ALMS coming to Washington D.C.
08-09-2001, 01:51 PM
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ALMS coming to Washington D.C.
Excerpt taken from today's Baltimore Sunpaper:
"This will be a wonderful event," said Lencheski. "The course will be 45 feet wide, 1.7 miles long and have 33 pit stalls. And being that this is the nation's capital and is a market so widely sought, it should draw a large gathering in terms of factory teams and privateers."
The weekend will include a three-hour race for the American Le Mans Series on July 21, as well as an event for the popular Trans-Am Series, a celebrity race and other support services. Other festival elements will be announced later.
The ALMS race will be televised live by NBC Sports in the United States, with additional coverage in many other countries. Both Goldwater and Lencheski said the TV package was, in itself, a selling point.
But from the ALMS view, it was much like a real estate deal: location, location, location.
Scott Atherton, president and chief operating officer of the ALMS, said when manufacturers and teams involved in the series were asked if they wanted the series to pursue a race in Washington, their enthusiasm was boundless.
"Audi, BMW, Porsche - they came out of their chairs," Atherton said. "That area, the Northeast corridor, is their No. 1 sales market. When you talk about the markets around the country that have not participated in major motorsports, the list is short. Washington is the one that makes people's eyes light up."
"This will be a wonderful event," said Lencheski. "The course will be 45 feet wide, 1.7 miles long and have 33 pit stalls. And being that this is the nation's capital and is a market so widely sought, it should draw a large gathering in terms of factory teams and privateers."
The weekend will include a three-hour race for the American Le Mans Series on July 21, as well as an event for the popular Trans-Am Series, a celebrity race and other support services. Other festival elements will be announced later.
The ALMS race will be televised live by NBC Sports in the United States, with additional coverage in many other countries. Both Goldwater and Lencheski said the TV package was, in itself, a selling point.
But from the ALMS view, it was much like a real estate deal: location, location, location.
Scott Atherton, president and chief operating officer of the ALMS, said when manufacturers and teams involved in the series were asked if they wanted the series to pursue a race in Washington, their enthusiasm was boundless.
"Audi, BMW, Porsche - they came out of their chairs," Atherton said. "That area, the Northeast corridor, is their No. 1 sales market. When you talk about the markets around the country that have not participated in major motorsports, the list is short. Washington is the one that makes people's eyes light up."
