Backstretch Motorsports

The debut of Dyson Racing’s two new Mazda-powered Lola B09/86 coupes at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 21st will feature the strength of continuity behind the wheel. All four of last year’s drivers will return for the 2009 American Le Mans Series season with the key addition of one of the Series’ most experience prototype pilots.

Chris Dyson and Guy Smith will pair in the No. 16 BP Dyson Racing Mazda entry and Butch Leitzinger and Marino Franchiiti will pilot the No. 20 car.

“We had very good driver chemistry last year and that is such an important component in developing a new car,” said Chris Dyson. “Butch has been with us for 14 years, Guy four years and Marino fit in last year as if he had been with for us a long time.”

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Friday has turned out to be quite a day for Patrón Highcroft Racing. David Brabham captured the overall pole position for the Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch, only hours after Acura announced that Patrón Highcroft would be one of its two LMP1 entries for the 2009 American Le Mans Series season.

Brabham put in a quick lap of 1:13.483 in the Patrón Highcroft Acura ARX-01b. He and Scott Sharp will start first overall for the first time since Lime Rock Park, where the duo captured the first overall victory for Acura. The pairing have won three of the last four rounds in LMP2 including the last two races at Road America and a week ago at Mosport.

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Just because Dyson Racing is going head-to-head with Penske Racing in LMP2, don’t think the Dyson gang doesn’t appreciate all the work that Roger Penske and his organization has done at Detroit’s Belle Isle. As the American Le Mans Series prepares for this week’s Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch, the Dyson team discusses the high points and enthusiasm for Belle Isle.

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Venerable ALMS Team Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Racing

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Twenty-five years ago, Rob Dyson raced a1983 Firebird at the IMSA Coca-Cola Three Hours of Lime Rock. Of the thirty-seven cars entered in that race, there is only one team still racing today: Dyson Racing.

The upcoming American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park on July 12 marks their celebration of twenty five years in professional motorsports. It is a silver anniversary built on success at the highest levels: sixty-one victories, one hundred sixty five podiums and seventeen championships.

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