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Acura LMP2 car to campaign at 2010 24 Hours of LeMans

Despite having a dominant year with a record-tying eight class wins in the LMP2 category, the Lowe's Fernandez Acura ARX-01b might not be back for the 2010 ALMS season. The Indianapolis-based race team, one of the three original announced by Acura back in 2006, has failed to secure a major sponsor for next year and will cancel its racing program if it fails to find one by the end of the month. As is often the case, however, misfortune can often lead to opportunity. England-based Strakka Racing has made plans to purchase the Acura ... Read more →

REPORT: Panoz ditches proposed LMP1 program in favor of new Esperante successor Noah Joseph

It's been a while since we've heard anything from Panoz Auto Development. The American sportscar manufacturer came onto the scene in the late Nineties with their AIV Roadster, and later went onto ...

ALMS: Into the sunset for season finale at Laguna Seca (Spoiler Alert) Drew Phillips

The 2009 ALMS season came to a close last night with a four-hour race into the sunset at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. While several championships still needed to be decided going into the race, ...

ALMS: Gil de Ferran grabs Laguna Seca pole in final qualifying of his career Drew Phillips

The ALMS race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend is Gil de Ferran's final race of his career, and he plans to go out on top. The Brazilian captured pole position yesterday in his Acura ...

VIDEO: Audi posts more than two dozen clips from Petit Le Mans Sam Abuelsamid

Over the past weekend, while the Joest Racing crew was working away preparing the two Audi R15 TDIs for the extra-Petit Le Mans, reserve driver Mike Rockenfeller and a camera crew were out and ...

Audi and Porsche win Michelin GreenX Challenge at Petit Le Mans 1 month ago on Autoblog

The American Le Mans Series ran half of its annual flagship race this past weekend at a rain-saturated Road Atlanta track in Georgia. The race marked the first anniversary of the inauguration of the ALMS Green Challenge, and in spite of the truncated race length, organizers announced winners in ...

Spoiler Alert: Rain, Rain Go Away! Downpour makes Petit Le Mans even more so 1 month ago on Autoblog

The American Le Mans Series held its flagship race, the Petit Le Mans over the weekend at Road Atlanta, and it was more petit than normal. The race is scheduled to run for 10 hours or 1,000 miles – whichever comes first. However, the rains that have plagued the Atlanta region for the past ...

VIDEO: Scott Sharp's Acura prototype completely destroyed during Petit Le Mans practice 1 month ago on Autoblog

Earlier, we told you about the Patron Highcroft racing team's marathon 20 hour build of a brand new Acura ARX-02a the day before the Petit Le Mans. The reason the crew had to work even harder than normal on a race weekend was a crash during Thursday's afternoon practice that left many observers ...

ALMS announces 2010 schedule; Laguna Seca moves to May, becomes 6-hour enduro 1 month ago on Autoblog

On Friday, prior to this weekend's Petit Le Mans, the American Le Mans Series announced its planned 2010 schedule. Tentatively, nine of this year's 10 venues are carried over, with only the St. Petersburg, FL street race going away. There are a couple of date changes for the existing venues, ...

REPORT: Patron Highcroft team builds new Acura prototype in just over 20 hours [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog

A mere 42 hours after Scott Sharp walked away from a horrific 3.5-revolution crash during practice for the Petit Le Mans, a freshly-built Acura ARX-02a was rolled out for the morning warmup on Saturday. The Highcroft crew put in marathon sessions Thursday and Friday to ensure that their pre-race ...

Dyson Racing debuts ethanol-biobutanol blend at Petit Le Mans 1 month ago on Autoblog

When we spoke with American Le Mans Series CEO Scott Atherton at the Detroit Auto Show last January, he revealed that discussions were being held between the series and parties interested in racing with a new fuel. At the time, he declined to reveal the nature of the fuel but expected to ...

VIDEO: Mike Rockenfeller guides a tour of the Audi pit at Petit Le Mans 1 month ago on Autoblog

With the American Le Mans Series returning to Road Atlanta this weekend for its flagship event, the Petit Le Mans, Audi has returned to take on the French. Peugeot, of course, won this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans after a multi-year battle with the diesel-powered Audis. So far, in the first three ...

Jaguar XKR GT2 will debut this week at Petit Le Mans 1 month ago on Autoblog

After announcing earlier this year that it would enter the American Le Mans Series with a new GT2 class XKR, Jaguar has remained silent on when the car would actually appear. That silence is now over as the car is roaring to life at Road Atlanta today in practice for Saturday's Petit Le Mans. ...

Game On! Audi headed to Petit Le Mans to challenge Peugeot 2 months ago on Autoblog

The Audi vs. Peugeot endurance racing battle will continue next month at Road Atlanta as the German team finally confirmed it will bring the R15 TDI back to America. Peugeot announced several weeks ago that it would run its Le Mans-winning 908 HDI at both the Petit Le Mans and Laguna Seca. So ...

American Le Mans Series consolidates racing classes for 2010 2 months ago on Autoblog

The American Le Mans Series is responding to economic conditions and the decline in the diversity of racing machinery on the grid by changing up the racing classes in its ranks for next season. Rather than imposing spending caps that would be tough to enforce, the series is adding new classes ...

Gil de Ferran to step out of the cockpit and expand team to IndyCar 2 months ago on Autoblog

Shortly after grabbing the overall pole position for Saturday's American Le Mans Series Race at Mid-Ohio, Gil de Ferran announced that he would again hang up his helmet at the end of the 2009 season. Instead of driving, de Ferran intends to expand his race team, adding a second sports car in ...

Mid-Ohio 2009: GT2 Corvettes run 2nd and 4th in debut 2 months ago on Autoblog

After more than two years of design and development work, the new GT2 class Corvette C6.R made its racing debut on Saturday at Mid-Ohio. For an all-new race ca,r it proved remarkably free of teething pains. In fact, it seems the biggest hurdle was for the drivers, Johnny O'Connell, Jan ...

Mid-Ohio 2009 ALMS: Corvette C6.R GT2 hits the track! 3 months ago on Autoblog

The all-new Corvette C6.R GT2 is on track at Mid-Ohio this morning for the first official practice session ahead of tomorrow's American Le Mans Series Race. So far, the 'Vettes look good and sound great, although they aren't running at the front of the pack. As of this writing, Oliver Gavin and ...

Officially Official: GM reveals details on new Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2 3 months ago on Autoblog

After a decade of competing with the GT1 big dogs in the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, this weekend marks the start of a new era for Corvette Racing. The race at Mid-Ohio this Saturday (we'll be on hand live) will mark the debut of the all-new GT2 Corvette C6.R. For the ...

Corvette Racing GT2 car to be unveiled on Tuesday 3 months ago on Autoblog

While the 24 Hours of Le Mans was the swan song for the GT1-class Corvette C6.R, the fellas at Corvette Racing will unveil the next chapter of the story this coming Tuesday, August 4th. According to the crew at BadBoyVettes.com, that's the day we'll see the new GT2-class Chevy Corvette racer, ...

The Peugeots are coming to Petit Le Mans! Now, about those Audis... 3 months ago on Autoblog

Peugeot has confirmed that for the second year running it will be sending its 908 HDi prototypes to Atlanta in September for the Petit Le Mans. Peugeot will be looking to follow up its victory at Le Mans last June with its first win at the ALMS flagship race. In France, Peugeot had a resounding ...

Corvette C6R GT2 cars officially entered for Mid-Ohio ALMS race 3 months ago on Autoblog

Following the 2008 American Le Mans Series, Chevrolet announced that its Corvette Racing team would abandon the largely uncontested ranks of GT1 and take on the challenge of GT2. As General Motors careened toward bankruptcy court this spring, the team competed in its final GT1 races at Sebring, ...

Corsa Motorsports P1 Prototype with KERS to debut at Utah Grand Prix 6 months ago on Autoblog

Back in September of 2008, Corsa Motorsports announced it would be shelving their Ferrari F430 in the GT2 category and instead campaign a new P1 Prototype fitted with a KERS system. While the planned debut at Petit Le Mans didn't happen in order to further develop the system, the Utah-based ...

REPORT: Audi hoping to return to ALMS in 2010 6 months ago on Autoblog

It was a sad day for the American Le Mans Series when Audi announced they were abandoning their U.S. racing program back in December. The German automaker had been a staple of the series since its inception, but with the exception of the 12 Hours of Sebring, which Audi won, and possibly a couple ...

Ode to Corvette Racing: A decade of dominance in GT1 6 months ago on Autoblog

Here's to you, Corvette Racing. The car has evolved, the livery has changed, drivers have come and gone, competitors have challenged and fallen away, and even the type of fuel is new, but one thing remains the same -- a winning formula. Starting with a second-place finish at its inaugural race ...

SPOILER ALERT: ALMS at Long Beach 6 months ago on Autoblog

The grid seemed a bit bare at the Long beach ALMS race with the Audi and Porsche prototypes missing from the field, but there was still plenty to look forward to for the third race of the 2009 season. For starters, spectators were treated to the final GT1 appearance of the Corvette C6.R in ...

Rocketsports Racing brings Jaguar to ALMS GT2 ranks 6 months ago on Autoblog

It's been a while since we heard any news from Rocketsports racing. The long-time Trans Am competitors last turned up running in Champ Car. During the last several Trans Am seasons, Rocketsports ran Jaguar XKRs, and this weekend at the Long Beach ALMS round, Rocketsports boss Paul Gentilozzi ...

ALMS hits the streets of Long Beach, and so does Autoblog 6 months ago on Autoblog

The streets of Long Beach are playing host to the ALMS, Indy Racing League, and SCCA World Challenge GT this weekend, and things got kicked off yesterday with two practice sessions for the ALMS. Acura racers claimed the top three spots, led by David Brabham in his P1 class ARX-02a. His car set ...

Audi launches Facebook fan page for the R15 TDI 7 months ago on Autoblog

With the new R15 TDI making its competition debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring this weekend, Audi has set up outlets where fans of the diesel racer can get behind-the-scenes updates. A Facebook fan page has been created where you can see fresh photos and videos from the track along with posts on ...

Panoz could return to ALMS prototype class with algae butanol power 7 months ago on Autoblog

Don Panoz, founder of the American Le Mans Series, wants to return his brand back to the top ranks of the series and possibly bring a new greener fuel as well. Panoz spoke at press conference in the run up to Saturday's 12 Hours of Sebring and announced that the race car manufacturer he owns is ...

Audi drops a whole collection of new images of the R15 TDI 7 months ago on Autoblog

The Audi R15 TDI should be hitting the track competitively for the first time next week at the 12 Hours of Sebring. The new diesel-powered racer will be running against the Peugeot 908 HDi and Acura's new ARX-02a next Saturday. The oil-burning Audi and Peugeot will be competing under modified ...

Audi back on again for two more ALMS races 8 months ago on Autoblog

Audi had previously announced it was pulling out of the upcoming American Le Mans Season altogether save for the season-opening 12 Hours of Sebring later this month, but new reports say the German automaker has reconsidered and added the Petit Le Mans at Road America in September and the season ...

2009 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR gets on track in preparation for Sebring 9 months ago on Autoblog

After reclaiming the GT2 manufacturers championship in ALMS this past year, Porsche is readying itself for an even more competitive season this year. Just a few days after Porsche officially unveiled the new GT3 RSR racecar, the Flying Lizard and Farnbacher Loles race teams were on track at ...

BREAKING: First appearance of Acura LMP1 car at ALMS winter test 9 months ago on Autoblog

Acura's new ARX-02a race car made its first public appearance this morning at the American Le Mans series winter test at Sebring in Florida. Acura announced its move up to the LMP1 class in the American Le Mans Series at last year's Detroit Grand Prix, but hasn't yet provided any details on the ...

2009 ALMS season will see a new manufacturer join, new fuel maybe coming 9 months ago on Autoblog

American Le Mans Series CEO Scott Atherton visited the Detroit Auto Show last week and talked about the successes and challenges the series faces in 2009. Racing series' around the world are losing teams this year as a result of the worldwide economic slump, and the American Le Mans Series is no ...

Porsche following Audi, pulls factory team out of ALMS 10 months ago on Autoblog

The American Le Mans Series took another blow this past weekend with announcement that Porsche is pulling out of the P2 category, although it will continue to support the 911 GT3 RSR in GT2. This follows Audi's announcement that they will not compete in the series after the 12 Hours of Sebring ...

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