FERNANDEZ STARTS 4TH IN ACURA CHALLENGE TODAY.Adrian Fernandez was the highest qualifying Acura driver on Friday for the American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. race at St. Petersburg, Fla. Fernandez, driver and owner for Lowe's Fernandez Racing, will start fourth overall in the Acura Sports Car Challenge today. His LMP LMP left mentoposterior (position of fetus); last menstrual period. LMP abbr. last menstrual period LMP Last menstrual period, see there 2 Acura-powered entry was the third fastest qualifier in its class. "I was happy with our qualifying run," Fernandez said. "The car was a lot better than it was in Sebring, where we were scratching our heads. We had an excellent result with a second place and one-two for Acura, but the car was not fast enough." Valencia's Bryan Herta Bryan Herta (b. May 23 1970, Warren, Michigan) is an American race car driver. He currently drives for Andretti Green Racing, which is co-owned by former CART and IRL driver Michael Andretti, in the ALMS, although his career has primarily been spent in open-wheel cars qualified his Andretti Green Racing Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IRL IndyCar Series and the American Le Mans Series. Early years in CART Founded in 1993 by Barry Green and Gerry Forsythe as Forsythe Green Racing Acura fourth in class, fifth overall, for the American Le Mans Series race. "Qualifying went pretty well," said Herta, a Hart High of Newhall graduate. "I can't complain too much. The balance of the XM Satellite Radio Acura was pretty good, but we had a little too much understeer un·der·steer intr.v. un·der·steered, un·der·steer·ing, un·der·steers To turn less sharply than the operator would expect. Used of vehicles, especially automobiles. n. 1. An instance of understeering. . "We were getting faster as the session went on and maybe we outsmarted ourselves a bit by waiting, but I wasn't going to go seven-tenths of a second faster, so we'll take it and get the car ready for the race." The Highcroft Racing Acura entry qualified sixth. Romain Dumas Romain Dumas (born December 14, 1977 in Alès) is a French racing driver. He started karting in 1992, moving up to French Formula Renault in 1996 and to French Formula 3 Series in 1998. He tested a Formula 3000 car for Oreca Motorsport in 1999 and a Renault F1 in 2002. , driving one of Penske's Porsche RS Spyders, won the pole for the Acura Sports Car Challenge. He and teammate Ryan Briscoe This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , both drivers in the LMP2 class, will start on the front row for the race. Coverage of the Acura Sports Car Challenge will be tape-delayed on Speed beginning at 5 p.m. today. -- Daily News Race cars and biofuels: The St. Petersburg Grand Prix this weekend will feature two racing series using renewable biofuels made with ethanol. The IndyCar Series began its season last Saturday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the first race by any series using a blend of 98 percent ethanol and 2 percent unleaded fuel. The league is the first racing series to have all of its cars run on renewable fuels. Because engines have to be optimized to run on such high biofuel bi·o·fuel n. Fuel such as methane produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass and treated municipal and industrial wastes. bi blends, Honda, which provides all the engines to IndyCar, made the necessary conversions for the race teams. The league also had to shrink its fuel tanks from 30 to 22 gallons, matching up with tire wear to ensure that drivers will take the same number of pit stops as when the league ran on a methanol blend before this year's conversion. The American Le Mans Series, which also will race in St. Petersburg, will race almost all its cars on an E10 biofuel mixture. The change came in response to the league's manufacturers, including Porsche, Ferrari and General Motors, said Scott Atherton, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the American Le Mans Series. Only a diesel Audi model is not running on the ethanol blend this season. "The series becomes an accelerated test lab for manufacturers so the technology can be mainstreamed," Atherton said. He said the E10 that the ALMS is using this season is an entirely street-legal blend. The same technology used in the ALMS cars will be seen in the manufacturers' product lines in 12 to 18 months, he added. -- Associated Press |
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