May, 2006› Page 3
Mid-Ohio Welcomes IMSA Lites Series
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course had their first look at the IMSA Lites series with their third round in the morning Saturday with a field of 18 cars. The feeder series is giving young drivers a chance to grow into a sports car driver in the American Le Mans Series. The small prototype cars give a great presentation with the style and three different classes within one race. Continue Reading…
Porsche, Dumas Pace Field in Mid-Ohio Testing
In its short life, speed has never been an issue for the Porsche RS Spyder. That held true Friday during a two-hour test session ahead of this weekend’s American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio.
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Aston Martin Racing Gears Up for Mid-Ohio
The Aston Martin Racing team today had its first experience of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, which plays host to the third round of the American Le Mans Series this weekend. The driver line up from round two at Houston remains the same with Tomas Enge and Darren Turner sharing the number 007 Aston Martin DBR9, and Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin at the wheel of the number 009 DBR9.
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American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio Notebook
It took a little work, but van der Steur Racing is on the grounds of Mid-Ohio. The Maryland-based team spent a couple of days making repairs to its AER-powered Lola B2K/40 following the Lone Star Grand Prix before heading north.
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Acclaimed Racer Sullivan Joins CBS Team at Mid-Ohio
Lexington, Ohio – CBS Sports’ coverage of the American Le Mans Series gets an added boost to this weekend’s coverage of the American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio (1-3 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 21) — the second of five straight CBS-televised Series races. For the first time on CBS, former Indianapolis 500 champion Danny Sullivan will provide his first-hand analysis as he joins the broadcast team for Sunday’s coverage.
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Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course Preview
The American Le Mans Series is coming into their third round this week at the Mid-Ohio Sports car course. The newly repaved course should be a lot less demanding on the cars coming off of the hard streets of the Grand Prix of Houston. This will be the last race before some of the teams go over the big pond to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Field, Intersport Ready for Return Home
Columbus-area resident Clint Field and his Ohio-based Intersport Racing team will look to excite their home crowd with a return trip to victory lane at the American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio on May 19-21, airing on CBS Sports.
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Things to Look For — American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio
The 2006 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio marks the fifth Series appearance at the classic road course. Twelve previous event winners are entered: Jamie Bach/Guy Cosmo (2005 P2), Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas (2005 GT2), David Brabham (2001 P900 and overall),Ron Fellows/Johnny O’Connell (2001, 2002, 2004 GTS and 2005 GT1), Clint Field (2004 P2), Butch Leitzinger/James Weaver (2005 P1), Chris McMurry (2002 P675), and Johannes van Overbeek (2004 GT)
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The Mean Streets of Houston
The car designation was different, but the outcome was the same, an Audi R8 survived the Lone Star Grand Prix. After their win at Sebring in an R-10 turbo diesel, Audi dusted off their venerable R8 and smoked the field with Allan McNise and Dino Capello at the controls. The rough surface played havoc on the Dyson Racing Lolas and Team Penske’s RS Spyders, and the rock solid Audi dominated the field. Common thought was that the race would be played out in pit stop stages, however it came down to the reliability of the R-8 over the Penske Porsches that suffered drive train problems late in the race.
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Corvette Rockets to 1-2 Finish in Houston
Under a full moon and under the lights on a balmy Friday night at Houston’s Reliant Park, Corvette Racing posted a 1-2 finish in the GT1 class in the inaugural ALMS Lone Star Grand Prix. Drivers Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta continued their hot streak, winning their seventh consecutive ALMS race. The “two Ollies” finished second overall in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R behind the winning LMP1 Audi R8, and took the GT1 title by 15.811 seconds over their teammates Johnny O’Connell and Ron Fellows in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R.
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