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Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta Sept 29 - Oct 01

News:-

  • Audi, Zytek & Highcroft take podium - result
  • Creation on pole - times
  • Audi top in 2nd practice - times & night practice times
  • Creation lead 1st practice - times
  • Testing round-up @ ALMS site
  • Harold Primat is third driver @ Creation
  • Lowe's Fernandez Lola Acura to be launched @ PLM next Saturday 0900 local, drivers will be announced - story
  • Memo Gidley & Vitor Meira in Highcroft Lola! Sign of things to come?
  • Zytek confirm PLM & Monterey and "... all out assault on the ALMS...in 2007" - story
  • Stories say Highcroft will bring out their "Acura" liveried Lola & Zytek are very likeley... check the Bear
  • Eric van de Poele joind lineup for confirmed HORAG Lola
  • Highcroft have probably finished their 2006 ALMS campaign, no PLM "...it would be a distraction "- story
  • ORECA will not be going to Petit but could still go to Laguna with their Saleen (Autosport)- team seem to be undecided in Donington interviews
  • B-K Courage Mazda WILL be back for PLM and Laguna
  • Zytek looking less likely for PLM or Laguna (Autosport say "75%" but other sources say "deal dead...")
  • We've "tidied up" the list and removed the most unlikely runners - still time to come back - but...
  • Tim Greaves set to join VDS Radical lineup -story
  • Horag-Lista Lola LMP2 back in action for last 2 ALMS rounds - story
  • VDS Radical is running late (end if August) still hope to make PLM
  • Lexus looking unlikely (may not show at all this year...)
  • Horag were testing last week (with Fredy) and will come to the last two rounds
  • Interesting post (& this) from Horag - they could really be coming over...
  • Miracle out -car sold to Team Spencer
  • Creation confirmed (Laguna Seca as well)
  • Cirtek will run Ferrari 550 (Laguna as well)
  • Further confirmation that Creation WILL do PLM and Laguna in Autosport 15 June
  • groupBio confirm their intention to be @ PLM with diesel Lola B2K, story...
  • Konrad Saleen unlikely after Weickardt split
  • Zytek confirm Herbert and ALMS programme from Lime Rock onwards
  • Creation will do Petit & Laguna
  • Zytek set for PLM and other ALMS rounds after Le Mans - story
  • Miracle confirm they will do PLM (but no other ALMS)
  • Audi confirms 2 R10s with Rinaldo Capello / Allan McNish and Frank Biela / Emanuele Pirro
  • Possibles if LMS schedules allow include: - G-Force C65, RML with their old MG EX257 AER & works Radical
  • Many possible entries from Europe waiting for confirmation of LMS 5th round dates (details later)
  • Entries below are the ALMS "Usual Suspects" plus those LMS teams who have said they will come
  • Debut for VDS Radical SR9
LMP1 / LMP900 / LMP675
Audi Sport North America   Audi R10 LMP1 Dindo Capello, Allan McNish
Audi Sport North America   Audi R10 LMP1 Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro, Marco Werner
Creation Autosportif   CA06-H Judd GV5 S2 LMP1H Nic Minassian, Harold Primat, Jamie Campbell-Walter
Dyson Racing   Lola B06/10 AER LMP1 James Weaver, Butch Leitzinger, Andy Wallace
Dyson Racing   Lola B06/10 AER LMP1 Chris Dyson, Guy Smith
Zytek Engineering   Zytek 06S Hybrid LMP1H Stefan Johansson, Johnny Mowlem, Haroki Kurosawa
Highcroft Racing Ltd   Lola EX257 AER LMP675 Duncan Dayton, Memo Gidley, Vitor Meira
AutoCon Motorsports   Lola EX257 AER LMP675 Michael Lewis, Chris McMurry, Bryan Willman
LMP2
Intersport Racing   Lola B05/40 LMP2 Clint Field, Liz Halliday, Jon Field
Penske Motorsport   Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 Romain Dumas, Lucas Luhr, Mike Rockenfeller
Penske Motorsport   Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 Sascha Maassen, Timo Bernhard, Emanuel Collard
Van der Steur Racing   Radical SR9 AER LMP2 Ben Devlin, Gunnar Van Der Steur, Tim Greaves
Horag Racing   Lola B05/40 Judd LMP2 Didier Theys, Fredy Lienhart, Eric van de Poele
B-K Motorsport   Courage C65 LMP2H Guy Cosmo, Jamie Bach, Elliott Forbes-Robinson
GT1
Aston Martin Racing   Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 Thomas Enge, Darren Turner
Aston Martin Racing   Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 Stephane Sarrazin, Pedro Lamy
Corvette Racing   Corvette C6R GT1 Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, Jan Magnussen
Corvette Racing   Corvette C6R GT1 Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, Max Papis
GT2
Alex Job Racing   Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 Dominik Farnbacher, Marcel Tiemann, Robin Liddell
Petersen / White Lightning   Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Long, Nic Jonsson
Panoz Motor Sports / Multimatic Motorsports   Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 Gunnar Jeannette, Tom Milner Jr, Andy Lally
Panoz Motor Sports / Multimatic Motorsports   Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 Scott Maxwell, David Brabham, Sebastien Bourdais
PTG Racing
  BMW M3 GT GT2S Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand, Boris Said
PTG Racing
  BMW M3 GT GT2S Justin Marks, Martin Jensen, Ian James
Risi Competizione   Ferrari 430 GTC GT2 Anthony Lazzaro, Maurizio Mediani, Marino Franchitti
Risi Competizione   Ferrari 430 GTC GT2 Stephane Ortelli, Ralph Kelleners, Markus Palttala
Flying Lizard Motorsports   Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 Johannes Van Overbeek, Wolf Henzler, Marc Lieb
Flying Lizard Motorsports   Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 Lonnie Pechnik, Seth Neiman, Darren Law
See previous Mariantic 2006 ALMS pages: Sebring / Houston / Mid Ohio / Lime Rock / Salt Lake City / Portland / Road America / Mosport

 

 

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