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Corvette C6.R GT2 wins ALMS green challenge in first race

Last weekend, the Corvette Racing team debuted its all-new GT2 class Corvette C6.R at the American Le Mans Series race at Mid-Ohio. The pair of Corvettes didn't quite manage an overall class victory on the track but did finish second and forth. The #3 yellow and black Corvette of Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen did, however, take advantage of its cellulosic ethanol fuel and good fuel efficiency to win the Michelin Green "X" challenge for the GT class. That's the second green challenge win of the season for the pair, having achieved the ... Read more →

Corsa Motorsports Ginetta-Zytek hybrid running this weekend Sam Abuelsamid

The Corsa Motorsports Ginetta-Zytek 09HS hybrid LMP1 car is running in competition for the first time this weekend at the Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports park. The new car arrived from the UK ...

Chief engineer talks aboout Corvette Racing's greatest victory Sam Abuelsamid

In the latest post on the GM Fastlane blog, Corvette chief engineer Tom Wallace describes what he calls the greatest victory yet for the Corvette Racing team. Just over a week ago at the Petit Le ...

Spoiler Alert: 10th Petit Le Mans is over, the first Green Challenge winner is... Sam Abuelsamid

The tenth running of the Petit Le Mans took place on Saturday and along with celebrating a decade of the American Le Mans Series it also marked the debut of the ALMS Green Challenge. For those of you ...

Corsa Motorsports to debut hybrid LMP1 car at Petit Le Mans Sam Abuelsamid

Here at the Detroit Grand Prix today, Corsa Motorsports announced their intention to debut a hybrid powered sports car in the LMP1 class at the Petit Le Mans in October. Corsa will be using a chassis ...

Two new manufacturers may join ALMS to participate in Green Challenge 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Detroit Grand Prix is back at the city's Belle Isle Park this Labor Day weekend and Saturday's activities will be dominated by the Detroit Sports Car Challenge. The Sports Car Challenge is the 9th race of the 2008 American Le Mans Series. We spoke to ALMS President Scott Atherton this morning ...

ALMS Green Challenge to kick off in October 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the beginning of the year we brought you initial news of the planned Green Challenge being implemented by the organizers of the American Le Mans Series. The announcement was made at the Detroit Motor Show, however details of how the initiative – co-sponsored by the Energy Department, the ...

Slate's Green Challenge: can you manage a 5,000-lb diet? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

They say we Americans love a good challenge, so in the face of global warming Slate collaborated with Treehugger to come up with the Slate Green Challenge. The idea is that you take a short quiz which determines your annual carbon footprint and then for the next eight weeks, the nation goes on a ...


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