American Le Mans Series

American Le Mans Series Weekend Notebook
BRASELTON, Georgia (June 26, 2009) — Le Mans and Lime Rock Park, site of the American Le Mans Series’ second half, really are worlds apart. For starters, the two circuits are more than 3,600 miles apart. Plus Le Mans is more than eight miles long compared to 1.5 miles at Lime Rock, which will play host to the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix on July 17-18.   -->MORE

Atlantics Championship

Throwing a Curve at the Race Car Driver
John Edwards, NWR Driver, Feels “Out of His League” At Baseball Event
By Aislinn Miller
Photos © Lisa Salazar 2009
MUNDELEIN, IL (July 1, 2009) – What makes Newman Wachs Racing driver, John Edwards, nervous these days? Edwards joined Entergy Nuclear CEO, Mike Kansler, in throwing out the first pitches at the Mississippi Braves baseball game in Jackson, Miss., at the “Nuclear Clean Air Energy” Night on June 26.  -->MORE

 SPEED World Challenge
Davis Wins Second-Straight SPEED GT Pole, Loses Second-Straight Coin Toss
Photos © SCCA/Mark Weber 2009
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 3, 2009) – Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., earned his second-consecutive SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT pole of the season in preparation for Saturday’s Toyo Tires Watkins Glen Grand Prix Presented by Lala Motorsports. He also lost the post-qualifying coin toss for the second time in-a-row, inverting the top five and placing Davis fifth on the grid for Saturday’s Round Five race, part of the Camping World Grand Prix weekend at Watkins Glen International. Fifth-qualifying Jason Daskalos, of Albuquerque, N.M., will start first.  -->MORE

SPEED World Challenge

Espenlaub Fastest in Thursday SPEED TC Practice at Watkins Glen
Photos © SCCA/Mark Weber 2009
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 2, 2009) – Charles Espenlaub, of Lutz, Fla., was fastest in Thursday afternoon’s opening SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car practice session for Saturday’s Toyo Tires Watkins Glen Grand Prix Presented by Lala Motorsports, part of the Camping World Grand Prix Weekend at Watkins Glen International. Nick Esayian, of San Diego, Calif., and Peter Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., completed the top three. -->MORE

A1 Grand Prix of Nations
A1GP Season Five Calendar Approved by FIA
Photos © A1GP.com
LONDON, Great Britain (June 25, 2009) — The Season Five Calendar for A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has been approved by the FIA at this week’s World Motorsport Council Meeting. Ten dates have been submitted, starting with the first race of the 2009/10 season, the Nitro SuperGP in Australia on 22-25 October. -->MORE

MazdaSpeed

The United Nations of Mazdaspeed
18 Countries Represented At Mazda Formula X Weekend
IRVINE, California (June 19, 2009) --  Over the past decade Mazda has become the dominant force in grassroots road racing. Expanding upon that core base of club racers, Mazda developed the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development Driver Development Ladder. The ladder allows talented young racers to advance to the next level based upon skills and results, not their ability to write a big check.  -->MORE

 Formula Renault

CRS Formula Renault Silverstone Preview
SILVERSTONE (June 29, 2009) — The Formula Renault UK Championship rolls into Silverstone this weekend for the biggest race meeting of the season. The CRS Racing drivers are all excited about racing on the world-famous Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, which is a firm favourite with all of them. This event forms part of the popular World Series by Renault which regularly sees capacity crowds so the drivers will have to maintain their focus throughout the weekend. -->MORE

24 Hours of Le Mans

So Close to the Finish
Marino Franchitti’s Le Mans Adventure

By Kaye Wilson
LA SARTHE, France (June 16, 2009) — The build-up to the 24 Hours of Le Mans is almost as demanding, if not more so, than the race itself. Marino arrived into a rain soaked Le Mans on the evening of Sunday 7th June, which gave him just one day to prepare before the downtown spectacle of scrutineering on the morning of Tuesday. Wednesday saw all the teams out on track for a six hour non-stop practice session from 6.00pm until midnight, giving all three of the Drayson Racing drivers, Paul Drayson, Jonny Cocker and Marino the opportunity to get used to their Aston Martin Vantage GT2 car and get the compulsory 10 laps under each of their belts and unfortunately all completed in very wet conditions as the bad weather had thus far been unrelenting. -->MORE
 

24 Hours of Le Mans
Dyson Drivers’ Le Mans Adventure
News from Dyson Racing

SPEED World Challenge

Seth Thomas Takes First-Career Touring Car Pole at Watkins Glen
Photos © SCCA/Mark Weber 2009
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 3, 2009) – Seth Thomas, of Cumming, Ga., captured his first-career SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car pole for Saturday’s Toyo Tires Watkins Glen Grand Prix Presented by Lala Motorsports Round Five race, part of the Camping World Grand Prix Weekend at Watkins Glen International. Charles Espenlaub, of Lutz, Fla., will start second.-->MORE
 

Motorsport Charity
Racing For America: Primetime Race Group Invites Post 9/11 Veterans And First Responders To The Races
Photos © Lisa Salazar 2009
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (May 31, 2009) — As a part of Primetime Race Group’s continued support to Race For America for the Post 9/11 Foundation, the American Le Mans Series racing team is inviting veterans, first responders and soldiers to the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, CT on July 17th and 18th, 2009. Primetime partnered with the Post 9/11 Foundation as a way to say ‘Thank You’ and to provide an exciting and fast-paced environment to support the soldiers in their transition and recovery period.  -->MORE

American Le Mans Series

Flying Lizard: From Le Mans to Lime Rock for ALMS Round Five
News from Flying Lizard Motorsport
SONOMA, CA (June 29, 2009) — The Flying Lizard squad is back in California following their trip to Le Mans and is preparing for the fifth round of the ALMS season at Lime Rock Park on July 18. "It is definitely an adjustment to shift from the longest circuit of the year at Le Mans to the shortest at Lime Rock," said Flying Lizard Chief Strategist Thomas Blam. "And unfortunately, the adjustment this year turned out to be a bit more extensive than we had planned."

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Speed World Challenge  

World Challenge Welcomes Special Operations Warriors to July 4 Races
Photos © SCCA/Mark Weber 2009
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 29, 2009) – In the spirit of Independence Day, SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car driver Nick Esayian has invited members of the U.S. Special Forces and family members of fallen Special Operators that have fallen to the Toyo Tires Watkins Glen Grand Prix Presented by Lala Motorsports at Watkins Glen International Raceway. The race is part of the Camping World Grand Prix weekend, July 3 – 5.  -->MORE

24 Hours of Le Mans
A tough 24 Hours for Primat at Le Mans
News from Primat Racing
LA SARTHE, France (June 17, 2009) — Harold Primat discovered just how tough the Le Mans 24 Hours can be on both driver and machine last weekend having endured a frustrating 2009 race thanks to a catalogue of issues that plagued the #009 Lola-Aston Martin throughout. -->MORE
 

24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans: The Finale
By Kate Shaw
Photos courtesy ACO.com

LA SARTHE, France (June 14, 2009) — We are finally on the last leg of a very long journey. At the top of the class, nothing has changed; the leaders are still: LMP1, No. 9 Peugeot Total; LMP2, Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder; GT1, No. 64 Chevrolet Corvette C6R; GT2, No. 82 Risi Competizione Ferrari. The threat of rain has gone with the wind. The sole surviving Audi is seven laps down. The race is essentially settled. But there are three hours to go. -->MORE

Atlantics Championship

De Silvestro Wins Atlantic Doubleheader Finale from Pole at New Jersey
Race 1 doubleheader-winner Summerton finishes second in close finish
By Martha L. Meacham
Photo © Atlantics Championship
MILLVILLE, New Jersey (June 14, 2009) — Yesterday, it was Jonathan Summerton's day to shine in the first race of the doubleheader weekend at the New Jersey Motorsports Park’s Thunderbolt Raceway. Summerton (#19, Genoa Racing) dominated from the pole as he took round 3 of the 2009 Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda. Simona De Silvestro (#78 Team Stargate Worlds) started alongside him in the front row for race 1 and finished second. -->MORE\

Atlantics Championship

Summerton Dominates from Pole to Win Race 1 of Atlantic

Doubleheader at New Jersey
2nd place finisher De Silvestro on pole for Sunday's doubleheader finale
By Martha L. Meacham
Photo © Atlantics Championship
MILLVILLE, New Jersey (June 13, 2009) — The 14 participants of rounds 3-4 of the 2009 Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda season have had a frenetic weekend so far at the New Jersey Motorsports Park’s Thunderbolt Raceway. Yesterday, under rain skies, Jonathan Summerton (No. 19, Genoa Racing) took the pole for race 1 of the doubleheader weekend, lapping the 14-turn, 2.25-mile permanent road course with a time/speed of 1:11.417/ 109.386 mph for his third career pole in Atlantic competition. Today, the weather was hot and muggy but at least the competitors had dry conditions and weather would not be a factor. Simona De Silvestro (No. 78 Team Stargate Worlds) started alongside him in the front row. —>MORE

MuscleMilk Trans Am
Drissi Puts ‘Ice Age’ Jaguar in Victory Circle at Portland
Photos © SCCA/Mark Weber
PORTLAND, Ore. (June 14, 2009) – Tomy Drissi, of Los Angeles, recorded his second-career Muscle Milk SCCA Trans-Am Series win Sunday in the Fluge Global Adventures Rose Cup Classic at Portland International Raceway. Todd Harris, of Portland, Ore., and Tony Ave, of Maiden, N.C., completed the podium.—>MORE

MuscleMilk Trans Am

Rocketsports Racing and Tomy Drissi Victorious in Portland
News from Rocketsports Racing