- JWA Aston - first pics - EI
- St Pete ALMS entry list out - here
- No Ehret Tafel 430
- Second Farnbacher 997
- LNT buy into Zytek - Autosport print ed.
- Ginetta GT2 on the way with Zytek power
- Corsa 430 withdrawn from Sebring - EI
- Patrick Friesacher & Harrison
Brix for Risi ALMS
#61 full season - Autosport print ed.
- Devlin crash halts Sebring qualifying - times
- Robertson Ford GT - delivery pics here
- See Sebring GT review @ lastturnclub
- Great HTTT pics by John Brooks @ sportscarpros
- Peter Hardman's Strakka Racing to do last 3 LMS rounds
in DBR9 - EI
- LG Motorsports GT2 Corvette - livery pics @ badboyvettes
- Major (24 car) Aston Martin private test under
way @ HTTT EI (Ryan
Dalziel & Heinz-Harald Frentzen join the squad) pics -
Great group pic
- Vitaphone confirm Le Mans entry is priority - projectlemans
- They are actually 2 sides of the same car!
  - First pics of new Spyker Laviolette GT2R
- racexpress (2
cars for LMS 1 Squadron, 1 Speedy)
- Alan van der Merwe to test JWA GT2 Aston
- Combine times to Monday midday - projectlemans
- LMS test red flagged as Speedy Spyker burns planetlemans
- Sunday's times @ EI
- Times till 2145 @ planetlemans and great pics
- Times from 1st morning @ HTTT - planetlemans
- More HTTT Pics EI and more yet more
- First pics from HTTT - IPB Lambo
- LG GT2 Corvette in construction @ Riley - pics
- Farnbacher testing 997 - will do Sebring - projectlemans
- Vici will run ALMS 997 from Sebring - 2 thereafter
- planetlemans
- New LMS website (no English yet)
- Official Sebring entry list out
- just
one Ford GT
- JCB sponsorship for Drayson
- IPB Spartak LMS Lambo details & pics @ planetlemans
 - LMS HTTT entries - EI
- Orbit Racing testing new 997 - pic -
this is the Vici Racing ALMS car - another pic
- News & pics from Corvette (new livery)
Sebring testing @ lastturnclub
- Le Mans Official entry list here
- 10 LM GT1s, 13 LM GT2s, plus 5 reserves
- Surprise Aston Martin for Vitaphone
- Miro Konopka confirms 996 @ Sebring - EI
- Pacific Coast Motorsport looking @ ALMS return - here
- RLR ALMS GT2 BMW M3 @ LS - pics (first
headline entirely in acronyms! - LS= Laguna Seca BTW)
- Kaneko racing (ex T2M) to run LMS after Le Mans with
ex JLOC Murcielago EI
- New Porsche 997 - pics & details EI (English)
- LMS Official list here
- one
Labre Saleen
- two works Spykers
- two JMB 430s
- no Panoz
- Enge in Team Modena
- Farnbacher add an F430
- GPC WILL do LMS with F430 - racingworld.it (not
on the list though)
- No Mil Milhas in LMS this year - planetlemans (Shanghai
will be round 6)
- Primetime commit to ALMS GT2 Viper programme- EI
- JMB to do LMS, ALMS, Le Mans & Shanghai - EI English
- RSV will not be doing LMS in 2008 - planetlemans
- GT2 Aston Martin testing pics (old
but nice)
- BMW back in ALMS with Rahal Letterman - EI English
 - LNT confirn no LMS this year - endurance-series but
Ginetta may do Le Mans one day - EI
- ACO to Shanghai November 1 & 2 - EI (class
winners to get LM entry)
- James Watt Automotive to run Aston Martin Vantage
GT2 for full Le Mans Series - website
- Vici Racing rumoured for ALMS GT2 with Porche 997
- Dener Motorsport (remember Interlagos?) have applied for Le Mans Entry
- endurance-series
- 3 Flying Lizards for ALMS - planetlemans
- 88
entries for Le Mans - 22 in LM GT1, 25 in LM GT2. - ACO
- Speedy Racing drivers announced planetlemans
- Great HDR pics of WDWT @ sportscaranalytics
- Sebring testing times (all
3 days)
- New website for Primetime
Race Group
- ALMS Aston Martin DBR9 from Bell Motorsports
- alms -
Fux owned car - pic
- First pics from Sebring test - lastturnclub
- Dale White (PWL) joins Drayson-Barwell - EI English
- Tafel Sebring lineup announced - here
- IMSA Competition to enter 2 997s in LMS & Le
Mans - EI
- Doug Fehan interview @ EI -
on 2008 ALMS GT1 "...there could be an Aston Martin and
two Saleens"
- really? - Murphy agrees
on the Aston (pretty sure the Unitech/Playboy
connection is wrong)
- Big Mac! - PMB GT1 Porsche turbo (pic
below) for some LMS - planetlemans
 - Excellent ALMS preview from John Dagys (ex paddock.net)
@ motorsport.com
- 21 confirmed starters for Le Mans - ACO
- No Vitaphone
- No Playteam
- No ORECA
- Porsche testing @ Sebring pics @ lastturnclub
- Patrick Pilet test for Flying Lizard @ Sebring
- EI
- Autorlando planning Le Mans with new 997 Evo, but not
LMS - EI
- Spyker tseting this weekend - announcing 2008 programme
soon - EI
- PWL confirm non-participation in ALMS in 2008, WL could
still do some 2008, P could be back in 2009 - here
- LMS final round to Interlagos again - with
extra points & Le
Mans invite? sportscarpro
- Schumacher to race @ Sebring?
- We ran this story when Jonny Cocker "announced"
it @ the Autosport Show. We took it down when generally derided
by readers!
- Well it's back up - other sources, including
DSC, are saying there just may be something in it...
- Now officially denied
- Farnbacher Loles confirm ALMS with 1 Porsche 997 and
another in 4 or 5 races. GT-eins
- PMB looking to do some LMS with new Porsche
997 (McDonalds livery?) - planetlemans
- Virgo show new livery for LMS Ferrari 430 - EI
- Reiter confirm support for LMS & Le Mans
team with Murcielago racingworld.it
- Unitech
Racing (site under development but see here ...bunnies!)
planning ALMS GT involvement - vacancy
ad
- That Lexus IS DTM see here but
ALMS is mentioned again...
 - Aston Martin sponsored by Gulf for Le Mans GT1 - EI (English)
- Drayson-Barwell GT2 Aston Martin not ready
till Long Beach ALMS round autosport -
will run GT3 DBRS9 in first 2 rounds - alms
- Autosport print ed running big story on BMW
return to ALMS GT2 in 2009 - possibly with Rahal
- Primetime Viper & PTG Panoz on Sebring
Winter Test entry list
- Interesting interview with Aston's George Howard-Chappell
@ speedTV
- Lexus "back" in ALMS GT2 see here -
some mistake surely. But look @ this & this-
Lexus IS-F "Concept" not the same car, but interesting... This sheds
a little more light
- Aston Martin "endurance racing" announcement
Thursday
- GT2 Aston Martin breaks cover - website
 - Many stories linking Tim Pappas' Trans Sport with
ALMS Ford GT - here is the most credible - EI
- 3 Ford GTs at Sebring Winter Test - EI
- PWL ALMS entry scatched?
- Just the thing if you have time on your hands over
the holidays - stunning sports car news / history site - see here
- Forums carrying stories of big changes in ALMS
Porsche GT2 teams (3 cars for Lizards or Farnbacher?)
- Felbermayr / Proton seeking 2 entries in
LMS & Le
Mans - projectlemans
- Robertson Racing Ford GT running @ Sebring pics -
is this the GT2? (no it's the Robertsons'
road car!)
- New Spyker GT2s in build are Laviolette coupes
- article
- BMS will take their Le Mans entry with a Ferrari
430
- Robertson Ford GT in build @ Doran - website &
plan 2nd car with pro lineup EI
- LNT preparing Ginetta G50 for GT2 - racingworld.it
- Peter Kox to race Lamborghini Murciélago
GT1 in "selected rounds" of LMS
- planetlemans
- 2 new Spykers being built - one for works one
for Speedy - endurance-series
- LG GT2 Corvette ALMS programme will now be a
single car
- Corvette Racing confirm all 12 rounds in 2008
ALMS - EI (English)
- Rahal Letterman - to stay with 997 in ALMS? website
- Richard Westbrook to be works Porsche driver
"reinforcing" GT2 teams - EI English
- ARC Bratislava confirm 997 for Sebring &
some LMS, Saleen for LM & some LMS EI
- Spyker looking for €2 million for LMS &
LM, no mention of ALMS, Speedy to continue - Autovisie via 10-10ths
- May 11 new date for LMS 1000km of Spa-Francorchamps
- Tafel Ferrari 430 details - planetlemans
 - Team Trans Sport 2007 Porsche 997 for sale in
Autopsport
- Corsa ALMS lineup confirmed - Autosport
- Labre to take over ORECA Saleen programme in
LMS and Le Mans EI
- Any GT1 Astons in 2008 LMS?
- Here are Matech "GT1" Ford GT pics
- racingworld.it
- Matech
to reveal "magnifique Ford GT bodybuildée" 2009
GT1 preview @
Luxembourg Motor Show - - check here for pics from the exhibition
- GM looking at LMP1 Corvette and GT1 Cadillac
XLR for 2009 ALMS - Autosport print ed.
- One Riley Corvette ready for Winter Test, 2 on the grid @ Sebring
- alms
- Official list of Le Mans invites - here
- Honda have "potential of racing the new NSX ." Robert
Clarke @ GordonKirby
- Barwell announce GT2 campaigns in LMS & ALMS
- website -
2 year programme aiming @ 2009 LM
- Text of the Autosport GT2 Aston story - autoweek
- Spyker planning LMS 2008 - see here
- That new ALMS fan website is changing its address
- theraceforums.com (did
ALMS object?)
- LMS 2008 calendar here (notice
early season date clashes )
- Larbre's plan to race Mil Milhas as #50 to "spice
up" GT1 battle protested by Alphand - surprise, surprise! -
story @ crash
- More on Drayson ALMS plans @ sportscaranalytics (DBRS9
for GT2?)
- GT2 Aston Martin is possible - but not decided
- for 2008 "in small numbers" Autosport print ed.
- Paul Drayson to race ALMS next year
- resigns as Defence Mininster (Aston back?) - BBC
- Cars arriving @ Interlagos - more pics
- New community website for sportscar fans
launched - check it out - almsforums.com
- Tafel ALMS Porsche 977s sold to Pierre Ehret - DSC
- Speculative Sebring 2008 entry list - here
- Details of LG / Riley Corvette ALMS programme
-theracesite -
part 2 "...we bought a couple of new
2008 Corvettes from a dealer and took them to the shop and stripped
them. Both of them had just 25 miles on them!"
- Konrad Saleens doubtful, but not impossible,
for Mil Milhas (preparing for Dubai
& Bahrain 24 hrs) gt-eins
- Corsa announce full ALMS programme - ALMS
- ALMS Ferrari clarification:- What the bear had
in mind was; Tafel 2, Risi 3 (inc Krohn), PWL 2 plus Corsa - 10-10ths
- Story in Autosport this week says Aston, GM, Porsche
& Ferrari are lobbying together for a single GT class with
all on an equal footing. They will present the idea to the World
Council in opposition to the SRO 2 class proposal... Story
also says ACO prefer a 2 class set up.
- Tafel may switch to Ferrari for 2008 ALMS (Autosport
print ed.)
- ".... we
are going to continue with it." - GM's Doug Fehan on Corvette
ALMS campaign - here
- The Bear is saying GM WILL run the GT1 Corvettes
again in ALMS next year
- And he's saying 8 (yes eight) Ferraris in ALMS
GT2 in 08 (not sure of the bear's math here)
- Chico Serra in 3rd JMB Ferrari @ Mil Milhas
- ACO & FIA GT rules will be the same in new
2010 rules - Stephane Ratel in Planetlemans
- GT1 will be more than 5lts, 1.250kg &
around 600bhp
- GT2 will be for 5 lts or less
- The cars will be based on production cars
- Manufacturers have to build 300 road cars
- Robertson Racing with Dick Barbour Racing to campaign
Doran built Ford GT in 2008 ALMS - story
- So bye-bye Panoz from ALMS?
- BadBoyVettes livery (& party) pics here (negative
liveries good idea for recognition)
 - Riley Corvette GT2 details @
EI
- More details & pics of RML developed Mercedes
SLR 722 GT (for an SLR Cup apparently) - AMS wouldn't
this be nice in ACO GT?
- First Brazilian entry for Mil Milhas - Marcel
Visconde &
Raul Boesel in Stuttgart Sportscar Porsche 997
- Fernando Rees, Roland Berville join Labre Aston
@ Mil Milhas
- ORECA Saleens (2) for sale - will go to a European
GT team - EI
- Le Mans date officially 14 and 15 June ACO
- Farnbacher aiming for ALMS & LMS as well as
GA in 2008 - GT-Eins
- Better Badboy Corvette livery pics here
- Corvette livery teasers for Monterey - badboyvettes -
oh! & a party...
- 2008 Ferrari 430 testing - pic @ EI
- Riley could build 4 GT2 Corvettes by Sebring, 4
more by Le Mans, 1st will run in Feb
- Honda plan NSX (new model) based
GT1 for 2010 ALMS & LM
(Autosport - print)
- They really are going - Markland Corvette in its
shipping container! - motorsporten.dk
- Distilled Bear poop
(ALMS):-
- 5 manufacturers in GT2 for 2008 (easy)
- 8 manufacturers in GT2 for 2009 (not so easy)
- At least 2 GT2 Porsche teams could switch (to LMP2 or Ferrari)
- Team Transport may not run Porsche in 2008 ALMS
- what then?
- BMS may move to LMS with new Porsches
- Autorlando will have 2 new Porsches & plan full
LMS with at least 1- racingworld
- GPC 99% sure to stay with Ferraris in LMS - racingworld
- Just wondering if Lista or Modena get 2nd place
in ALMS GT1. ALMS
list shows only Corvette in the team listing -
anyone know?
- Primetime aim @ "multiple" ALMS GT2 Viper
CC teams in 2008 - ALMS
- ACO announce GT2 homologation applied for by Ford
GT, Viper CC & Corvette C6
- Detail of LG ALMS programme - 2 GT2 Corvettes -
built by Riley - trackbytes
- LG announcement @ PLM Friday - GT2 Corvette expected
for ALMS
- Rumoured surge in GT1 entries changes Interlagos
complexion - here (Labre could sneak an LM
preselction even with half points)
- ALMS GT1 entries looking slim - as Racing Box move
to LMP2 - racingworld.it
- McLaren to produce F1 GT successor in 2010, future
GT racer? Car
magazine
- RSV to
return to LMS in 2008 with Ferrari 430 - sportmotores
- GPC to switch from Ferrari to Corvette for 2008
? - old story we missed - thnx racingworld.it
- Spyker sell F1 team - Squadron to survive? - Autosport
- Primetime to run Viper for the rest of the ALMS
season - could be several Vipers in ALMS next year - bear
- First pic of Lista Maserati ALMS - more
- Jetalliance Racing Aston in latest Spa 1000kms official
list
- Luc Alphand will run a 2nd C6R for Olivers Gavin
& Beretta in LMS 2008
- Corvette may race in LMS in 2008 (presumably just one
of these things will happen)
- Zakspeed plan LMS GT1 programme for 2008 (new manufacturer)
aiming for LM in 2009/10 EI
- This is BIG if it's true - "ACO is certain
to kill off GT1 and embrace GT3" - Murphy
- Aston beat Corvette in Le Mans GT1 - IMSA 997 surprise
victor over Risi-Krohn Ferrari in GT2
- This week's Autosport (print edition) rumour
- Morgan back to Le Mans in 08 or 09 with Sturdza Aeromax
- Future of Spyker Squadron in some doubt - AD.nl
- Corvette Racing could do ALMS GT2 next year - or
LMS - Doug Fehan in Autoweek "...Chevrolet
could only justify competing against itself in the ALMS for one season"
- Aston ALMS return "possible but by no
means planned" - AMR in Autoweek
- Astons will be back in ALMS for Detroit
- Doug Fehan on RLM
- Story around Long Beach that Aston
Martin will be back in ALMS after Le Mans... DSC
- But it looks possible Corvette Racing will
stay in Europe at least for Spa 24 Hr...
- See lots of new LMS liveries in 1st
Monza pics @ EI (JWA,
Perspective, Gordon, Villorba & more)
- Autosport (print edition) reporting
that Alfa 8C GT2 car will not happen
- Petersen / White Lightning withdraw Le Mans
entry -website -
GPC Ferrari F430 in as 2nd Reserve
- James Watt Automotive get late Monza
LMS entry
- Autorlando & Goldentime withdraw
from LMS - projectlemans
- New LMS GTs break cover pics @ Paul Ricard
HTTT - EI
- Works Astons branded for Intercontinental
@ Le Mans - DSC
- James Watt Automotive will run LMS rounds from Nurburgring
+ PLM
- New livery for Felbermayr / Proton porsche
- @ ProjectLeMans
- Matmut unveiling of IMSAPorsche 997 & ORECA
Saleen for LMS & Le
Mans - EI
- "The Green Ferrari" Krohn
/ Risi Ferrari tests - story & pic @ DSC
- Speedy Racing Spyker unveiled @ Geneva
- planetlemans
- ACEMCO Saleens back on eBay
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