Puff of Smoke Racing -- Motorsport -- American Le Mans Series

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2009
2009 ALMS schedule
1. March 21 • 12 Hours of Sebring, Sebring, FL
2. April 4 • Acura Sports Car Challenge of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL
3. April 18 • Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach, CA
4. May 17 • Utah Grand Prix, Tooele, UT
5. July 18 • Northeast Grand Prix, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT
6. August 8 • Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio, Lexington, OH
7. August 16 • Generac 500 at Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
8. August 30 • Grand Prix of Mosport, Bowmanville, ON, Canada
9 . September 26 • Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA [1000 miles/10 hours]
10. October 10 • Monterey Sports Car Championships, Laguna Seca, Salinas, CA

Detroit off the schedule

2008
2008 ALMS schedule
1. March 15 • 12 Hours of Sebring, Sebring, FL
2. April 5 • Acura Sports Car Challenge of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL
3. April 20 • Tequila Patron ALMS at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
4. May 18 • Utah Grand Prix
5. July 12 • Northeast Grand Prix, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT
6. July 20 • Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio, Lexington, OH
7. August 10 • Generac 500 at Road America, Elkhart, WI
8. August 24 • Grand Prix of Mosport, Bowmanville, ON, Canada
9. August 30 • Detroit Sports Car Challenge, The Raceway at Belle Isle, Detroit, MI
10. October 4 • Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA [1000 miles/10 hours]
11. October 19 • Monterey Sports Car Championship, Laguna Seca, Salinas, CA

2007
2007 ALMS schedule
1. March 17 • 12 Hours of Sebring, Sebring, FL   Incredible GT2 Ending
2. March 31 • St. Petersburg Grand Prix, St. Petersburg, FL
3. April 14 • Long Beach Grand Prix, Long Beach, CA
4. April 21 • Lone Star Grand Prix, Houston, TX
5. May 19 • Utah Grand Prix, Salt Lake City, UT
6. July 7 • New England Grand Prix, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT
7. July 21 • Acura Sportscar Challenge, Lexington, OH
8. August 11 • Generac 500, Road America, Elkhart, WI
9. August 26 • Grand Prix of Mosport, Bowmanville, ON, Canada
10. September 1 • Detroit Sports Car Challenge, The Raceway at Belle Isle, Detroit, MI   overall race winner: Porsche RS Spyder
11. October 6 • Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA [1000 miles/10 hours]
12. October 20 • Monterey Sports Car Championship, Laguna Seca, Salinas, CA

Cars in four different categories race at the same time for their category win, and the overall win.
LMP1 = P1 = Le Mans Prototype 1 • Audi R10 TDI, Lola B06/10-AER, Lola EX257-AER, Creation CA06H-Judd
LPM2 = P2 = Le Mans Prototype 2 • Porsche RS Spyder, Acura ARX-01a, Lola B06/43-Acura
LMGT1 = GT1 = Production Cars • Corvette C6.R, Saleen, Aston Martin DBR9
LMGT2 = GT2 = Production Cars • Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Ferrari F430 GT Berlinetta, Panoz Esperante GTLM, Spyker C8-Audi

2006
2006 ALMS schedule
1. March 18 • 12 Hours of Sebring, Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL (3.7 miles)
2.  May 12 • Lone Star Grand Prix, downtown street course, Houston, TX
3.  May 21 • American LeMans at Mid-Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH
4.  July 1 • New England Grand Prix, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT
5.  July 15 • Grand Prix of Utah, Miller Motorsports Park, Salt Lake City, UT
6. July 22 • Portland Grand Prix, Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR
7. Aug 20 • Generac 500 at Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
8. Sept 3 • Grand Prix of Mosport, Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario
9. Sept 30 • Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center, Braselton, GA
10. Oct 21 • Monterey Cports Car Championships, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA (4-hour race)

For 2006, Penske will field two Porsche RS Spyders in the LMP2 category, under the DHL Global Mail banner.
"...it was not optimized for horsepower output or lightest gearbox possible, it was always focused on the lap times."

http://www.porsche.com/all/motorsport/rsspyder/pcna.asp

CARS
class             entries                                                         class restrictions
LMP1         Audi R10 TDI "Turbo Diesel Injection"              min. weight 750kg (1653 lbs)
                 Lola B06/10 AER
                 Lola EX257 AER

LMP2        Porsche RS Spyder                                       min. weight 750kg (1653 lbs)
                  Courage C-65 AER                                        racing engines up to 3.4 L (or 2.0 L w/turbo)
                  Courage Mazda                                             production engines up to 4.0 L (or 2.7 L w/turbo)
                  Lola B05/40 AER
                  Lola Zytek

GT1           Chevrolet Corvette C6-R
                 Saleen S7R
                 Aston Martin DB9

GT2           Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
                 Panoz Esperante GTLM
                 Ferrari 430 GT Berlinetta
                 BMW E46 M3

LMP1 = 600-700 hp, 925 kg minimum
LMP2 = 500-550 hp, 775 kg minimum
GT1 = 600-650 hp, 1125 kg minimum
GT2 = 450-500 hp, 1125 kg minimum

2005

CARS
class             entries                                                    class restrictions
LMP1         Audi R8, Lola AER,                                min. weight 750kg (1653 lbs)
                  Zytec 04S

LMP2        Porsche RS Spyder                                min. weight 750kg (1653 lbs)
                 Courage AER, Lola AER                        racing engines up to 3.4 L (or 2.0 L w/turbo)
                                                                              production engines up to 4.0 L (or 2.7 L w/turbo)

GT1           Corvette C6-R, Corvette C5-R
                 Saleen S7R, Maserati MC12,
                 Dodge Viper, Aston Martin DBR9 *

GT2           Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
                 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
                 Panoz GTLM
                 Ferrari 360 Modena

* An Aston Martin DB5 was the famous James Bond 007 car.
Paul McCartney wrote Hey Jude in his Aston Martin DB6.

The Porsche RS Spyder is capable of being driven flat-out for 30 hours.

double overhead cam 3.4 litre V8 with 480hp
sequential gearbox
The RS Spyder = Porsche type 9R6

November 2004 - computer generated model
February 2005 - begin assembly of 5000+ new parts
October? 2005 - wins inaugral race at Laguna Seca

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Sascha Maassen drove nearly 3 of the 4 hour race.
Lucas Luhr drove the final hour.

“In racing, if at first you don't succeed,
get some more money (lots more money) and try, try again.”