2007 ALMS Season - Page 2

Magical Trevor · 6 Aug 2006, 03:36 (Ref:1674557)

Heh... oops.

Looks like my first attempt at being a big newsbreaker has failed miserably.
Quoted from the forum from the original poster:
"Then I look at my xanga, as it allows me to see what page people are coming from just before they access it, and I notice most of them are coming from two forums. I was able to access one and found you seem to think I'm Uwe Alzen, which got me laughing hard because not only am I not Uwe, I'm not even particularly fond of Uwe! hahaha. So I'm not sure how you thought this possible (I doubt Uwe would post an online blog in English, and I did mention I didn't have much experience, which I believe Uwe does...), but I am very sorry for the confusion and now feel bad like I have let you down somehow. Rest assured, I think I'll be just as if not even more interesting to keep track of then Mr. Alzen... "

So, err, false alarm-oops.

We may still be welcoming a new driver, at least

gwyllion · 23 Aug 2006, 07:18 (Ref:1689319)

Tracy Krohn looks to return to ALMS with 2 Aston Martins next year.

source: http://murphythebear.com/blog/2006/0...evere-in-2007/

The Badger · 23 Aug 2006, 15:18 (Ref:1689690)

Kool , i presume we will get one very quick car outta that and one steady car . Great news ..... now a couple of Saleen's would go down very well indeed . Its starting to shape up good

jhansen · 23 Aug 2006, 15:27 (Ref:1689700)

The Bear also said that Zytek's late season appearance is in doubt along with Creation. Big surprise there...not.

The Badger · 24 Aug 2006, 19:02 (Ref:1690934)

The bear also said that there may be "no" customer Spyder RS's next year and that Penske may run Le Mans .

I thought the whole deal was to build customer chassis ?

**FIRE** · 24 Aug 2006, 19:10 (Ref:1690939)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Badger

The bear also said that there may be "no" customer Spyder RS's next year and that Penske may run Le Mans .

I thought the whole deal was to build customer chassis ?

Yes but if you read the whole Bear story it's clear why they maybe postpone customer chassis.

TWK · 24 Aug 2006, 19:50 (Ref:1690981)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Badger

The bear also said that there may be "no" customer Spyder RS's next year and that Penske may run Le Mans .

I thought the whole deal was to build customer chassis ?

Where does the Bear say that Penske may run Le Mans?
I missed that part!

http://murphythebear.com/blog/

gwyllion · 24 Aug 2006, 20:36 (Ref:1691025)

Quote:

Murphy hears that you shouldn’t expect to see any privateers on racing grids in 2007. There is a possibility that a privateer may appear after Le Mans, but that seems remote. Meanwhile, the Penske program will continue in the coming season.

Penske will run the development project next year to solve the reliability issues. "Privateer may appear after Le Mans" suggest Porsche/Penske will do Le Mans and if all goes well (so no big problems anymore), then the car is ready for customers

The Badger · 24 Aug 2006, 21:38 (Ref:1691072)

Quote:

Originally Posted by TWK

Where does the Bear say that Penske may run Le Mans?
I missed that part!

http://murphythebear.com/blog/

He didnt . Sorry TWK ..... that is a heading from Mariantic , and not Murphy .

TWK · 24 Aug 2006, 23:03 (Ref:1691115)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwyllion

Penske will run the development project next year to solve the reliability issues. "Privateer may appear after Le Mans" suggest Porsche/Penske will do Le Mans and if all goes well (so no big problems anymore), then the car is ready for customers

Ah, so that's your interpretation of Murphy's remarks!

Hugewally · 26 Aug 2006, 01:21 (Ref:1691843)

Quote:

Originally Posted by aeroehl

For 2007 BMW will not be with PTG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fogelhund

Quote:

Originally Posted by aeroehl

For 2007 it is rumoured, but not yet confirmed that BMW will not be with PTG

Fixed that for you, though given the source, it seems likely.

Quote:

Originally Posted by aeroehl

For 2007 it is rumoured, but not yet confirmed that PTG will not be with BMW.

Fixed the fix for you...

The Badger · 31 Aug 2006, 10:09 (Ref:1698348)

Mariantic are reporting that the first teat for the Lola Acura went well at Arizona Firebird Raceway . 250 laps down to 47.26 with Fernandez doing the driving .
Do we have any other testing times from that track ?

Also that Courage may be supplying 3 LC70 chassis to an as yet unnamed team ..... wow !

jhansen · 29 Sep 2006, 17:40 (Ref:1723232)

2007 ALMS Schedule:

March 17, Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, SPEED
March 31, St. Petersburg, SPEED
April 14, Long Beach, SPEED
April 21, Houston, CBS Sports
May 19, Salt Lake City, CBS Sports
July 7, Lime Rock Park, CBS Sports
July 21, Mid-Ohio, CBS Sports
August 11, Road America, NBC Sports
August 26, Mosport, SPEED
September 1, Detroit, SPEED
October 6, Road Atlanta/Petit Le Mans, SPEED
October 20, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, SPEED

**FIRE** · 1 Oct 2006, 12:12 (Ref:1724352)

Lowe's Fernandez Racing announces drivers and unveils car:

Quote:

A month after completing an extremely successful shakedown test of its No. 15 Lowe's Acura-powered Lola, Lowe's Fernandez Racing today announced the finishing touches to its 2007 American Le Mans Series campaign.

On-site for the ninth annual running of the Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda CX-7 at Road Atlanta, owner/driver Adrian Fernandez today confirmed that he will be joined behind the wheel of the team's LMP2 prototype by sports car driving talent and 2006 championship winner Luis Diaz in Lowe's Fernandez Racing's inaugural season of Series competition.

"I am thrilled to announce today that Luis and I will be teammates in the American Le Mans Series next season," Fernandez said. "We tried to put a program together a few years ago where Luis and I would compete together, so this has always been in the back of our minds. With the great partners we have in Lowe's and Acura, adding Luis completes the extremely strong package we now have in place to enter our first season of American Le Mans Series competition. Luis is a good friend and I have a lot of respect for his talent and passion in racing. I am really excited for next season."
...

Full article:
http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=2595

Photos:
http://www.americanlemans.com/News/N...578_Image2.JPG
http://www.americanlemans.com/News/N...578_Image1.JPG
http://www.americanlemans.com/News/N...171_Image3.JPG

Nice livery.

Danske · 1 Oct 2006, 14:09 (Ref:1724443)

D'oh! They've got the USA flag on backwards there. On vehicles the stars are supposed to be pointing toward the front of the vehicle, as if the painted flag were an actual cloth flag "flying in the breeze" created by the motion of the vehicle. On the right side, therefore, the stars should be to the right. Okay, that might not be universal, but that rule's part of some US flag displaying code. Penske got it right.

racerkeke · 1 Oct 2006, 15:34 (Ref:1724490)

What? No Portland? Damn.

keke

russ250575 · 1 Oct 2006, 16:54 (Ref:1724537)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danske

D'oh! They've got the USA flag on backwards there. On vehicles the stars are supposed to be pointing toward the front of the vehicle, as if the painted flag were an actual cloth flag "flying in the breeze" created by the motion of the vehicle. On the right side, therefore, the stars should be to the right. Okay, that might not be universal, but that rule's part of some US flag displaying code. Penske got it right.

I thought the flag was supposed to fly with the stars nearest the heart so as the flag is infront of the drivers seated postition that makes the stars near to him.. I maybe wrong but thats how I understood it

broadrun96 · 1 Oct 2006, 18:17 (Ref:1724602)

I believe the flag should always be displayed the manner in which it would fly on a 3D flag blowin in the wind so stars forward always. the risi ferraris have the flag the wrong way around as well, but if you arent american im not gonna protest, i dont know foreign rules so why should i expect you to know ours just to come here? on to next years questions, will the hybrids(rule-wise) be alms legal again next year? and will hybrids(gas-electric or regen braking) be legal, not sure if they are banned or just not used. remember hearin somethin about panoz maybe havin used one before. and i love the new entries, 2 beautiful chassis in the acura/courages and the exceptional radical, cant wait for the coupe too.

The Badger · 1 Oct 2006, 19:50 (Ref:1724649)

Im delighted to see the Mexican flag on the Fernandez Racing car , adds a little more international flavour to the series .

brielga · 2 Oct 2006, 12:27 (Ref:1725238)

The Mejicano team will certainly be a serious challenger, I guess Andretti and them will both be a big challenge for Penske (and Intersport)

ger80 · 2 Oct 2006, 13:26 (Ref:1725301)

The Fernandez Lola is a B05/40 or is it already updated to B07/...?

**Bentley03** · 12 Oct 2006, 12:57 (Ref:1736184)

Just read on DSC that Penske have confirmed a full season again in the ALMS. No Le Mans.

Full Penske details here.

Dauer 962 · 12 Oct 2006, 14:16 (Ref:1736251)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ger80

The Fernandez Lola is a B05/40 or is it already updated to B07/...?

It´s not the new / updated version, it´s the "regular" B05/40.

ger80 · 12 Oct 2006, 20:34 (Ref:1736572)

Thanks. But there is a way to update, isnt it?

Fogelhund · 12 Oct 2006, 20:39 (Ref:1736577)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ger80

Thanks. But there is a way to update, isnt it?

The B07/40 is indeed an update kit. When the program was first suggested to me, I was told they'd have the B07/40 variant.

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