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Encyclopedia > American Le Mans

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a series of automobile races, founded in 1999 by Don Panoz, and sanctioned by IMSA. The American Le Mans Series utilizes the rules and regulations of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, which organizes the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, to conduct several sports car racing events each year in North America. As with the 24 Hours of Le Mans the cars are divided into several classes, each car is assigned to multiple drivers, and all the cars compete together simultaneously. The cars of the American Le Mans Series are divided into two major classes. Purpose-built race cars with closed fenders compete in the Prototype classes (P1 and P2) and modified production sports cars compete in the Grand Touring classes (GT1 and GT2, formerly GT and GTS). Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Dr. Don (Donald) Panoz was born February 13, 1935, in Alliance, Ohio. ... The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body. ... The Automobile Club de lOuest (of the West), also called Le ACO, is the largest automotive group in France. ... 1952 Le Mans race, depicted on cover of Auto Sport Review magazine The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with purpose-built cars that nevertheless have enclosed wheel wells and often have closed cockpits. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the...


The premier events of the series include the season opening 12 Hours of Sebring held in March and the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Events held during 2004 also included races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lime Rock Park, Infineon Raceway, Portland International Raceway, Mosport International Raceway, Road America, and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The 2005 season is scheduled to expand to 10 races, with an additional race to be held at Road Atlanta. The races for 2005 will be televised on Speed Channel and CBS. The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race held at Sebring Raceway, a former Air Force base in Sebring, Florida. ... Petit Le Mans is a sports car endurance race held anually at Road Atlanta in Georgia, using the rules established by the Automobile Club de lOuest (ACO) for the 24 hours of Le Mans. ... Road Atlanta is a 2. ... Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Lexington, Ohio. ... Lime Rock Park is a road course auto racing facility located in Lakeville, Connecticut. ... Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip in the golden hills of northern California, near Sonoma, north of San Francisco. ... Portland International Raceway is located in Portlands Delta Park complex, just south of the Columbia River and less than a mile west of Interstate 5. ... Mosport International Raceway, or Mosport Park, is a multi-track facility located north of Bowmanville, Ontario. ... Road America is a road course auto racing facility located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. ... Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, was built in the 1950s near Monterey, California. ... SPEED Channel, based in Charlotte, was launched on New Years Day 1996, by Roger Werner, as SpeedVision. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ...


Points are awarded in each class after every race, and the team points leader in each class at the end of the season receives an automatic invitation to the next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans. Additionally, privateer teams, teams that are not supported by the factory, compete for the IMSA Cup as well as special prizes for each race. In its history, the ALMS has been dominated by Audi, specifically the factory team Audi Sport Team Joest and now privateer team Champion Racing. Audi is an automobile maker in Germany, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. ...


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SPEEDtv.com (205 words)
The American Le Mans Series is a series of North American sports car races based on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most famous endurance race.
American Le Mans Series races feature four classes of race cars competing for class wins and the overall win, with the fields including many of the same drivers and cars that compete at Le Mans.
The ALMS schedule includes visits to events at many of North America's premier permanent road racing facilities as well as at temporary circuits in key major markets.
Encyclopedia: 24 hours of Le Mans (14586 words)
In 1969, for his first Le Mans 24 hours, a young Belgian talent and F1 GP winner, Jacky Ickx, made a pointed demonstration of the danger of this start method, when instead of running across the track to his machine, he slowly walked, then entered in his car and locked the safety belts properly.
So the traditional Le Mans practice was partially discontinued the next year in 1970; for this year, the cars were still lined up in echelon formation along the pit straight, with engines off, but the drivers were strapped in prior to the start.
Le Mans is also known for the worst accident in the history of motor racing.
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