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    Porsche 911 GT3R Hybrid to run at Petit Le Mans     1279724400

    Porsche911 GT3R hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
    As expected, Porsche announced today in New York that the 911 GT3R hybrid will be coming to North America later this year to race in the Petit Le Mans (PLM). When the new flywheel hybrid race car was first announced this past ...

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    Mini reveals track for Porsche challenge, not really Road Atlanta     1277040540

    Last we checked, Road Atlanta was a famed professional 2.54-mile racetrack, not an oversized autocross layout on a training skidpad. Somebody may need to remind Mini USA, as the maker of famously small cars has just announced the "track" (their word, not ours) for its overly-publicized "Rumble on ...

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    Sebring and Petit Le Mans added to 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup     1276257600

    2010 12 Hours of Sebring – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Earlier this year, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) announced the formation of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup that would feature races in Europe, North America and Asia for what is essentially a sports car racing ...

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    Audi R15+ shows off its new duds ahead of race debut     1270477740

    2010 Audi R15+ – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Audi has just dropped a bunch of photos of the new livery that its R15+ TDI race cars will wear for 2010 beginning with their competition debut this weekend in France. The heavily revised R15+ features a completely new aerodynamic ...

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    VIDEO: Audi posts more than two dozen clips from Petit Le Mans     1254252600

    Audi does Petit Le Mans - Click above to watch the video after the jump
    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 about shooting a series of ...

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    Audi and Porsche win Michelin GreenX Challenge at Petit Le Mans     1254178680

    Audi R15 TDI leading Petit Le Mans - click above for high-res gallery
    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 ...

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    Spoiler Alert: Rain, Rain Go Away! Downpour makes Petit Le Mans even more so     1254166080

    2009 Petit Le Mans - Click above for high-res image gallery
    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, ...

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    VIDEO: Scott Sharp's Acura prototype completely destroyed during Petit Le Mans practice     1254092760

    Scott Sharp's accident at the Petit Le Mans Thursday practice session - click above to watch the video after the jump
    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 ...

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    REPORT: Patron Highcroft team builds new Acura prototype in just over 20 hours [w/VIDEO]     1254070200

    Scott Sharp driving the Highcroft Acura ARX-02a at Mid-Ohio 2009 - click above for high-res image gallery
    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 ...

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    Dyson Racing debuts ethanol-biobutanol blend at Petit Le Mans     1253995380

    Dyson Racing B09/96 running at Mid-Ohio - click above for high-res image gallery
    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. ...

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