Posts Tagged ‘Road Atlanta’

Petit Le Mans Notebook; Corvette Racing Wins Inaugural ALMS Green Challenge at Petit Le Mans — Penske, Flying Lizards Win 2008 Titles For Porsche

By Bram • Oct 5th, 2008 • Category: American Le Mans, News, Notes, Your Series. Your Driver.

Corvette Racing driver O\'Connell and Magnussen Clinch GT1 Drivers Championship with Eighth Win in 2008 (ALMS Photo)

Corvette Racing driver O'Connell and Magnussen Clinch GT1 Drivers Championship with Eighth Win in 2008 (ALMS Photo)

BRASELTON, Ga., Oct. 4, 2008 – A race that began with Johnny O’Connell’s daughter singing the national anthem on the starting grid at Road Atlanta ended 9 hours and 41 minutes later with a victory in the 1,000-mile Petit Le Mans for O’Connell and his teammates Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows. O’Connell and Magnussen clinched the American Le Mans Series GT1 drivers championship with their eighth win of the season in the No. 3 Compuware with one race still to run.

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Audi Storms to Another Petit Victory

By Bram • Oct 5th, 2008 • Category: American Le Mans, News, Notes, Results

Emanuele Pirro, Dindo Capello and Allan McNish celebrate their thrilling overall victory at Road Atlanta. (Dan Boyd/ALMS)

Emanuele Pirro, Dindo Capello and Allan McNish celebrate their thrilling overall victory at Road Atlanta. (Dan Boyd/ALMS)

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.

McNish and his Audi R10 TDI crossed the finish line 4.512 seconds ahead of Peugeot’s Christian Klien and the Peugeot 908 HDi that he drove with Stephane Sarrazin and Nic Minassian. A record weekend crowd of 113,000 witnessed the week-long fight between the top two powers in sports car racing.

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SCCA Pro Racing — Davis Wins SPEED GT At Atlanta, Pobst Is Champion

By Bram • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: News, Notes, Results, SCCA Pro

Brandon Davis leads the SPEED GT pack at Road Atlanta. (©SCCA/Mark Weber)

Brandon Davis leads the SPEED GT pack at Road Atlanta. (©SCCA/Mark Weber)

BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 3, 2008) – Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., got the holeshot from his second starting position and never wavered en route to his second SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship win at the SPEED GT Finale Presented by Foametix®, part of the Petit Le Mans Powered by the Totally New MAZDA6 at Road Atlanta. Tommy Milner, of Leesburg, Va., and Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., completed the podium. Randy Pobst, of nearby Gainesville, Ga., clinched his second-consecutive Drivers’ Championship.

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ALMS News: Petit Le Mans — Record-Breaking Day at Road Atlanta

By Bram • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: American Le Mans, News, Notes, Results

Peugeot\'s Stephane Sarrazin set an all-time speed record at Road Atlanta in qualifying for Petit Le Mans. (ALMS Photo)

Peugeot's Stephane Sarrazin set an all-time speed record at Road Atlanta in qualifying for Petit Le Mans. (ALMS Photo)

All four classes set qualifying records Friday at Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6, highlighted by Stephane Sarrazin’s run to the overall pole position for Saturday’s 1,000-mile/10-hour endurance classic at Road Atlanta. Sarrazin’s time of 1:06.242 (138.039 mph) nipped Audi Sport North America’s Allan McNish by 0.085 seconds as the battle between the two marques intensified even more.

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ALMS Notebook — Petit Le Mans

By Bram • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: American Le Mans, News, Notes

American Le Mans Series

American Le Mans Series

The entry list for Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6 continues to take shape with several teams adding drivers to their lineups for the annual 1,000-mile/10-hour endurance classic at Road Atlanta. The American Le Mans Series’ founding event gets the green flag at 11:15 a.m. ET on Saturday, October 4.

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