Whom You Know: Big Race Weekend July 8-9: ALMS Northeast Grand Prix: World’s Fastest Prototypes are at Lime Rock Park July 8 & 9 Take a Trip to Connecticut!!!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Big Race Weekend July 8-9: ALMS Northeast Grand Prix: World’s Fastest Prototypes are at Lime Rock Park July 8 & 9 Take a Trip to Connecticut!!!

World’s Fastest Prototypes are at Lime Rock Park July 8 & 9

Above: Last year's winning team has changed both chassis and engine: Can they win again?

LAKEVILLE, Conn (July 4) – The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) comes to Lime Rock Park this weekend, July 8-9 for the Northeast Grand Prix, its eighth year at one of the fastest tracks the prototype and sports car racing series visits.

The Lime Rock race is round three of the 2011 title chase, following the March season opener at the 12 hours of Sebring and the mid-April Tequila Patron American Le Mans at Long Beach (Calif.).

The ALMS championship, which sees many of the same cars and stars that race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is known for its environmentally sensitive rules package which strongly encourages the use of alternative fuels and other green initiatives.

Part of what makes ALMS racing exciting is multiple classes of cars racing at the same time. At Lime Rock, four classes compete: Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1); Le Man Prototype Challenge (LMPC); Grand Touring (GT); and Grand Touring Challenge (GTC).

The points leader in the main category, LMP1, is Chris Dyson of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., teamed with England’s Guy Smith. Lime Rock Park has been Dyson’s home track since he began racing as a teen and he’s aware of what’s needed to win on the shortest track (1.5 miles) ALMS visits. (What racers call “traffic” – the lower-category, not-as-fast cars whose drivers are racing hard for their own glory – is a much bigger issue on short tracks and it takes experience and a little luck to not get held up by the slower cars.)

Last year’s Lime Rock LMP1 winner, in a bit of an upset, was the duo of Greg Picket and Klaus Graf. The Muscle Milk team switched chassis and engines for 2011 (from Penske-Porsche to Lola-Aston Martin) and all eyes will be on the #6 car to see if they can successfully defend.

In the GT category, Joey Hand and Dirk Mueller lead the points in the Rahal-Letterman BMW M3, just ahead of the Chevy Corvette of Oliver Gavin and Jan Magnussen.

Friday, July 8 is practice and qualifying for all four ALMS classes as well as practice and qualifying for the two support series, the IMSA Cooper Ties Prototypes Lites series and the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Presented by Yokohama.

Saturday, July 9 is filled with race action, as there are two Prototype Lites races, two GT3 Cup races and the ALMS Northeast Grand Prix, which starts at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

The complete weekend schedule can be found by clicking here, while in-depth info on the 2011 American Le Mans Series Presented by Tequila Patron can be found by clicking here.

Tickets can be purchased at www.limerock.com or by calling 860.435.5000.

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