PANOZ RACING CLUB RIDING HIGH IN LE MANS TEAM HAS FINISHED FIRST MORE THAN ONCE THIS YEAR.Byline: TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) HADDOCK Motor Sports Panoz Motor Sports has won two 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. races this season, both by the driving team of David Brabham David Brabham (born 5 September 1965 in Wimbledon, London) is an Australian former Formula One driver who raced for the Brabham and Simtek teams. He is the youngest son of Sir Jack Brabham, the famous Australian Formula One champion. and Jan Magnussen Jan Magnussen (born July 4 1973 in Roskilde) is a race car driver from Denmark and a GM factory driver. Career history Lower series racing Magnussen had a dominating 1994 British Formula 3 championship with Paul Stewart Racing, winning 12 of the 16 events and . The other Panoz team, 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 and Bill Auberlen, has finished no higher than third. As frustrating as that might be, Herta and Auberlen go into this weekend's Grand Prix of Mosport with the confidence they are racing for a team that can win races. Herta, a rookie on the American Le Mans Series and a veteran of the CART series, will be making his first visit to the Mosport International Raceway Mosport International Raceway (formerly Mosport Park) is a multi-track facility located north of Bowmanville, Ontario. The facility features a 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course; a half-mile paved oval; and the new 1. in Ontario, Canada. ``I'm looking forward to all of the races,'' said Herta, who has been in negotiations this week with the Formula One team Minardi to possibly drive in the last three grand prix events of the season. ``Each weekend is like a new adventure for me. There's so much that's different in this type of racing than the open-wheel stuff I've been doing for so long. ``Every single week I learn a little bit more about the car, the type of racing and the traffic situations, and I can't wait to get to the next race.'' Mosport will offer the Panoz team a challenge difficult to meet. The racing surface is relatively bumpy, Herta said, in comparison to some of the other courses the American Le Mans Series has driven on this year. The surface will put the Panoz cars at a disadvantage to the very strong Audi teams, Herta said. --NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series: After winning the Auto Club 150 last Saturday at Irwindale Speedway, Burney Lamar leap-frogged over Frazier Park's M.K. Kanke in the NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Featherlite Southwest Series points standings. Lamar, who won for the second time in as many races, moved into second place in the standings and pushed Kanke to third. Eddy McKean leads the points battle. The next stop on the Southwest Series is the United Power/Touchstone Energy 150 tonight at Colorado National Speedway in Erie, Colo. Kanke has to like his chances at the 3/8-mile oval. Kanke has won two Southwest Series races at Colorado National Speedway and owns the qualifying record. He clocked a lap in 15.839 seconds at 85.233 mph in the August 2000 race. --NASCAR Winston West Series: Greg Pursley of Santa Clarita enters tonight's NASCAR Winston West NAPA Auto Parts 200 with a chance to reclaim the top rookie spot in the series. Pursley, Mike David and Brett Thompson are locked in a tight rookie battle, separated by four points as the series heads to Stockton 99 Speedway for the first time since 1983. David leads the standings, with a two-point edge over Pursley. Thompson sits four points behind David in third. Eric Norris leads the Winston West Series. He has two wins this season. Austin Cameron, who leads the series with three wins and four poles, is second in the points standings. SCHEDULE NASCAR Winston West Series NAPA Auto Parts 200 Site: Stockton Schedule: Tonight, race (8:30 p.m.) Track: Stockton 99 Speedway (1/4-mile paved oval). Race distance: 200 laps/50 miles. Posted awards: $112,959. Next race: Aug. 31, Rocky Mountain Raceways, Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. . Featherlite Southwest Series United Power/Touchstone Energy 150 Site: Erie, Colo. Schedule: Tonight, race (8:15 p.m.) Track: Colorado National Speedway (3/8-mile paved oval). Race distance: 150 laps/56.25 miles. Next race: Oct. 20, Mesa Marin Raceway Mesa Marin Raceway was a high banked half mile racetrack in Bakersfield, California that was demolished following the 2005 racing season to make way for housing developments in the foothills of northeast Bakersfield. , Bakersfield. American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Mosport Site: Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. Schedule: Race, Sunday (NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , 11 a.m.) Track: Mosport International Raceway (2.459-mile, 10-turn road racing circuit). Race distance: 2 hours, 45 minutes (timed event). Cars: Four classes of American Le Mans Series sports cars (Le Mans Prototype A Le Mans Prototype (commonly abbreviated as LMP) is a type of custom-built race car intended for sports car racing and endurance racing, most notably used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. LMP-900, LMP-675, Grand Touring Sport and Grand Touring). On the net: www.americanlemans.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (ran in AV edition only) Valencia's Bryan Herta drives for Panoz Motor Sports, but he might soon make a change. Tony Dejak/Associated Press Box: SCHEDULE (see text) |
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