Scenes from Mid-Ohio - Saturday

  by Mark Scheuern

Mid-Ohio: Audi reigns on Acuras parade

  ALMS
The Audi team finished 1-2 in today's Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car course, thereby spoiling Acuras efforts to get a win in the race with their name on it.  Lucas Luhr won by 7.7 seconds over the sister Audi driven by Emanuele Pirro.  Romain Dumas was 3rd in the Penske Porsche ahead of the two Acuras of David Brabham and Adrian Fernandez.

Gil de Ferran back on pole at Mid-Ohio

  ALMS
Gil de Ferran won his third straight pole position at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Friday…seven years apart. The storybook debut season for De Ferran Motorsports continued with de Ferran’s first pole in the American Le Mans Series, a record-breaking 1:07.969 (119.596 mph) for the Acura Sports Car Challenge.

Brabham and Sharp win at Lime Rock

  ALMS
David Brabham did it again. Another late-race pass meant victory in the American Le Mans Series, this time a historic first overall victory for Acura and Patr¢n Highcroft Racing. Brabham passed Penske Racing’s Timo Bernhard with 90 seconds left Saturday to win the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix with Scott Sharp.

David Brabham puts Patron Acura on pole

  ALMS at Lime Rock
With a blistering final lap of 46.696 seconds in this afternoon's qualifying session at Lime Rock Park, David Brabham brought home Patr¢n Highcroft Racing's first pole of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. He passed Simon Pagenaud in the #66 Acura on the penultimate lap, with a time of 47.062 seconds, -- securing the grid's top spot for tomorrow's race.

Cong Fu Cheng: Stars in his eyes

  First Chinese driver to compete at LeMans
Cong Fu Cheng, the first Chinese driver to ever participate in the 24 Heures du Mans truly made his mark and the 2008 edition. Cheng came in to the race with very clear objectives: "I didn't just want to be the first of my people to participate in the legendary 24 Heures du Mans, I wanted to finish the race and achieve the best finish possible."

Scenes from 24 Hours of LeMans

  by Gary Parravani

Audi defeats Peugeot at LeMans

  24 Hour Endurance classic
Alan McNish finally got his Rolex at Les 24 Heures du Mans after a tough fight to victory in the legendary 24-hour race. McNish's Audi team fought hard to overcome the three Peugeots ahead on the grid, eventually took the lead after thirteen hours and never looked back, winning in front of 285,500 spectators.

A journey through the night at LeMans

  24 Hour Endurance classic
The 24 Heures du Mans are always held the weekend closest to the shortest night of the year in France, the 21st of June. In fact, there is something magic about the moment the race passes from day into night- it becomes a wholly different challenge, and as they say, it is the stuff that legends are made of.

LeMans at 12 Hour Mark: Peugeot still leads Audi

  24 Hours of LeMans classic
At the halfway of the 76th 24 Hours of Le Mans, Peugeot and Audi kept up their chase with former F1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve leading in the No. 7 Peugeot 908 over Audi’s Dindo Capello, driving the No. 2 Audi R10 TDI that he is sharing with Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen.

LeMans: Peugeot remains fastest

  In final qualifying
Peugeot have taken this year's qualifying by storm and when the checkered flag fell they occupied a very impressive 1st, 2nd and 3rd in LMP1. The Audis did begin to speed up towards the end of the session but pole is safe for the #8 Team Peugeot Total, Peugeot 908 HDI FAP driven by Lamy, Sarrazin and Wurz.

Three Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs on top at Le Mans

  Peugeot catches Audi asleep
The 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours kicked off this evening with the first of the week's two qualifying sessions, and the three Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs were immediately on the pace to collect the top three places on the provisional grid. Stéphane Sarrazin was the fastest man on the track today, posting a blistering 3m 18.513s for Team Peugeot Total with the N°8 car, a stunning improvement of 7.831s over his pole-winning time for Peugeot in 2007.