Posts Tagged ‘Alms’

Porsche Panamera Turbo ALMS Safety Car

Friday, March 18, 2011 15:46 by Arman Barari 3 Comments

Porsche Panamera too gets a career in motorsport as the official safety car for 2011 American Le Mans Series. It is the full-fat Turbo model. Read More… With a 4.8-liter twin turbocharged V8 developing 500 horsepower backed by sophisticated systems like PDK gearbox and PTM active all-wheel drive, the Panamera Turbo should have no problem [...]

This was posted under category: Motorsport, Porsche Tags: Alms, Porsche, Porsche Panamera

Video: Two Corvette C6Rs Crash Into Each Other in Pit!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 17:13 by Arman Barari No Comments

Okay, what’s wrong with the world?! Earlier today we had the video of those new Honda HSV-010 GTs which crashed into each other in Super GT, and now this has emerged. This is the story of two GT2 Corvette C6Rs racing at the 2010 ALMS season opener in Sebring, and they too into each other! [...]

This was posted under category: Corvette, Motorsport, Videos Tags: Alms, Corvette C6r, Videos

Jaguar XKR GT2 by Rocketsports Racing

Saturday, April 18, 2009 13:19 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

The GT2 contenders in 2010 American Le Mans Series will be facing a tough new competition in form of a Jaguar XKR prepared by Rocketsports Racing! The team is led by Paul Gentilozzi (sounds like a mafia name!) and might seem to be a privateer, but Jaguar backs it in every way. Read More… Although [...]

This was posted under category: Jaguar, Motorsport Tags: Alms, Grand Prix, Jaguar, Jaguar Xkr, Lemans 24 Hours

2009 Corvette GT1 Championship Edition

Friday, February 20, 2009 7:55 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

General Motors released a special edition of the Corvette C6 known as GT1 Championship Edition as a kind of tribute to the Corvette C6R Le mans racer and to mark its great achievements as it’s about to start the 2009 season. The package can be had on any C6 variants for $7,840 and features some [...]

This was posted under category: Corvette, Gm Tags: 2009, Alms, Chevrolet Corvette, Corvette C6, Gm

Porsche out of ALMS and Subaru out of WRC – Motorsport is dying

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:33 by Arman Barari No Comments

It started by Honda pulling out if Formula1 and then Audi left ALMS and it was all because of economy downturn. Now another punch into motor sport’s face, Subaru pulls out of World Rally Championship and Porsche says bye-bye to its ALMS career. Read More… The German sports car maker announced that they won’t compete [...]

This was posted under category: Motorsport, News Tags: Alms, American Le Mans Series, Economy Downturn, Financial Crisis, Formula1 News, Motor Sport, Motorsport, Peugeot Citroen, Porsche, Prototype, Rally Championship, Spectator, Spectators, Sports Car, Subaru Wrc, World Rally Championship

Audi Leaves ALMS – To Save Money

Friday, December 5, 2008 14:29 by Arman Barari No Comments

Looks like Audi has enough of winning ALMS titles. Due to financial difficulties, they announced withdrawal from all races except Sebring 12 hours, so the new R15 TDi will only be seen in this race and 24 hour of Le Mans. Damnnnnn… Read More… Audi motorsport boss Wolfgang Ullrich praised the ALMS – which the [...]

This was posted under category: Audi, Motorsport, News Tags: Alms, Audi Motorsport, Dtm, Financial Difficulties, Marque, Motorsport Involvement, R10, R15, R8, Sebring, Sebring 12 Hours, Succession, Team Champion, Title Nine, Wolfgang Ullrich