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Penske Atop Speed Chart in Houston Warmup
Penske Racing’s two Porsche RS Spyders went 1-2 in Friday’s warmup for the Lone Star Grand Prix, with Lucas Luhr leading the way in the No. 6 entry.
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Two-Time Le Mans GT2 Champions Petersen / White Lightning Annouce 24 Hour Plans
LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 12, 2006 – Official entrant Dale White (Bozeman, Montana, USA) announced today that Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing will return to take part in the 74th Annual 24 Heures Du Mans in June. The two-time Le Mans class-winning effort also confirmed marketing support from Krohn Racing for the Automobile Club De L’Ouest-sanctioned event. The 2005 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) GT2 Champions will be attempting their third Le Mans Grand Touring Two (LM GT2) victory in only their fourth attempt at the world’s most famous sports car race. The No. 90 Krohn/ Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Michelin Porsche 911 GT3 RSR will be raced by Jörg Bergmeister (Langenfeld, Germany), Nic Jönsson (a native of Sweden currently living in Buford, Georgia, USA) and Tracy Krohn (Houston, Texas, USA) in the June 17-18 race.
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Corvette Racing Qualifies First and Second in GT1 for Inaugural Houston Street Race
Corvette Racing’s twin Corvettes will start the inaugural ALMS Lone Star Grand Prix at the front of the GT1 class after Ron Fellows and Olivier Beretta qualified first and second respectively. Fellows turned the quickest qualifying lap for the 16th time in his ALMS career with a time of 1:08.035 (89.425 mph) in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R on the 1.7-mile, 10-turn temporary circuit in Houston’s Reliant Park. Olivier Beretta was just a heartbeat behind at 1.08.090 (89.352 mph) in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R. Less than six tenths of a second separated the Corvettes from their Aston Martin rivals.
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BMW Team PTG M3s Qualify 8th and 9th for Lone Star Grand Prix
Today’s two 50-minute practice sessions did not prove to be enough time for BMW Team PTG to come to grips with the temporary Houston circuit today as the team qualified its two M3s eighth and ninth in the GT2 field for tomorrow’s American Le Mans Series Lone Star Grand Prix.
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Weaver Puts Dyson Lola on Houston Pole
James Weaver put the No. 16 Dyson Racing Lola B06/10 on the pole for the American Le Mans Series’ Lone Star Grand Prix on Thursday, nipping a pair of Porsche RS Spyders at Houston’s Reliant Park.
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Aston Martin Racing Qualifies Third and Fourth in Houston
Aston Martin Racing will start the second round of the American Le Mans Series in Houston, Texas, from third and fourth positions in the GT1 class, after the inaugural qualifying session around the 1.7-mile street circuit.
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Lineup Change Highlights Lizards’ Trip to Houston
Roster changes, no matter what the sport, are more often the norm than not. Flying Lizard Motorsports is no exception.
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Bach puts B-K, Mazda and KUMHO Fourth on Grid in LMP2
B-K Motorsports driver Jamie Bach qualified the team’s Mazda-powered LMP2 Courage 4th in class and 15th overall for Friday night’s running of the Lone Star Grand Prix. Bach’s time of 1:11.866 was nearly two seconds faster than he’d gone in practice.
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Houston, We Have a Go
James Weaver won the first pole of the season for Dyson Racing in qualifying this evening at the Lone Star Grand Prix in Houston TX. This is Dyson Racing’s fifty-third pole, fourteen of which have been earned by Weaver. This is also the first pole for the new AER powered Lola B06/10 in only its second race.
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Audi R8 Fastest in First Session at Houston
No one believed the Audi R8 would slip into retirement quietly. But just in case there were any doubts, Dindo Capello has put them to rest.
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