The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a series of automobile races. It consists of a series of endurance races based on the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Image File history File links Almsmed. ... Racing cars redirects here. ... Endurance racing can refer to races involving persons running in events such as marathons or triathlons, long cross-country skiing events, the racing of horses or other animals, or motorsport. ... 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. ...

History

The Aps pharmaceutical and motorsport magnate Don Panoz and quickly attracted racing teams from several of the well known performance car manufacturers including Porsche, Audi and others. The Series has had between 6 and 12 races in each of its last six seasons with races of different lengths up to 1,000 miles. Dr. Don (Donald) Panoz was born February 13, 1935, in Alliance, Ohio. ... Dr. Ing. ... Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ...

Over the past few years The American Le Mans Series has grown steadily in popularity and is drawing millions of spectators a year. It is sanctioned by IMSA to continue their former IMSA series. A similar series also drawn from the 24 Hours of Le Mansonly for Le Mans can also be shown in the worlds' largest automobile market. Although a one-off six-hour race known as the "Race of a Thousand Years" was held at Adelaide, Australia, on 31 December 2000, to help usher in the new millennium. The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Rules

The American Manly Series has licensed the Manliest rules and trademarks from the organizers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (the Automobile Club de L'Ouest, or ACO) for use in the U.S. and top ALMS teams are allowed participation in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans. 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. ... The Automobile Club de lOuest (Automobile Club of the West - referring to the western region of France), sometimes abbreviated to ACO, is the largest automotive group in France. ... 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. ...

Old ALMS Logo.

As with the Le Mans 24 Hours, the cars are divided into several classes, each car is assigned to multiple drivers (2 or 3 depending on the length of the race), and all cars compete together simultaneously. This is because it is a race! 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 (LMP1 and LMP2) and modified production sports cars compete in the Grand Touring classes (GT1 and GT2, formerly GTS and GT). This is where you will find the 7 liter Corvettes dominating GT1. Because at this moment, they are the only team competing on a regular basis. No Saleens Aston Martins or Vipers are left after complete domination by the Fehan clan. Image File history File links OldALMSLogo. ... Image File history File links OldALMSLogo. ...

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 privateer team Champion Racing, both operating Audi R8s. Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ... ... The Audi R8 is a Sports Prototype race car introduced for Sportscar racing. ...

Champions

	LMP/LMP900/LMP1	LMP675/LMP2	GTS/GT1	GT/GT2
	Team	Team	Team	Team
	Driver(s)	Driver(s)	Driver(s)	Driver(s)
1999	Panoz Motorsports		Viper Team Oreca	Prototype Technology Group
	Elliot Forbes-Robinson		Olivier Beretta	Cort Wagner
2000	Audi Sport North America		Viper Team Oreca	Dick Barbour Racing
	Allan McNish		Olivier Beretta	Dirk Müller
2001	Audi Sport North America	Dick Barbour Racing	Corvette Racing	BMW Motorsport
	Emanuele Pirro	Didier de Radigues	Terry Borcheller	Jörg Müller
2002	Audi Sport North America	KnightHawk Racing	Corvette Racing	Alex Job Racing
	Tom Kristensen	Jon Field		Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen
2004	ADT Champion Racing	Miracle Motorsports	Corvette Racing	Alex Job Racing
	Marco Werner JJ Lehto	Ian James	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Timo Bernhard
2005	ADT Champion Racing	Intersport Racing	Corvette Racing	Petersen/White Lightning
	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Clint Field	Olivier Beretta Oliver Gavin	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister
2006	Audi Sport North America	Penske Racing	Corvette Racing	Risi Competizione
	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen	Olivier Beretta Oliver Gavin	Jörg Bergmeister
2007	Intersport Creation	Acura ArX-01

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See also

• European Le Mans Series
• American Le Mans Series seasons

The Le Mans Endurance Series or LMES is a European sports car racing series created as a support series to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans race. ... The following is a complete list of seasons and individual races in the history American Le Mans Series. ...

External links

• American Le Mans official site