Dyson Racing
Dyson Racing continues its long association with the American Le Mans Series, campaigning two Lola B06/10 chassis powered by twin turbo AER engines. Dyson finished in second place pressuring series winner champion racing thru out the year, winning five poles and winning two races, at Mid Ohio and Mosport. Rob Dyson’s son, Chris, finished second in the LMP 1 driver’s championship. Dyson’s 31 years in motor sport have been highlighted by many championships and continues to be one of the series top running teams.
Dyson Racing and Porsche Partners Again
Porsche and endurance sports car racing; Dyson Racing and Porsche: synonymous phrases. Dyson Racing and Porsche are back together: the Thetford/Norcold team will be running two LMP2 RS Spyders in the American Le Mans Series in 2007.
An Era Ends
James Weaver, one of the best sports car racers of all time, announced his retirement today at the conclusion of today’s season ending American Le Mans race at Laguna Seca. He closed out his unparalleled career on top, winning second place honors in the 2006 American La Mans series championship.
Short Day’s Journey Into Night
That is what separates racing from every other sport – in other forms of competition, you know how long your event will last, whether it be nine innings, four quarters, or eighteen holes. But racing is not as benevolent. You transport your team, 100,000 pounds of cars and equipment - test, practice and qualify, but there is no guarantee you will be there at the end.
Stride-Rite
Guy Smith and Chris Dyson enjoyed their best finish of 2006 with second place in today’s Mosport Grand Prix. Twenty seconds down with thirty-three laps remaining, the #20 Lola/AER finished less than three seconds in arrears, with Smith breaking the track’s lap record ten minutes from the checkered flag. Joining Smith and Dyson on the podium was the third place pole- winning #16 machine of James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger. They led fifty-two laps including the first twenty-six.
Ernesto Reins
Dyson Racing won its third consecutive Mosport Grand Prix pole and its fourth of the season today. Qualifying was rained out, so the grid was set by the quickest practice time. James Weaver beat the track record this morning with the weekend’s fastest time. Chris Dyson and Guy Smith will start fourth in the # 20 Thetford/Norold entry. Dyson won the pole here last year.
First in Gasoline
Last year, Chris Dyson came in second at Road America in the closest finish ever in an American Le Mans series race here with a 3.2 seconds margin. This year, Butch Leitzinger came in third in the #16 car, .713 seconds behind the leaders. It was one of the more exciting races of the year. “On the restarts, I would get a good jump and I could get under Allan (McNish),” said Leitzinger. “But whenever you got up under their wing, you lost all downforce off the front end. The car was right on and the team did a great job getting the most out of the car and we gave it all we had today.”
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Fourbearance
Dyson Racing has won the pole at Road America the past two years running, but third time the charm was not to be during today’s qualifying for the Generac 500. James Weaver qualified fourth, beating Butch Leitzinger’s record pole time of 2004 by sixth-tenths of a second. Chris Dyson lines up seventh, only three tenths of a second behind his teammate.
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Dyson Road America Preview
After coming off a mid-season competitive run of podium finishes at the last two races at Salt Lake City and Portland, Dyson Racing is looking forward to their annual sojourn to the Kettle Moraine country and the Generac 500 at Road America. One the classic tracks in America, it is a favorite of teams and fans alike.
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It’s An All Dyson Front Row at Portland
Admittedly, Butch Leitzinger says Portland International Raceway isn’t really a favorite of Dyson Racing. Surely that will change after Leitzinger’s pole position run Friday for the Portland Grand Prix.
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Hot Lapping
“This is a gratifying result,” commented team principal Rob Dyson. “The hard work has paid off. We had a trouble-free run and that was a definite plus for us. The pit stops were right on and the guys are doing a great job on the race prep.”
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