Farnbacher Loles Racing came within one lap of a second-place GT2 finish
in the American Le Mans Series race at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele,
Utah, on Sunday, but the effort was for naught as the team’s No. 87
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR was excluded from race results for a technical
violation.
Marc Basseng of Leutenbach, Germany, drove the firs [...]
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American Le Mans World Class Series
Tafel/Bell Micro Ferrari Grabs Third ALMS Podium in a Row on Last Lap of
Utah Grand Prix
TOOELE, Utah, May 18, 2008 - The No. 71 Tafel/Bell Micro Racing Ferrari
F430 GTC earned its third-consecutive American Le Mans Series podium in
dramatic fashion in today’s Utah Grand Prix. The Cumming, Ga.-based team
took-over third- place on the last lap of [...]
Lowe’s Fernandez Racing Finishes Fifth in Utah
It was a valiant effort by Lowe’s Fernandez Racing and drivers
Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz in the Larry H. Miller Dealerships
Utah Grand Prix this afternoon which, unfortunately, resulted in an
unrepresentative fifth-place class and overall finish.
The team inherited a front row starting position after the second-place
car of de Ferran Motorsports [...]
O’Connell and Magnussen Score Third GT1 Win of Season in Sizzling Utah
Grand Prix
No. 3 Corvette C6.R Continues Hot Streak in High Desert
SALT LAKE CITY, May 18, 2008 — Corvette Racing’s final warm-up for
the 24 Hours of Le Mans was run in near-record temperatures as a heat
wave in Utah’s high desert tested America’s premier production sports [...]
Herta, Fittipaldi Claim Seventh in LMP2 at Utah
TOOLE, Utah (May 18, 2008) - Bryan Herta and Christian Fittipaldi drove
the XM Satellite Radio Acura to a seventh-place finish in the LMP2 class
at Sunday’s running of the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix.
Bryan Herta, #26 XM Satellite Radio Acura:
“It was bad luck for the XM Acura [...]
INCIDENT-FILLED DAY LEAVES CORSA MOTORSPORTS NINTH AT MILLER MOTORSPORTS
PARK
Home Not So Sweet for Salt Lake City-Based Team
TOOELE, Utah (May 18, 2008) — There was no home-field advantage for
Salt Lake City-based Corsa Motorsports in Sunday’s American Le Mans
Series Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by The Grand
and Little America Hotels. After three on-track [...]
DE FERRAN AND PAGENAUD
TAKE PODIUM ON DEBUT
SALT LAKE CITY, Ut. (May 18, 2008) — de Ferran Motorsports scored a
podium finish on debut today with Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud
driving the No. 66 Acura ARX-01b prototype through to third place from
the back of the field.
A last lap spin in qualifying yesterday forced de Ferran to [...]
PATRON HIGHCROFT RACING SUSTAINS EARLY-RACE DAMAGE
HERCULEAN EFFORT IN PITS RETURNS TEAM TO TRACK FOR POINTS-PAYING FINISH
Scott Sharp, piloting the #9 Acura ARX-01b, ran near the head of the
field at the beginning of Round Four of the American Le Mans Series
season. Coming through Turn One on a restart, roughly half an hour into
the challenge, Sharp [...]
IMPRESSIVE DEBUT FOR de FERRAN’S ACURA ARX-01b
WITH A THIRD PLACE OVERALL AT THE MILLER UTAH GRAND PRIX
Former Indy 500 Champ, Young Frenchman Give Penske Porsche A Strong
Challenge
TOOELE, Utah — The debut of the No. 66 Panasonic ELS
Sound de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-01b gave the American Le Mans
Series spectators, competitors and media a thrill Sunday [...]
Flying Lizard No. 45 Wins GT2 and No. 46 Second at Utah Grand Prix:
Third Double Podium of Season
May 18, 2008–Salt Lake City, Utah — The Lizards continued their podium
streak today at the Utah Grand Prix, finishing first and second in GT2.
The No. 45 Lizard Porsche of Joerg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler started
from the pole and [...]
PROUD PRUITT EAGER FOR HOME UTAH RACE
The biggest grin in the American Le Mans Series paddock this weekend may belong to Steve Pruitt, and rightfully so. Pruitt’s Corsa Motorsports is the home team this weekend at the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. The Utah-based team [...]
Darren Law to Pull Double Duty Weekend as Season Heats Up
(Phoenix, Arizona) Endurance racer and Phoenix resident Darren Law is
preparing for his 2008 racing season to heat up as he will race in a
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No 16 and
an American Le Mans Series event in the same weekend. [...]
Lowe’s Fernandez Racing Heads to Utah
After a three-week break in the schedule, the American Le Mans Series
returns to racing action this weekend with the Larry H. Miller
Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand & Little America
Hotels. The state-of-the-art Miller Motorsports Park facility, located 35
minutes southwest of Salt Lake City, will host Round Four of [...]
WEDNESDAY MAY 14, 2008
TELECONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT: GIL DE FERRAN
New American Le Mans Series driver and team owner Gil de Ferran spoke
with the media regarding the debut of the de Ferran Motorsports Acura
ARX-01b. De Ferran, a two-time CART champion and former Indy 500 winner,
will team with Simon Pagenaud at Miller Motorsports Park in the Larry
H. Miller Dealerships [...]
DE FERRAN MOTORSPORTS READY FOR SALT LAKE CITY DEBUT
SALT LAKE CITY, Ut. (May 13, 2008) — de Ferran Motorsports’
Panasonic-sponsored assault on the LMP2 class of the American Le Mans
Series kicks off this weekend when former Indy 500 winner and two-time
CART Champion Gil de Ferran joins forces with young French star Simon
Pagenaud for the team’s debut [...]
ALMS: Farnbacher Loles Racing Utah, Laguna Seca preview
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Farnbacher Loles Racing will field seven cars in three series this
weekend, with entries in the American Le Mans Series and IMSA Challenge
races at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, and in the Grand-Am
Rolex Sports Car Series race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey,
Calif.
Dirk Werner of Kissenbruck, Germany, will do double duty. He’ll start
with [...]
The American Le Mans Series open the 2008 season for the running of the
12 Hours of Sebring, after that the sportscar series ran on two street
circuits: St. Petersburg and Long Beach. This coming weekend, the final
round before the month of June break, will see their return to Miller
Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah.
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Source: ALMS: Pat [...]
B-K Motorsports Rockets into Salt Lake City for Utah Grand Prix
Tooele, Utah- After claiming two consecutive top-10 overall finishes, B-K
Motorsports heads to Salt Lake City this weekend for the Larry H. Miller
Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by The Grand and Little America
Hotels. The fourth round of the American Le Mans Series season will see
the No. [...]
MOWLEM, CORSA MOTORSPORTS HOPES HIGH IN UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (May 12, 2008) — When Johnny Mowlem and
his Corsa Motorsports teammates compete in the May 18 Larry H. Miller
Dealerships Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park, they’ll be
fighting to break their way through a door they’ve stood in front of for
the last two races.
The fast [...]
Tafel Racing to Use Salt Lake City to Keep Momentum from Season’s Start
into Second Half
No. 71 Tafel/Bell Micro Ferrari Looks for ALMS Hat Trick, No. 73 Returns
to Tafel Racing
TOOELE, Utah, May 12, 2008 - After two GT2 class victories in the three
American Le Mans Series races held thus far in 2008, Tafel Racing is
enjoying a [...]
