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2006 American LeMans Series

Post by mlittle » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:31 am

If you've read the signature lines underneath any of my postings, then you probably know that, next to Indy, no other place captures the essence of racing(in my humble opinion) than the 8+ miles that make up the Sarthe Circuit in/around Le Mans, France. Here in North America since 1998, the American LeMans Series has brought the best of that venue, combined with some of NA motorsports' best racing circuits, to sports cars fans. In case anyone's interested, here is the 2006 schedule, with notes and fast facts below it....

1}18 March 2006--Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, Sebring Intl. Raceway, Sebring, Fla.
2}12 May--Lone Star Grand Prix, Houston Street Course, Houston, Tx.(#)
3}21 May--ALMS Grand Prix of Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Complex, Columbus, Ohio
4}1 July--New England Grand Prix, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Ct.
5}15 July--Grand Prix of Utah, Miller Mtrspts. Park, Tooele, Utah(new venue)
6}22 July--Grand Prix of Portland, Portland Intl. Raceway, Portland, Ore.
7}20 August--Road America Generac 500, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisc.
8}3 Sept.--Grand Prix of Mosport, Mosport Intl. Speedway, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
9}30 Sept.--Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta, Braselton, Ga.
10}21 October--Monterey Sports Car Championship, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Ca.

#-parterned with CCWS event weekend

Fast Fact #1--the reason for the gap btwn. rds. 3-4 is to allow ALMS teams headed to the 24 Hrs. of LeMans to compete there; in 2005, 14 ALMS teams(of the 51 entries) raced there, and three of the four classes(LMP-1, GT-1 and GT-2) were won by ALMS teams.

Fast Fact #2--most of the events on the claender are "sprint" endurance races of 2.5 to 3 hrs. duration; the two exceptions are Sebring(12 Hrs.) and the Petit Le Mans(10 Hrs or 1000 miles--whichever comes first).

Fast Fact #3--Round 5, at Miller Mtrspts. Park, is the one new venue on the ALMS schedule; at 4.5-miles, it's also the longest track in North America(almost .5-miles longer than Road America).
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2005 Petit Le Mans Review

Post by mlittle » Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:17 pm

With both major open-wheel series taking the weekend off, NA motorsports' turned to one of the more prestigious endurance events on the calender(next to Sebring, Daytona and LeMans), the Petit Le Mans, at Road Atlanta. As usual, it was a 1000-mile battle as all four ALMS classes(LMP-1, LMP-2, GT-1 and GT-2) raced on the Braselton, Ga. circuit north of Atlanta. And, as usual, several class titles were decided.

LMP-1)With the class and overall victory, the #2 Champion Audi R8 of Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela won by a 12-lap margin over Dyson Racing's #20 Lola EX257-AER of Chris Dyson and Guy Smith. They were helped by a first-turn, first-lap crash btwn. the #1 Champion Audi, #15 Zytek entry and the #16 Dyson Lola/AER entry which made the 394 laps run almost a cakewalk. For Biela and Pirro it was their second ALMS LMP-1 title(Biela won back in 2003 and Pirro in 2003; the two finished 3rd overall at the 24 Hrs. of LeMans along with former F1 racer Allan McNish).

LMP-2)Clint Field, winning in the #37 Intersport Racing Lola B05/40, is on the verge of being the youngest sports-car series winner in IMSA history, as he and co-drivers Liz Halliday and Jon Field, won the LMP-2 class over the BK Motorsports entry of Guy Cosmo, Jamie Bach and Elliott Forbes-Robinson. For Clint Field, its' his 5th class victory of the year, while Halliday has her 3rd class win.

GT-1)In the expected battle between the Corvette C6-R and the Aston Martin DBR-9...it was no contest. The Corvettes were the class of the field as the #4 Corvette Racing entry of Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen won over the #57 Aston Martin DBR-9 of Darren Turner, David Brabham and Jonny Kane. Now, the GT-1 battle is down to the two Corvettes, the second of which, the #3 driven by Max Papis, Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell, went down with an engine failure lass than 60 mins. before the race ended.

GT-2)In the GT-2 class, Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister won in the #31 Petersen Mtrspts./White Lightning Porsche 911 over the Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 of Timo Bernhart and Romain Dumas. Indeed, the top 4 in class were Porsche 911s', while a Panoz Esperante and a Dodge Viper made up the rear.
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Penske Motorsports to run at Laguna Seca in ALMS debut

Post by mlittle » Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:00 pm

When Roger Penske, owner of Penske Motorsports, announced that his team would run a Porsche entry in the ALMS at the end of the year, the excitement in the ALMS paddock was palpable. That debut is this coming weekend at the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as the team will field one Porsche RS Spyder piloted by Porsche factory drivers Sascha Maasen and Lucas Luhr in the LMP-2 class, then expanding that to a two-car outfit for 2006. Scott Atherton, president of the American LeMans Series, had this to say about the Captain's ALMS entry. "The long anticipated debut of the Porsche prototype just keeps getting better with their entry into the Monterey Sports Car Championship at Laguna Seca. We knew that Roger Penske and his operation would conduct that program at an extremely high level. Adding a high-level sponsor like DHL Global Mail further punctuates the quality exemplified by both Penske and Porsche."

While a lot of commentators(including myself) have wondered why Penske would field, what is in essence, the ALMS equivalent of an Atlantic or GP2 squad, it does make sense in this respect. With the assumptions that both Cosworth and Honda could also be fielding LMP-2 entries in the near future, it naturally makes sense to beat them to the punch by getting there first. It will be interesting to see how the team does, but it's safe to assume that both Intersport Racing and B-K Motorsports are in for a full-on fight come 2006.
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Season Finale Produces Historic Finishes

Post by mlittle » Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:34 pm

The 2005 American LeMans Series season concluded this past Saturday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with several historic firsts. Prior to the race, Friday qualifying saw the pole speeds in all four classes(LMP-1, LMP-2, GT-1 and GT-2) fall. The race, itself saw history made in several ways.

In the LMP-1 class, the Zytek entry piloted by Tom Chilton and Hayanari Shimoda, in their third start of the year, dominated the race, winning by 1 lap over the Champion Audi R8 of Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela. Said Chilton, "The Zytek was faultless. Other than a problem with a pit stop, it was very good. The circuit changes with every lap, and you have to have your wits about you. It was a pretty faultless race, and we are very happy." Chilton and Shimoda, by winning, became the youngest race winners in ALMS history(Chilton's 21, Shimoda's 20 yrs. old).

Over in LMP-2, Clint Field became the youngest driver(age 24 yrs.) to win a class-title in ALMS &/or IMSA competition, while the Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder of Sascha Maasen and Lucas Luhr easily won the class win. In fact, at the 2 hr, 15 min. mark of the 4-hr. endurance race, the Porsche was less than 1.5 secs. behind the overall(LMP-1) leader in the Zytek. Meanwhile, Field, along with fellow drivers Liz Halliday and Jon Field, helped Intersport win its' field team championship.

In the GT-1 class, it was a Corvette showdown, but the duo of Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin beat their teammates Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell to win the class title; for Beretta, it is his third GT-1 title(he's now tied with Fellows for most class wins in the ALMS) while for Gavin it's his first. The win held a greater sense of victory for Corvette Racing, as they beat back challenges from both Aston Martin and the ACEMCO Saleen entries.

Finally, Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister took top honors in the GT-2 class, winning in a Porsche 911 over the Panoz Esperante of Robin Liddell and Bill Auberlen. It was also the first win for the privateer Peterson Mtrspts. team, beating out the the current Porsche "works" team from Alex Job Racing. It was the 5th win of the season for Long and Begmeister and their 7th podium of the year.

Congratulations to all the teams and drivers on their championship titles for 2005! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :up:

The 2006 American LeMans Series season kicks off with an American classic...the 54th Annual 12 Hours of Sebring on March 18, 2006.
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ALMS announces testing schedule for Sebring

Post by mlittle » Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:31 pm

The American LeMans Series announced Tuesday the dates for its' 2nd annual "Wheels Down Winter Test" at Sebring International Raceway in preparation for the 54th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring. Scheduled for 23-25 January, those planning to race in the 12 Hrs. will be able to test for up to 8 hrs. each day(from 8 am to noon and then from 1 pm to 5 pm) regardless of class(LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2). Past winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring include Stirling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jacky Ickx, Mario Andretti, Geoff Brabham, Derek Daly and Tom Kristensen. Makes from Porsche to Ferrari to Audi and even American makes such as Ford and Oldsmobile have won at Sebring.
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Dyson Racing to stick with Lola/AER for 2006 ALMS Season

Post by mlittle » Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:09 pm

Not content to rest on their laurels following the 2005 American LeMans Series season, Dyson Racing announced earlier this week that they would be continuing their long-time relationship with legendary chassis builder Lola and race-engine builders Advanced Engine Research(AER). Beginning with the first race of 2006, the 12 Hours of Sebring, the team will field at least a two-car effort, using 2006-spec Lola B06/10s LeMans Prototypes(LMPs) with a twin-turbo, 3.6-liter AER-06 engine. The engine is itself built for endurance, designed by F1-engine designers Oliver Allan and Ian Prosser, with the best features one can find in both F1 and IRL engines, but with an emphasis on endurance rather than outright, str.-line speed. In remarks given to the press at the news conference, ALMS President Scott Atherton noted that, "Dyson Racing is one of the most respected and accomplished teams, factory or privateer, to compete in the American LeMans Series. The support of Rob Dyson and his entire operation has meant so much to us over the years, and confirmation of them taking their team to the next level with a new chassis and engine program shows their commitment to the ALMS is stronger than ever. Dyson, Lola and AER have formed an impressive combination over the last few seasons, and there is no doubt in my mind that they will be a force to be reckoned with in 2006. This news simply adds to the intrigue of what our LMP battles will be like in 2006. We can't wait."

Rob Dyson, team principle of Dyson Racing, added, "Advanced Engine Research has been an incredible technical partner for the past four years. It shares Dyson Racing's cultural and philosophical outlook: always looking to improve and doing whatever it takes to win. The team at AER is an extremely committed, flexible and determined engine partner. Their contributions will ensure a competitive season for Dyson Racing in 2006."

Mike Lancaster, technical director for AER, commented, "We are very pleased to have been chosen as the engine builder for Dyson Racing on their exciting LMP1 program. They are one of the best teams in sports car (racing) and great to work with at the track."

What is their new engine made of, you ask? It's an 8-cyl.(V8} twin-turbo 3.6-liter engine built to meet the specifications of the Automobile Club L'Ouest(ACO), the sanctioning body for the 24 Hrs. of LeMans. It meets the ACO's standards for the LMP-1 class, with a 75-deg. cyl.-angle designed to provide maximum durability during endurance racing while minimizing frictional losses during use. In discussing the new engine, AER's principal engine designer, Oliver Allan, noted, "After all the months of hard work, seeing the engine run on the dyno since September, and exceeding our expectations has been a great satisfaction to us. But, what we are all waiting for is to see the car on the track. For that car to be a Dyson is fantastic, as they have been the team to consistantly challenge the Audi. The whole AER team is looking forward to a successful 2006." The reference to Audi is in regards to Dyson's main nemesis in the LMP-1 class, the Audi R8's of Florida-based Champion Racing, whose R8's were dominant at Le Mans, finishing 1st and 3rd overall(and 1st and 3rd in LMP-1), with Tom Kristensen winning a record 7th-overall time this past June.

But Dyson Racing's no group of slouches; their four prinicpal racers, Butch Leitzinger, Andy Wallace, Chris Dyson(who also races in CC's Atlantic Championship) and James Weaver are great racers in their own right; Leitzinger and Weaver are also series champions in ALMS, winning the LMP-2(then, LMP-675) title in 2003 and the pair are also the only team to ever win the overall race win from the LMP-2 level, when they won class and overall titles at Infineon Raceway in 2003.
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Penske Announces Lineup for 2006 ALMS season

Post by mlittle » Fri Nov 25, 2005 5:27 am

There will be a two-car effort for Penske Motorsports in the 2006 American LeMans Series campaign as the team made the announcement Wednesday. The teams will consist of Sascha Maasen and Lucas Luhr in one of the team's Porsche RS Spyders', while Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard, who paired up for four ALMS wins in an Alex Job Racing GT2 Porsche 911, will drive the other RS Spyder. In addition, the Peterson/White Lightning GT2 duo of Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister will assist Penske's teams at the 12 Hours of Sebring in March of 2006.
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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:17 am

There is a whisper around these parts that Aston Martin and one David Brabham (with others) may be seriously involved :wink:
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Post by mlittle » Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:12 am

Julian Mayo wrote:There is a whisper around these parts that Aston Martin and one David Brabham (with others) may be seriously involved :wink:
You'd be correct; Aston Martin was a major player in the GT1 class during the ALMS season with its' DBR9 sportscar, but.....in the three forays Aston Martin made(at Sebring, Le Mans and Road Atlanta) during the 2005 campaign with Prodrive Racing, the :wink: good-ole' red, white and blue American-based Corvette Racing team and its' Corvette C6-R waxed the Aston Martins' at all three venues.
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2 marquee brands to enter ALMS action in '06

Post by mlittle » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:23 am

Considering that the series motto of the American LeMans Series is European Style, American Attitude", it's no surprise that BMW and Lexus will enter the fray come 2006. Lexus, through its' NA factory team, Team Lexus, will field cars in the GT2 class(although, because of ACO regulations, they won't be eligible(at least at this moment) for consideration in the 2006 24 Hours of LeMans. Meanwhile, BMW, which has been fielding powerplants for the Rolex Sports Car Series' Daytona Prototype(DP) class, will also be entering the GT2 fray with two BMW M3s' for Team PTG, which will fly the German marque's colors in that class. For BMW, it is a homecoming of sorts; they won the first ALMS event, the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1999, with an LMP-900(now, LMP-1) piloted by J.J. Lehto, Tom Kristensen and Jorg Muller. Indeed, they have the most ALMS victories(15) in the series' history(9 in GT-1 and 6 in LMP-1) and have a couple of class victories(1999, LMP-1; 2001, GT-1).

It should be one heck of a donny-brook when they gather at Sebring for the 12 Hours. 8) 8) :) :) :) :shock:
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Audi to unveil new R10 LMP for 2006 ALMS campaign

Post by mlittle » Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:00 am

For the past 6 years, Audi has dominated the top-tier class(prototype, LMP, and LMP-1), with their Audi R6, R7 and R8 LeMans prototype racecars, and their newest model, the R10, is to be unveiled by Audi Sport North America, which runs the Audi motorsports program in North America, on December 13th in Paris, France. Here is a brief list of Audi Sport NA's ALMS series accomplishments......

1}From 2000-2005, Allan McNish, Emanuele Pirro, Tom Kristensen, J.J. Lehto, Marco Werner, and Frank Biela have won individual honors for the Audi marque
2}In the same time, Audi Sport NA, Infineon Team Joest and ADT/Champion Racing have won ALMS LMP-1 team honors, while Audi has won both the engine and chassis honors in the same six-year period.
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ALMS officials headed to Europe....

Post by mlittle » Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:20 pm

With recent successes in the ALMS, including the (1)successful debut of Penske's Porsche RS Spyder in LMP-2; (2)the return of BMW to the series; (3)the arrival of Lexus to the series, and (4)the announcement concernig the new Audi LMP-1 entry, it has been an exciting month for the ALMS. Series officials, including ALMS President/CEO Scott Atherton, IMSA CEO Scott Mayer and IMSA Exec. Dir. Doug Robinson, will be headed to Europe over the next week. They'll first be attending the Porsche Cup awards in Germany, then they'll meet with ACO officials to work on 2006 rules/regulations, and finally they will head for Paris to watch the unveiling of the 2006 Audi R10 LMP entry.
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Re: Audi to unveil new R10 LMP for 2006 ALMS campaign

Post by mlittle » Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:30 pm

mlittle wrote:For the past 6 years, Audi has dominated the top-tier class(prototype, LMP, and LMP-1), with their Audi R6, R7 and R8 LeMans prototype racecars, and their newest model, the R10, is to be unveiled by Audi Sport North America, which runs the Audi motorsports program in North America, on December 13th in Paris, France. Here is a brief list of Audi Sport NA's ALMS series accomplishments......

1}From 2000-2005, Allan McNish, Emanuele Pirro, Tom Kristensen, J.J. Lehto, Marco Werner, and Frank Biela have won individual honors for the Audi marque
2}In the same time, Audi Sport NA, Infineon Team Joest and ADT/Champion Racing have won ALMS LMP-1 team honors, while Audi has won both the engine and chassis honors in the same six-year period.

In what was arguably one of the world's worst-kept secrets, Audi Motorsport unveiled along the Seine in Paris, France, its' Audi R10 LeMans Prototype(LMP) which will run in the 2006 American LeMans Series. 7-time 24 Hours of LeMans winner Tom Kristensen drove the new, 12-cylinder turbo diesel Audi R10 around the Eiffel Tower and along the Right/Left Banks of the Seine. Here are some quotes from the principles involved....

Scott Atherton, CEO/President, American LeMans Series:
Audi has been an integral part of the American LeMans Series for six years and is our defending champion. We are ecstatic that our relationship will continue, stronger than ever. Audi has played a leading role in the success of (our) series, and we beleive the series has contributed significantly to the success of Audi--certainly in North America. The fact that we are beginning a new chapter together is good news for all involved.
Dr. Wolfgang Ulrich, Head of Audi Motorsport:
The R10 project is the biggest challenge ever to have been handed to Audi Motorsport. TDI(turbo diesel induction) technology has not been pursued to its' limits in motorsport yet. We are the first to confront that challenge. The demands of such a project are accordingly high. Long-term technology partners such as Bosch, Michelin and Shell support us in our quest. Together we have the chance to write new chapters in the history books of motorsport and diesel technology.
What makes the Audi R10 so unique is the powerplant itself, a 5.5 liter, 12-cylinder turbo diesel engine that can produce upwards of 650 hp. Ironically, the engine's "noise signature", the sounds an engine makes as it goes up through the gears, is almost akin to an American B-2 Stealth bomber's; i.e. there's almost no noise signature. As Kristensen puts it......
The sound of the engine is something new. We'll have to adapt to the driving style of the new engine. Once you get the engine into third gear, you don't hear the engine anymore......its' drowned out by the noise of the wind. Its' a strange sensation. Usually when you're acclerating you hear the engine noise--and to some degree judge your gear shifts by the engine(along with the tachometer and steering-wheel shift lights). Now, you hear only the wind.
Among the other changes to the R10, as opposed to the R8, are:(1)a longer wheelbase length, to accomodate the 5.5.-liter engine; (2)wider front tires than the R8; and, (3)the gearbox and engine mounts are fully stressed units on the LMP; the R8's were bolted to the chassis and frame.
The R10 will make its' debut in the ALMS at the 54th Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring in March 2006.
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Audi R10, Porsche RS Spyder highlight Sebring tests

Post by mlittle » Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:26 am

When the American LeMans Series begins its' testing schedule at Sebring in a few weeks, the Audi R10's of Champion Racing and the Penske Motorsports' RS Spyders' will highlight the testing sessions at Sebring during the "Wheels Down Winter Test" Jan. 23-25th. The test sessions are scheduled from 8am-6pm w/the cars on-track for at least 60-65% of the time. At least 13 teams are expected to have cars on-track for the session.
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Dyson Racing Ready for Sebring Test

Post by mlittle » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:13 pm

Dyson Racing, one of the stalwarts of the American LeMans Series, announced it will reveil its' new 2006 Lola/AER LMP-1 prototype at the upcoming "Wheels Down Winter Test" at Sebring Intl. Raceway a few weeks from now. They also released their driver lineup, deciding on a 2-car strategy for challenging the dominant Audi runners at Champion Racing. The expected roster goes as follows......

#16 Thetford/Norcold Lola/AER--James Weaver, Butch Leitzinger, Andy Wallace(Weaver/Leitzinger will drive all 10 races, while Wallace will join the #16 for Sebring and the Petit Le Mans)
#20 Thetford/Norcold Lola/AER--Chris Dyson, Guy Smith, Rob Dyson(the younger Dyson[Chris] will pilot the #20 w/Smith, while the elder Dyson[Rob] will join the #20 for Sebring and the Petit Le Mans)..
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