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...t|280px|'''A [[Maserati MC12]] GT1 participating in the [[American Le Mans Series]] on Road Atlanta''']] ...or 1000 mile [[endurance racing|endurance race]] of the [[American Le Mans Series]]. It also hosts Moto racing and smaller events throughout the year.

'''American Le Mans Series''' Official information on this racing series.

...riety of open-cockpit prototypes for use in [[hillclimb]]s as well as [[Le Mans Prototype]]s for [[endurance racing]]. Besides racing their own cars, thei ...b car and the LMP2/04 LMP2-class [[prototype]] which runs in the [[Le Mans Series]].

...n area behind the wheels. [[Olivier Gendebien]] and [[Phil Hill]] took Le Mans with this car in [[1958]]. ...The engine had the same displacement as the rest of the [[Ferrari 250|250 series]] but was tuned to produce far more power. The front styling of the 250 TR

! colspan=2 |'''Le Mans Series''' ...f Le Mans|2002]], [[2006 24 Hours of Le Mans|2006]], [[2007 24 Hours of Le Mans|2007]])

...at Algarve. The circuit will also host the final round of the [[2009 GP2 Series season]]. {{Le Mans Series circuits}}

...The 550 GT made one of it's final appearances at the [[2003 24 Hours of Le Mans]]. In 2000, Italtecnica would create another 550 race car meeting the more ...the 550 for various sports car series and especially the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]. However, although this brought the Ferrari name into the sport, the car

...Vincenzo Lancia'', [[Torino]], building racing cars, prototypes and small-series special designs. ...'') prototypes, designed by [[Michelotti]] and built by [[Vignale]] on 4th-series [[Lancia Aurelia]]'s (B20 1955, B24 1958).

...d between 1959 and 1961 by [[Maserati]] for racing in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] endurance classic. It became famous for its intricate tubular [[space fra ...ree Tipo 61's in the [[1960 24 Hours of Le Mans]]. The Tipo's never won Le Mans due to reliability issues, however in both 1960 and 1961 the Camoradi team

...rican Le Mans Series]]<p>[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am series]] ...new 13-turn, 2.25 mile (3.62 km) circuit. In 1990, the [[Champ Car|CART]] series began utilizing the 2.25 mile layout. In 2006, a second major refurbishment

...an Le Mans Series]] ([[ELMS]]), the Euro version of the [[American Le Mans Series]] ([[ALMS]]). In a wet race, the unusual front-engined [[Panoz]] of [[Jan M ...] [[2005]], the 1000&nbsp;km was held as a part of the [[Le Mans Endurance Series]] (LMES).

...hetta''' is a [[mid-engined]], two-door, two-seat [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]]-style [[sports car]], in the spirit of the [[Maserati 350S|350]] and [[Ma The racing series ''Grantrofeo Barchetta'' was held 1992 and 1993. It has featured sixteen ra

...nd the Fleetwood Coupe de Ville, all built on the [[Cadillac Sixty Special|Series Sixty Special]] chassis. ...us venues around the country: the [[Cadillac Townsman|Townsman]], a custom Series Sixty Special sedan, and the [[Cadillac Eldorado]] special convertible that

...s]] purchased Mosport. In [[1999]], the newly formed [[American Le Mans]] Series, formed by [[Don Panoz]], visited Mosport for the first time. For [[2001]] ...e ALMS Series as well as the Cadillac CTS-V in the SCCA Speed World Cup GT Series at Mosport.

...nounced the unveiling of the 'LS1' at the Nürburgring round of the Le Mans Series. ...to venture out to Jarama to compete in the final round of the 2006 Le Mans Series. He clearly did not come to win, but to see how close the car was to the co

*[[Champ Car]] World Series - Road America Grand Prix - September 21-24, 2006 *[[American Le Mans Series]] - August 20, 2006

...only race. The racing MC12's were also entered into the [[American Le Mans Series]] races in [[2005]] but had size issues and consequently paid weight penalt ...MC12.jpg|thumb|300px|An MC12 GT1 at [[Road Atlanta]] in the [[American Le Mans|ALMS]] in 2005]]

...rst international race held at the circuit was the BPR Global GT Endurance Series. The circuit soon became the hotbed of local motorsports with teams from Ho ...rvette C5-R]] won the race. The GruppeM Porsches won GT2. The Hong Kong Le Mans Team and the Malaysian Proton R3 Amprex team also took part.

[[Image:3d12_1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|'''The photo shows one of three 1948 series N-D [[Alfa Romeo]] cars that are known to remain today even if it is presum ...rt]] Notable was also the 'Bisiluro' which competed unsuccessfully at [[Le Mans]] in 1955. A twin-boom vehicle, the pilot was seated in one 'pod' whilst th

'''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''<br>Sunchaser 1000 '''[[American Le Mans Series]]'''<br>Utah Grand Prix

...tar Grand Prix – the second round of the prestigious 2006 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) - was held in near-perfect warm and sunny conditions, and attracted ...ace in the GT2 drivers’ championship, and stands just six points adrift of series leader Johannes Van Overbeek (38 pts). Multimac Motorsports Panoz Esperante

...the [[FIA GT Championship]] that year. In 1998, he joined the brand new Le Mans program of BMW Motorsports. In 1999, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours together with [[Yannick Dalmas]] and [[Joachim Winkelhock]] drivin

! colspan=2 |'''1984 Le Mans Lancia LC2''' ...possible use of this same engine in the North American [[Champ Car|CART]] series.

| Events || [[Formula One]]; [[Champ Car|CART]]; [[Trans-Am Series|Trans-Am]] Starting in 1984, the [[Sports Car Club of America|SCCA]] [[Trans-Am Series]] held a support race during the Grand Prix weekend. The '''Motor City 100'

...12''' was a [[sports car racing|sports car]], related to the [[Ferrari P]] series of sports prototypes. It was raced in [[1970]] and [[1971]], then withdrawn ...total displacement of 4380&nbsp;cc. However, in the specific case of [[Le Mans]] racing cars, regulations in those days restricted maximum displacement to

The 8C 2300 won the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] from [[1931]] to [[1934]], with Alfa Romeo withdrawing from raci ...1989 to 1991, Alfa Romeo supplied engines to the [[Champ Car|IndyCar World Series]]. The 2648 cc, turbocharged V8 engine produced 720 bhp, and was partly de

...m drove in the [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]] [[Championship Car]] series, racing in the 1967-1970 seasons with 23 starts, including the [[Indianapol ...ther of [[Jeff Bucknum]], an [[Indy Racing League]] and [[American Le Mans Series]] driver.

...m]]<br>[[Champ Car World Series]]<br>[[Formula One]]<br>[[American Le Mans Series]]<br>[[Atlantic Championship]] ...nt-Tremblant hosted a round of the [[Champ Car World Series]], marking the series' first race at the circuit since Indy cars competed there in 1967 and 1968,

...re racers quickly grew and to meet the demand Ferrari constructed a second series of 166 MMs in 1953. ...and overall victories. The most famous of these victories was scored at Le Mans in 1949, where Ferrari scored a victory the first time out. The winning car

...cars, and also their 1969 to 1973 sports prototypes of the [[Ferrari P]] series, using modified engines. === 1970-1974 F1 312B series ===

..., [[formula racing]], SCCA regional races, [[NASCAR]], [[American Le Mans Series]], the annual [[Rolex Vintage Festival]] every [[Labor Day]], and the annua

The '''Ferrari P''' series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. ...roduced in [[1963]], winning the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], and the manufacturers' championship. It was a mid-engined sports car rac

...Championship|Sport Cars World Championship]], [[Interserie]] and [[CanAm]] series. A small number of road going cars were derived from it in 1967, called [[A ...ebring race was very bad for the new car and Alfa did not took part for Le Mans because Bianchi died tragically in a crash in practising session. The car t

...ed autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine [[Le Petit Journal]], a reliability test to determine best performance. ...[[Formula Nippon]], [[Formula Nissan]] (also known as the Telefonica World Series), [[Formula Three]], and [[Formula Atlantic]].

...cond generation of Can Am followed, but this was a fundamentally different series based on obsolete [[Formula 5000]] cars with sports car bodies. ...our races in the US (Am). The series was initially sponsored by J-Wax. The Series used FIA Group 7 rules which had a rule structure with very few restriction

...h a friend. Thence he moved to various driving roles in [[Rallying|rally]] series, but decided his strength was as a co-driver; he continued as such with the ...continued to dominate, winning rally championships, hill climbs, and [[Le Mans]] into the 1990s. Peugeot, despite Todt's continual urging, refused to ente

...nd [[Ferrari 250 TR 61 Spyder Fantuzzi|250 TR61]] [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] cars of [[Phil Hill]]. ...d place in the GT2 class at the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

...race again in [[1961 24 Hours of Le Mans|1961]] and [[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|1962]]. ...for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[Wide World of Sports (US TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]

...ed autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine [[Le Petit Journal]], a reliability test to determine best performance. ...[[Formula Nippon]], [[Formula Nissan]] (also known as the Telefonica World Series), [[Formula Three]], and [[Formula Atlantic]].

...epared especially for Sir Stirling Moss for the 1957 [[24 hours race of Le Mans]]. ...by '''Mazzanti Automobili''', which is projected to be produced in a small series, each example personalized by the owner, named the: '''Evantra'''.

...autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine ''[[Le Petit Journal]]'', a reliability test to determine best performance. ...[[Formula Nippon]], [[Formula Nissan]] (also known as the Telefonica World Series), [[Formula Three]], [[Formula Atlantic]], and [[A1 Grand Prix]].

...d by almost all teams in the [[Indy Racing League]] and all teams of [[GP2 Series]]. ...test-chassis for [[Honda RA099|Honda]]'s planned and aborted return to the series. During 2004, Dallara recruited ex-Jordan, Stewart and Jaguar F1 designer

...an currently sanctions three separate series. The premier Rolex Sports Car Series featuring Daytona Prototype and GT endurance events, the Grand-Am Cup featu ==Rolex Sports Car Series==

...car]]s that ran in the World Championships, including the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]. The Testarossa was also notable for its appearance in the 1980s TV series ''[[Miami Vice]]'', making it one of the most recognized Ferraris since the

...ula One World Championship]], as well as winning the [[1997 24 Hours of Le Mans]] and [[2001 12 Hours of Sebring]] sports car races. Alboreto competed in [ ...racing a car he and a number of his friends had built in the Formula Monza series. The car, however, achieved very little success and two years later Alboret

The '''[[Ferrari]] 250''' is a series of [[sports car]]s from the 1950s and early 1960s. It was the company's mo The 250 series is the most celebrated and valuable of all Ferraris. With its numerous low

After winning the [[1964 24 Hours of Le Mans]], the former headmaster of a nearby school became the local hero of the [[ ...the 1970 [[24 Hours of Daytona]] in a [[Ferrari 512S]]. This was one of a series of 11 endurance events held in Europe and North America for the 1970 world

...l de l'Automobile 2006]], Alfa Romeo announced the production of a limited series 500 units of 8C Competizione. The production version features a Ferrari/Mas Given the car's size and power class as a GT, sports-car races such as Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring are likely

...eas and technical solutions. For one of the most successful Ferrari racing series, the [[Ferrari 250]], Bizzarrini worked hard to develop the chassis, engine ...'s because of the lack of a five speed gearbox. At least another two 250GT series cars were developed by Bizzarrini, Piero Drogo, and team-mates Neri and Bo

...worth responded with the brand new AC engine. Costs, not unlike the senior series, were getting out of control. ...tructor)|Dome]] chassis were seen in Europe. [[Dallara]] briefly tried the series before moving up to [[Formula One]], and [[AGS]] moved up from Formula Two

...ulminated with driver [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]] winning the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] twice (in 1937 with [[Robert Benoist]] and 1939 with [[Pierre Veyron]]). ...is honour. But it was the final racing success at [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] that is most remembered—[[Jean-Pierre Wimille]] and [[Pierre Veyron]] w

...ng by the [[Ford GT40]] and [[Ferrari 250 LM]] at [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]]. [[De Tomaso]] had produced a road car with this layout, the [[De Tomaso ...their own "Jota". Lamborghini could not justify the expense of building a series of Jotas, so they offered an upgraded SV model instead. This model, known

...njoyed some success in 1960 with victory in the Italian [[Formula Junior]] series but in 1962 the aging [[Maserati]] brothers sold the company the [[MV Agust ...4 Le Mans designed by Vignale.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1952-53 Osca MT4 Le Mans designed by [[Vignale]]''']]

...latter being known as Ace-Bristols. The car raced at [[Le Mans 24 Hours|Le Mans]] in [[1957]] and [[1958]]. When the company lost access to the Bristol eng ...ars|Lotus]] optional from 2000. Aluminium bodied. Cheaper CRS (Carbon Road Series) from 1999. Built at Weybridge factory.

...alists, drafted by [[Piero Bottoni]] and, under license, by Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe. ...l tubes chrome-molybdenum for frames of bicycles from the competition. The series, consisting of twelve pieces, tubes in high-strength concrete is reinforced

...and Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races were still isolated events, not a series like today's F1. ...s appeared at and won in the [[Mille Miglia]], then pulled out of the [[Le Mans 1955 disaster]], but won the [[Tourist Trophy]] at [[Dundrod]]. [[Stirling

[[Image:Le mans start.jpg|thumb|Some events have a mass "le mans" start, typically "Hare and Hounds" type events]] ...category called the World Rally Championship which is an automobile racing series that occurs annually around the world and covers both paved and unpaved ter

...erbike series]]; [[Superbike_racing#World Superbike series|World Superbike series]]; [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]; [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Master ...ch leads to Hawthorn Bend. The track then loops around the woodland with a series of challenging mid-speed corners, most notably the dip at Westfield and the

...d for other makers including [[Iso automobile|Iso]] and [[Alfa Romeo]]. A series of [[concept car]]s in the [[2000s]] posthumously bore his name. ...eas and technical solutions. For one of the most successful Ferrari racing series, the [[Ferrari 250]], Bizzarrini worked hard to develop the chassis, engine

! colspan=1 | Le Mans Years || 24hLM 1963 – 24hLM 1965, 24hLM 1967 ...rtees made a full recovery and competed with a T70 in the inaugural Can Am series in 1966, winning three races of six to become champion over other winners D

...cal function. The frame was formed by two C-section side rails joined by a series of cross members and the rear mounts for the [[engine]]/[[gearbox]] assembl ...essentially all the competition coachwork for the 8C 2300: the 4-seat [[Le Mans]] tourers which were then required for competition at la Sarthe, the lightw

|colspan=2|''This article is part of the [[automobile]] series.'' ...ar front and rear bumpers, kevlar seats, kevlar door panels, whilst the Le Mans race models used F40 half-shafts.

...], when l' [[I.R.I.]] gained the Alfa, and aimed more on the production of series that in the races, entrusting the entire sporty management to the Stable yo [[Category:24 Hours of Le Mans entrants]]

After his brother was injured in a crash at [[Le Mans]] the sport was discouraged by their parents and Jackie took up shooting. I ...following frequent travelling, as Stewart also competed in the [[Can Am]] series with a Lola, and a Ford Capri in the [[touring car]] [[Group 2]] European c

...ntoya]], the only driver to have won a race in the [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One ...n a new youth racing league called Formula Junior <!-- likely not the same series as the article in Wikipedia, so do not wikilink to it --> in [[Ancona, Ital

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...nship Racing League]], the [[Indy Racing League]], and the Champ Car World Series (CCWS). ...Car World Series Powered By Ford'''. The series merged into the [[IndyCar Series]] before its planned 2008 season.

| Prev series || Formula One | Prev series years || 1982-1992; 1994

...he race organisiation and its history is contained in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] article. [[image:autosportlemans.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''[[1952 24 Hours of Le Mans]] race, depicted on cover of Auto Sport Review magazine''']]

...na]]. In 1992, he raced in the [[International Formula 3000|Formula 3000]] series, finishing ninth, and in 1993 he improved to third overall. ...mpact on his race performance, managing only a 9th place finish. Despite a series of poor performances over the course of the 2008 season he came back and ma

...d of the second successful season (which was overshadowed by the [[1955 Le Mans disaster]] in which 81 spectators were killed) Mercedes had won all titles ...e to secure his final win at the [[Nürburgring]] in [[Germany]]. After his series of back-to-back championships he retired in 1958, following the [[French Gr

...g during the same year, his best finish being third in Miami in his second series start. ...the car turned out to be not even half as competitive as in the [[FIA GT]] series.

...1970, Alfa T 33/3 was one of the "actors" of [[Steve McQueen]]'s movie "Le Mans", released in 1971. ...f entrants with T33/4 in season 1974. T33/3 version was also used in CanAm series earlier.

*[[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]], [[Île Notre-Dame]], [[Montreal]] *[[Circuit de la Sarthe]], [[Le Mans]]

...GTs, [[FIA Sportscar Championship|FIA Sportscar]], and [[American Le Mans Series|ALMS]].

...hilosophy of constant improvement and perfection based on the results of a series of experiences. ...or a [[Maserati 5000 Sport]] which was driven by [[Stirling Moss]] at [[Le Mans]].

...edigree and the message of durability, quality, and exclusivity. The SFC "Series 15,000" was featured in the Guggenheim Museum in New York's 1999 exhibit "t ...f the art hollow Marchesini wheels and a modern beam or trellis frame. The series were the equal of their direct Italian competition from the likes of Ducati

...for decades, Moto Guzzi has experienced a series of business cycles and a series of ownership arrangements — some complex, some brief, some with enduring ...in the mid 1980s when Guzzi created 4 valve versions of the "small block" series. Of these, the 650 and the 750 were rated at 60 bhp and 65 bhp respectively

...e pilot. It is no coincidence Jim Pauley (who also runs the 24 hours of Le Mans), Dave Michaels and Tom O'Brien colsero the best results in years when Band [[Image:Bandini_sport_siluro211b.jpg|250px|thumb|The engine Bandini 750 first series]]

...d been laid out before the war but it took several years afterward for the series to get going; meanwhile Ferrari rebuilt his works in Maranello and construc ...ed in testing and the team won no race. A Ferrari did win [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], however, with [[Paul Frere]] and [[Olivier Gendebien]] driving.

...Hours]], which had been introduced in 1924, following the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]. The ADAC had held its first [[1000 km Nürburgring]] [[sports car racing ...entered [[BMW M3]] GTR V8 that had been run in the 2001 [[American Le Mans Series]].

...ager Lucio Ceccinello on a [[Honda RC211V]], on a one-bike team new to the series. '''[[Bugatti Circuit|Le Mans]] - [[France]]'''. Stoner qualified eleventh on the grid, but struggled in

...two years, as in 1955, as a result of the disaster at the [[24 hours of Le Mans]], the race was cancelled.

'''Ducati Desmosedici''' is the name of the series of 4-Stroke V4 [[Prototype]] Motorcycles developed by [[Ducati]] to compete ...unds of the 2003 MotoGP championship. The Desmosedici GP3 quickly scored a series of results with Loris Capirossi, who stepped onto the [[podium]] in the ope

=== World Series === ...to the United States, winning the [[PPG]] [[Champ Car|CART]] IndyCar World Series title and only losing the 500 in his rookie year because of inexperience wi

===Dispute over regulations and breakaway series=== ...p issues and the eight FOTA teams announced intentions to form a breakaway series for 2010. However, following a meeting of the [[World Motor Sport Council]]

...hed as possible component suppliers for future Lamborghini models. After a series of complex transactions, Audi became the sole owner of the troubled Italian ...06, Lamborghini partnered with [[Asus]] to produce the Asus Lamborghini VX series of [[notebook computers]]. The current VX notebooks are VX1 and VX2. Both f

...st I4 engine (Diesel) - 4.3&nbsp;L (4334&nbsp;cc/278&nbsp;in³) - [[Isuzu N-Series|Isuzu NKR]] ''[[Isuzu 4HF1 engine|4HF1]]'' ...[[Dodge Ram|Dodge Ram 250/350]] ''[[Cummins]] [[Cummins B Series engine|B series turbodiesel]]''

...ave the young Austrian [[Jo Gartner]] (the man who died tragically at [[Le Mans]] in 1986) his one and only chance to drive a Formula One car in [[1984]]. ...olpiano. A few of those sports cars even found their way to the [[Can Am]] series, although without much success. In the [[1990s]], Osella moved to [[Atella]

In April 2009, in an [[Le Mans Series|LMS]] [[1000 km de Catalunya]] race, a Murcielago R-GT of the Russian IPB S

...tor. The company would not return to Formula One for forty years. After Le Mans, three of the year's remaining Grands Prix were cancelled. ...ction of locally built or modified machines. Frontrunning drivers from the series usually contested their local World Championship Grand Prix, as well as occ

...cars more suitable to the Italian market. Merosi would go on to design a series of new A.L.F.A. cars with more powerful engines ([[A.L.F.A 40/60 HP|40-60 H ...pionship for Grand Prix cars in 1925. For Alfa road cars Jano developed a series of small-to-medium-displacement 4, 6, and 8 cylinder inline power plants ba

[[Image:Motori_Bandini.JPG|left|thumb|200px|'''The first series of [[DOHC]] engines''']] [[Image:Ilario_Bandini_con_motore_750_ss.jpg|left|thumb|150px|'''The second series of engines 750 cc''']]

...ed in the [[Formula Ford]] series and competed in the German [[Formula 3]] series for the next two years, winning the title in [[1990]]. In [[1991]], he cont ...where he beat Fernando Alonso in a closely contested battle, putting in a series of blistering laps before his second pit-stop to emerge in front of Alonso.