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Andretti Green Racing fulfilled the promise and potential it showed all season with its first overall victory in the American Le Mans Series on Saturday. James Rossiter and Franck Montagny won the Detroit Sports Car Challenge as Acura swept the overall podium for the first time in its two-year stint in the Series. Audi's Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner clinched the LMP1 driver championship when the race-winning Audi R10 TDI of Emanuele Pirro and Marcel Fässler was excluded after it failed to meet the required minimum weight in post-race technical inspection. ...more
September 1, 2008
Peugeot is returning across the Atlantic this fall after announcing that it will enter two of its diesel-powered prototypes for Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New Mazda6 at Road Atlanta. ...more
August 18, 2008
SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY –– The world's top two Le Mans prototype teams will race head-to-head for only the second time ever in Sebring. ...more
February 25, 2008
SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY –– Sebring International Raceway has announced the 2008 inductees into the Sebring Sports Car Racing Hall of Fame. Roger Penske, Derek Bell, Hans Stuck, David Cowart and Audi join the prestigious Hall of Fame during ceremonies on Friday, March 14, the day before the 56th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida. ...more
February 13, 2008
SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY — "Being green doesn't have to mean being boring," proclaimed Panoz Motorsports president and CEO Scott Atherton at a morning press conference during the American Le Mans Series Winter Test on Tuesday. Those words echoed as the mighty Corvette Racing team — which won its seventh consecutive GT1 manufacturers and team championships in 2007 — unveiled the Corvette Compuware E85 to a conglomerate of worldwide media. ...more
January 30, 2008
When Lowe's Fernandez Racing hits the circuit at Sebring International Raceway today, it will enter the second phase of its American Le Mans Series venture. A brand new Acura chassis, the next-generation ARX-01b, will be on display as the team prepares for its second appearance in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The work will continue through Wednesday at the American Le Mans Series' fourth annual Winter Test at Sebring. "We took delivery on December 28th," said Tom Anderson, co-owner with Adrian Fernandez. "We are quite excited about the changes that have been made between last year's 01a-specification ARX versus the 01b which we received. The computer numbers look very impressive and hopefully this will translate to the quicker estimated lap times that the computer shows. We are really looking forward to getting to Sebring and our first on-track adventure with it." Fernandez and Luis Diaz finished second in LMP2 and third overall in the team's Acura-powered Lola in the 2007 race at Sebring. Lowe's Fernandez served as the engine development team for Acura last year, and the 3.4-liter V8 never suffered from a reliability standpoint. ...more
January 28, 2008
SEBRING — Race fans and sponsors will be wowed when they attend the 56th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring — a new building will welcome them to the Sebring International Raceway. Tres Stephenson, Sebring International Raceway president and general manager, said the 10,000 square-foot administration building provides a new front door for the facility. ...more
January 9, 2008
Former Formula One star Juan Pablo Montoya has struggled. Three-time Indy Racing League champion Sam Hornish Jr. can't even qualify for a race. ...more
October 3, 2007
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