It was a wet and wild Friday here at Long Beach in advance of the American Le Mans Series at Long Beach race. Torrential rain started at seven am–just in time for the only ALMS practice session of the race weekend-and continued periodically throughout the day. The scheduled two hour and 15 minute morning session was reduced to less than an hour with the cars parked in pit lane under tarps and teams huddled under pit awnings in the heavy rain. Continue reading ‘Flying Lizard to start sixth and tenth at ALMS Long Beach’
After an awesome 12 Hours of Sebring and roughly a month off, it’s back to green for the American Le Mans Series. Now on the opposite “coast”, the teams no take on the streets of Long Beach. Last year, we saw Corvette and BMW going at it in GT with BMW coming out on top. The same was said for Sebring. Obviously, we are rooting for Porsche come the GT war.
To kick-off the weekend, DOWNLOAD the all new Spotter Guide for Long Beach. Andy Blackmore has added back in driver helmets and the circuit map. Continue reading ‘Spotter Guides: 2012 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach’
Riding the momentum of a top-five performance in the 2012 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron season opener at Sebring, No. 48 Dunlop/Chopard/TOTAL Porsche 911 GT3 RSR co-drivers Bryce Miller and Sascha Maassen head for one of their favorite events, the Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at Long Beach on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading ‘Paul Miller Racing carries Sebring momentum to Long Beach’
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GMG Racing, the multi-series professional racing team and premier performance tuning facility for European vehicles in Southern California, will debut the world’s first World Challenge Audi R8 LMS at the Grand Prix of Long Beach for Round 3 of the 2012 Pirelli World Challenge series. The vehicle is just one of five being fielded by GMG for the race, the most of any team, which is fitting for an event practically taking place in the team’s back yard in Southern California. Continue reading ‘GMG Racing to debut World Challenge Audi R8 LMS at Grand Prix of Long Beach’
Photo: © 2011 Darren Pierson
Finishing just one place out of a podium spot in the hotly contested GT Class, Team Falken’s Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, piloted by Porsche Works and team driver Wolf Henzler, and his partner, team driver Bryan Sellers, ran strong all afternoon on the challenging streets of Long Beach, and ended up 4th out of 14 GT entrants during the annual visit by the American LeMans Series to the Long Beach Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious street races in the world, now in its 37th year. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Long Beach race report from Falken Tire’
The high-consequence Long Beach circuit claimed the No. 45 of Patrick Long and Joerg Bergmeister nearing the halfway point of the race after an impact with the concrete wall damaged the suspension beyond what could be repaired during the short two-hour race. Darren Law and Seth Neiman fared better, bringing the No. 44 to an 8th place GT finish from its 13th place start. The No. 56 BMW won in GT, the No. 4 Corvette finished in P2 and the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari was P3. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Terrible ending for Flying Lizard Motorsports at Long Beach’
Photo: © 2011 Darren Pierson | oneighturbo.com
Did Craig fill up on to many waffles from Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘n Waffles before qualifying? Maybe not enough Pit Bull Energy Drink in the tank? Fortunately it wasn’t any of those but unfortunately a slow rear leak kept Craig from advancing up any further. On an 11-turn street circuit, a low tire is not what you need! Continue reading ‘ALMS: Craig Stanton, Magus Racing squeeze out 4th in qualifying’
With a time of 1:19.463, this put Patrick Long and the no45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 4th on grid. With a clean track for all classes, qualifying was all out. Both BMW and Corvette were right there at the top swapping positions with Patrick. Continue reading ‘ALMS: Flying Lizard’s Patrick Long 4th on grid for Long Beach’
