ALMS Round 9 Detroit Aug. 29-31, 08

[John Dagys]

Originally Posted by porschefan

Just read this:

"The press release for Corsa is at 12:30 tomorrow."

It'll be a fun day tomorrow, with all of this, and qualifying on live feed, with Hindy talking.

Yes, there is an ALMS team press conference scheduled for 12:30 p.m. tomorrow.

[porschefan]

Good news:

American Le Mans Series :: World Class

And, The Wall Street Journal:

Hybrid Race Car Planned For Endurance Series - WSJ.com

[John Dagys]

All the details on both:

Acura Announces P1 Plans; Corsa Unveils Zytek*Hybrid - Feature News - American Le Mans Series | SCCA SPEED World Challenge | Grand Am Rolex Series

[HORNDAWG]

I thought during a/the conversation with Johnny in the booth, I heard him say to Hindy that Dario would be joining them (Corsa?) soon. Petit? In the second car next year? Inquiring minds want to know!

[John Dagys]

hmm, I missed that bit. I know Frankie is still rumored as a third driver for them, although it did not come up in the press conference at all.

Seems like an exciting project, although I'd be interested to learn more about the actual system and its possible risks. The last thing anyone would want to see is a crew member get shocked by the KERS system, like what happened at a F1 test.

[HORNDAWG]

Well another excellent show put on for us by the teams in the ALMS! Will the win by AGR be enough to motivate them to step up their ALMS effort and come up with/retain sponsorship to continue in the ALMS? The #1 Audi was DQed in post race scrutineering being under weight and elevating Intersport to the P-1 class win. First time in 30 races, Laguna '05', that Audi has not been on the top step of the podium in P-1(ALMS). PTG had a good run going today, 'til the latter part of the race.

[John Thawley]

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Well another excellent show put on for us by the teams in the ALMS! Will the win by AGR be enough to motivate them to step up their ALMS effort and come up with/retain sponsorship to continue in the ALMS? The #1 Audi was DQed in post race scrutineering being under weight and elevating Intersport to the P-1 class win. First time in 30 races, Laguna '05', that Audi has not been on the top step of the podium in P-1(ALMS). PTG had a good run going today, 'til the latter part of the race.

My understanding of the AGR situation is Acura has told them that they need to find their own funding.