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Source: www.crash.net --- 1 day ago
Audi takes victory once again in the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. ...

Source: www.crash.net --- 1 day ago
Audi wins at Petit Le Mans, despite the #1 car starting two laps down at Road Atlanta. ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 10 hours ago
HAS SATISFYING 'LONG' RUN AT PETIT LE MANS BRASELTON, GA (4 OCTOBER, 2008) -- de Ferran Motorsports took on its longest race of the season today at Road Atlanta during the running of the 11th Petit Le Mans. The first year American Le Mans Series team can now say "mission accomplished" as the team made it to the checkered flag of the classic 1,000-mile race with a fifth place finish in its LMP2 class and eighth in the overall results. The beginning of the race was a little difficult for the team, as Gil de ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 10 hours ago
GM, PORSCHE WIN GREEN CHALLENGE DEBUT 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. Porsche...and its Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder team of Pat Long, Sascha Maassen and Emmanuel Collard GM/Chevrolet...and its Corvette Racing team of Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows. They earned the first Green Challenge trophies in their respective ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 10 hours ago
Audi achieves ninth consecutive "Petit Le Mans" win ALMS: With an impressive success at Road Atlanta (U.S. state of Georgia) Audi continued its winning streak at the prestigious 1000-mile race "Petit Le Mans". In front of a record crowd of 113,000 spectators, Dindo Capello, Allan McNish and Emanuele Pirro achieved Audi's ninth consecutive victory. Audi thus remains unbeaten at "Petit Le Mans". Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner completed the Audi triumph with third place, just 7.565s behind the winners. Third victory of the season for Mattias Ekstrom ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 10 hours ago
MICHELIN CELEBRATES 10th CONSECUTIVE WIN AT PETIT LE MANS IN SPECTACULAR STYLE BRASELTON, GA (October 4, 2008) - Michelin celebrated an historic 10th consecutive win in the prestigious Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in a dramatic 1,000-mile race won by a car that was not yet on the track when the race began. Audi's Allan McNish, embarrassed by a spin on his installation lap approximately one hour before the start of the race was two laps down when his repaired #1 Audi R10 TDI finally emerged from the Champion Audi ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 10 hours ago
MOWLEM, CORSA'S ZYTEK ENTRY FAST AT PETIT LE MANS ATLANTA, Geo. (Oct. 4, 2008) -- Johnny Mowlem and his Corsa Motorsports teammates Gunnar Jeanette and Stefan Johansson, made their competitive debut a good one in the team's new Zytek Le Mans P1 prototype racecar, racing with the leaders in the Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta. A crash ended the event for the team, but not before the car showed great promise. Stefan Johansson had qualified the LMP1 Zytek 07S eighth in class and ... ...

Source: www.auto123.com --- 18 hours ago
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. ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 10 hours ago
Ginetta-Zytek Proves Its Point; New car exhibits pace and reliability Ginetta-Zytek brought its new 4.5-litre engined LMP1 contender to the USA this week to demonstrate its undoubted pace. At the 1,000-mile Petit Le Mans race it proved not only its speed, particular in the early stages when Danny Watts headed the field of top endurance racers but also its reliability. In a race of attrition it was one of the few LMP1 survivors, having experienced no significant technical issues. Changes to endurance racing regulations recently announced by Le Mans ... ...

Source: backstretchmotorsports.com --- 1 day ago
Copyright © 2008 Backstretch Motorsports. All Rights Reserved. If you are not reading this in a news reader, the website you are viewing it on is guilty of copyright infringement. Please report this site through the contact link on Backstretch Motorsports. (digital signature: 6ea9e345f2cca6a2af9e40912785736b (91.121.163.34) ) BRASELTON, Ga., Oct. 4, 2008 – A race that began with Johnny O’Connell’s [...] ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 12 hours ago
The drive to develop fuels to replace gasoline and technologies that will lead to a cleaner environment has been long on talk and short on action. ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 17 hours ago
Acuraa TMs battle for the 2008 American Le Mans Series LMP2 class titles in the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta ended Saturday in a mass of crash damage after the 1,000-mile endurance classic. ...

Source: www.speedtv.com --- 5 days ago
Less than 24 hours after what looked to be a catastrophic crash, Peugeot’s diesel-powered 908 was back on the track Sunday at Road Atlanta. ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 6 days ago
Halliday hoping for successful homecoming at Petit Liz Halliday will be heading back home next weekend to contest her first American Le Mans Series round in 18 months. The duel sportswoman, originally from San Diego but now living in the UK, will be competing at Petit Le Mans, one of the most prestigious sportscar races in the world, in the ultra competitive LMP1 class. Liz will be teaming up with LMS regulars Creation AIM who together will make their annual trip across the Atlantic to contest the North American ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 6 days ago
Tafel Racing Enjoys "Home Field" Advantage for Petit Le Mans BRASELTON, Ga., September 26, 2008 - Teams in every sport seek the "home field" advantage. The emotional support of the local crowd, the comforts of sleeping at home and the familiarity of your surroundings is an indefinable boost to performance. For Tafel Racing, that home field advantage couldn't have come at a better time than Petit Le Mans. The local knowledge of the 2.54-mile, 12-turn Road Atlanta facility could give that additional spark to the No. 71 Tafel/Bell Micro Racing Ferrari ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 6 days ago
VICI RACING & KUMHO TIRES - CLOSING THE GAP Miami, Florida - VICI Racing and Kumho Tires have joined forces this year to run a challenging tire development program in the toughest of global sports car championships, the prestigious American Le Mans Series. Importantly, this program is taking place not just in the world's toughest sportscar series, but in the most competitive class in that series - the ALMS GT2 class is arguably the most competitive sports car class in the ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 6 days ago
B-K Motorsports' Debuts Lola B08/86 Mazda Coupe B-K Motorsports' all-new Lola B08/86 Mazda Coupe ran for first time today at Road Atlanta, in testing for next weekend's Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New Mazda6. Ben Devlin, Gerardo Bonilla and Raphael Matos handled the driving duties of the newest LMP2 contender, and first Coupe to compete full-time in the American Le Mans Series. The Wisconsin-based team is the first ALMS squad to take delivery of Lola's B08/80 Coupe, an evolution of the B07/46 open-top prototype that ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 6 days ago
INDYCAR DRIVERS JOIN ACURA SPORTS CAR LINEUP IN CRUCIAL PETIT LE MANS AT ROAD ATLANTA SATURDAY Acura Battles Porsche For LMP2 Class Titles After Scoring Five Wins BRASELTON, Ga. -- Acura Motorsports will have one of the most prestigious driver lineups in American Le Mans Series history when the green flag drops Saturday, Oct. 4, at 11:15 a.m. (EDT) for the 11th annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. The list of talented drivers gives Acura a solid foundation in the manufacturer's quest for its first ALMS engine, chassis, ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 6 days ago
David Brabham is poised for the LMP2 championship fight showdown as the American Le Mans Series enters the final chapter of the season and heads to Road Atlanta for the cornerstone 1,000-mile Petit Le Mans event, on 4 October. With just two rounds of the prestigious series remaining, Brabham lies second in the LMP2 title fight with teammate Scott Sharp just four points behind leaders Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas. The battle for the LMP2 spoils is sure to run until the last lap of the final race of the season. With 2007 IndyCar Series Champion and Indy 500 ... ...

Source: www.motorsport.com --- 6 days ago
Audi R10 TDI with chance for double hat-trick o "Petit Le Mans" race at Road Atlanta (USA) o Premiere of "Green Challenge" o Audi TDI Technology for market launch in the USA 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". The 1000-mile race "Petit Le Mans" ("Little Le Mans") has been held since ... ...