Browse by Tags
Posted
Oct 21 2008, 03:32 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 8 comment(s)
Porsche clinched the remaining two manufacture championships at the final round of the American Le Mans series last weekend. The DHL Penske Porsche of Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard finished on the LMP2 podium, scoring one more point than Acura, securing the manufactures crown. Meanwhile in GT2, valuable points from the Farnbacher-Loles team resulting in the GT2 crown going to Porsche. At the front, the dominant Audi Sport team finished 1st and 2nd, with Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr from team mates...
More >>>
Posted
Oct 17 2008, 12:30 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 13 comment(s)
Photographer Andrew Jennings was at Road Atlanta earlier this month, enjoying a classic Petit Le Mans event. During the weekend, Andrew had the opportunity to get close to the Drayson-Barwell Aston Martin Vantage GT2 race car. Following our popular Car Features on the GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 and Corvette C6.R , we are delighted to feature his words and images for fellow Speedhunters. Words and Images by Andrew Jennings Not long ago I was down in Atlanta to attend the 2008 ALMS Petit Le Mans 1000mile...
More >>>
Posted
Oct 06 2008, 05:10 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 2 comment(s)
The Eleventh running of the 1000 Mile Petit Le Mans resulted in a classic Audi-Peugeot-Audi battle in the last half of the race. Andrew Jennings was at Road Atlanta taking these fantastic images for us. There was drama even before the race had started. 2nd place starter Allan McNish lost control on a warm-up lap and spun his Audi R10 TDi into the barriers. The Scott managed to get the deranged car back to the pits where the Audi crew set to repair the car. “I lost control of the Audi due to...
More >>>
Posted
Oct 03 2008, 04:09 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 5 comment(s)
Wow, that was a great qualifying session! Just like a sprint race. Allan McNish put in some really quick times early in the Qualifying session earlier this afternoon and with five minutes to go the Audi Engineer told Allan he could come in to the pits,his pole position was safe... However,,,,as Allan was exiting his car, Stephane Sarrazin took pole, by just 0.08 of second. An amazing performance by both teams. Given that everyone thought Peugeot would dominate qualifying, it was an impressive performance...
More >>>
Posted
Oct 03 2008, 08:55 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 6 comment(s)
The Jewel in the American Le Mans Series crown takes place this weekend at Atlanta, Georgia. ‘Petit Le Mans’ is a 10 hour endurance event at the Road Atlanta circuit. Its a unique event for the ALMS, so there are quite a few extra entries. With the Credit Crunch having a major impact in the USA, many see this event could be the peak of competition for a while. But back to this event. Peugeot return to the States to battle it out with Audi in the Prototype ‘P1’ class. The French...
More >>>
Posted
Jul 31 2008, 10:59 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 12 comment(s)
Folllowing our exclusive last month of the ALMS Falken Ford GT, we have another American Le Mans Series scoop! Thanks to our association with Marshall Pruett at SpeedTV.com, we can bring you breaking news that the Mazda powered, BK Motorsports, will be running the first Lola Coupe (aka closed cockpit) LMP2 race car in ALMS. The plan is for the coupe to make its debut later this year. Marshall wanted an Artist Impression of the coupe, in the teams 2008 livery and I was happy to oblige. The Lola Coupe...
More >>>
Posted
Jul 28 2008, 01:19 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 13 comment(s)
The Mazda Furai (pronounced 'foo-rye') concept has already graced the pages of Speedhunters a couple of times, but I thought this stunning concept deserved its own feature. The Furai is a concept car, designed by Mazda's Californian Design studio and Swift Engineering. It is built on an old Courage C65 LMP2 race-car chassis. The concept made its debut at the Detroit Motor Show earlier this year. The design is the fifth in the 'Nagare' series of Mazda concepts, all of which have...
More >>>
Posted
Jul 18 2008, 05:30 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 14 comment(s)
Following our Exclusive image last week, we have more details on the new Falken sponsored Ford GT-R, which had a relatively successful debut in the American Le Mans Series last weekend. Drivers, Anthony Lazzaro and Tim Pappas, finishing 8th in highly competitive GT2 class. It didn't set the world alight, but this new car has little development and no factory backing from Ford. In addition, the team only received the car on the morning of practice! The Ford GT-R was born in March 2006 when Oliver...
More >>>
Posted
Jul 18 2008, 12:00 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 5 comment(s)
The fifth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series took place at Lime Rock last weekend. The circuit has a long history, dating back to the 50's, but this year the track had been resurfaced and re-profiled. It wasn't popular with the drivers as it's quite a narrow track so, as expected, there would be collisions during the event! First of those was during qualifying, when the freshly rebuilt Bell Motorsport Aston Martin DBR9 which was hit by the Acura of Franck Montagny. According to...
More >>>
Posted
Jul 15 2008, 08:24 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 7 comment(s)
Just found this video of the new BMW GT2 race car hitting the test track for the first time. Bad ass!
Source: Pistonheads
More >>>
Posted
Jul 11 2008, 09:56 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 23 comment(s)
I thought all you Falken fans would be interested in this little bit of news. First practice for the ALMS round at Lime Rock has just taken place and we have an Exclusive first image of the Falken Black Swan Ford GT-R taking to the track. The car is built by Doran Racing and runs in GT2. Keep watching Speedhunters for more on this car! Photo: Marshall Pruett
More >>>
Posted
Jun 27 2008, 02:30 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 4 comment(s)
As we come to the end of June, Le Mans month, I thought it was fitting that we featured the Le Mans GT1 winner as a follow up to the Corvette C6.R feature . The Aston Martin DBR9 won a close battle this year at Le Mans, making it two class wins in two years. Aston Martin has a long history in Endurance Racing , including an overall win at Le Mans in 1959, with the DBR1 (see below). Useless fact - DBR Stands for ‘David Brown Racing’, in recognition of the then owner! The DBR9 is the race...
More >>>
Posted
Jun 20 2008, 08:15 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 5 comment(s)
It may not have won at Le Mans this year, but the Corvette C6.R has a long history of success. Corvette Racing, as we know it, made their Competition debut in 1999 in association with race engineering company, Pratt & Miller. Corvette have won the Le Mans class no less than five times and are GT1 ALMS champions for the Seventh consecutive year! The C6.R may look like a standard Corvette Z-06, but there are quite a few differences. The LS7R Engine is built by Katech and ends up close to 600bhp...
More >>>
Posted
Jun 09 2008, 05:56 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 2 comment(s)
Rod, John and I are big fans of Sports Car Racing, so next weekend is big one for us fans! Speedhunters will have a Gallic flavour with a number of Le Mans articles, many featuring the stunning photography of John Brooks. Here is a taster of the Pescarolo at last weekend's test day. The race will have coverage in Europe on Eurosport and North America on Speed, while you can listen on-line at Radio Le Mans (highly recommended!)...
More >>>