American Le Mans Series
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As America prepares to witness the merger of the American Le Mans Series and Grand Am into the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, Ford is preparing its weapon of war: a new 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 racing engine for a Riley Technologies Daytona Prototype wearing new Ford bodywork, to be run by Michael Shank Racing. That's a lot of names--and a lot of personalities--to deal with, but Ford appears to have kept the race car on-message. The EcoBoost engine, built by Roush Yates Racing Engines, promises competitive power and better gas mileage than the V-8s it will compete against next year. "This...
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SRT's Viper GTS-R Gets Ready For Its Mid-Ohio Debut: Video
When the new Viper was unveiled at this year’s New York Auto Show, SRT revealed both road and race versions of its performance icon simultaneously. Since the racing pedigree of the original Viper was so impressive, SRT felt it was necessary to launch a race version of the car even before the...
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SRT's Viper GTS-R Looks Fast On Track: Video
SRT is set to debut its Viper GTS-R in American Le Mans Series competition later this year, so it’s taking every opportunity it can to show off the car in development and testing. As with the Viper teasers released ahead of the car’s New York Auto Show debut, we expect to see regular...
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Nissan DeltaWing Steering Wheel: The Details With Marino Franchitti
With the daunting task of preparing the Nissan DeltaWing for its racing debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend almost complete--but the whole race ahead--the team has taken a moment to explain its complex steering wheel, through the eyes of Marino Franchitti. If the Franchitti name is...
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2013 SRT Viper GTS-R Completes First Track Session: Video
The racing version of the new 2013 SRT Viper, the Viper GTS-R, has completed its first shakedown ahead of its American Le Mans comeback later this year.
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2012 ALMS Laguna Seca Preview: Video
The American Le Mans Series is headed back to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend, and the drivers are looking forward to the unique challenges presented by the track. But it's not just the track that the drivers will be up against--competition in ALMS is fierce, made all the more hectic and...
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The racing-only 2013 SRT Viper GTS-R, introduced today, will make its competition debut during the 2012 American Le Mans Series.
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BMW Team RLL Ready For ALMS Debut At Sebring
The 2012 ALMS season is already heating up, with the first race of the year--the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring--coming this weekend. Corvette Racing has built a new, wider C6.R for the new year, and among those taking it on will be the BMW Team RLL BMW M3 GT. As the 40th anniversary of BMW's M...
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New Corvette Racing C6.R Wide Body To Debut At Sebring
The American Le Mans Series provides some of the best road-racing action on television in the U.S., and it's coming back for the 2012 season this weekend for the 12 Hours of Sebring. Along with its return will be the latest iteration of the Corvette Racing C6.R, now in wide-body format. Based on...
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JJ Lehto Gets Prison In Fatal Boating Crash
Finnish driver and former Formula 1 pilot JJ Lehto has received a twenty-eight month prison sentence in connection with a fatal boating accident that occurred in June of 2010.
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Corvette Racing's Inside Story Of The GT Fight At Petit Le Mans: Video
The Corvette Racing team won the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, but things didn't go so well after that. This video recaps the struggle of the rest of the season and the 2011 Petit Le Mans.
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One-Two Finish For Peugeot At Petit Le Mans
Peugeot has managed to capitalize on its strong qualifying position during this past weekend’s American Le Mans Series season-ending Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta. As has been the case in most years, the race came down to a battle between Peugeot and Audi but in the end it was...
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The factory-backed Aston Martin Racing team will be back on U.S. soil to compete in its first American Le Mans Series (ALMS) race of the year at Laguna Seca on September 17 and 18. The team will be making the trans-Atlantic trip from Silverstone, where it competed in the fifth round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup race only the weekend before. Returning to the Mazda Raceway, factory drivers Adrian Fernandez, Stefan Mücke and Harold Primat will be piloting the Lowes sponsored DBR1-2 during the event. The familiar blue and orange Gulf Oil liveried factory DBR1-2 (pictured) will be...
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Corvette Racing Shows Its Pit Lane Performance: Video
See first-hand what it's like when the Corvette Racing American Le Mans Series team orchestrates a pit stop.
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Corvette Racing Offers Behind-The-Scenes Look At Race Logistics: Video
The Corvette Racing Team shows us what it takes to win a race like Le Mans. Hint: it's all about teamwork.
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Houston’s Risi Competizione Unveils New Ferrari 458 Italia GT Race Car
If you thought the aggressive lines of Ferrari’s own Italia 458 Challenge race car meant business, wait until you lay eyes on Houston-based Risi Competizione’s latest Ferrari 458 Italia GT racer. Designed to compete in the American Le Mans Series, the new race car pictured above is just...
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Rahal Letterman Racing And BMW Looking To Score At Mid-Ohio ALMS Race
With the BMW's success at Lime Rock Park, the team goes into Mid-Ohio on a high.
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Gallery: ALMS Thursday Testing At Laguna Seca
Our man on the scene, Joe Nuxoll, has fresh photos and a short video clip live from Thursday ALMS testing at Laguna Seca.
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The latest design departure for the crew at VizualTech is an American Le Mans Series (ALMS)-style car.