Posts Tagged ‘Romain Dumas’

Old Records Fall- New Records Set; For ALMS Teams, Mosport is Fast !

By Bram • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: American Le Mans, News, Notes, Results

Audi R10 TDI #1 (Audi Sport North America), Dindo Capello sets a record pace on the way to ALMS Mosport pole. (Audi Communications Motorsport)

Audi R10 TDI #1 (Audi Sport North America), Dindo Capello sets a record pace on the way to ALMS Mosport pole. (Audi Communications Motorsport)

Audi Sport North America’s Dindo Capello made Mosport International Raceway the fastest circuit in the American Le Mans Series with a stunning lap time of 1:04.318 (138.116 mph) in qualifying Saturday for the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Capello smashed his own previous record at the track by 1.735 seconds, one of 10 cars to go under last year’s pole time.

Audi swept the front row with its two diesel-powered Audi R10 TDIs. Marco Werner was just 0.094 seconds behind his teammate as Audi asserted itself for the first time on the weekend. The top five cars qualified within 0.525 seconds of each other.

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Seeing Yellow; Penske Goes 1-2 in Utah

By Bram • May 18th, 2008 • Category: American Le Mans, Notes, Results

Dan Boyd/ALMS
Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard gave Porsche and Penske Racing their second straight victory at Miller Motorsports Park with a 1-2 finish for the two Porsche RS Spyders. Dumas took the checkered flag in front of Patrick Long in the Larry H. Miller Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels.

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