Category Archives: American Le Mans

24 Hours of Le Mans: Private School

Time was, we were loyal Audi followers at Le Mans.  Starting with our first interaction with the mighty R8 in 2000, we were captivated by Audi’s Teutonic efficiency and commitment to endurance racing.  The R8 didn’t just win, it utterly dominated the … Continue reading

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Up close and personal: is the Delta Wing the future of racing?

The Delta Wing has returned to racing in the American Le Mans Series.  When Ben Bowlby and Dan Gurney’s All-American Racers announced plans to build (and race) a radical, triangular race car, many scoffed.  And when IndyCar chose Dallara over … Continue reading

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ALMS at Mazda Raceway: Final visit to Monterey Peninsula is worthy of series legacy

With one pass, Lucas Luhr proved that the American Le Mans Series’ P1 class isn’t going down without a fight. In the final appearance of P1 machinery at Mazda Raceway, Muscle Milk racing won the American Le Mans Series at … Continue reading

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ALMS: Dream weekend as Rayhall claims Protoype Lites win in sponsor’s backyard

It’s always important to perform well in front of your sponsors.  Comprent Motorsports driver Sean Rayhall took that to heart, taking pole at Mazda Raceway and winning both races in the IMSA Cooper Lites Championship Powered by Mazda for local sponsor Robert … Continue reading

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ALMS: Series heads to Mazda Raceway for final visit as jockeying for 2014 begins

The ALMS visits the Monterey Peninsula for the final time May 9-11.  Next season, the series folds into the all-new United SportsCar Racing, the awkward moniker born from the shotgun marriage of the ALMS and the Grand-Am Road Racing Series. … Continue reading

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ALMS: Sebring opens a new season, but a chapter closes

The sight of two Audi e-Tron quattros crossing the finish line in first and second place brought bittersweet emotions to the conclusion of this year’s Twelve Hours of Sebring, the first race of the final season of the American Le … Continue reading

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IMSA Cooper Lites and Mazda: powering up for the future

With unification of North America’s two major sports car racing series on the horizon, lower formulae are forced to adapt.  Case in point: IMSA Cooper Lites powered by Mazda. The series today announced that it will upgrade its second-tier division … Continue reading

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Hump Day Wagon: Lola-Aston Martin B09/60…the step-child everyone claimed as its own.

Each Wednesday, when the middle of the week is hard upon us and the weekend seems so far off, we bring out the Hump Day Wagon.  A weekly piece of automotive joy injected into your life.  This week, with Sebring … Continue reading

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ALMS: BMW Z4 bulks up

We are shameless BMW fanatics, having owned several over the years, but we have never been fans of the Z4, believing it to be something of a lesser cousin to its German sports car brethren.  With the current gen-M3 heading into the … Continue reading

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ALMS: After a year on the sidelines, Risi returns

Risi Competizione is a good example of an ALMS team caught in the middle of the recent sports car wars.  After winning its class three times at Le Mans and taking two ALMS championships, the team bowed out of Sebring … Continue reading

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