[ALMS09] Petit Le Mans / Road Atlanta

[Tom206wrc]

Hi,


This coming week, next round of the ALMS series with one of the most famous race, the 10 hours of PLM at Road Atlanta

I open the thread of this event, as it's sooo long wait until the new duel Audi/Peugeot since june...I'm so eager to follow it again


http://www.americanlemans.com/
http://www.imsaracing.net/

The R15s will be driven by McNish/Capello and Luhr/Werner and the 908s by Sarrazin/Montagny and Minassian/Lamy...

The two factory Acuras will have a big european contender for the occasion: ORECA AIM with Panis, Lapierre and Dumas

Another surprise is Lord Paul Drayson leaving his Vantage GT2 for a new Lola Judd coupé...

[harvick#1]

I will be at the race. so I can't wait, although the Weather Service is calling for Scattered Thunderstorms everyday.

Its gonna still be a great event, ashame AMR didn't want to make the trip

[Tom206wrc]

Yeah about AMR it's a big shame
But I guess they argue with the current diesel/gasoline regulations they wouldn't be able to fight for victory

[harvick#1]

AMR is also not competing next season, they are working on their 2011 car for 2010 for the new regulations.

2010 is gonna be a tough year for prototypes, as many are working on the new regs

[harvick#1]

Im officially in braselton, ga. I'll be at the track the next 3 days. Ready for some fun, iso t'storms for Thursday and Friday, with t'storms on Saturday. Lookin like a rainy petit. No rain today in ga which is fantastic cause of all the flooding. None at the track

[chryby]

is there new Jaguar?

any pictures?

[chryby]

huge crash of scott sharp´s acura:
http://endurance-info.com/version2/i..._ACC_Sharp.jpg

[harvick#1]

No pics until I get home. The jaguar team will race, but it's a test session. They didn't show up until Thursday so they were behind. The highcroft team was working there asses off having to build a racecar from ground up, hopefully the car is ready by tomorrow. This will be a rain event. It was hot and humid. But it's gonna rain tomorrow just about all day.

[Tom206wrc]

So both Pugs ahead, with Minassian leader in front of Montagny, Capello, Luhr, Pagenaud, Lapierre,...

[harvick#1]

The pugs were fast because of the heat, the results were the same in Sebring, but with rain and highs in the 70's instead of 85-90 and sunny. It seems the Sunday rain test will have a payoff for some teams. But back to qualies. How bout the GT2 class. Robertson racing on pole with the Ford GT