Petit Le Mans
Sep 26, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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I'll be there and can't wait! Look forward to meeting some of you guys.
This year I'll get to work with Rahal Letterman Racing and interview a couple of the BMW drivers before the race. Pretty excited. Go BMW M3!
This year I'll get to work with Rahal Letterman Racing and interview a couple of the BMW drivers before the race. Pretty excited. Go BMW M3!
Sep 29, 2010 | 11:56 AM
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Petit Le Mans hits Georgia Are we going to set a TS meeting spot for Saturday?
A 45-strong field will compete the 2010 Petit Le Mans, the annual 1,000-mile, 10 hour classic at Road Atlanta which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Petit Le Mans hits Georgia - Yahoo! Eurosport
A 45-strong field will compete the 2010 Petit Le Mans, the annual 1,000-mile, 10 hour classic at Road Atlanta which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
The list of previous winners at the Georgia circuit – which hosted its first race in 1970 – includes Paul Newman, Gilles Villeneuve and James Weaver.
Road Atlanta was acquired by businessman Don Panoz in 1996 and, three years later, spectators saw a Panoz (Brabham/Bernard/Wallace) win the first American Le Mans Series race to be held at the venue.
"After Sebring, Road Atlanta is the toughest ALMS round for tyres," said a member of Michelin's development staff.
"The high top speeds, fast sweeping corners and the compression through the right-hander that precedes the start/finish straight put tyres to a pretty punishing test.
"Also, the regulations do not permit teams to warm their tyres before they go on the car, so the first few laps can be a bit delicate. The drivers tend to favour the medium compound early on, before switching to the softer tyres towards the end."
Audi's Dindo Capello has won a record five times at Road Atlanta.
He said: "It's one of my most successful circuits. I have won five times from seven starts. Audi has always been competitive here and has notched up nine victories in total with the R8 and R10 TDI. Our job will be to finish first this weekend in the R15 TDI."
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Road Atlanta was acquired by businessman Don Panoz in 1996 and, three years later, spectators saw a Panoz (Brabham/Bernard/Wallace) win the first American Le Mans Series race to be held at the venue.
"After Sebring, Road Atlanta is the toughest ALMS round for tyres," said a member of Michelin's development staff.
"The high top speeds, fast sweeping corners and the compression through the right-hander that precedes the start/finish straight put tyres to a pretty punishing test.
"Also, the regulations do not permit teams to warm their tyres before they go on the car, so the first few laps can be a bit delicate. The drivers tend to favour the medium compound early on, before switching to the softer tyres towards the end."
Audi's Dindo Capello has won a record five times at Road Atlanta.
He said: "It's one of my most successful circuits. I have won five times from seven starts. Audi has always been competitive here and has notched up nine victories in total with the R8 and R10 TDI. Our job will be to finish first this weekend in the R15 TDI."
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