ALMS 2010 Discussion - Page 51

GT2-R · 21 Jan 2010, 22:38 (Ref:2617206)

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Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

At Sebring and Petit they will be P1 and P2

But for the championship they will count them as one class I guess then??

GT2-R · 21 Jan 2010, 22:39 (Ref:2617207)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

Adrian Fernandez aiming to run AMR Lola Aston in ALMS & LM - Autosport print ed. & Sebringraceway

Taken from Mariantic ..... hope this happens .

This could save the 2010 ALMS for me...

dxk1 · 21 Jan 2010, 22:43 (Ref:2617211)

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Originally Posted by Mal

I would agree - but I seem to remember that they only brought one the first year

Correct, but Audi was the favorite that year and it was really a learning run for Pug. That's why a full speed run with the possibility of failure wasn't that bad for them, but this year, they are simply expected to win so better to hedge your bets.

DK

WMUCarGuy · 22 Jan 2010, 00:47 (Ref:2617259)

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Originally Posted by GT2-R

This could save the 2010 ALMS for me...

Hell yea! That'd be an incredible addition!

Jonerz · 22 Jan 2010, 01:21 (Ref:2617272)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

Adrian Fernandez aiming to run AMR Lola Aston in ALMS & LM - Autosport print ed. & Sebringraceway

Taken from Mariantic ..... hope this happens .

That would be a heck of a shot in the arm to the P class this year! Good luck to Adrian!

Chris

rich07 · 22 Jan 2010, 02:25 (Ref:2617284)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

Adrian Fernandez aiming to run AMR Lola Aston in ALMS & LM - Autosport print ed. & Sebringraceway

Taken from Mariantic ..... hope this happens .

That would be fantastic! Hope it comes to fruition.

chernaudi · 22 Jan 2010, 02:32 (Ref:2617287)

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Originally Posted by vancecooley

oh for gods sake and the ACO.... these ACO rules races are WAY more confusing than they need to be

For the ALMS LMP championship, part time teams and drivers(namely the teams that run Sebring and PLM-the two events run to the full ACO rules package) won't be offcially classified in the championship this year to simply the points tables.

IMSA hopes to be closer to the ACO's rules in 2011, if not 2012.

Parramatta_Power · 22 Jan 2010, 09:20 (Ref:2617355)

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Originally Posted by chernaudi

For the ALMS LMP championship, part time teams and drivers(namely the teams that run Sebring and PLM-the two events run to the full ACO rules package) won't be offcially classified in the championship this year to simply the points tables.

IMSA hopes to be closer to the ACO's rules in 2011, if not 2012.

It's unlikely the GT1 category would be re-ignited in the American LM Series anytime soon... Only the Corvettes and some Part-Time Saleens S7's and Aston Martin DBR9's ran in the class for the past 3 Seasons. The organizers should just focus on growing the GT2 class to a constantly packed field. GT1 is, unfortunately, on Death Row.

R4z3rw33n · 22 Jan 2010, 12:26 (Ref:2617448)

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Originally Posted by The Badger

Adrian Fernandez aiming to run AMR Lola Aston in ALMS & LM - Autosport print ed. & Sebringraceway

Taken from Mariantic ..... hope this happens .

Quote:

Originally Posted by GT2-R

This could save the 2010 ALMS for me...

According to the AMR_Teams Twitter page (provides news/updates on customer programmes), they expect to see a Gulf-liveried Lola-AMR the ALMS.

courageous · 22 Jan 2010, 13:16 (Ref:2617475)

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Originally Posted by GT2-R

But for the championship they will count them as one class I guess then??

That's my point-

the same team could easily win P2 at both Sebring & PLM.
Anyone running a P1 car is going to struggle to make the podium at these events because of all the special appearences.

So season long, the poor sod running a P1 car will have 2 races less to accumulate a decent haul of points.

**joeb** · 22 Jan 2010, 13:23 (Ref:2617483)

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Originally Posted by R4z3rw33n

According to the AMR_Teams Twitter page (provides news/updates on customer programmes), they expect to see a Gulf-liveried Lola-AMR the ALMS.

So multiple websites are reporting parts of this story, when will we see a full press release with details!?

Speed-King · 22 Jan 2010, 13:30 (Ref:2617490)

ger80 (who also posts on here) wrote at Gt-eins.de that autosport says four ALMS races, not a complete schedule. And I am not sure if mariantic changed their text of it it already said so before, but now it says "some ALMS" + LM.

I wonder what four ALMS races that would be... Sebring, Long Beach, Laguna as a preparation for LM and then PLM?

Canada ALMS fan · 22 Jan 2010, 17:52 (Ref:2617665)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

ger80 (who also posts on here) wrote at Gt-eins.de that autosport says four ALMS races, not a complete schedule. And I am not sure if mariantic changed their text of it it already said so before, but now it says "some ALMS" + LM.

I wonder what four ALMS races that would be... Sebring, Long Beach, Laguna as a preparation for LM and then PLM?

I doubt they would risk it in the concrete canyons of Long Beach.

**joeb** · 22 Jan 2010, 19:11 (Ref:2617701)

Autoweek is saying the RSR Jag team will have 2 cars with Pruett partnering with Goosens in one car and Gentilozzi in the other with a TBA driver. Would be great if they had 2 cars, and there are only 2 overlapping dates for Pruett with his GRANDAM commitments.

WMUCarGuy · 22 Jan 2010, 19:52 (Ref:2617717)

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Originally Posted by R4z3rw33n

According to the AMR_Teams Twitter page (provides news/updates on customer programmes), they expect to see a Gulf-liveried Lola-AMR the ALMS.

Anyone have any idea if this might be more than just Sebring?

I'm debating whether to go to Sebring or Laguna Seca as I can't do both. Sebring will obviously have the better entry list, but I live in CA, so Laguna would be much cheaper to do.

Speed-King · 22 Jan 2010, 19:55 (Ref:2617718)

Sebring also has Peugeot, that means the race for the overall victory is probably already decided.

WMUCarGuy · 22 Jan 2010, 20:36 (Ref:2617733)

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Originally Posted by Speed-King

Sebring also has Peugeot, that means the race for the overall victory is probably already decided.

Unfortunately you're probably right. I've been lucky enough to see the Pugs race twice now, so where this Aston is, or is not racing will likely make up my decision for me

isynge · 23 Jan 2010, 01:11 (Ref:2617825)

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Originally Posted by Canada ALMS fan

I doubt they would risk it in the concrete canyons of Long Beach.

The Autosport report (on p.25 of the current issue) talks about "the blue riband ALMS races at Sebring, Long Beach and Petit Le Mans" - like you I'm surprised at Long Beach's inclusion and Laguna Seca would make a lot more sense - to be honest I'd take all the details about this with a pinch of salt. I suspect this is a programme that Fernandez and a car owner is trying to put together at the moment and most of the printed speculation about it so far is just that.

Were I of the betting persuasion I might see Sebring, Laguna Seca, and PLM as likely in the US, and the likes of Long Beach and Lime Rock as less likely.

HORNDAWG · 23 Jan 2010, 01:33 (Ref:2617830)

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Originally Posted by isynge

The Autosport report (on p.25 of the current issue) talks about "the blue riband ALMS races at Sebring, Long Beach and Petit Le Mans" - like you I'm surprised at Long Beach's inclusion and Laguna Seca would make a lot more sense - to be honest I'd take all the details about this with a pinch of salt. I suspect this is a programme that Fernandez and a car owner is trying to put together at the moment and most of the printed speculation about it so far is just that.

Were I of the betting persuasion I might see Sebring, Laguna Seca, and PLM as likely in the US, and the likes of Long Beach and Lime Rock as less likely.

Unless the mystery owner is a Los Angelian.

L.P.

ger80 · 24 Jan 2010, 13:36 (Ref:2618560)

Autosport Online
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81041

NaBUru38 · 24 Jan 2010, 14:47 (Ref:2618593)

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Originally Posted by carsten66

some LMS and ALMS races are shortly one week back to back...

Were it not that way, ...

ALMS
free
Euro LMS (possibly many races)
free
ALMS

= 4 weeks at least between two ALMS (or Euro LMS) races. That's impossible.

AndrewF31 · 24 Jan 2010, 15:07 (Ref:2618602)

Oh that is great news. Go Adrien!
Nothing about the color. Unless Adrien is going to work for AMR on this or Gulf funds the project, it might need some additional coatings of color.
Gulf or no gulf, this would be good news for ALMS, at least until Le Mans.

There might be a problem, again, for the summer months, like last year.

Jonerz · 24 Jan 2010, 16:00 (Ref:2618628)

The summer last year is when the ALMS picked up most momentum. The addition of Corvette and Cytosport were huge, BMW came to the front of GT2, the ALMS announced the new class structures, which I think put a spring in their step, entries for PLM began popping up in rumors and confirmations. It was St. Pete, Long Beach, and Miller last year that were the toughest rounds.

The rumor I've heard says that the car will be in Gulf Oil colors, which means Gulf U.S. would at least be signing off on the project.

Has anyone heard what will come of Luis Diaz this year? That man can drive a race car! It would be immensely unfortunate were he to miss out on an ALMS P-seat. Perhaps Drayson would look at him for the third seat, though I imagine they would be looking for an English talent.

Chris

The Badger · 24 Jan 2010, 18:24 (Ref:2618698)

I heard that Chris Buncombe is in line for the possible seat ?

Wish Fernandez could fix his issues with Tecate Beer , those colors were lovely .

JHamilton · 25 Jan 2010, 15:24 (Ref:2619176)

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Originally Posted by Jonerz

The rumor I've heard says that the car will be in Gulf Oil colors, which means Gulf U.S. would at least be signing off on the project.

The buyer/collector of the car could very well be funding the effort.

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