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

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 videos. Audi has now posted more than two dozen videos on its YouTube page that include driver and crew interviews, tours of the garage, pits and a tour of Road Atlanta. There's plenty of up-close action as everyone gets ready for what proved to be a rain shortened race. During the track tour, Rockenfeller (a.k.a. Rocky) ... Read more →

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

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 ...

ALMS announces 2010 schedule; Laguna Seca moves to May, becomes 6-hour enduro Sam Abuelsamid

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. ...

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

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 ...

Dyson Racing debuts ethanol-biobutanol blend at Petit Le Mans Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

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 ...

Gil de Ferran to step out of the cockpit and expand team to IndyCar 3 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 3 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 ...

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 4 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, ...

Audi launches Facebook fan page for the R15 TDI 8 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 8 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 8 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 ...

BREAKING: First appearance of Acura LMP1 car at ALMS winter test 10 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 10 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 ...

Honda commits to remaining motorsport programs after F1 pull out 11 months ago on Autoblog

The current economic climate has only just started to wreak havoc in the motorsports world, with last week's announcements that Honda is pulling out of F1 and Audi is leaving the American LeMans Series. Things are likely to get worse before they get better as other automakers, including those ...

BREAKING: Audi withdraws from 2009 American Le Mans Series 11 months ago on Autoblog

The self proclaimed leader in "green racing", the American Le Mans Series, will be losing one of its premier teams for 2009. After winning nine consecutive LMP1 championships with the R8 and then the R10 TDI, Audi will no longer have a works team in the ALMS in 2009. The only official Audi ...

Corvette Racing just about ready to start building GT2 C6.R 1 year ago on Autoblog

2009 will be a transition year for the American Le Mans Series as the GT1 class all but disappears after the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Corvette Racing team announced a few weeks ago that it will switch from GT1 to the GT2 class. In an ALMS conference call, program manager Dough Fehan revealed that ...

Audi R10 driver Emanuele Pirro stepping down after 15 years 1 year ago on Autoblog

After 15 years of hustling factory Audi race cars around tracks the world over, Emanuele Pirro will have his last run in the R10 TDI this weekend at the American Le Mans Series' final race at Laguna Seca. The Italian driver first hooked up with Audi in 1994 running in the Italian and German ...

Detroit Grand Prix 08: The Detroit Sports Car Challenge (Spoiler Alert) 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the C6.R for a high-res gallery from the race As part of the revival of the Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle last year, the Detroit Sports Car Challenge was added as the highlight of Saturday's activities. The sports car race is back this year as the ninth round of the American Le Mans ...

Corvettes to challenge Porsches and Ferraris in ALMS GT2 in 2008 2 years ago on Autoblog

General Motors still hasn't announced whether the factory GT1 Corvette C6Rs will be return to the American Le Mans Series in 2008, but there will be 'Vettes on the grid next year. Riley Technologies is building a pair of GT2 C6 Corvettes that will be run by Lou Gigliotti's team. GM has approved of ...

Corvette C6-R program could be a victim of its own success 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the C6R for a gallery of Detroit GP ALMS race action Ever since the end of the factory Dodge Viper racing program, the American Le Mans Series GT1 class has been dominated by the factory C5R and C6R Corvettes. For a while they were challenged by assorted Panoz GTR1s, privateer Vipers, Ferrari ...

Audi R10s lose a heartbreaker in Mosport 2 years ago on Autoblog

First the good news for Audi Sports North America. The No. 7 R10 won the LMP1 class during last weekend's 9th Round of the American LeMans Series race at Mosport. With the win, Audi has clinched the LMP1 championship with three races left to run. Unfortunately, Audi has yet again failed to claim an ...

Aw Snap! Audi R10s lose outright victory at Road America 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image for gallery of Audi's battle with Porsche at Road America Speaking of calling your shots, Audi said prior to Round Eight of the American Le Mans Series at Road America this past weekend that its LMP1 R10 diesel racers were poised to steal an outright victory from the LMP2 cars. ...

Mazda announces ALMS entry, rotorheads weep 2 years ago on Autoblog

That thing got a rotary in it? Nope, not this year. Dashing the hopes of Rotorheads everywhere, Mazda announced that it will be using an AER built conventional engine in its 2007 ALMS cars. Looks like pride and heritage will take a back seat to winning. As MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development Manager ...

Audi clinches ALMS title 3 years ago on Autoblog

With their victory at Mosport on Sunday in the #2 Audi R10 TDI, factory drivers Allan McNish and Dindo Capello locked up the LMP1 title for Audi with two races still to go on the schedule. For McNish, this is his second ALMS title and for Capello, his first. The pair guided the #2 car to a ...






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