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Class Comparison

ALMS Point Standings

After Utah

P1 Drivers
1 Lucas Luhr 86
Marco Werner 86
2 Jon Field 49
Clint Field 49
3 Frank Biela 42
Emanuele Pirro 42
4 Richard Barry 39
5 Chris McMurry 31
6 Tom Kristensen 30
Dindo Capello 30
Allan McNish 30
7 Mike Rockenfeller 26
8 Pedro Lamy 20
Nicolas Minassian 20
Stephane Sarrazin 20
9 Tony Burgess 18
Bryan Willman 18
10 Michael Lewis 13

P1 Chassis Manufacturer
1 Audi 90
2 Lola 49
3 Creation 31
4 Peugeot 20

P1 Engine Manufacturer
1 Audi 90
2 AER 49
3 Judd 31
4 Peugeot 20

P1 Tire Manufacturer
1 Michelin 90
2 Dunlop 52

P1 Team Championship
1 Audi Sport North America 90
2 Intersport Racing 49
3 Autocon Motorsports 31

P2 Drivers
1 Romain Dumas 86
Timo Bernhard 86
2 Scott Sharp 58
David Brabham 58
3 Butch Leitzinger 46
Marino Franchitti 46
4 Chris Dyson 43
Guy Smith 43
5 Sascha Maassen 39
Patrick Long 39
6 Bryan Herta 38
Christian Fittipaldi 38
7 Emmanuel Collard 30
8 Andy Lally 26
9 Stefan Johansson 20
10 Fredy Lienhard 18
Didier Theys 18
Jan Lammers 18
Adrian Fernandez 18
Luis Diaz 18
11 Marco Andretti 16
12 Gil de Ferran 13
Simon Pagenaud 13
13 Ben Devlin 12
Gerardo Bonilla 12
14 Gunnar van der Steur 3
Robbie Pecorari 3

P2 Chassis Manufacturer
1 Porsche 86
2 Acura 69
3 Lola 12
4 Radical 3

P2 Engine Manufacturer
1 Porsche 86
2 Acura 69
3 Mazda 12
4 AER 3

P2 Tire Manufacturer
1 Michelin 90
2 Yokohama 12
3 Kumho 3

P2 Team Championship
1 Penske Racing 86
2 Patron Highcroft Racing 58
3 Dyson Racing Team 54
4 Andretti Green Racing 38
5 Lowe's Fernandez Racing 18
6 de Ferran Motorsports 13
7 BK Motorsports 12

GT1 Drivers
1 Jan Magnussen 86
Johnny O'Connell 86
2 Oliver Gavin 78
Olivier Beretta 78
3 Ron Fellows 30
4 Max Papis 26
5 Terry Borcheller 23
Chapman Ducote 23
Antonio Garcia 23

GT1 Auto Manufacturer
1 Chevrolet 90
2 Aston Martin 23

GT1 Tire Manufacturer
1 Michelin 90
2 Dunlop 23

Latest American Le Mans News and Commentary

Dyson Racing's future

Jamie Howe

For decades Dyson Racing has been a cornerstone of American sports car racing. The news of Dyson joining forces with Mazda for 2009 in the American Le Mans Series is good news for motorsports. Perhaps I am reading too much into the team’s press release or perhaps there really is more good news to come…

The shock of the new....and the familiar

by David Phillips

On the face of it, 2009 shapes up as a “new” season for Chris Dyson. There’s Dyson Racing’s new relationship with Mazda announced last week that will see the team running a brace of LMP2 Lola B08/86-Mazda MZR-Rs in the 2009 American Le Mans Series; make that two LMP2 Lola B08/86-Mazda MZR-Rs sponsored by BP Petroleum. Then there’s the team’s new headquarters facility.

Porsche loses Bob Carlson to cancer

Loved by one and all

With extremely heavy hearts, Porsche Cars North America and the Public Relations Department share the sad news that Bob Carlson passed away today. Arguably Porsche’s biggest fan and, to anyone who was fortunate enough to spend time with Bob, a genuine and generous soul, today Porsche has lost a dear family member, one who truly had Porsche and motorsports in his blood. Bob succumbed to his long battle with cancer today.

The changing face of LMP2

by David Phillips

The past couple of seasons have seen LMP2 vie with GT2 as the most fiercely-contested class in the American Le Mans Series. Acura’s entry into the category in 2007 (and its remarkable debut victory at Sebring) triggered a head-to-head confrontation with Porsche that produced some of the best prototype racing in years.

Scenes from Laguna Seca - Saturday 1

by Bob Heathcote

Scenes from Laguna Seca - Saturday 2

by Bob Heathcote

Werner and Luhr claim overall victory for Audi

ALMS Season Finale

Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr ended their championship season in fitting style Saturday with an overall victory for Audi Sport North America in the Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patr¢n. Werner passed Emanuele Pirro on a restart with 26 minutes left and won by 1.941 seconds at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It was the sixth overall victory of the season and eighth LMP1 victory of the season for the new class champions.

All-Acura front row in Monterey

ALMS season finale

How’s this for a comeback? David Brabham took the pole position for the Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patr¢n at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Friday with a record-breaking run in Patr¢n Highcroft Racing’s Acura ARX-01b. Brabham’s time of 1:10.103 (114.928 mph) put the Acura prototype that he will share with Scott Sharp out front for the start of the season’s final race.