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Acura and Porsche take inaugural ALMS Green Challenge championship

Season 1 of the American Le Mans Series' Michelin GreenX Challenge is now in the books with Acura and Porsche taking the inaugural season championship. The 2009 season wrapped up at Laguna Seca this weekend with Gil de Ferran taking overall victory in the Acura ARX-02a and the No. 45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911. However, it was the LMP2 class Acura ARX-01b of Fernandez racing that took Green honors among the prototypes after finishing second overall to de Ferran. The Fernandez car has been running strong all season The second of the two ... Read more →

Audi and Porsche win Michelin GreenX Challenge at Petit Le Mans Sam Abuelsamid

The American Le Mans Series ran half of its annual flagship race this past weekend at a rain-saturated Road Atlanta track in Georgia. The race marked the first anniversary of the inauguration of ...

ECO Racing to finally debut its diesel LMP1 car at Petit Le Mans Sam Abuelsamid

After an aborted attempt to debut at the end of the 2008 season, ECO Racing is apparently finally ready to take a crack at competing with its new diesel-powered Le Mans Prototype. The team led by ...

Corvette and Acura win first Canadian Green Challenge race Sam Abuelsamid

This past weekend, the American Le Mans Series headed north of the border for its annual outing at Mosport northeast of Toronto. This is the first Canadian race since the Michelin Green X ...

Corsa Motorsports hybrid finishes 3rd overall at Lime Rock ALMS race Sam Abuelsamid

This weekend's American Le Mans Series race at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut was an important one for the series that promotes itself as the leader in "Green Racing." The Corsa Motorsports team ...

Corsa Motorsports Ginetta-Zytek hybrid running this weekend 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 just last weekend and prior to hitting the track in Utah has run only once since being completed. ...

Corsa Motorsports to debut hybrid LMP1 car at Utah ALMS race 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

After months of delays, Corsa Motorsports is finally ready to hit the track with its new hybrid LMP1 race car. The hybrid race program was originally announced last summer at the Detroit Grand Prix and was set to debut at the Petit Le Mans in October. Unfortunately, development didn't proceed as ...

Spoiler Alert: 2009 12 Hours of Sebring, race and green challenge winners 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The 2009 12 Hours of Sebring was one for the history books and that's where it is now. If the race is still sitting on your Tivo, stop reading now. Otherwise click the continue link to find out who won the Green Challenge and the overall victory. ...

Audi R15 TDI may add two more races to 2009 ALMS schedule 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

American Audi race fans were hugely disappointed when the German automaker announced at the end of 2008 that it would not be competing in the full 2009 American Le Mans Series season. This came as a particular blow since Audi has built an all new car for 2009, the R15 TDI. Instead, Audi planned ...

Michelin signs on as title sponsor of ALMS Green Challenge 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The American Le Mans Series launched its Green Challenge last fall at the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta. For 2009, ALMS is making it a season-long fixture. Today in Washington, D.C., ALMS CEO Scott Atherton announced that the French tire maker Michelin has signed on as a title sponsor of the ...

New hybrid tech being developed for ALMS, possible new fuel to come 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

These days, its not much easier to run a racing series than it is to run a car company. However, if there is any series boss who could be said to be in an "enviable" situation, it is Scott Atherton, CEO of the American Le Mans Series. Coming off its tenth anniversary in 2008, the series had its ...

Chief engineer talks aboout Corvette Racing's greatest victory 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 Mans at Road Atlanta, the Corvette C6R of Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen, and Ron Fellows became ...

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 ...

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