2008 ALMS Season

[RacingManiac]

Corvette Racing has announced that they will run next year's C6.R on E85 cellulosic ethanol; made from wood chips, not corn.

Pics below.

smart move for them......at least someone is thinking beyond the corn lobbyist of US....

[Dino Scuderia]

Some Sebring test times from today.

#2 Audi 1:43.821
#07 Peugeot 1:43.974
#9 Acura 1:45.638
#16 Porsche 1:47.065
#15 Acura 1:48.578
#20 Porsche 1:50.407
#37 Lola 1:51.427

GT2
#62 Ferrari 2:02.837
#21 Panoz 2:03.801
#71 Ferrari 2:03.866
#48 Ferrari 2:07.125

Also:

Jim Bell, one of the elite names in the history of sports car racing, announced today a shared venture with prominent businessman Michael Fux to launch a GT1 program with an Aston Martin DBR9 in the American Le Mans Series.

[RacingManiac]

finally, some privateer for GT1 class...

and 1:43s? damn....

[The_Canuck]

Nice to see Acura up there.

[Dino Scuderia]

Some more times from the test:

1 1 2 P1 Capello/McNish/Kristensen/Rockenfeller 1:44.561 127.390 -.--- 28 Audi AG R10 / TDI
2 2 07 P1 Minassian/Sarrazin/Lamy 1:44.699 127.222 0.138 28 Peugeot 908
3 1 7 P2 Dumas/Bernhard 1:45.155 126.670 0.594 26 Porsche RS Spyder
4 2 9 P2 Brabham/Sharp/Johansson 1:45.801 125.897 1.240 28 Acura ARX-01B
5 3 6 P2 Maassen/Long 1:45.877 125.806 1.316 23 Porsche RS Spyder
6 4 26 P2 Herta/Fittipaldi 1:45.923 125.752 1.362 26 Acura ARX-01B
7 5 15 P2 Fernandez/Diaz 1:46.511 125.058 1.950 19 Acura ARX-01B
8 6 16 P2 Smith/Dyson 1:47.235 124.213 2.674 24 Porsche RS Spyder
9 7 20 P2 Franchitti/Leitzinger 1:47.604 123.787 3.043 29 Porsche RS Spyder
10 8 8 P2 Devlin/Bach 1:52.193 118.724 7.632 22 Lola B07 46
11 1 62 GT2 Melo/Salo 2:02.047 109.138 17.486 17 Ferrari 430 Berlinetta GT
12 2 71 GT2 Mueller/Farnbacher/Ehret/Tafel 2:02.227 108.978 17.666 28 Ferrari 430 Berlinetta GT
13 3 61 GT2 Melo/McGarrity 2:03.267 108.058 18.706 6 Ferrari 430 Berlinetta GT
14 4 21 GT2 Hand/Auberlen/Sutherland/Milner 2:03.310 108.020 18.749 19 Panoz Esperante
15 5 48 GT2 Jeannette/Mowlem 2:05.784 105.896 21.223 28 Ferrari 430 Berlinetta GT
16 1 08 GT1 Garcia/Camama/Ducote 2:09.622 102.760 25.061 8 Aston DBR9
17 3 37 P1 Field/Field/Berry -.--- --- 0 -.--- 0 Lola B06/10
18 6 22 GT2 Hand/Auberlen/Sutherland/Milner -.--- --- 0 -.--- 0 Panoz Esperante

[Pitwork]

Anyone know where some good pics of the test can be had?

[Kitdy]

Holy shit, Peugeot is actually gonna be there. I reiterate: what is the advantage of them being seen in the North American market?

Also I agree with The_Canuck, it is good to see the ARX doing so well.

[Dino Scuderia]

Holy shit, Peugeot is actually gonna be there. I reiterate: what is the advantage of them being seen in the North American market?

Also I agree with The_Canuck, it is good to see the ARX doing so well.

It has nothing to do with the NA market, the 12 hours of Sebring is an excellent test bed for them in preparation of the 24 of Le Mans. The Sebring track is notoriously rough on the mechanicals, if something is gong to break...it'll break there.

[wide winger]

I also heard Peterson/White Lightning is out for this year due to financial troubles - they apparently lost a lot of money from the cancellation of the Dakar rally, but the decision not to run was made before that.

Islam sux!

[Kitdy]

It has nothing to do with the NA market, the 12 hours of Sebring is an excellent test bed for them in preparation of the 24 of Le Mans. The Sebring track is notoriously rough on the mechanicals, if something is gong to break...it'll break there.

I shoulda seen that, I am not sure why it didn't occur to me.

[Ferrer]

I shoulda seen that, I am not sure why it didn't occur to me.

Also Sebring is a big enough race to be significant(ish) in Europe.

[Kitdy]

Also Sebring is a big enough race to be significant(ish) in Europe.

Is it carried on any networks?

[Kitdy]

Yet more times from session 3.

1. #6 Team Penske, Porsche RS Spyder (LMP2), 1:45.214 (126.599 mph)
2. #2 Audi Sport North America, Audi R10 TDi (LMP1), 1:45.289 (126.509 mph)
3. #7 Team Penske, Porsche RS Spyder (LMP2), 1:45.876 (125.808 mph)
4. #9 Patron Highcroft Racing, Acura ARX-01B (LMP2), 1:46.015 (125.643 mph)
5. #26 Andretti Green Racing, Acura ARX-01B (LMP2), 1:46.315 (125.288 mph)
6. #15 Lowe’s Fernandez Racing, Acura ARX-01B (LMP2), 1:46.364 (125.230 mph)
7. #16 Dyson Racing, Porsche RS Spyder (LMP2), 1:47.469 (123.943 mph)
8. #8 B-K Motorsports, Lola B07/46 (LMP2), 1:47.986 (123.349 mph)
9. #37 Intersport Racing, Lola B06/10 (LMP1), 1:48.242 (123.058 mph)
10. #20 Dyson Racing, Porsche RS Spyder (LMP2), 1:48.473 (122.796 mph)
11. #08 Bell Motorsports, Aston Martin DBR9 (GT1), 2:00.148 (110.863 mph)
12. #62 Risi Competizione, Ferrari 430 GT2 (GT2), 2:01.192 (109.908 mph)
13. #71 Tafel Racing, Ferrari 430 GT2 (GT2), 2:02.484 (108.749 mph)
14. #21 Panoz Team PTG, Panoz Esperante GTLM (GT2), 2:03.134 (108.175 mph)
15. #48 Corsa Motorsports, Ferrari 430 GT2 (GT2), 2:06.868 (104.991 mph)
16. #61 Risi Competizione, Ferrari 430 GT2 (GT2), no time
17. #21 Panoz Team PTG, Panoz Esperante GTLM (GT2), no time
18. #07 Equipe Peugeot Total, Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (LMP1), no time

[Dino Scuderia]

Curiously no RSR's are testing.

[Ferrer]

Is it carried on any networks?

I doubt it, but I think a win would be good enough for the marketing department.