be foreseen, that's the verdict of Ron C. Meixner, President of VICI Racing, and the driving force behind the VICI Group's strategy to emerge as a force to be reckoned with in ALMS. "We've achieved our objectives for our first year and laid the groundwork for a long term future here," says Ron.

• Drewer Tests Panoz Built Elan Lites 1 Car at Road Atlanta:

  2008 USA IMSA Lites 2 Champion Tom Drewer has tested with Championship winning team Comprent Motorsport at the Road Atlanta circuit in Georgia, USA.

• Brabham Voted Number One Again:

  David Brabham captured the imagination of motorsport fans across the globe with his characteristic last lap charges that kept crowds on the edge of their seats and saw him narrowly miss out on the American Le Mans Series LMP2 title this season. Already the recipient of two 2008 Most Popular ALMS Driver awards, voted for by ALMS fans and Motors TV viewers, the 43 year-old also topped the Autosport Magazine’s list of elite LMP2 drivers for 2008 (Thursday 6 November issue).

• Audi Celebrates Most Successful Motorsport Season:

  Ingolstadt/Neckarsulm – Four rings, four wins. The end of season party at the Audi Forum Neckarsulm was celebrated under this motto, and at which Audi thanked its teams and drivers for the most successful motorsport season in the company’s history. Chairman of the Board of Management Rupert Stadler and Michael Dick, Member of the Board of Management with responsibility for Technical Development, emphasised the importance of motorsport for the brand.

• Tony Dowe Looks at Tafel's 2008 Season:

  Tony Dowe has long been considered one of sports car racing's most brilliant minds. It showed again in 2008 as Tafel Racing scored four GT2 victories and a runner-up championship finish in the American Le Mans Series' deepest class. Dowe, who serves as both VP and Technical Director for Tafel, offered his view of 2008 as well as glimpse ahead to 2009.

• Dyson Racing Split from Porsche:

  Dyson Racing has announced that with the end of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season, it will be concluding its partnership with Porsche Motorsport and Porsche Motorsport North America. For the 2007 and 2008 race seasons, Dyson Racing campaigned two Porsche RS Spyders in the Series' LMP2 class, successfully assisting Porsche in winning back-to-back manufacturer championships.

• Mazda Aims to Continue ALMS Despite Closure of B-K Motorsports:

  Mazda statement regarding the retirement of Bob Bach/closing of B-K Motorsports

• B-K Motorsports to Close Doors:

  (Saukville, Wisc.) Friday, October 31, 2008 -- B-K Motorsports announced today that they will be closing their doors effective October 31, 2008 in conjunction with the retirement of owner Bob Bach.

• Jonny Cocker - "The entire year was memorable":

  Jonny Cocker recently completed his first year driving against the teams and racing on the circuits of the American Le Mans Series. Reflecting on the speed and performance of his and co-pilot Paul Drayson's 007 Aston Martin Vantage GT2, the pairing scored four top-10 finishes in GT2 including a season-best seventh to close the year at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Cocker takes a moment to echo the emotions behind his 2008 season and what he hopes is an active 2009.

October 2008, Volume 8, No. 10

• 2008 Reflections from Primetime's Hall:

  In the traditional sense, Chris Hall is one of those drivers who wasn't quite a rookie in 2008. Oh sure, it was his first full season of competition in the American Le Mans Series but the British-born driver came into the season with plenty of experience from stock cars, sprint cars, open-wheel and sports cars. Having just finished the season with Primetime Race Group's Dodge Viper Competition Coupe in GT2, Hall shared a few insights on his now completed first season.

• Halliday To Lend A Hand For Children In Need:

  Duel sportswoman Liz Halliday will be taking to the track this weekend to help raise money for the annual BBC charity extravaganza, Children In Need.

  The East Grinstead sportscar star will be getting behind the wheel on Saturday for a charity Karting event organised by former F1 world champion Nigel Mansell at his Devonshire raceway.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - Will Conquest Join the Series:

  After their run at Petit Le Mans with the LNT Ginetta Zytek squad, Feedmesportscars has learned more of Conquest's desire to race in the ALMS.

• Post Season Spotlight: Corvette Racing:

  The start of the 2009 American Le Mans Series will mark the end of an era for Corvette Racing. GM's factory team will focus on its transition to a new GT2 program that will debut in the second half of the season. Program manager
  Doug Fehan shed some light on the project after last weekend's Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón.

• A Night of Awards for the ALMS:

  The American Le Mans Series honored its drivers, teams, crews and manufacturers Sunday night at the season-ending banquet in Monterey, Calif,, site of Saturday's Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón. In addition to honoring its champions, the Series also awarded several special awards to deserving recipients.

• Laguna: Post Race Recaps pt4:

  Laguna: Post Race Recaps pt4
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche
  Corvette
  Michelin

• Laguna: Post Race Recaps pt3:

  Laguna: Post Race Recaps pt3
  Corsa
  Intersport
  Zytek
  B-K Motorsports
  Dyson

• Laguna: Post Race Recaps pt2:

  Laguna: Post Race Recaps pt2
  Highcroft
  Andretti Green
  De Ferran
  Fernandez
  Primetime

• Laguna: Post Race Recaps pt1:

  Laguna: Post Race Recaps pt1
  Risi
  Tafel
  Farnbacher Loles
  Flying Lizard
  VICI

• Laguna: Race Results:

  Laguna: Race Results

• Laguna: Audi Takes 1-2 as Porsche Takes P2 Title by 1 Point:

  Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr ended their championship season in fitting style Saturday with an overall victory for Audi Sport North America in the Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón. Werner passed Emanuele Pirro on a restart with 26 minutes left and won by 1.941 seconds at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

• Pioneering Green Technology: Win-Win For The American Le Mans Series:

  Where else can you find a motorsports series that maneuvers premier racecars and pioneers green technology? The American Le Mans Series is the only of its breed challenging manufacturers, teams and drivers to take that extra look under their hoods. For Paul Drayson, owner/principal of Drayson-Barwell, the decision to race competitively while testing alternative fuels on the racetrack to support this new life of endurance racing was an easy choice.

• Laguna: Goring takes Decisive Win in Lites:

  MONTEREY, Calif. October 18—Jonathan Goring led flag to flag to secure the 2008 IMSA Lites presented by Hankook Lites One championship. Goring finished 16.1 seconds ahead of Matt Downs in the 30-minute race. Goring needed to score just one point to take the championship, a goal the 18- year-old Connecticut racer set at the beginning of the season.

• Emanuele Pirro Announces Audi Retirement:

  Laguna Seca ALMS will be my last race with an Audi prototype.

  The agreement to end this part of my career together with the R10 TDI was taken a long time ago with Dr. Ullrich as Audi is preparing their future with a new generation of drivers.

• Audi on Pirro's Retirement:

  Ingolstadt/Laguna Seca -- Emanuele Pirro will race an Audi sports prototype for the last time in his career at the American Le Mans Series finale on 18 October at Laguna Seca. The Italian has served the brand since 1994 and is one of the most successful Audi factory drivers ever with three touring car titles, two sportscar championship victories in the American Le Mans Series and five wins in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

• Tafel Racing Signs Farnbacher to Contract Extention for 2009 Effort:

  MONTEREY, Calif., October 17, 2008 - Tafel Racing has exercised its option on 2008 American Le Mans Series Driver Championship Runner-up Dominik Farnbacher. The contract extension will return the resident of Ansbach, Germany to the Cumming, Ga.-based organization for a third consecutive season. Entering the October 18 season-finale, Farnbacher has three career American Le Mans Series GT2 class victories; St. Petersburg, Fla., Long Beach, Calif. and Mid-Ohio, eight podiums and two fastest race laps (Mid-Ohio and Road America).

• Laguna: Acura Dominate Qualifying as they Attempt an Unlikely Title Bid:

  How's this for a comeback? David Brabham took the pole position for the Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Friday with a record-breaking run in Patrón Highcroft Racing's Acura ARX-01b. Brabham's time of 1:10.103 (114.928 mph) put the Acura prototype that he will share with Scott Sharp out front for the start of the season's final race.

• Laguna: Post Qualifying Recaps pt3:

  Laguna: Post Qualifying Recaps pt3
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche
  Corvette

• Laguna: Post Qualifying Recaps pt2:

  Laguna: Post Qualifying Recaps pt2
  Corsa
  Highcroft
  Fernandez
  Andretti Green
  David Brabham

• Laguna: Post Qualifying Recaps pt1:

  Laguna: Post Qualifying Recaps pt1
  Flying Lizards
  Farnbacher Loles
  VICI Racing
  Risi
  Tafel Racing

• Laguna: Qualifying Times:

  Laguna: Qualifying Times

• Laguna: Practice 2 Times:

  Laguna: Practice 2 Times

• Laguna: Practice 1 Times:

  Laguna: Practice 1 Times

• Laguna: Pagenaud Takes First Blood ALMS Finale:

  Simon Pagenaud must be a quick study. The young Frenchman posted the fastest time in Friday's first official practice session for the Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patron at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, site of the American Le Mans Series' season finale. Pagenaud's time of 1:11.967 (111.953 mph) in de Ferran Motorsports' Acura ARX-01b headed a field that saw four LMP2 cars head the timesheet.

• Laguna: Voices of Monterey - The 'P' Classes:

  The Corkscrew at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca gets plenty of attention when the American Le Mans Series rolls into the circuit for the Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón. It's one of the aspects that make the season-ending event so special. There are plenty of others that Series drivers look forward to this time each season, especially in the prototype ranks.

• Andreas Wirth - A Major Talent Trying to Break into 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.

• Laguna: Voices of Monterey - The GT Class:

  Is there a better place to close the American Le Mans Series' season than at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca? The Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón has proven over the years to be a fantastic finale with a four-hour race into the California darkness. One of the remaining championships in play is the GT2 manufacturer battle between Porsche and Ferrari with the German marque leading by 15 points with 25 available for the race.

• Petit: IMSA Statement On Road Atlanta Fuel Protest:

  IMSA Statement On Road Atlanta Fuel Protest

• Lizards Taking In Long-Awaited Championship:

  So it's true after all...the best things do come to those who wait. There is no need to tell that to anyone at Flying Lizard Motorsports now that the Sonoma, Calif.-based team finally has its GT2 championship. After a pair of runner-up and third-place title finishes in its first four years in the American Le Mans Series, the season trophy resides with Flying Lizard; or at least it will after this weekend's Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patroacute.

• Petit: Farnbacher Loles Race Recap:

  Farnbacher Loles Racing led the GT2 class and held a top-two position for most of the first half of the Petit Le Mans, second-last race of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season.

• Laguna: ECO Racing Enters ALMS Season Finale:

  The much-anticipated world debut of ECO Racing's environmentally ground-breaking, production-engined, bio-diesel LMP1 Radical AER is scheduled to occur at the American Le Mans Series' season finale, the Monterey Sports Car Championships Oct. 16-18 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif.

• Laguna: Christijan Albers Joins Audi for Season Finale:

  Ingolstadt – After Swiss driver Marcel Fässler, Audi now gives another driver the opportunity to contest a race with the powerful 650 hp plus Audi R10 TDI: At the American Le Mans Series finale at Laguna Seca (US state of California) on 18 October, the former Dutch Formula 1 driver Christijan Albers starts together with Emanuele Pirro (Italy) for Team Audi Sport North America. The Audi R10 TDI with start number 2 will be driven by the usual German duo of Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner.

• Petit Le Mans Continues Record Breaking Run:

  The record-breaking spectator count at Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6 last weekend at Road Atlanta continued a strong trend in attendance gains for the American Le Mans Series. Attendance this season through 10 races is up six percent over last year's record with a season-to-date average weekend crowd of nearly 80,000 fans.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - Update on Penske and Porsche:

  As previously reported, there could be a change at Penske Porsche next year - a major one with Porsche withdrawing manufacturer support.

• Motors TV Secure Two-Year Extension to American Le Mans Series Coverage:

  Prior to a scintillating race at Road Atlanta last weekend, Motors TV (Sky Channel 413 and Virgin Media 545) and the American Le Mans Series were pleased to announce a two-year television contract extension.

• Petit: Post Race Team and Driver Recaps pt4:

  Petit: Post Race Team and Driver Recaps pt4
  Audi
  Peugeot
  Porsche
  Acura
  Corvette

• Petit: Post Race Team and Driver Recaps pt3:

  Petit: Post Race Team and Driver Recaps pt3
  Highcroft
  Fernandez
  Andretti-Green
  De Ferran

• Petit: Post Race Team and Driver Recaps pt2:

  Petit: Post Race Team and Driver Recaps pt2
  Dyson
  Tafel
  Johnny Mowlem
  Michelin

• Petit: Post Race Team and Driver Recaps pt1:

  Petit: Post Race Team and Driver Recaps pt1
  Flying Lizard
  Harold Primat
  Liz Halliday
  David Brabham
  Marino Franchitti
  Ryan Lewis

• Petit: Zytek Race Recap:

  Half way
  Twelve laps in possession of the overall lead has been the high point of
  a rollercoaster ride for the new Ginetta-Zytek 07S during the first five
  hours of the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta. Around the forty-four
  minute mark of the 10-hour or 1,000 mile race, Danny Watts powered past
  all three works Porches into the lead of the American Le Mans Series
  flagship event.

• Paul Drayson Rejoins the British Government:

  Drayson-Barwell driver and principal Paul Drayson will be returning to the British government in the position of Science Minister, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced last week. Before joining the American Le Mans Series, Drayson served a Minister for Defense Procurement and in the House of Lords before taking a leave of absence to pursue a dream of racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

• Petit: Corvette and Porsche Win the Inaugural Green Challenge:

  A world debut only happens once. And the following names will go down in history as the inaugural winners of the Green Challenge, part of the American Le Mans Series' signature endurance race - Petit Le Mans - at Road Atlanta on Saturday.

• Drivers of the Decade Voting is Now Open!!!:

  The 10th season of the American Le Mans Series is coming to close, and it has been a year for the ages. With the Series heading west for the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, it is time to honor those who have made the first 10 years of the American Le Mans Series unforgettable. From now until October 15, the Series is asking fans to pick their ultimate podiums in voting for the Drivers of the Decade.

• Petit: Risi Race Recap:

  Risi Competizione’s #62 has staged a tremendous fight back into contention for a GT2 win after losing two laps in the early stages of the race due to a freak mechanical problem. A small broken part from a drinks bottle connecter came loose and lodged itself temporarily under the throttle. The problem was detected and resolved, but required two extra pit stops.

• Petit: VICI Race Recap:

  Petit: VICI Race Recap
  3 Hours
  6 Hours
  Race finish

• Petit: Another Victory for Audi in Another Thrilling ALMS Race:

  The battle that everyone expected at Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6 lived up to its billing. Audi remained unbeaten at Road Atlanta as Allan McNish, Dindo Capello and Emanuele Pirro spotted the field two laps at the start of the race but came back for a stunning victory in the 11th annual 1,000-mile/10-hour endurance classic.

• Petit: Race Results:

  Petit: Race Results

• Petit: Post Qualifying Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt4:

  Petit: Post Qualifying Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt4
  Peugeot
  Audi
  Acura
  Corvette

• Petit: Post Qualifying Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt3:

  Petit: Post Qualifying Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt3
  Porsche
  Dyson
  Zytek

• Petit: Post Qualifying Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt2:

  Petit: Post Qualifying Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt2
  Highcroft
  de Ferran
  Andretti Green
  Fernandez

• Petit: Post Qualifying Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt1:

  Petit: Post Qualifying Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt1
  Flying Lizard
  Vici
  Farnbacher Loles
  Tafel
  Risi

• Petit: Battling into Dusk:

  The sun is setting at Road Atlanta as Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6 is well into its second half. The anticipated battle between Audi and Peugeot is into the seventh hour with Peugeot's Stephane Sarrazin leading Audi Sport North America's Lucas Luhr in a battle of diesel prototypes.

• Petit: Warm Up Times:

  Petit: Warm up times

• Petit: Qualifying Times:

  Petit: Qualifying Times

• 2009 Calendar Revealed along with Bold Plans for the Future:

  Having already established itself as the Global Leader in Green Racing, Scott Atherton - President and CEO of the American Le Mans Series - wasted little time in his State of the Series address Friday providing a vision he believes will allow the Series to attain leadership in other areas as well.

• Petit: A Day of Records in Qualifying:

  All four classes set qualifying records Friday at Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6, highlighted by Stephane Sarrazin's run to the overall pole position for Saturday's 1,000-mile/10-hour endurance classic at Road Atlanta. Sarrazin's time of 1:06.242 (138.039 mph) nipped Audi Sport North America's Allan McNish by 0.085 seconds as the battle between the two marques intensified even more.

• Green Challenge Presents Milestone for SAE International Members:

  A landmark event that represents years of commitment by SAE International members will come to fruition when the circular-shaped trophy representing sustainability is awarded Saturday night at the American Le Mans Series' Green Challenge.

• Road Atlanta: Tom Drewer Takes the L2 Title in Round 10:

  BRASELTON, Ga. October 3 – Jonathan Goring, Lites One point leader, and Tom Drewer, Lites Two Champion, continued their winning ways Friday at Road Atlanta in round 10 of the IMSA Lites presented by Hankook series.

• Road Atlanta: Goring Dominates Round 9:

  BRASELTON, Ga. October 2 -- Jonathan Goring started on the pole and never looked back as he took his seventh IMSA Lites presented by Hankook victory at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga.

• Petit: Practice 4 Times:

  Petit: Practice 4 Times

• Petit: Practice 3 Times:

  Petit: Practice 3 Times

• Petit: Practice 2 Times:

  Petit: Practice 2 Times

• Petit: Practice 1 Times:

  Petit: Practice 1 Times

• Petit: Wednesday Test Recap:

  Eager to keep its unbeaten streak at Road Atlanta, Audi held the top spot in testing Wednesday at Road Atlanta for Petit Le Mans Powered by the Totally New MAZDA6. The No. 2 Audi R10 TDI of Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr set the fastest time in a two-hour session, a 1:07.091 (136.292 mph) for the American Le Mans Series' newly crowned LMP1 champions.

• Petit: Wednesday Times:

  Petit: Wednesday Times

• Petit: Fuel Shortage Proves the Need of a Successful 'Green Challenge':

  "While news reports have extensively reported concerns regarding the fuel supply in the Atlanta area, we do not anticipate this to have an effect on attendance for this weekend's 11th annual Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6," says Scott Atherton, President & CEO of the American Le Mans Series.

• Voices Of Petit Le Mans: The GTs:

  Corvette, Porsche, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Panoz, Ford, Dodge...you get the picture. The American Le Mans Series' two GT classes feature the world's best manufacturers and their premium auto offerings on a world-class stage. This weekend, that stage is Road Atlanta for the 11th annual Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6. The 1,000-mile/10-hour classic is the cornerstone of the American Le Mans Series and one of the top events on the schedule for drivers.

September 2008, Volume 8, No. 9

• Petit: Audi Looking for Knock Out Blow in 2008 Diesel Battle:

  Ingolstadt – The Audi R10 TDI has already scored a hat-trick at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. On 4 October Audi now also targets the third consecutive victory with the 650 hp plus diesel-powered sportscar in the French long-distance classic’s "little brother".

• Petit: Peugeot Aims for Petit Revenge:

  After a particularly intensive and fiercely-fought campaign in 2008, Peugeot Sport has already started to look ahead to next season and has stepped up its work programme which began several months ago. Its visit to Road Atlanta stands out as a key session with a view to acquiring additional experience and furthering the development of the 908 HDi FAP.

• ALMS Teams, Founder Comments on Paul Newman:

  The American Le Mans Series paddock remembered Paul Newman on Saturday as a larger-than-life personality and one of the world's most renowned figures in motorsports. When hearing the news of his passing, stories and memories came flooding as testing began at Road Atlanta for Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6, an event Newman competed in during the 2000 season.

• Petit: Corvette Previews the Green Challenge:

  BRASELTON, GA., Sept. 26, 2008 -- Powered by cellulosic E85R ethanol racing fuel made primarily from wood waste and armed with a variety of energy-saving technologies, Corvette Racing is aiming for an overall victory in the inaugural American Le Mans Series Green Challenge. This race-within-a-race will be contested on October 4 in conjunction with the 1,000-mile/10-hour Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, the 10th round of the 11-race series.

• Petit: Drayson-Barwell Take Up Green Challenge:

  Green is a common theme with Drayson-Barwell's GT2 effort in the American Le Mans Series. The transporter is green. So is the team's Aston Martin Vantage GT2. Even more important, though, is the green mindset the British team has employed all season. As a result, that makes next week's Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6 more relevant as the debut of the Green Challenge coincides with the annual 1,000-mile/10-hour event.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - Could the New ACO Rules Give New Life to the Penske Program???:

  As previously rumoured at feedmesportscars.com, the factory Penske Porsche entry could be discontinued at the end of the year but the new ACO rules could change this situation.

• Petit: Ryan Lewis and Luke Hynes Team Up, Racing for Intersport:

  Ryan Lewis returns to the American Le Mans Series next week when he arrives at Road Atlanta for ‘Petit Le Mans', one of the top sportscar races in the United States. The 1,000mile/10 hour race is a true endurance classic and, after racing at the Silverstone 1000kms recently, Ryan is relishing the opportunity get back to the States to race a new car against some of the world's top teams and drivers at an event that pulls in many big names.

• Petit: Primat Joins Creation for American Assault:

  Geneva-based racing driver Harold Primat has been signed by Creation AIM for the British team’s assault on the prestigious Petit Le Mans endurance race in the USA.

• Petit: De Ferran's Preparations Continue:

  INDIANAPOLIS, IN (24 September, 2008) -- De Ferran Motorsports has been preparing over the past few weeks for its longest and biggest race of the season, Petit Le Mans, which takes place October 4.

• Petit: The Inside Track with Risi:

  It's the race that Risi Competizione wants most. It has class victories at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans to its credit. All that's left in endurance racing's "Triple Crown" is a triumph at Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6. As he has all season, Risi technical director Rick Mayer gives his insight on what it will take for Risi's two Ferrari F430 GTs to be successful in the American Le Mans Series.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - An Update on Petit Le Mans:

  With Petit Le Mans less then two weeks away, the rumours regarding the entry list has not ceased despite constant announcements.

• Petit: Olivier Pla Joins LNT Zytek:

  Team LNT is pleased to announce that the rapid Frenchman Olivier Pla is to drive the new Ginetta-Zytek LMP1 at next week's Petit Le Mans race. He will join Danny Watts at the wheel of the latest Ginetta-Zytek for the American Le Mans Series flagship event, which takes place over 10 hours or 1,000 miles on Saturday October 4.

• Petit: LG Motorsports Announces Driver Lineup:

  Lou Gigliotti of LG Motorsports will team with Tomy Drissi for the 10 hour Petit Lemans race in the Riley Technologies Corvette.

  The car will carry Sponsorship from the Fox Movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" that will be in theaters December 12th.

• Petit: Flying Lizard Confirms Drivers:

  September 22, 2008 -- Sonoma, Calif --The final countdown for the 2008 ALMS championship has begun. Just two races remain of the 11-race season: Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta and the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Laguna Seca. The flagship race of the ALMS season, Petit Le Mans -- which runs 1000 miles (or 10 hours maximum) -- will be held on October 4. The 4-hour season finale at Laguna Seca will be held on October 18.

• Petit: Conquest Racing to Partner with LNT Zytek Team:

  INDIANAPOLIS (September 22, 2008) - After taking on a new project in the IndyCar Series this season, Conquest Racing will now be taking on a second one as it makes its first foray into the world of sports car racing. The open-wheel team announced today that it will be present at Petit Le Mans on October 4 by providing Zytek and Team LNT with personnel, engineering and logistical support.

• Petit: Audi Announces Their Lineup:

  Ingolstadt -- Two of this year's Le Mans 24 Hour race winners Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) strengthen the Audi driver squad at the 1000-mile race Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta (Georgia) on 4 October.

• Risi Weathers the Hurricane Ike Storm:

  There have been more than a few tense moments for Risi Competizione in the past week. The Houston-based team sits on the same site as Ferrari of Houston, owned by team principal Guiseppe Risi. Hurricane Ike damaged the dealership but spared the racing infrastructure.

• Petit: Ginetta-Zytek LMP1 for Team LNT:

  Team LNT today are pleased to announce their entry to the 2008 Petit
  Le Mans race at Road Atlanta with a Ginetta-Zytek LMP1 car.

  Team LNT’s previous LMP entry was a ‘one off’ LMP2 Zytek at
  Silverstone exactly 12 months ago. That effort resulted in pole
  position, fastest lap and second place having dominated the race
  early on with Danny Watts and Tom Kimber Smith at the wheel. Prior to
  that, Team LNT was an ever-present part of the LMS and Le Mans 24
  Hours with TVR in 2004 and 2005 and the Panoz GT2 team during 2006 &
  2007.

• ALMS Competitors and Supports Get Into Giving Season Early:

  American Le Mans Series competitors, manufacturers and supporters have helped put together one of the largest collections of racing memorabilia, merchandise and experiences as part of the second annual Le Petit Elegance.

• Petit: Penske Adds a Third Car:

  Two more of racing's biggest names will take part in this year's Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New Mazda6 with the entry of a third Penske Porsche RS Spyder for former works driver Ryan Briscoe and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves. The pair will race the No. 5 Penske Motorsports entry October 4 in the annual 1,000-mile/10-hour endurance classic that is the cornerstone event of the American Le Mans Series.

• Petit: Dario Franchitti to Join Patrón Highcroft Racing:

  DANBURY, Conn. (Sept. 17, 2008) -- Dario Franchitti, the 2007 Indy 500 and IndyCar Series champion, will join the multi race-winning Patrón Highcroft Racing duo of Scott Sharp and David Brabham for the next round of the American Le Mans Series, Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, on Saturday, October 4. The Scotland native will drive the No. 9 Patrón Highcroft Acura ARX-01b prototype sports car for the first time in the prestigious 1,000-mile event and penultimate 2008 ALMS round.

• From the Fans Award Five Finalists Named:

  The top five nominees for this year's American Le Mans Series "From the Fans" award are in. From now until Sunday, October 5 - the end of Petit Le Mans weekend - voting will determine this year's winner. The award will be presented at the season-ending banquet in Monterey, Calif., the day after the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

• The ACO Outlines the Rule Direction for the Future:

  The 2009 endurance season will be marked by the application of new equivalence that prefigure the new regulations for the years 2010 and 2011.

• Petit: AGR Announce their Lineup:

  On the heels of its first overall victory in the American Le Mans Series - and second in LMP2 - Andretti Green Racing will enter Franck Montagny, Marco Andretti and Tony Kanaan in its Acura ARX-01b for Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New Mazda6. The annual 1,000-mile/10-hour race is scheduled for October 4 at Road Atlanta.

• RUMOUR: (A)LMS - Has Chamberlain Sold their Lola???:

  With all the hype surrounding Petit Le Mans entries, it seems we could be in for more news.

• Corvette Announces 2009 Program:

  America's premier sports car team is set to write another history-making chapter in the American Le Mans Series. Corvette Racing unveiled its plans for the 2009 season Tuesday that will see the most successful team in Series history compete in two classes in the American Le Mans Series while shooting for another title at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

• RUMOUR: (A)LMS - Will Eco Race or Not:

  After Eco Racing announced their intention to race at the Silverstone 1000km and at Petit Le Mans, people were getting excited at the prospect of seeing the Radical LMP1 on track and to see what this car could do.

• Johnny Mowlem and the Hybrid Zytek:

  CHARVIL, England (September 2, 2008) -- When the England-based Zytek Corporation brings its technical prowess to bear on the task of taking a hybrid petrol/electric engine to the highest levels of international sports car racing, Johnny Mowlem will be at the wheel.

• Detroit: Post Race ALMS Recaps pt4:

  Detroit: Post Race ALMS Recaps pt4
  Acura
  Audi
  Porsche
  Corvette

• Detroit: Post Race ALMS Recaps pt3:

  Detroit: Post Race ALMS Recaps pt3
  Intersport Racing
  David Brabham
  Rob Bell
  Marino Franchitti
  Michelin

• Detroit: Post Race ALMS Recaps pt2:

  Detroit: Post Race ALMS Recaps pt2
  Andretti Green Racing
  Highcroft
  De Ferran Racing
  Fernandez Racing
  Dyson Racing

• Detroit: Post Race ALMS Recaps:

  Detroit: Post Race ALMS Recaps
  Flying Lizard Motorsports
  VICI Racing
  Tafel Racing
  Risi Competizione
  Primetime

August 2008, Volume 8, No. 8

• PHOTOS - The Generac 500 - A Third Gallery:

  PHOTOS - The Generac 500 - A Third Gallery

• PHOTOS - The Generac 500 - A Second Gallery:

  PHOTOS - The Generac 500 - A Second Gallery

• PHOTOS - The Generac 500 - A Gallery:

  PHOTOS - The Generac 500 - A Gallery

• RUMOUR: ALMS - Announcements, Manufacturer Speculation and Why is the ACO in Detroit?:

  You don't get weekends as exciting as this one very often with Acura and Corsa announcing their plans for the future but there is still a lot to fall into place for next year.

• Detroit: AGR Breaks Winless Streak as Highcroft Closes Point Gap:

  Andretti Green Racing fulfilled the promise and potential it showed all season with its first overall victory in the American Le Mans Series on Saturday. James Rossiter and Franck Montagny won the Detroit Sports Car Challenge as Acura swept the overall podium for the first time in its two-year stint in the Series. Audi's Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner clinched the LMP1 driver championship when the race-winning Audi R10 TDI of Emanuele Pirro and Marcel Fassler was excluded after it failed to meet the required minimum weight in post-race technical inspection.

• Acura Announce Plans to Move to P1 and P2 in 2009:

  Fulfilling plans set two years ago when it entered the American Le Mans Series, Acura Motorsports announced that it will move to LMP1 in the 2009 American Le Mans Series. De Ferran Motorsports and Patrón Highcroft Racing each will field prototypes in the Series' highest classification starting with the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March.

• Patrón Highcroft Racing To Field ARX-02a Car In Premier Series Class In 2009:

  DETROIT (Aug. 29, 2008) - Acura Motorsports will enter the LMP1 class in the 2009 American Le Mans Series, company officials announced today.

  Acura's entry into the most powerful and technically advanced division in ALMS will feature two Acura ARX-02a prototype sports cars developed by Honda Performance Development (HPD).

• Corsa and Zytek Come Together in ALMS Hybrid Project:

  Corsa Motorsports has announced a revolutionary program aimed at the 2009 American Le Mans Series that will see the Utah-based team field a hybrid-powered Zytek in the LMP1 class. Corsa will compete as a Zytek factory team with its hybrid set to debut at Petit Le Mans and the Green Challenge at Road Atlanta on October 4.

• Detroit: Highcroft Takes Pole as GT2 Produces a Tight Fight for Pole:

  It has turned out to be quite a day for Patrón Highcroft Racing. David Brabham captured the overall pole position for the Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch, only hours after Acura announced that Patrón Highcroft would be one of its two LMP1 entries for the 2009 American Le Mans Series season.

• Detroit: Qualifying Recaps from the ALMS pt2:

  Detroit: Qualifying Recaps from the ALMS pt2
  Highcroft
  Fernandez
  de Ferran
  Dyson

• Detroit: Qualifying Recaps from the ALMS pt3:

  Detroit: Qualifying Recaps from the ALMS pt3
  Acura
  Audi
  Porsche
  Corvette

• Detroit: Qualifying Recaps from the ALMS:

  Detroit: Qualifying Recaps from the ALMS
  Andretti Green
  Flying Lizard
  Tafel Racing
  VICI Racing
  David Brabham

• Detroit: Ryan Briscoe to Race for Penkse:

  Ryan Briscoe appears set to do double-duty in Detroit this weekend as the Australian is joining Patrick Long in one of Penske Racing's two Porsche RS Spyders for the Detroit Sports Car Challenge by Bosch, Round 9 of the 2008 American Le Mans Series.

• Detroit: Dyson Racing's Perspective:

  Just because Dyson Racing is going head-to-head with Penske Racing in LMP2, don't think the Dyson gang doesn't appreciate all the work that Roger Penske and his organization has done at Detroit's Belle Isle. As the American Le Mans Series prepares for this week's Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch, the Dyson team discusses the high points and enthusiasm for Belle Isle.

• Detroit: GT2 Championship Chase In Home Stretch:

  The front of any American Le Mans Series grid gets plenty of attention. But the GT2 action has been fast and furious all season. It also has been the closest championship battle throughout the 2008 season, which is starting to wind down.

• Designer Mark England Hits The Fast Lane With American Le Mans Team:

  Internationally known, Detroit based designer, Mark England continues to extol his unique brand of fashion. After recently dressing R&B vocalist Christopher Williams during his appearance at the Ribs 'n Soul Festival on Detroit's riverfront he has taken his talents to the international motorsports arena via a partnership with the Primetime Race Group of the American Le Mans Series. Already a globally sexy sport with its core fanbase of the beautiful and wealthy, bolstered by some of the world's most exotic automotive brands Porsche, Panoz, Dodge, Ferrari, Corvette it will be made even sexier by Mark England's direct agreement with Primetime Owner, Joel Feinberg.

• Detroit: Ryan Lewis and the #30 Intersport Lola to Miss the Race:

  After a difficult start to his Mosport race weekend, Ryan Lewis put in a top performance during the opening stages of the American Le Mans race on Sunday. Unfortunately things didn't go so well for his team-mate, John Faulkner, who had a high speed crash which ended the race for the pair and practically destroyed the car.

• Risi Competizione Confirms Petit Le Mans And Laguna Seca Line Up:

  The American Le Mans Series GT2 Championship-winning Risi Competizione team will extend its racing relationship with Krohn Racing for the final two rounds of the 2008 season.

• Elkins Joins Technical Staff Of International Motorsports Association:

  Elkins Joins Technical Staff Of International Motorsports Association

• Barfield Named American Le Mans Series Race Director:

  Beaux Barfield, formerly Race Director of Champ Car's Atlantic and Trans Am sanctioned series, has been named to the same post by IMSA Chief Operating Officer Tim Mayer.

• Mosport: Selected Recaps from the ALMS pt3:

  Mosport: Selected Recaps from the ALMS pt3
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche
  Corvette
  Ferrari

• Mosport: Selected Recaps from the ALMS pt2:

  Mosport: Selected Recaps from the ALMS pt2
  Highcroft
  AGR
  Fernandez
  De Ferran
  Dyson

• Mosport: Selected Recaps from the ALMS pt1:

  Mosport: Selected Recaps from the ALMS pt1
  Risi
  Tafel
  Flying Lizards
  Farnbacher Loles
  VICI
  Primetime

• RUMOUR: (A)LMS - Who May Use Chevy Power in 2009???:

  With the relaxing of the engine rules for Le Mans Style series, rumour has been heating up on who may use the 7.0 litre Chevrolet unit that is currently been used in the GT1 car.

• Mosport: Audi Win but De Ferran Heartbreak Closes LMP2 Title Race:

  Traffic at Mosport International Raceway did little to faze Audi Sport North America's Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner on Sunday as they drove to their third straight overall American Le Mans Series victory in the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Luhr crossed the finish line 21.392 seconds ahead of teammate Emanuele Pirro as Gil de Ferran ran out of fuel on the last lap while leading in LMP2. That sent David Brabham and Scott Sharp to their fourth class victory of the season.

• Mosport: A Win for Jonathan Goring in the Lites:

  BOWMANVILLE, Ontario. August 24 – Jonathan Goring continued his dominance of the Lites One class at Mosport International Raceway leading the entire IMSA Lites presented by Hankook race.

• Mosport: Audi Take the Front Row with Record Times:

  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.

• Mosport: Goring Takes Flag to Flag Win:

  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.

• VIDEO: On Board at Mosport...:

  With the ALMS going to Mosport this weekend we thought we would bring you a couple of videos to show the track - in 1984 and another in 2007.

• Honda Performance Division President Talks about Acura's ALMS Success:

  When you're as dedicated to and passionate about racing as Honda Performance Development and Acura, it's hard not to accept anything other than winning. Coincidentally enough, winning is becoming more and more common for Acura which is a relief to first-year HPD president Erik Berkman.

• Voices of Mosport:

  The only thing American Le Mans Series drivers love more than a fast circuit are two consecutive ones. That's what the field is in for this weekend in Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport at historic Mosport International Raceway. The 2.459-mile, 10-turn circuit rivals Road America - the previous Series stop - as the fastest on the schedule, and the enthusiasm of the Mosport fans makes the Series' only annual Canadian stop one of the highlights of the season.

• Mosport off to an Impressive Start:

  The Mobil 1 Presents Grand Prix of Mosport got off to an exciting pre-race start Tuesday on downtown Toronto's famed Yonge-Dundas Square as Corvette Racing and its Canadian hero Ron Fellows entertained a large mid-day crowd for Mosport's 2008 Racefest activities. Joining Fellows and the rest of the Racefest activities was fellow acclaimed Canadian driver Tony Burgess, who will be driving for Autocon Motorsports this weekend.

• Indycar Star, Scott Dixon to Join de Ferran Acura at Petit Le Mans:

  Indianapolis 500 champion Scott Dixon will drive for de Ferran Motorsports in the team's No. 66 Panasonic ELS Surround Acura ARX-01b prototype sports car in the October 4 Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New Mazda6 at Road Atlanta in the 10th round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series.

• In His Own Words: Gregory Loles:

  "We're really close." The saying might be overused but not in the case of Farnbacher Loles Racing. The first six races of the American Le Mans Series were more often than not filled with misfortune and just general bad luck - podium finishes at St. Petersburg and Lime Rock not withstanding. Persistence paid off two weeks ago with a well-earned GT2 class victory in its Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at Road America with drivers Dirk Werner, Richard Westbrook and Bryce Miller. Naturally team principal Gregory Loles thinks may serve as a springboard for more good fortune down the road.

• Bucking Another Motorsport Trend:

  With some elements of motorsport seemingly choosing 'sports entertainment' rather then just sports, the American Le Mans Series again seems to be bucking the trend.

• Peugeot to Compete at Petit Le Mans:

  In addition to its bid to defend its Le Mans Series title, Peugeot Sport is already focusing its resources on its preparations for the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours. To this end, an entry for October's Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta has been added to the 908 HDi FAP's programme.

• Keith Jones' Condition Improves:

  INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 13, 2008) -- Injured de Ferran Motorsports crew member Keith Jones has been released from the Richard Fairbanks Burn Center, as his condition was downgraded to good Wednesday at Wishard Health Services, according the Fairbanks Burn Center doctors.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - Will We See A Mustang in GT1???:

  Whispers about a new GT1 car to the ALMS have emerged, somewhat from left field.

• Road America: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Field pt4:

  Road America: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Field pt4
  Intersport Racing
  B-K Motorsports
  Primetime Race Group
  David Brabham
  Gregor Fisken

• Road America: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Field pt3:

  Road America: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Field pt3
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche
  Corvette
  Michelin

• Road America: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Field pt2:

  Road America: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Field pt2
  Highcroft
  Andretti-Green Racing
  Fernandez Racing
  de Ferran Racing
  Dyson

• Road America: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Field pt1:

  Road America: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Field pt1
  Farnbacher Loles
  Flying Lizard
  VICI Racing
  Risi Competizione
  Tafel Racing

• RUMOUR: ALMS - What Will Penske do in 2009???:

  It's now August so it must be the time of year to talk Porsche...

• Road America: Audi Take 1-2 With Highcroft Taking Another P2 Win:

  Audi scored its second straight 1-2 finish in the 2008 American Le Mans Series with Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr taking a 2.463-second victory Saturday in the Generac 500 presented by Time Warner Cable. Diesel power won overall at Road America for the first time since 2006 as Werner crossed the finish line just ahead of teammate Marcel Fässler.

• Liz Halliday and Creation Team Up for End Season ALMS Races:

  Female racing driver Liz Halliday will make her long awaited return to the American Le Mans Series later in the year after signing for British squad Creation AIM to contest the Petit Le Mans and Laguna Seca events.

• Keith Jones, Injured de Ferran Crew Member Making Good Progress:

  Injured de Ferran Motorsports crew member Keith Jones' condition has been changed from serious to fair, as the Greenwood, Ind., racing veteran continues to make good progress at Wishard Health Services, according the Fairbanks Burn Center doctors.

• Road America: Audi Take Pole as Lap Records Tumble:

  Will the fourth time be the charm for Lucas Luhr? Audi's German factory driver certainly hopes so. Luhr earned his fourth career pole position at Road America on Friday and was the fastest overall qualifier for the Generac 500 presented by Time Warner Cable. His lap of 1:46.935 (136.277 mph) gave him a 0.41-second margin over Andretti Green Racing's Franck Montagny.

• Road America: Post Qualifying Recaps pt3:

  Road America: Post Qualifying Recaps pt3
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche

• Road America: Post Qualifying Recaps pt2:

  Road America: Post Qualifying Recaps pt2
  Penske
  Dyson
  Fernandez
  Highcroft
  David Brabham

• Road America: Post Qualifying Recaps pt1:

  Road America: Post Qualifying Recaps pt1
  Risi
  Flying Lizards
  Farnbacher Loles
  Vici Racing

• Road America: ALMS Thursday Recap:

  This weekend's Generac 500 presented by Time Warner Cable will mark the second race that both Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyders will compete with a new 3.4-liter direct fuel injection engine. The development by Porsche Motorsport has moved away from a standard port fuel injected motor and toward a more powerful and more efficient powerplant in the LMP2 car for the American Le Mans Series.

• Road America: Manufacturer Previews Leading into the Generac 500:

  Road America: Manufacturer Previews Leading into the Generac 500
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche
  Mazda
  Corvette

• Voices of Road America:

  The American Le Mans Series is full of fantastic tracks and venues but none enjoy the popularity of Road America. Year in and year out, the classic 14-turn, 4.048-mile circuit ranks as the favorite of teams and drivers throughout the paddock. There are many reasons. The speed, the flow of the track through the woods of Wisconsin and the combination of corners are just a few.

• The Tour de Road America Returns to Elkhart Lake:

  The Tour de Road America – Bike Ride to Fight Cancer presented by Delta Dental returns to Elkhart Lake's Road America 4.048-mile, 14-turn auto racing circuit for the fifth time at 7 p.m. Friday. The event coincides with the Road Race Showcase weekend of auto races at the track.

• Yokahama and Panoz Team PTG to Continue Partnership:

  The longstanding partnership between Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) and Panoz Team PTG Racing will resume for the remainder of the 2008 American Le Mans Series GT2 season, including the Generac 500 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI August 7-9.

• Road America: Bell Motorsports Look Forward to a Clean Race:

  The joke going around at Bell Motorsports has the team wanting to paint a target on its Aston Martin DBR9 so they can pick where the car will be hit next. Sometimes that's the best thing to do when adversity is staring at you in the face...just laugh it off.

• Road America: Rob Bell Joins Risi:

  Le Mans winners Risi Competizione welcome a new face to their team at Road America, 2007 Le Mans Series GT2 Champion, Robert Bell.

  The 29-year-old Briton will be teaming with Harrison Brix in place of Patrick Friesacher who last week suffered a testing accident in the new A1 Grand Prix car powered by Ferrari. The incident, which is under investigation by the open-wheel series, left the Austrian with a significant back injury and has put him out of action for an indeterminate amount of time.

• Road America: Gregor Fisken Joins Intersport:

  Gregor Fisken is to return to modern racing for the first time this season after signing for Intersport Racing to compete at this weekend’s American Le Mans Series meeting at Elkhart Lake.

• 'Get Well Jonesie' Stickers To Be Made Available:

  Special racing stickers, "Get Well Jonesie," have been produced by Shadow Graphics in Indianapolis to send best wishes to injured de Ferran Motorsports crew member Keith Jones.

• Rossiter To Join Montagny in AGR at Road America, Mosport:

  Andretti Green Racing (AGR) announced today it has signed James Rossiter as co-driver of the XM Satellite Radio Acura for upcoming American Le Mans Series stops at Road America and Mosport International Raceway.

• Porsche to Introduce New Engine to RS Spyder:

  Stuttgart. After the road-going Porsche Cayenne and 911, now the sports prototype RS Spyder profits from direct fuel injection technology (DFI). The new engine, with which Porsche underlines its role as technology leader in energy efficiency, celebrated its race premiere with a victory in the American Le Mans Series: On the demanding Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) won the LMP2 class.

• TV Audience, Attendance Up For American Le Mans Series This Season:

  The American Le Mans Series reports gains in both television ratings (Nielsen Media Research) and attendance as the world's premier sports car series heads to Road America August 9 for Round Seven of its 2008 season.

• New Sponsor for BMW's Return to ALMS Competition:

  The return of BMW to American Le Mans Series competition with Rahal Letterman Racing in 2009 will provide a new showcase of on-track speed for the fabled German manufacturer, and RLR’s newest sponsor partner will provide the latest technologies in measuring those blinding speeds.

July 2008, Volume 8, No. 7

July 2008

• Marcel Fassler To Race Audi R10 TDI in America:

  Ingolstadt -- The Swiss racing driver Marcel Fassler (32) gets the chance to contest two races in the American Le Mans Series with the Audi R10 TDI. The former DTM driver starts at Road America (9 August) and Detroit (30 August) for Team Audi Sport North America as team-mate to Emanuele Pirro.

• Tafel Racing Announces New Partnership:

  ATLANTA, July 29, 2008 - Tafel Racing and Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin introduced a marketing partnership today for the remainder of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. Team principal Jim Tafel (Alpharetta, Ga.) announced the relationship between the Le Locle, Switzerland timepiece artisans and the Cumming, Ga.- based race team for both the No. 71 Tafel/Bell Micro Racing Ferrari F430 GTC, driven by Dominik Farnbacher (Ansbach, Germany) and Dirk Müller (a native of Germany living in Monaco), and the No. 73 Tafel Racing Ferrari F430 GTC raced by Jim Tafel and Alex Figge (Denver, Col.).

• RUMOUR: WTCC, ALMS - ALMS Drivers to be Announced Soon:

  The eagerly awaited BMW ALMS seats will be hotly contested among the drivers and it seems to be a hard fought affair to be one of four drivers to pilot the ALMS BMW M3.

• New Intersport Drivers Enjoy Debut Podium:

  Candidly, neither Ryan Lewis nor John Faulkner knew what to expect in their first American Le Mans Series start at Mid-Ohio. Surely the four different classes of cars, constant passing and sharing a prototype together would just a bit much for Intersport Racing's pair of rookies. So imagine the emotions when the pairing stood on the LMP1 podium after the Acura Sports Car Challenge.

• Brabham To Compete in Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix:

  Sportscar ace David Brabham will contest the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix at Fælledparken, Denmark, 2-3 August 2008. Competing by invitation in Royal Pro-Am, Brabham will race a 1968 Ford Mustang alongside Denmark's Christian Nordal.

• Fund Established For Injured De Ferran Crew Member Keith Jones:

  A fund has been established to assist injured De Ferran Motorsports crew member Keith Jones in his recovery process

• RUMOUR: ALMS - More Cars for Road America???:

  The ALMS field is the healthiest it has been, well ever but there are rumours of even more cars to the field.

• Medical Update on De Ferran's Crew Member Keith Jones:

  MEDICAL UPDATE ON DE FERRAN CREW MEMBER KEITH JONES:

• Mid Ohio: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Teams pt4:

  Mid Ohio: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Teams pt4
  Audi
  Porsche
  Acura
  Corvette

• Mid Ohio: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Teams pt3:

  Mid Ohio: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Teams pt3
  Penske
  Dyson
  B-K Motorsports
  Intersport

• Mid Ohio: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Teams pt2:

  Mid Ohio: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Teams pt2

  Highcroft
  Fernandez
  Andretti-Green

• Mid Ohio: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Teams pt1:

  Mid Ohio: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS Teams pt1
  Tafel
  Risi
  Flying Lizards
  VICI
  Primetime

• Mid Ohio: Audi Take 1-2 as Corvette and De Ferran have Pit Lane Drama:

  Audi returned to its dominating style at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with a 1-2 finish in the Acura Sports Car Challenge on Saturday with Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner taking the first overall victory for the R10 TDI since April. Luhr crossed the finish line 7.717 seconds ahead of teammates Emanuele Pirro and Dindo Capello.

• ALMS Fueler In Critical Condition Following Pit Lane Incident:

  Keith Jones, the fueler for de Ferran Motorsports who was injured Saturday in a pit lane fueling incident at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course during the Acura Sports Car Challenge, was transported by medical helicopter to The Ohio State University Medical Center. As of Saturday evening, he was listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit of the hospital.

• Mid Ohio: Manufacturer Recaps after Qualifying:

  Mid Ohio: Manufacturer Recaps after Qualifying
  Acura
  Porsche
  Audi
  Corvette

• VIDEO: The Thrilling Last Lap at Lime Rock:

  The end of the Lime Rock ALMS race was a blinder - good enough to be remembered.

• Mid Ohio: De Ferran Leads an Acura Front Row + Grid:

  Gil de Ferran won his third straight pole position at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Friday...seven years since his last. The storybook debut season for De Ferran Motorsports continued with de Ferran's first pole in the American Le Mans Series, a record-breaking 1:07.969 (119.596 mph) for the Acura Sports Car Challenge.

• Mid Ohio: ALMS Race Preview:

  DUBLIN, OH (July 15, 2008) -- Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will be home for the second year in a row to the largest and most significant motorsports event in the state of Ohio: the dual-headline Acura Sports Car Challenge / The Honda Indy 200 presented by Westfield Insurance, July 18-20.

• Mid Ohio: Matos to Join AGR Acura:

  Andretti Green Racing (AGR) announced today that Raphael Matos will join Franck Montagny in the #26 XM Satellite Radio Acura for the Acura Sports Car Challenge this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

• Mid Ohio: Black Swan Encouraged After Lime Rock:

  Friday at Lime Rock Park, Tim Pappas said all he wanted to see was his Black Swan Racing finish the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix. That may not sound like much but consider that the team didn't receive its Falken-shod Ford GT-R until earlier that morning. So Saturday's eighth-place finish for Pappas and co-driver Anthony Lazzaro was more than gratifying.

• Mid Ohio: Manufacturer Previews Coming into Mid Ohio:

  Mid Ohio: Manufacturer Previews Coming into Mid Ohio
  Acura
  Porsche
  Corvette
  Michelin

• VIDEO: BMW's 2009 ALMS Car on Track:

  Rahal Letterman Racing (RLR) will be running the BMW M3 GT2 car in the ALMS next year. This car has seen its first on track action.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - The Series to See Zyteks???:

  The continuing rumours regarding additional cars for the ALMS has again gained momentum as the ALMS returns to racing.

• The ALMS Adopts the Austin Hatcher Foundation as the Official Charity:

  Columbus, OH -- July 14, 2008 -- The American Le Mans Series officially kicks off its affiliation with the Austin Hatcher Foundation on Tuesday as four of the world's top sports drivers visit pediatric wards at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. Clint and Jon Field of Intersport Racing in Dublin, Ohio along with Patro^Hn Highcroft Racing's David Brabham and Drayson-Barwell's Paul Drayson will visit with young people and their families from 12:30 p.m. -- 1:30 p.m. to kick off the Series' partnership with the foundation as its official charity.

• Marco Andretti Talks About Doing the Double with Indycar and ALMS:

  Marco Andretti arrived at Lime Rock Park and back in the American Le Mans Series on Saturday morning, just hours after arriving Friday night from Nashville and qualifying for the IndyCar Series. Andretti will drive Andretti Green Racing's Acura ARX-01b with Franck Montagny and was third-fastest overall (second in LMP2) in Saturday morning's 25-minute warmup. After starting from the rear of the field this afternoon and following his first stint, Andretti will fly back to Nashville for tonight's IndyCar race. He spoke on the experience Saturday morning.

• Lime Rock: Post Race Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt4:

  Lime Rock: Post Race Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt4
  Acura
  Audi
  Porsche
  Corvette

• Lime Rock: Post Race Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt3:

  Lime Rock: Post Race Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt3
  Intersport
  B-K Motorsports
  Lime Rock
  Michelin

• Lime Rock: Post Race Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt2:

  Lime Rock: Post Race Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt2
  Highcroft
  Andretti Green Racing
  Fernandez Racing
  de Ferran Racing
  Penske Racing

• Lime Rock: Post Race Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt1:

  Lime Rock: Post Race Team and Manufacturer Recaps pt1
  Flying Lizard Racing
  Farnbacher Loles
  Risi Competizione
  Tafel Racing

• Lime Rock: Acura, Highcroft Breakthrough for Overall Win + Results:

  David Brabham did it again. Another late-race pass meant victory in the American Le Mans Series, this time a historic first overall victory for Acura and Patrón Highcroft Racing. Brabham passed Penske Racing's Timo Bernhard with 90 seconds left Saturday to win the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix with Scott Sharp at Lime Rock Park.

• Lites: Feinberg and Vassian take the Spoils at Lime Rock:

  LAKEVILLE, Conn. July 12 -- Jonathan Goring and Tom Drewer continued their winning in round five at Lime Rock Park, but it was Feinberg and Vassian who upset the point leaders in round six.

• Lime Rock: Post Qualifying Recaps pt3:

  Lime Rock: Post Qualifying Recaps pt3
  Acura
  Porsche
  Audi
  Corvette

• Lime Rock: Post Qualifying Recaps pt2:

  Highcroft
  Fernandez
  De Ferran
  Andretti Green
  Dyson

• Lime Rock: Post Qualifying Recaps pt1:

  Lime Rock: Post Qualifying Recaps
  Farnbacher Loles
  Flying Lizards
  Tafel Racing
  Risi Competizione

• Lime Rock: Acura Seals Pole as Audi Struggles + Grid:

  Racing at home never felt so good for David Brabham and Dirk Werner. Brabham scored his fifth overall pole position and Werner his first class pole in qualifying Friday for the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park. Brabham's Patrón Highcroft Racing and Werner's Farnbacher Loles Racing both are based in nearby Danbury, Conn., about 50 miles from the freshly repaved circuit.

• Lites: Lime Rock Preview:

  Lime Rock, Conn. July 7 -- Jonathan Goring, the points leader in the IMSA Lites presented by Hankook Lites One class, will try to extend his points lead when the IMSA Lites competitors take to the track for rounds five and six at Lime Rock Park July 11 and 12.

• Eco Racing To Compete In Three ALMS Series Races In 2008:

  The environmentally inspired British racing team ECO Racing is to race its production-engined biodiesel sports prototype race car in three of the most challenging events on the American Le Mans Series calendar: Road America, Road Atlanta and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

• Lime Rock: Selected ALMS Previews pt2:

  Lime Rock: Selected ALMS Previews pt2
  Porsche
  Acura
  Risi
  Michelin

• Lime Rock: Selected ALMS Previews:

  Lime Rock: Selected ALMS Previews
  B-K Motorsports
  Fernandez
  de Ferran

• Lime Rock: Series Debut for Montagny:

  The anticipation of his American Le Mans Series start is getting to Franck Montagny. The newest member of the Acura and Andretti Green Racing family got his first taste of the AGR Acura ARX-01b on Tuesday, just three days before his debut at Lime Rock Park and the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix.

• Corsa Motorsports to Skip Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio:

  SALT LAKE CITY (July 8, 2008) -- Corsa Motorsports announced today that its GT2 Ferrari F430 program will forego the upcoming American Le Mans Series races at Lime Rock Park and Mid-Ohio; however team principal and owner Steve Pruitt is committed to returning to the ALMS grid as quickly as possible.

• Vici Racing to Skip Lime Rock:

  Miami, Fla. - VICI Racing and development partner Kumho Tires will skip the next round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock, Connecticut, next weekend (July 10-12) and instead will return to the series for the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid Ohio one week later (July 17-19).

• Old Becomes New Again At Lime Rock:

  One of the more visceral appeals of England's Goodwood Festival of Speed is the ability to see iconic race cars run up their famed hill. It is very fitting that this year's Goodwood Festival is on the same weekend as the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix, for on July 12, the race fans at Lime Rock Park will be treated to an equally historic run.

• Lime Rock: Murry Turning Back The Clock:

  Ahhh, 1985. It was the year of "We Are the World", Windows 1.0, "Back to the Future" and New Coke. For David Murry, it marked the beginning of a professional racing career that produced drives for some of the biggest names in sports car racing - Lotus, Porsche and BMW for example. But two race victories at Lime Rock Park in SCCA Sports Renault 23 years ago helped launch the Atlanta resident's career.

• Dyson Racing Celebrates 25th Anniversary:

  POUGHKEEPSIE, NY July 012008 Twenty-five years ago, Rob Dyson raced a 1983 Firebird at the IMSA Coca-Cola Three Hours of Lime Rock. Of the thirty seven cars entered in that race, there is onlyone team still racing today: Dyson Racing. The upcoming American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park on July 12 marks their celebration of twenty five years in professional motorsports. It is a silver anniversary built on success at the highest levels: sixty one victories, one hundred sixty five podiums and seventeen championships.

• Business Honours for ALMS Drivers:

  Two American Le Mans Series drivers - Autocon Motorsports' Chris McMurry and Black Swan Racing's Tim Pappas - recently received national recognition for their work off the track in their respective business ventures.

• Lime Rock: Capello Makes ALMS and Audi Return:

  Dindo Capello will return to the American Le Mans Series with the two-time LMP1 champion teaming with fellow Italian Emanuele Pirro at Lime Rock Park for next week's American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix. The July 12 race will be Capello's first in the Series since taking P1 honors (and third overall) for Audi at Sebring.

• Lime Rock: 30th Race For The Audi R10 TDI:

  After a seven-week break, the American Le Mans Series continues in the middle of July with back-to-back races: At Lime Rock (Connecticut) and Mid-Ohio (Ohio) the world’s fastest sportscar contest two races within eight days on 12 and 19 July.

• From Le Mans To Lime Rock - Flying Lizard Motorsports:

  It hasn't been completely relaxing and carefree, but Eric Ingraham says Flying Lizard Motorsports has had its easiest year yet coming back from the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The American Le Mans Series' GT2 championship-leading squad is now squarely focused on continuing its early season success and put the disappointment from Le Mans in the rear-view mirror.

• From Le Mans To Lime Rock - Corvette Racing:

  For all the planning, preparations and sometimes panic with getting cars and equipment ready for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, not much is said about the return trip back to the States for American Le Mans Series teams. This year the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park is four weeks after Le Mans, which is a contrast to the two-week turnaround needed to ship cargo to Europe for the Le Mans Test Day following the Utah Grand Prix.

• David Brabham Announced As New Go Motorsport Ambassador:

  Go Motorsport is delighted to announce that David Brabham is the latest star name to join the distinguished list of official Go Motorsport Ambassadors - a collection of high profile personalities all actively supporting the far-reaching campaign set up by the Motor Sports Association, the governing body of UK motor sport. Go Motorsport was launched recently by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton at the McLaren Technology Centre.

June 2008, Volume 8, No. 6

June 2008

• Intersport Adds John Faulkner for Mid-Ohio:

  Dublin, Ohio - ntersport Racing announced today Star Mazda veteran John Faulkner will join Champ Car Atlantic star Ryan Lewis in the team's second LMP1 car as driver for the Acura Sports Car Challenge July 17-19 at Mid-Ohio in the 2008 American Le Mans Series.

• What They Are Saying About The Green Challenge:

  On Wednesday, the American Le Mans Series announced the competition rules and regulations for its Green Challenge™ that will debut at Road Atlanta on Oct. 4 for Petit Le Mans. The Green Challenge™ has been developed in association with the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and SAE International, formerly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

• Montagny To Race for AGR Acura, Second Seat to be Rotated:

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (June 26, 2008) – Andretti Green Racing (AGR) announced today it has signed Franck Montagny to become the primary driver of the #26 XM Satellite Radio Acura ARX-01b for the remainder of the 2008 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) season, beginning with the next tour stop at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Ct.

• ALMS Green Challenge Rules and Regulations Announced:

  ATLANTA, Ga. (June 25, 2008) - It seems only a short time ago that a $60 barrel of oil caused great concern among industry business leaders, politicians and consumers. There are now predictions that $200 a barrel may be likely. Gasoline prices have escalated to all-time highs while automobile sales are decreasing at rates not seen in decades. Combined with higher levels of greenhouse gas emissions, climate change becomes increasingly apparent.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - Trouble for LG Motorsports???:

  LG Motorsports could have seen its last ALMS race for the time being as financial woes strike the team.

• Ryan Lewis Joins Intersport Racing for the Remainder of 2008:

  Indianapolis, USA - 23 June 2008: It was announced today that British racing driver, Ryan Lewis, will contest the remainder of the 2008 American Le Mans Series with Intersport Racing. The 24 year-old will race a Lola B07/10 AER in the LMP1 class, starting at Mid-Ohio in just over three weeks' time.

• RUMOUR: Le Mans - Just Some of What Could Happen From What We Have Heard...:

  RUMOUR: Le Mans - Just Some of What Could Happen From What We Have Heard...

• RUMOUR: Le Mans - The Test Day Rumour Round-Up:

  The Le Mans Test Day has come and gone and typically, a number of rumours has come from it. This is what has been reported.

• Jourdain Jr Joins Fernandez Racing for the Major Events:

  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (June 5, 2008) -- Lowe's Fernandez Racing today announced that open-wheel and NASCAR talent Michel Jourdain Jr. has been signed as a third driver for the team in the American Le Mans Series. Jourdain will join long-time friends and fellow countrymen Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz behind the wheel of the #15 Lowe's Acura ARX LMP2 prototype beginning with the renowned 1,000-mile/10-hour Petit Le Mans endurance classic on October 4. He will also drive for the team in the 2009 Twelve Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans.

May 2008, Volume 8, No. 5

May 2008

• Lime Rock: Grand Am GT Results:

  The Results of Lime Rock GT Classic 250

• Hughes Technology Drives VICI Racing Into The Future:

  HUGHES Telematics, a pioneer in end-to-end telematics solutions, and development partner Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the world's leading provider of broadband satellite networks and services, announced they will be the primary sponsors of the VICI Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR car in the American Le Mans Series. The #18 Porsche, driven by VICI Racing’s Nicky Pastorelli, Francesco Pastorelli and Ruben Carrapatoso, ran its first HUGHES-sponsored race in this past weekend’s Utah Grand Prix in Tooele, UT.

• Close Competition: 'It's Never Been Better':

  It couldn't get any more competitive, could it? The opening half of the American Le Mans Series was tantalizingly tight with the closest and fastest racing seen in the Series' 10 seasons. And last weekend at Miller Motorsports Park, the world got a hint that the remaining seven rounds may be even better.

• The Utah Grand Prix Marks Hankook’s Entry into ALMS:

  Hankook Tire took its first lap of green flag racing in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at this past weekend’s Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix.

• Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt5:

  Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt5
  Audi
  Porsche
  Acura
  Miller Motorsports Park

• Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt4:

  Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt4
  Intersport
  Penske
  Dyson
  B-K Motorsports

• Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt3:

  Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt3
  de Ferran
  Fernandez
  Andretti-Green
  Highcroft

• Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt2:

  Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt2
  Corvette
  Flying Lizard
  Farnbacher
  Michelin

• Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt1:

  Utah: Post Race Recaps from the ALMS pt1
  Corsa
  Tafel
  Risi
  VICI

• Utah: Porsche Takes a P2 Sweep as de Ferran Takes Podium + Results!:

  With all the focus at Miller Motorsports Park on the new de Ferran Motorsports Acura entry, Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas did what they do best - win in the American Le Mans Series for Penske Racing and Porsche. The duo took a hard-fought victory Sunday in the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels.

• Utah: Post-Qualifying Manufacturer Recaps:

  Utah: Post-Qualifying Manufacturer Recaps
  Audi
  Porsche
  Acura
  Corvette

• Utah: P2 Dominate Qualifying as de Ferran Gets to the Front Row + Grid!:

  Timo Bernhard stole the thunder from Gil de Ferran and de Ferran Motorsports at Miller Motorsports Park with a stunning pole position run for Porsche and Penske Racing in qualifying for the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. Bernhard turned a lap of 1:31.050 (120.514 mph) in the Porsche RS Spyder he will share with Romain Dumas.

• Interview with Gil de Ferran Before his ALMS Debut:

  New American Le Mans Series driver and team owner Gil de Ferran spoke with the media regarding the debut of the de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-01b. De Ferran, a two-time CART champion and former Indy 500 winner, will team with Simon Pagenaud at Miller Motorsports Park in the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. An audio file is available for download by clicking here.

• Utah: Voices of the ALMS:

  A "new" Miller Motorsports Park awaits the American Le Mans Series this week for the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. The prototype field is expected to reach near-record speeds on the 3.048-mile, 15-turn outer circuit as the Series returns to a natural road course for the first time since mid-March.

• Utah: Selected Previews ahead of Miller Motorsports Park pt4:

  Utah: Selected Previews ahead of Miller Motorsports Park pt4
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche

• Utah: Selected Previews ahead of Miller Motorsports Park pt3:

  Utah: Selected Previews ahead of Miller Motorsports Park pt3
  de Ferran Motorsports
  Fernandez Racing
  Andretti Green Racing
  B-K Motorsports

• Utah: Selected Previews ahead of Miller Motorsports Park pt2:

  Utah: Selected Previews ahead of Miller Motorsports Park pt2
  Corvette
  Flying Lizard
  VICI
  Farnbacher Loles

• Utah: Selected Previews ahead of Miller Motorsports Park pt1:

  Utah: Selected Previews ahead of Miller Motorsports Park
  Risi
  Corsa
  Tafel
  Michelin

• Primetime Race Group Chooses Hankook Race Tires for ALMS Competition:

  Hankook Tire America Corp. has teamed up with Primetime Race Group to serve as the team’s official tire supplier for competition in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS).

• Will Utah Be The Fastest ALMS Track ?:

  That's the $64,000 question as American Le Mans Series teams ready themselves for the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. For the first time, the field will compete on the 3.048-mile, 15-turn perimeter circuit at Miller Motorsports Park for the fourth round of the 2008 season. And indeed, some in the paddock believe this will be the fastest venue in Series history.

• Scott Sharp in Focus:

  Although Scott Sharp's big news in the past 10 years has been centered on his great results in open-wheel racing, his professional career began in sports cars in the 1980s. He achieved great success in his first SCCA season in 1986, bringing home the GT2 Championship and Rookie of the Year honors. Proving that was no fluke, he went on to claim back-to back SCCA GT1 championships in 1987 and 1988.

• RUMOUR: ALMS - When Will the ECO Radical be Back???:

  After an aborted attempt to debut at Sebring, not much has been heard about the ECO Radical LMP1 project.

• Counting Down To Gil De Ferran's American Le Mans Series Debut:

  De Ferran Motorsports' debut in the American Le Mans Series is getting closer and closer each day. The newest member of the Acura Motorsports stable will make its highly anticipated first start at next week's Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. So what's going through team owner and driver Gil de Ferran's mind as his first start in the Series approaches?

April 2008, Volume 8, No. 4

April 2008

• Wins Aplenty Over The Years For Brabs:

  So now that David Brabham is the only driver in the American Le Mans Series to win races in four different classes, the question becomes obvious. Which one is the most memorable? With 13 victories over the years, it's naturally quite a task for even someone the level of Brabs.

• RUMOUR: Le Mans Series - The Zytek Plans:

  A Radio Le Mans interview with Zytek's John Manchester turned up some interesting plans for the future.

• VIDOEO: ALMS - Highlights from Long Beach:

  Audi's run at Long Beach was a surprise. The good money was on a Penske win but that was not the case...

• American Le Mans Series Delivers Noteworthy Television And Attendance Gains:

  In an era where television ratings and attendance at many sporting events are showing declines, the American Le Mans Series is moving the needle appreciably. Any way you cut it or count it, attendance and television viewing for the Series is up significantly.

• Long Beach: Selected Recaps after the Race pt4:

  Long Beach: Selected Recaps after the Race pt4
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche
  Corvette

• Long Beach: Selected Post Race Recaps pt2:

  Long Beach: Selected Post Race Recaps pt2
  Highcroft
  Andretti-Green
  Fernandez

• Long Beach: Selected Reports after the Race pt1:

  Long Beach: Selected Reports after the Race pt1
  Tafel
  Risi
  Primetime
  Farnbacher/Loles

• Long Beach: Audi Take 1-2 In Thrilling Race + Results:

  It's hard to remember a time when an Audi victory in the American Le Mans Series was considered a surprise. But that's just what happened on Saturday though as Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr scored an unlikely victory in the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach as the two Audi R10 TDIs finished 1-2.

• Long Beach: Post Qualifying Recaps Pt3:

  Long Beach: Post Qualifying Recaps Pt3
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche
  Corvette

• Long Beach: Post Qualifying Recaps Pt2:

  Long Beach: Post Qualifying Recaps Pt2
  Fernandez
  Highcroft
  Andretti-Green
  Dyson

• Long Beach: Recaps After Qualifying Pt1:

  Long Beach: Recaps After Qualifying Pt1
  Risi
  Tafel
  Flying Lizard
  Farnbacher/Loles

• Long Beach: Bernard Scores Pole in P2 Domination + Grid:

  Back at the track where he and Romain Dumas started their run to the American Le Mans Series LMP2 championship a year ago, Timo Bernhard took pole position for Porsche and Penske Racing at the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach on Friday. The German Porsche factory pilot posted a lap of 1:11.330 (99.324 mph) in a competitive and record-breaking day in southern California.

• Panasonic and Pagenaud Join De Ferran Acura!:

  Former Indy 500 winner and two-time CART Champion Gil de Ferran today unveiled details of de Ferran Motorsports' Acura ARX-01b bid for the LMP2 class championship in the 2008 American Le Mans Series.

• Long Beach:Selected Previews For the Second Street Race of the Year:

  Long Beach:Selected Previews For the Second Street Race of the Year
  Audi
  Andretti Green
  Fernandez
  Tafel
  Risi

• VIDEO: St Pete Wrap Up from Patron Highcroft:

  The Streets of St Petersburg was the first of the ALMS street fights for 2008. Typically, it saw its fair share of the action with a seemingly trademarked ALMS close finish.

• Long Beach: Drissi Returns to Bolster Autocon Effort:

  It's fair - and probably obvious - to say that prototype design and performance has changed significantly since the last time Tomy Drissi raced in the American Le Mans Series. More than four years later, Drissi will return to the Series as part of the Autocon Motorsports lineup at next week's Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach.

• Long Beach: Audi ALMS Race Preview - Two Anniversaries:

  AUDI AG celebrates two anniversaries during the weekend of the "Grand Prix of Long Beach" on 19 / 20 April: Almost 20 years ago to the day, Audi’s unique winning streak on closed circuits started around the famous street circuit near Los Angeles, California. Furthermore, Long Beach is the 25th race for the R10 TDI diesel sportscar.

• Long Beach: Tafel Going To For Two-Race American Le Mans Series Street Streak:

  It only took 14 races, including just two with a Ferrari F430 GT, for Tafel Racing to post its first victory in the American Le Mans Series. Dirk Mueller and Dominik Farnbacher drove to a GT2 win in the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg as Tafel became the 11th different entrant to win in the highly competitive class, one that features 11 different full-time entrants.

• St Pete: Audi Come Through to Win on the Streets + Results!:

  Audi's Lucas Luhr passed Romain Dumas on a restart with three minutes left Saturday to give Audi a victory in the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio, the German manufacturer's first overall victory of 2008. Luhr teamed with Marco Werner in Audi Sport North America's No. 2 Audi R10 TDI as a diesel-powered prototype won on the streets of St. Petersburg for the second straight season.

• St Pete: Manufacturer Recaps after the Race:

  St Pete: Manufacturer Recaps after the Race
  Audi
  Acura
  Porsche

• St Pete: LMP2 Team Recaps:

  St Pete: LMP2 Team Recaps
  Highcroft
  Andretti Green
  Dyson

• St Pete: GT Post Race Recaps pt2:

  St Pete: GT Post Race Recaps pt2
  Corvette
  LG Motorsports
  Flying Lizards
  Farnbacher Loles

• St Pete: GT Post Race Recaps pt1:

  St Pete: GT Post Race Recaps pt1
  Tafel
  Risi
  Corsa

• St Pete: Audi Take Pole by Comfortable Margin + Grid:

  Marco Werner's affinity for street circuits shone again Friday. The Audi factory driver captured the overall pole position for Saturday's Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio with a record run, besting Penske Racing's Romain Dumas as Audi looked to regain its winning ways in the American Le Mans Series.

• St Pete: Prototype Manufacturer Reports after Qualifying:

  St Pete: Prototype Manufacturer Reports after Qualifying
  Audi
  Porsche
  Acura

• St Pete: LMP2 Team Reports After Qualifying:

  St Pete: LMP2 Team Reports After Qualifying
  Dyson
  Andretti-Green
  Highcroft

• St Pete: Qualifying Recaps from the GT Classes:

  St Pete: Qualifying Recaps from the GT Classes
  Corvette
  Tafel
  Risi
  Farnbacher Loles

• St. Pete: Risi Competizione ALMS Race Preview:

  Houston,Tx-based racing team, Risi Competizione, today sets out its store in St. Petersburg, Florida ready for Saturday’s second leg of the 2008 American Le Mans Series; the two-car Ferrari team has much to prove.

• ABC Headlines U.S. Coverage Of St. Petersburg Round:

  The American Le Mans Series launches one of its most extensive telecast ventures ever this weekend in conjunction with the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio. In the U.S., ABC will broadcast the race live Saturday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. In Europe, in addition to live coverage on MotorsTV, new telecast partners in Germany's DSF, Europe's trans-terrestrial Eurosport2 and Sport Italia will provide special produced highlight coverage for the first time.

• PHOTOS: First Pictures of the Aston Martin Vantage GT2!!!:

  Aston Martin Racing has revealed the first official pictures of the Vantage GT2, which will make its race debut with James Watts Automotive at the first round of the Le Mans Series at Barcelona on 5 April.

• Voices of St Pete - The Prototypes:

  The head of the grid at this weekend's Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio has no shortage of storylines. Audi, Acura, Porsche and Mazda all are represented in one of the deepest prototype fields in American Le Mans Series history.

• St Pete: Acura Good for a Street Fight:

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The most technologically-advanced racing machines in North America will be forced into a "street fight" in the April 5 Acura Sports Car Challenge.

• St Pete: Fernandez Racing Looking to Prove their Point:

  The Lowe's Fernandez Racing driving stable of Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz head to St. Petersburg, Fla., this week with a vengeance as the duo prepare for their second appearance in the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg. Round Two of 2008 American Le Mans Series competition highlights a double-header of racing action this weekend as the sports cars share the circuit with the IndyCar Series, which will contest the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday.

• St Pete: Farnbacher Loles Fight to Rejoin the Fray:

  Farnbacher Loles Racing returns to the American Le Mans Series with a rebuilt race car. The team's No. 87 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR took a big hit during the season-opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 15. The crew has used every available moment since then to repair the car for this week's race in St. Petersburg, Fla.

• St Pete: Flying Lizard Readies for ALMS Round Two:

  April 1, 2008 -- Sonoma, Calif -- Coming on the heels of their one/two GT2 finish at Sebring, Flying Lizard heads back to Florida this week for ALMS round two: the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg. The California-based team fields three 2008 911 GT3 RSR Porsches in GT2: the No. 44, No. 45, and No. 46. For St. Petersburg, the driver lineup will be: Seth Neiman and Darren Law in the No. 44; Joerg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler in the No. 45; and Johannes van Overbeek and Patrick Pilet in the No. 46.

• Voices Of St. Petersburg: The ALMS GT Class Drivers:

  The American Le Mans Series returns to the streets of St. Petersburg this weekend for the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio with new teams, new drivers, new cars and even new fuel throughout its GT classes. For one, there is Corvette Racing's debut race with cellulosic E85 to think about.

March 2008, Volume 8, No. 3

March 2008

• RUMOUR: ALMS - 3 New Teams and a New Manfacturer on the Way??? UPDATED:

  Boy, the forums and newslines have been running hot of late with rumours that the ALMS could see three new cars including a new manufacturer on the grid as early as 2009.

• St Pete: Porsche Returns to as Double Winner in 2008:

  Stuttgart. The second race of the American Le Mans Series also takes place
  in Florida. Variety, however, is guaranteed: After the 12 hour classic on
  the airfield circuit of Sebring, the race series featuring the world’s
  fastest sports cars takes off on 5th April, 2008, at the St. Petersburg
  city track on the Gulf of Mexico. And the chequered flag will fall on the
  second shortest race of the year after just 1.55 hours.

• Audi To Compete In Two Races On Same Weekend:

  Even in its third year of racing the Audi R10 TDI still experiences some débuts: on the first weekend in April, the diesel-powered sportscar will compete simultaneously for the first time in two races, in America and in Europe. In St Petersburg (U.S. state of Florida), on Saturday (5 April), the second round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series will be staged. One day later, the European Le Mans Series kicks off with the 1000-kilometre race at Barcelona (Spain).

• Series Welcomes Back Biela:

  It has been five years since Audi's Frank Biela raced on a street circuit in the American Le Mans Series. Coincidentally, his return to the Series next week in the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio takes place in the same state as his last street race (Miami in 2003). Biela's history of street races in the Series is admirable: two victories, five podiums, two pole positions and two fastest race laps in six starts.

• Michelin to use New 'Street Soft' Tyres in ALMS:

  ST. PETERSBURG, FLA (March 27, 2008) - Michelin engineers are never satisfied. Despite having won every temporary circuit or "street race" in the history of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), Michelin race tire designers, chemists, engineers and technical leaders are set to unveil a new "street soft" tire option for the second and third stops of the 2008 ALMS season, the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg and the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach.

• Q&A: Corvette ALMS Driver Johnny O'Connell, Program Director Doug Fehan:

  Earlier today, Johnny O'Connell and Doug Fehan of Corvette Racing were part of a conference call discussing the team's 2008 American Le Mans Series program and its move to cellulosic E85 starting at next week's Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg. The team becomes the first factory program in the Series to compete on the alternative fuel. What follows are selected quotes from both.

• Views From the American Le Mans Paddock and the 2008 Season:

  "It's all downhill from here." Such an expression no doubt was circulating through the American Le Mans Series paddock following the season-opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. America's greatest sports car race traditionally has been the first event on the Series schedule and it prepares a driver, car and team to a degree that no other race in the world can for the grind of a full-season effort, which continues April 5 in St. Petersburg. Here's how some of the newer faces in the Series paddock viewed Sebring and the rest of the 2008 season.

• Oliver Gavin to Help Battle Cystic Fibrosis:

  Corvette Racing’s three-time American Le Mans Series GT1 Champion, Oliver Gavin, is taking on a challenge every bit as tough as a 12 or 24 hour motor race.

• VIDEO: 2008 Sebring 12 Hours Highlights:

  The race last weekend was a tight affair with the LMP2 Penske Porsche overcoming the LMP1 challenge from Audi and Peugeot as the two favourites for the events threw the race away with technical problems. They did not have the race their own way, however