American Le Mans Series Archive

  • Mosport

    Robertson Racing Suffer First DNF In 19 Starts

    Robertson Racing were left ruing  what could have been after the teams Ford GT was forced to retire after damage caused in an incident with Dirk Muller’s Rahal Letterman Racing BMW M3 48 laps in to the race. The penultimate race of the season at...

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  • Photo credit: Patron Highcroft Racing

    Highcroft On Track For Back-To-Back Championships

    Simon Pagenaud and David Brabham kept their title hopes in place with the Patrón Highcroft Racing team at Mosport this weekend following a second place finish at the latest round of the American Le Mans Series. It has been a great year of consistency for...

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  • Photo credit: Drayson Racing

    Drayson Racing Score Fourth Place In Shortened Race

    Drayson Racing followed up their debut victory in the American Le Mans Series with a fourth place overall finish at an incident packed Grand Prix of Mosport. The race was cut short after an incident with Jonny Cocker an a GTC Porsche brought out the...

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  • Porsche hybrid: Photo Credit: Porsche AG

    Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Set For Petit Le Mans

    The Porsche works driver pairing of Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas are set to make a return to the American Le Mans Series for the thirteenth running of the annual Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta. Piloting the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid the...

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  • 2010-Road-America-Drayson-Lola-On-Track-Image-by-Regis-Lefebure

    Drayson Look To Build On Inaugural Victory

    Drayson Racing will be looking to continue their winning performance after taking their first victory in the American Le Mans Series last weekend at Road America. With the series heading north to Mosport International Raceway drivers Paul Drayson and Jonnny Cocker hope to emulate their...

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  • BMW Rahal Letterman - Photo Credit: James Boone

    Road America Success Again For Rahal Letterman

    For the second successive year BMW Rahal Letterman were the victorious GT team at Road America. The no.90 M3 GT of Joey Hand and Dirk Muller won the two-hour, 45-minute race the pair completing 66 laps of the four-mile Elkhart Lake track. The win was...

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  • Cocker and Drayson celebrate their win - Photo Credit: Regis Lefebure

    Dramatic Win Completes Drayson Racing’s “Great Day”

    Drayson Racing left Road America having taken every award available to them as the Anglo-American team won their first ever race is superlative fashion, dominating the American Le Mans (ALMS) weekend in Wisconsin. The team – with drivers Paul Drayson and Jonny Cocker – topped...

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  • JaguarRSR at Mid Ohio - Photo Credit: JaguarRSR

    JaguarRSR Up For Competitive Road America Outing

    Buoyed by their increasing competitiveness – scoring two consecutive top-ten results in the GT class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) – JaguarRSR are optimistic that this weekend’s round at Road America could see another step forward for their program. The team, headed by...

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  • Corvette Racing - Photo Credit: Richard Prince/GM Racing Photo

    The French Connection: Corvette Racing Road America Ready

    France – of all things – is the source of the most help for Corvette Racing this week as they prepare for the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at Road America. The Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin track – one of the US’s...

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  • Drayson Racing, Mid-Ohio - Photo Credit: Regis Lefebure All Rights

    Character Building Mid-Ohio Weekend For Drayson Racing

    “A disappointing end to a great week” was how driver and team co-owner summed up the end of Drayson Racing’s weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course, the team’s race coming to an early conclusion after an accident with a GTC class Porsche. The team –...

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  • Dyson Racing at Mid-Ohio: Photo Credit: Dyson Racing, Dan Boyd and John Dagys

    Dyson Racing Victorious At Mid-Ohio

    At the end of a classic American Le Mans Series (ALMS) race Chris Dyson brought home the Mazda-powered Lola coupe of Dyson Racing to win the Mid-Ohio Sportscar Challenge, the team’s first win of the season and first overall win using bio-butanol fuel. The American...

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  • Drayson on track - Photo Credit: John Dagys

    Dominant Drayson Racing On Mid-Ohio Pole

    Drayson Racing won their first ever pole in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) after dominating the qualifying session at Mid-Ohio. Drayson Racing had already led both of the practice sessions for the race when, fulfilling his normal qualifying duties, Jonny Cocker took the car...

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  • Corvette Racing - Photo Credit: Richard Prince/GM Racing Photo

    Corvettes Third And Fourth in Mid-Ohio Qualifying

    One year on from their debut in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Corvette Racing qualified third and fourth in the GT class at Mid-Ohio. The no.3 car will fittingly start from third in class, Oliver Gavin lapping the 2.25 mile...

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  • Robertson Racing

    Robertson Racing to debut second car at Petit Le Mans

    Robertson Racing will debut a second GT class Ford GT at this year’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta (September 29-October 2). The 10-hour or 1000-mile race this year serves at the finale to the American Le Mans Series, where the small team are regular...

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  • Robertson Racing - Photo credit: James Boone

    Early Accident Cancels Out Robertson Racing’s “Superb Progress”

    Lime Rock saw a typically battling American Le Mans Series (ALMS) showing from Robertson Racing, fighting through the weather in qualifying and then recovering from an on-track incident in the race. Fighting against the might of works assisted efforts from Ferrari, BMW, Porsche, Jaguar and...

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  • Highcroft Patron - Photo credit: James Boone

    Late Puncture Foils Highcroft’s Lime Rock Challenge Again

    There was an element of de ja vu for Highcroft Racing at Lime Rock Park as, like 2009, a late pitstop to a replace a puncture ended the locally based team’s chance of a fourth consecutive win the American Le Mans Series. The 1.5mile Connecticut...

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  • Team Cytosport - Photo Credit: Porsche AG

    Team Cytosport take maiden victory at Lime Rock

    The privately run Cytosport squad for Greg Pickett and Klaus Graf took their maiden win in the American Le Mans Series, coming out on top after a frantic battle in the closing stage of the two-hour, 45-minute race. Driving a Porsche RS Spyder in the...

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  • Flying Lizard in the wet - Photo Credit: Porsche AG

    Flying Lizard’s Lime Rock win means title leads all round

    A GT class win at Lime Rock Park gave Flying Lizard Motorsports and Porsche the lead in all three titles in the American Le Mans Series’ (ALMS) most competitive class. Starting from pole Patrick Long – in the car splits with Jorg Bergmeister – kept...

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  • Drayson Racing at Lime Rock - Photo Credit: Regis Lefebure

    Mechanical Gremlins Strike Again For Drayson Racing

    Technical problems again reared their ugly head for Drayson Racing, ending another potentially race winning run for the Anglo-American team. Jonny Cocker had started the team’s Lola-Judd from fourth on the grid (a position Cocker had earned in the previous day’s qualifying session) but a...

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  • The car of Gimmi Bruni and Jaime Melo during qualifying at Lime Rock - Photo credit: Ferrari

    Risi Competizione Leave Lime Rock Empty Handed

    Giuseppe Risi’s eponymous Ferrari squad had hoped to leave Connecticut with another race win from Lime Rock Park to add to its success at the previous round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). But it was not to be. The biggest blow to the...

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  • Corvette Racing - Photo Credit: Richard Prince/GM Racing Photos

    Corvette frustrated again at Lime Rock Park

    Even a change in conditions at Lime Rock Park – hot, humid conditions replacing the rain of the rest of the weekend – couldn’t help Corvette Racing, as incident and accident again kept the yellow and black cars off the podium. The no.3 car lasted...

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  • Flying Lizard Motorsports - Photo Credit: Porsche AG

    Flying Lizards slither to pole in Lime Rock rain

    Patrick Long and Flying Lizard Motorsports triumphed at Lime Rock Park to take pole in the American Le Mans Series GT class as the rain that had fallen during the two practice sessions continued. The start of the 20-minute session saw light rain around the...

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  • Corvette Racing in the wet - Photo Credit: Richard Prince/GM Racing Photo

    Corvettes fourth and sixth at “tricky” Lime Rock

    The two Corvette Racing C6.R cars will start the two-hour, 45-minute race at Lime Rock Park from fourth and sixth in the ALMS GT class after making it through a rainy qualifying session. The no.3 and no.4 cars were entrusted to Dane Jan Magnussen and...

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  • Drayson Racing - Photo Credit: Regis Lefebure

    Jonny Cocker braves New England rains for Drayson

    Jonny Cocker braved torrential rain at Lime Rock Park, Connecticut to set the fourth fastest time in the LMP class in Drayson Racing’s Lola coupe. The 20-minute session around the 1.5mile ring saw the Yorkshire native twice rise up to third in the standings among...

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  • Porsche hybrid: Photo Credit: Porsche AG

    American and Chinese outings for Porsche Hybrid confirmed

    After debuting in April at the formidable Nurburgring and contesting the 24 hour race at the German track in May Porsche’s 911 GT3 R Hybrid is to make another big step in October after it was announced the car will enter Petit Le Mans at...

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  • Flying Lizard pitstop - Photo Credit - Porsche

    Flying Lizard luckless at Miller Motorsports Park

    Punctures were the order of the day for Flying Lizard Motorsports at Miller Motorsports Park, their lead no.45 car knocked back down the order on two separate occasions, thus a possible podium result turned into a fifth place finish. “Lightning struck twice today and it...

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  • Drayson Racing - Photo Credit: Regis Lefebure

    Drayson Racing: “Really Positive, Positive Result”

    “Second-place, fastest lap and Michelin Green X Challenge winner; a most excellent haul of trophies,” said Drayson Racing co-owner Paul Drayson after a weekend which saw the team take their best ever race result – second – less than 20 seconds behind the race winners...

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  • Corvette Racing -  Photo Credit: Richard Prince/GM Racing Photo

    Corvette Racing: A Podium to Show After Tough Weekend

    “Sometimes the box score doesn’t tell the whole story of a race,” say Corvette racing after the battled their way through penalties, problems, the competitive GT field and torturous heat – track temperature reached 112°F. However, despite everything the team came away with a third...

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  • BMW RLR - Photo Credit: BMW USA

    Fifth Podium Helps BMW RLR To Lead Manufacturers’ Title

    Though they missed out on class honours, finishing second and fourth in the GT field, BMW Rahal Letterman Racing were still celebrating on leaving Miller Motorsports Park after the double finish lifted the team to the top of the manufacturer’s standings. “We have great momentum,...

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  • Dyson Racing - Photo Credit: Regis Lefebure/Dyson Racing

    “Unfortunate” End for Dyson Racing At Miller Motorsports Park

    “It was unfortunate” was Chris Dyson’s matter of fact summing up of the end Dyson Racing’s Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park. The team and their Mazda-engined Lola coupe had run promisingly near the front of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) field until...

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