August, 2006
McNish, Capello Hope to End Title Chase at Mosport
It has been awhile for Allan McNish. It has been a dream for Dindo Capello. Both are on the verge of becoming American Le Mans Series champions – McNish for the second time while Capello can claim his first. That puts a little more importance on this weekend’s Mobil 1 presents Labour Day Weekend Grand Prix of Mosport.
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Mosport Where it All Started For Maxwell
Most drivers can say they’ve been around racing as long as they can remember. Scott Maxwell’s start goes back even further than that, to a time he began going to Mosport International Raceway when he was barely old enough to walk.
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Sounds of Mazda Rotary Power to Return to American Le Mans Series in 2006
B-K Motorsports has announced that they will return to the American Le Mans Series P2 grid starting with the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta and will finish out the 2006 season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
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In His Own Words: Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro is ecstatic to be back in the American Le Mans Series, and it’s safe to say so are his legions fans. After an unfortunate retirement at Sebring in the debut race for the diesel-powered Audi R10 TDI, Pirro and Biela returned to Europe in preparation of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which they captured for the fourth time in June. Now Pirro and Biela are back with Audi Sport North America, which has entered two R10 TDIs for the remaining schedule.
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Fifth Victory for the Audi R10 TDI
The Audi R10 TDI remains unbeaten: Frank Biela (Germany) and Emanuele Pirro (Italy) celebrated together with their team-mates Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) a double victory in the fifth race of Audi’s new diesel sportscar. In the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series at Road America (US state of Wisconsin) Biela and Pirro clinched their third victory of the season – including the Le Mans 24 Hours – by a margin of just 0.4 seconds.
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Fellows and O’Connell Lead 1-2 Finish for Corvette Racing at Road America
Savvy driving, smart race strategy and spot-on execution propelled Corvette Racing to a 1-2 finish today in the GT1 class in the American Le Mans Series Generac 500 at Road America. Ron Fellows and Johnny O’Connell scored a popular victory in their No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R with a one-lap margin over the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R of Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
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Alex Job Racing Finishes Third in GT2 at Road America
Alex Job Racing finished third in round seven of the American Le Mans Series Generac 500 run at Road America this afternoon. The third place finish is the team’s second podium of the season, the first being a win at Houston.
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BMW Team PTG M3s Finish 2nd and 6th in Generac 500 at Road America
Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand co-drove the No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 to a season’s best second place in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series’ Generac 500 today at Road America. The duo completed 71 laps of the venerable 4.048-mile Road America circuit, finishing only 4.237 seconds behind the class-winning Porsche. Auberlen and Hand both led during the two-hour-and-forty-five minute contest – Hand relinquishing the lead only three laps from the end after a fierce battle with winner Jorg Bergmeister.
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Petersen/White Lightning’s Love Affair with Road America Continues
Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing has a love affair with the beautiful Road America facility here in Elkhart Lake, Wisc. Since debuting the No. 31 MMPIE/PAWS/Michelin Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at the 4.048-mile course in 2002, the Michael Petersen-owned operation has tallied trio of American Le Mans Series GT2 class victories including today’s Generac 500 at Road America. Today’s one minute, 3.389 second victory, the Dale White-managed team’s eighth in the Series, did not come easy. Despite starting from the class pole position Patrick Long (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Jörg Bergmeister (Langenfeld, Germany) had to battle nose-to-tail for most of the day to take the checkered flag first. It was the 2005 American Le Mans Series GT2 Champions second victory of the season.
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Disappointment for Aston Martin Racing at Road America
Aston Martin Racing finished third and fourth in GT1 in the Generac 500 American Le Mans Series race at Road America, Sunday, August 20. The end result is a disappointment for the team who looked like they were in contention for their third win of the season.
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