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Last year's race at Lime Rock featured one of the closest finishes in ALMS history when Corvette driver Johnny O'Connell went wheel - to - wheel with Aston Martin's Pedro Lamy at the finish line stripe.
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The Corvette C6.R racecar made its American Le Mans Series (ALMS) debut at «12 Hours of Sebring» in March 2005.
The fifth round of the 10 - race ALMS will be televised tape - delayed by CBS Sports on Sunday, July 15, starting at 2 p.m. EDT.
«It's great we've started the season off with a 1 - 2 qualifying performance in the ALMS,» said a satisfied Olly.
The No. 3 Corvette did not complete 70 percent of the overall winner's total laps, so under ALMS rules O'Connell and Magnussen were not eligible for championship points.
Previous versions of the Corvette C5 - R and C6.R race cars have dominated the GTS and GT1 categories in the last decade, winning 77 races and eight consecutive ALMS championships.
It was Magnussen's third career pole in ALMS competition, but his first with Corvette Racing.
The ALMS co-champion threw high heat, with an unverified speed approaching, in O'Connell's words, «something like the speed of the Corvette C5 - R.»
ELKHART LAKE, Wisc. — The General Motors Chevrolet Corvette Racing team can clinch a fourth consecutive ALMS GTS Manufacturers» title this weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisc..
Both series hold races — some of them long endurance events — that feature different classes of sports cars, led by the exotic Daytona prototype cars in Grand - Am and the LMP1 cars in the ALMS.
«It was a very strange race today, but as usual my Corvette, my crew and my teammate were perfect,» said Beretta, who extended his record for ALMS career victories with his 30th win.
«This year we are running 10 percent ethanol under the ALMS regulations, but we've been prepared to run fuel with ethanol content for some time,» he noted.
It will be a fine way to finish off the story that has been the ALMS.»
General Motors produced 399 examples of the 2007 Ron Fellows ALMS GT1 Champion Corvette Z06, the first signed special edition in the Corvette's history.
It's a bunch of BS that's been going on since the old ALMS series and this family as huge racing fans wants it to end!!!
His first victory at Petit Le Mans would go a long way in helping score a second consecutive championship — he and Jan Magnussen were ALMS GT champions in 2013.
The fans wanted a four - hour race at Road America — one of the ALMS drivers» favourite North American venues — and the series produced four hours of nonstop action in sixth round of the 2011 season.
After a fast and furious battle in the ALMS GT class, Oliver finished third in today's six hour race at an unseasonably cold Laguna Seca in California.The result was the best of the season so far for the Northamptonshire - based man, and was viewed as a good warm - up for the forthcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
This year's pole gives Gavin 18 total in the ALMS and ties him for second on the series list of pole winners.
«The ALMS series is the proving ground that has allowed us to hone our skills and develop our technology.
I think it's shaping up to be another classic GT season in the ALMS.»
After a fast and furious battle in the ALMS GT class, Oliver finished third in today's six hour race at an unseasonably cold Laguna Seca in California.
The # 4 Corvette C6.R driven by three - time ALMS GT1 Champion Oliver Gavin posted the fastest lap around Sebring Raceway's 3.7 mile 17 corner track to take the Pole for this Saturday's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
The upcoming 100 - minute sprint race on the bayside circuit on April 14 — the shortest race on the ALMS calendar — will mark the series» first appearance at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long...
Starting in January, a new era begins with the debut of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship — a result of a merger between the ALMS and GRAND - AM.
Corvette Racing's speedy Spaniard raced there twice in the GRAND - AM Rolex Sports car Series» Daytona Prototype class, and he parlayed that experience into the fastest GT race lap in the ALMS» debut last season — 1:47.389 (109.620 mph).
This is where the ALMS started.
Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell have a 33 - point lead in the ALMS drivers» championship over fellow Corvette drivers Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
Although Corvette Racing has already wrapped up the 2012 ALMS Drivers, Team and Manufacturer Championships, there is still some unfinished business to attend...
Garcia, who leads the ALMS GT championship with Jan Magnussen in the No. 3 Compuware Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, tells you what he looks for during a lap at VIR.
Olly's next race will be the Rolex 24 at Daytona for Banner Racing, and he'll then return to the USA for the «Wheels Down» ALMS winter test in February.
Briscoe has nine ALMS victories — all in prototypes.
«The ALMS GT class is ultra-competitive,» said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet U.S. Vice President, Performance Vehicles and Motorsports.
There would be nothing better to end the season and the ALMS» run with a victory.»
It gives Chevrolet and Corvette Racing a second consecutive sweep of all three ALMS championships.
With five wins on the season, Corvette Racing is assured of being the ALMS» most successful entrant in series history.
Corvette Racing claimed its fourth straight American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Manufacturers Championship in 2004.
Gavin Posts Second Quickest Qualifying Time for Season - Opening ALMS Event SEBRING, Fla. — Jan Magnussen didn't need much time to get comfortable in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R.
The sixth round of the ALMS will be Corvette Racing's first event in the GT2 category after a decade in the GTS / GT1 classes and eight consecutive ALMS championships.
Where clashes in calendars exist, Gavin expects that the ALMS will take precedence.
While all eyes are on the prize at Le Mans, no one can overlook Laguna Seca's importance in the fight for the ALMS GT championships.
The ALMS race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the third round of the 12 - race 2007 American Le Mans Series, is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. local time) on Saturday, April 14.
In the case of Corvette Racing, the team's success in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the ALMS were rewarded with a 55 - kilogram (121 - pound) weight increase over last season.
«Chevrolet races to win in every series, so it's a great day when Chevy wraps up its fifth consecutive ALMS manufacturers championship,» said Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan.
This year was my fifth year with the team, and we've already scored two Le Mans wins and an ALMS GT championship together.
Corvette Racing will make its season debut in the opening round of the 11 - race ALMS series, the 56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, on Saturday, March 15.
The ALMS season resumes with Round 3 on May 9 - 11 with the American Le Mans Series Monterey (Calif.) at Laguna Seca, where Gavin and Milner won last year.
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The third round of the 10 - race ALMS will be televised on CBS starting at 1 p.m. EDT.
Corvette Racing also won the ALMS From the Fans award in popular voting.