The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón’s visit to the state-of-the-art Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas was already one of the most anticipated events on the 2013 calendar. That excitement was kicked up another notch with today’s news that the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) has been added to the Sept. 20-22 ALMS event weekend.
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This week’s video of the week comes to us from the good folks over at the American Le Mans Series, Tequila Patron and ESPN Racing…wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season.
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Reigning Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti is returning to Petit Le Mans for the season finale of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón. The four-time IZOD IndyCar Series champion and three-time 500 winner will join younger brother and sports car ace Marino behind the wheel of the No. 95 Level 5 Motorsports Honda Performance Development ARX-03b P2 car at Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda.
The Franchitti brothers will pair with regular Level 5 driver and team owner Scott Tucker in the 1,000-mile/10-hour race on Saturday, Oct. 20th.
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After nine events and thousands of miles throughout North America, championships in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón come down to one last race. The 15th annual Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda stands to be a winner-take-all affair in the ALMS’ P1 and P2 classes. It makes the 1,000-mile/10-hour classic at Road Atlanta that much more critical for a quartet of teams: Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, Dyson Racing, Level 5 Motorsports and Conquest Endurance.
Muscle Milk’s #6 P1 car running some test laps at the Sebring International Raceway this past spring in preparation for what quickly became a very exciting 2012 ALMS series. Photo by Richard Dole – www.dolephoto.com
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A new venue for the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón looks to play a huge role in determining the 2012 ALMS champions. The VIR 240 is the first race at Virginia International Raceway for America’s premier sports car racing championship. The four-hour race – hence the ‘240’ – pays two additional points per position, a critical factor with all but two titles up for grabs.
Virginia International Raceway opened for business in August, 1957, hosting an SCCA race that attracted such stars of the sport as Carroll Shelby, Carl Haas, Bob Holbert, Augie Pabst, Bob Grossman, Don Yenko, Dr. Dick Thompson, Walt Hansgen and Bruce Jennings. Shelby, who would later go on to worldwide fame by winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959 and creating the iconic Cobra sports cars in the early 1960s, won that first feature race in a Maserati 450S.
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Level 5 Motorsports captured the overall victory in an always intriguing, at times bizarre American Le Mans Series’ Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT. Christophe Bouchut and team principal Scott Tucker led the team’s 1-2 finish with its pair of HPD ARX-03bs, ahead of Luis Diaz and Ricardo Gonzalez in the sister car.
Corvette Racing encountered heavy holiday traffic on the streets of Baltimore today, finishing second and sixth in the Baltimore Sports Car Challenge. Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner labored long and hard on the Labor Day weekend to bring the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R across the finish line second, 2.2 seconds behind the winning No. 17 Porsche of Bryan Sellers and Wolf Henzler. That result increased their lead in the GT driver championship as their closest rivals finished down the order.
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With three rounds left in the 2012 championship, the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón heads to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for the second running of the city’s downtown street race.
The Baltimore Sports Car Challenge presented by SRT features 32 entries comprised of North America’s best sports car drivers and teams who are gunning for not just a race victory… but an ALMS championship as well.
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The Road America Road Race Showcase has played host to two of the most dramatic endings in the last two years, including the closest finish in series history a year ago, the American Le Mans Series returns to Elkhart Lake’s Road America this weekend for the four-hour Road Race Showcase. What will this year bring?
The Road America Road Race Showcase goes green on Saturday, August 18 at 3:30 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN3.com. The race will be broadcast on tape delay on ESPN2 on Sunday, August 19 between 2 and 4 p.m._________ Click to Enlarge - 1920×1200
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