Congo

one can thank the terrorists for that

Dyson lineup for 2008

(no Grand-Am this year)

Chris Dyson and Guy Smith will co-drive the team's No. 16 machine, while Butch Leitzinger will be joined by Marino Franchitti in the No. 20 entry.

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=3889

Cory M

Testing pictures of the new bodywork on the Acura badged Courage LMP2 chassis. Will they be able to challenge Porsche in 2008?

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/news.html

Congo

Team Jota to help Team Cytosport in LMS races

Cytosport to enter ALMS races after Mid-Ohio

tires: Michelin

drivers: Klaus Graf, Jan Lammers, Greg Pickett

http://www.teamjota.co.uk/

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/01/...es-2008-plans/

Team Cytosport

http://www.klaus-graf.com/index_us.php

http://www.janlammers.com/

3rd fastest car in 2007 1,000 km of Spa

used Bilstein MDS dampers

http://motorsport.bilstein.de/en/news.php?id=116

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/3...7-10-Judd.html



Team Oreca Matmut

http://www.dailymotion.com/orecaTV

Congo

Mazda to enter Le Mans Series with Kruse Schiller Motorsport

http://www.lemans-series.com/

Ex-Fernandez Lola B05/40 shown below to be fitted with the Mazda MZR-R turbo'd I-4 and Dunlop tires for the 2008 Le Mans Series.

# 44 LMP2 machine

Interview with Kai Kruse

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/02/...-to-kai-kruse/



BP enters sports car racing with B-K Motorsports and Yokohama

Kumho given the shaft while Jamie Bach and Ben Devlin return

1-28-2008

http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=3906

http://www.bendevlin.com/

http://www.yokohamatire.com/motorsports.asp

B-K Motorsports

# 8 Lola B07/40 Mazda



bigger picture:

http://www.endurance-info.com/2008_A..._LolaMazda.jpg

There is a new version of the Mazda MZR-R engine for 2008 and it may get direct fuel injection sometime this year.

Engineering look:

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/newsmarch07.html



Interview with John Doonan, Mazda’s Manager of Motorsports Team Development

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...as_john_doonan

Congo

Audi pulls engine program - Swiss Spirit project cancelled

http://translate.google.com/translat...e.php?sid=4966

Lola developments to be ready for 1,000 km of Catalunya

race on April 6 in Spain

2-29-2008

http://www.asm.co.pt/

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=281067

Quifel-ASM Team - LMP2 winner of the 1,000 km of Valencia with Dunlop tires



2007 LMS LMP2 Champions test revise Lola AER with veteran drivers

RML is one of the top LMP2 teams.

Drivers Mike Newton and Thomas Erdos with Andy Wallace entering the 76th 24 Hours of Le Mans.

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/01/...river-line-up/

http://www.fiagt.com/driverinfo.php?...me=Mike+Newton

http://www.fiagt.com/driverinfo.php?...e=Thomas+Erdos

http://www.andywallace.com/

First test for revised Lola AER

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/02/...d-rml-mg-lola/

http://www.rmlmallock.co.uk/

Congo

Jan Charouz tests Lola B08/60 Aston Martin

(with Michelin tires on Charouz Racing Systems)

http://racing.charouz.cz/index_en.html

LMP1 testing on 2-9 and 2-12, 2008

http://www.lolaheritage.co.uk/news/news260/260.htm

http://feedmesportscars.com/node/3704

Tomáš Enge and Stefan Mücke join Jan Charouz in testing new Lola and GT Aston Martins:

(Enge completed 50 laps in the new B08/60)

http://www.tomas-enge.cz/EN/press-re...pe.html?idr=55

bigger picture - http://www.endurance-info.com/2008_L...harouz_cin.JPG



video

(GT2 spec V8 Vantage built by Prodrive shown and RML's revised LMP2 Lola AER)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gROstzIpWRg

Awesome pictures and information here

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/3...on-Martin.html

Congo

Two New LMP1 Diesels Planned for 2008

Ian Dawson's VW-based V-10 diesel developed by Caterpillar and now AER

ECO Racing will have two new Radical SR10 chassis for LMP1.

article on the project when it had a Lola chassis:

http://www.rfmsports.com/IMSA/ALMS/S...ls.taurus.html

Runs on Jatropha bio diesel. The Jatropha curcas tree is a drought resistant inedible oilseed plant which makes use of otherwise unusable land and has no impact upon the foodchain.

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/02/...te-at-sebring/

The car uses bodywork components made from 100-per-cent-biodegradable hemp fibre and will run solar panels to power some of its electrical systems. It has been liveried in water-based, rather than petroleum-based, paint and its Dunlop tyres will be re-cycled after use.

http://www.radicalextremesportscars....cing/index.php

One # 10 LMP1 car at Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring with two later in the ALMS season

Tires: Dunlop

Drivers: Harri Toivonen, Ben Collins, and Simon Wright

http://www.henritoivonen.it/

D1 Oils



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Marco Andretti to race # 26 Andretti Green Racing Acura ARX-01b at Sebring

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=3948

Marco Andretti

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6 Lolas test at Paul Ricard LMS Test

comments from drivers

Speedy Sebah name explained, too (# 33 Lola B08/80 Judd coupe)

http://www.lolaheritage.co.uk/news/news268/268.htm

Amanda Stretton to drive with Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport in the # 19 Lola B06/10 AER in 2008. Husband is teammate Bob Berridge.

http://www.amandastretton.co.uk/

Team's Lola AER in early 2006 spec:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2...06-10-AER.html

SeaCay

The ALMS website has updated the team page to reflect the new year. There are some ommisions (no ECO racing listed), but this is the first look at the 2008 season and it's participants:

http://www.americanlemans.com/driver...ams/teams.aspx

Congo

Thanks for the update. Team Trans Sport Racing isn't on the list, but they are highly rumored to race a Doran-built Ford GT in the GT2 class this year.

Congo

ECO Racing Radical SR10 withdraws from Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring

3-13-2008

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=282095

picture from Sebring

to return at round four in May

Congo

Audi Sport North America to race in all 11 ALMS races in 2008

with Michelin tires

3-14-2008

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/03/...e-mans-series/

drivers from St. Pete on April 5th:

Lucas Luhr / Marco Werner

Frank Biela / Emanuele Pirro

Audi Sport North America

Congo

5th season to start in the Le Mans Series

http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=283957

Van Merksteijn Motorsport ready for first race with RS Spyder

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/04/...-at-barcelona/

Charouz to debut Lola B08/60 Aston Martin

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/04/...-at-barcelona/

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Audi to use different R10s for St. Pete

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=4060

B-K Motorsports to make first start of season with # 8 BP Lola B07/40 Mazda

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=4069

SeaCay

RS Spyders 1st and 3rd in debut LMS race: http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/04/...alunya-1000km/

Spyderidol

..and would have taken the first three places (in class) if it hadn't been for some very bad luck and on track incidents.

Congo

Can one really say, "if not this, then that?"