The American Le Mans Series Northeastern Grand prix is now in the history books. Patron Highcroft Racing led an amazing race, employing effective strategy and flawless driving which led to an outstanding result. But it was not enough to reach the top of the podium. Their fate: second place.
De Ferran Racing led perhaps an equally great race, all the while hampered with a slightly slower car than PHR. But it was Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud who took the checkered flag victorious after the Acura ARX-02a of the tequila sponsored team …Â Details
TRG’s Spencer Pumpelly headed the team’s four cars in qualifying for the Grand-Am Rolex Series Porsche 250 presented by Legacy Credit Union to be run at Barber Motorsports Park tomorrow with an eighth place qualifying effort.
Pumpelly ran a time of 1:29.194 around the 2.3-mile, 16-turn picturesque road course this afternoon. In unseasonably cool weather Pumpelly and the team were focused on the race setup of the No. 66 AXA/Wealth Management Strategies/TRG Porsche GT3. Pumpelly will share the seat with John Potter.
“Qualifying was OK, we were really concentrating on our race setup,” Pumpelly said. “I am pretty happy with the way the car is handling for the race. The tires really go away after the first few laps. It is pretty much like a skating rink. We just hope to be the ones that are skating the least during the race.”
Justin Marks will start the No. 67 Construct Corps/Kartel Motorsports/No Fear Energy Drinks/Voodoo Ride/K1 Speed/Gemstone Winery/TRG Porsche GT3 from the fifth row based on his qualifying time of 1:30.293. Marks shares the No. 67 with Andy Lally.
“I am struggling a little this weekend, but it is getting better every session,” Marks said. “We were tight in qualifying which is what we expected. Everyone is planning on having the rear tires burning off and the car going looser, but we have a plan for the race…Â Details
TRG Looking for Points in KONI at Barber
Petaluma, CA, (July 14, 2009) – TRG’s Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge teams are ready to make Barber Motorsports Park a strong points paying weekend. The 200-mile race for the KONI GS cars will take the green on July 19.
The 2.3-mile, 16-turn rolling road course should favor the nimble handling of the TRG GS class Porsche 997s. Duncan Ende and Spencer Pumpelly in the No. 39 DigiTrust Group/Adam’s Polishes/Racer’s Roast Coffee/ TRG Porsche 997 have a win at New Jersey Motorsports Park to go along with two podium finishes at Mid-Ohio and Laguna Seca. Ende is fifth in points with Pumpelly in eighth.
“At Barber you spend a whole lot of time in the corners compared to time on the straights,” Ende said. “The corners are we make up time with our Porsches, so I am definitely looking forward to …Â Details
The Acura Sports Car Challenge will officially mark the start of a new era in Corvette Racing with two new Corvette C6.R entries set to debut in the American Le Mans Series’ annual visit to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Wearing the familiar Nos. 3 and 4, cellulosic E85-fueled, V8-powered Corvettes will go head-to-head with Ferrari, Porsche, Panoz, BMW, Ford and Dodge among others throughout the second half of the 2009 season.
Johnny O’Connell and Jan Magnussen will drive one Corvette C6.R at Mid-Ohio with Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin in the other. The team is transitioning to GT2 from GT1 where Magnussen, O’Connell and Antonio Garcia won in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and gave Corvette Racing its sixth victory in the world’s greatest race since 2001… Details