Archive for the ‘ALMS’ Category
Rahal Letterman Racing (RLR) will assume the management of the Formula BMW Americas championship. The team will during 2009 run BMW M3′s in the American Le Mans Series so BMW must have seen it fitting to let the team Formula BMW championship, which will take part in the support package for ALMS at four tracks [...]
Indianapolis Star are reporting that the Indy Car Grand Prix at Belle Isle in Detroit will be dropped from the schedule. Owner of the Detroit Grand Prix, Roger Penske, stated that he couldn’t in good business sense continue with the event with so many of his area businesses struggling. This means that the ALMS and [...]
Rahal Letterman Racing has now finalized the driver line-up for its 2009 American Le Mans Series GT2 challenge. The new drivers announced were long time BMW touring car veteran Dirk Müller and American Tom Milner. Dirk Müller finished second this season in the GT2 class driving a Ferrari F430 but Müller’s involvement with BMW goes [...]
For this coming season Audi will cease using their successful R10 Le Mans Prototype and will bring the R15 TDI to track. On March 21 the R15 will debut during the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. According to Dr. Wolfgang Ulrich, head of motorsport at Audi, the step from the R10 to the R15 [...]
