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2011 ModSpace American Le Mans Monterey Presented by Patrón

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California, USA
September 16 - September 18, 2011
ESPN2 TV Broadcast 1:00 - 3:00 PM EDT Sept 18th
ESPN3 Qualifying Stream 6:30 - 7:45 PM EDT Sept 16th
ESPN3 Race Stream 4:15 - 10:45 PM EDT Sept 17th


Event Schedule:

http://www.imsaracing.net/2011/event...upp%20Regs.pdf

Facility Map

http://www.imsaracing.net/2011/event.../LagunaMap.gif


Geometry Map

http://www.imsaracing.net/2011/event...etry%20map.pdf


Entry List:

http://www.imsaracing.net/2011/event...try%20List.pdf


Corvette Corral:

http://www.imsaracing.net/2011/car%2...e%20Corral.pdf

Corvette Racing Banquet: (register through the NCM)

http://www.corvettemuseum.com/regist...hamp2011.shtml


Tickets: (recommended to get the 3 day package with Corvette Corral parking)

http://www.mazdaraceway.com/get-tick...esented-patron


2011 SPOTTERS GUIDE:
http://www.spotterguides.com/


10 day Weather:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...=CAZ530&zflg=1


Radio Frequencies:
http://lastturnclub.com/index.php?op...735&Itemid=111

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Laguna Seca Corvette Charity Auction!

Doug Fehan will hold a charity auction to benefit Austin Hatcher Foundation (official charity of ALMS) during his presentation at the Corvette Corral on Friday, Sept. 16, at 5 p.m.
Unique Corvette Racing memorabilia will be offered so don't miss it!!

rmackintosh

Will be there for 3-4 days.....WOOT!!

Sidney004

Great!! Do you know if anyone is giving away any promo tickets for Friday? By the way, free entrance and parking for Thursday's practice.

rmackintosh

Not sure about this year, but in years past we always show up on Wed or Thursday and camp near turn 5. Typically we come and go as we please on Wednesday and Thursday and only start needing tickets to get around on Friday.

cor123

There are still a few reservations available for the NCM Corvette Racing banquet. Contact Ruth Marston at ruth.marston@motorsportwest.net or Buzz Marston at buzz.marston@motorsportwest.net to make your reservation.

http://www.corvettemuseum.com/regist...hamp2011.shtml

Also, don't forget the Doug Fehan Charity auction Friday evening at 5:00 PM at the Corvette Corral. Proceeds go to the ALMS charity the Austin Hatcher Foundation. A unique and very special item will be donated by writer Tammy Kaehler. She is donating a signed book she wrote about a Corvette Racing driver. Here is what she wrote:

She's racing to the checkered flag, but the competition is murder ...
In Tammy Kaehler's debut mystery novel, Dead Man's Switch, up and coming race car driver Kate Reilly finds herself under suspicion for murder just as she hits the big time: a job driving a Corvette in the American Le Mans Series. Dead Man's Switch takes you inside the cockpit of a race car to experience the sights, sounds, sensations, and emotions of racing at the edge. Publisher's Weekly said, "Even those unfamiliar with this world will appreciate Kaehler's vivid descriptions of the intricate teamwork involved in racing, the amazing equipment, the split-second decision making required of the driver, and the pulse-pounding race itself."

Take the racing action home with you! At Laguna Seca, one lucky auction winner will take home a signed, hardcover copy of Dead Man's Switch, and will also have the privilege of naming a character in the second Kate Reilly Racing Mystery—possibly even a member of a Corvette team! Find out more at www.tammykaehler.com


So, make sure you attend both the banquet and auction!

rmackintosh

Heading out to the track at about 10am tomorrow. Will be camping in the big brown Monaco motorhome at the top of the campground on the outside of turn 5...near the bathrooms.....

cor123

Don't forget to vote for the ALMS fans award for Corvette Racing!

http://americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=poll

Sidney004

We will stop by and say "hi"
Sidney (925)354-1571

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2011 ModSpace American Le Mans Monterey Presented by Patrón
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California, USA
September 16 - September 18, 2011

ESPN3 Qualifying Stream 5:30 - 6:45 PM CDT Sept 16th

ESPN3 Race Stream 3:15 - 09:45 PM CDT Sept 17th

ESPN2 TV Broadcast 12:00 - 2:00 PM CDT Sept 18th

Canadian or non-US? Then watch it on ALMS.com:

http://americanlemans.com/index.php

not sure if the Justin TV link will work for Laguna Seca Race:

http://www.justin.tv/rampageturke2


LIVE TIMING:

http://www.imsaracing.net/2003/lt/ltc.html

http://americanlemans.com/primary1.p...acehub#scoring


Live Timing for mobile device:

http://mobile.imsaracing.net/wap2.cfm

"http://scoring.americanlemans.com/m">http://scoring.americanlemans.com/m


PIT NOTES:

http://twitter.com/almsnotes


RADIO ALMS

http://www.americanlemans.com/radio/almsradio2.php


Entry List:

http://www.imsaracing.net/2011/event...try%20List.pdf


2011 SPOTTERS GUIDE:

http://www.spotterguides.com/

Pfadt Racing

Hey guys! Be sure to keep an eye out for the Bonderant Camaro! We are going have a couple engineers at Laguna doing some track side support for their newly formed team!

cor123

Are you guys going to be at Petit Le Mans?

dvandentop

atleast # 4 car qualified decent

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Corvette Racing Qualifies Second and Eighth for Laguna Seca ALMS



Gavin Puts No. 4 Corvette C6.R on GT Front Row for Third Straight Race



MONTEREY, Calif., Sept. 16, 2011 – As the laps counted down in qualifying for Saturday's ModSpace American Le Mans Series Monterey, Corvette Racing engineer Chuck Houghton radioed to driver Oliver Gavin, "A tenth of a second will put you in P2." Gavin responded with his quickest lap of the 15-minute qualifying session, taking the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R from sixth to second on the GT grid.



"As always, Chuck tells me exactly how it is," Gavin said with a laugh. "I knew that the car had it in it. I just needed to put a lap together without any traffic or sand on the track. It all seemed to come together on that last lap."



It was the third consecutive front-row qualifying effort by the No. 4 Corvette C6.R after Gavin's teammate, Jan Magnussen, qualified the yellow car in the No. 2 spot at Road America and the Baltimore Grand Prix. Gavin's ninth and final lap was his quickest, navigating the 2.238-mile course in 1:23.124 (96.925 mph). Olivier Beretta's sixth lap in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R was his fastest at 1:23.566 (96.412 mph), placing him eighth in the hard-fought GT class – the gap from second to eighth was less than half a second. Joey Hand took the GT pole at 1:22.226 (97.984 mph) in the No. 56 BMW M3 GT.



"I knew by Turn 7 that it was going to be a good lap," Gavin recalled. "I'd been losing some time in the Corkscrew because I was trying too hard and overshooting the corner. This time I backed down a little bit, got through the turn quickly, and then it was just hauling through the rest of the corners to the start-finish line.



"It's super close with everyone except Hand's BMW, and we're in with a fighting chance," the Briton added. "Six hours at Laguna Seca is a long race, and I know that Corvette Racing will make the right calls and we'll be battling to keep ourselves in the championship."



Gavin and Magnussen will go into the penultimate round of the ALMS second in the GT standings, 25 points behind Hand and Dirk Mueller. With 55 points available in the remaining two races, the championship is still in play.



Beretta expects the No. 3 Corvette C6.R to move to the front as the race unfolds. "With our strategy for qualifying we should look good in the race," Beretta said. "I tried my best, and the engineers and mechanics did a good job. I'm quite happy about how the day went."



The six-hour ModSpace American Le Mans Series Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will start on Saturday, September 17, at 1:30 p.m. PT. Live video coverage will be available on ESPN3.com in the U.S. and americanlemans.com for international users. ESPN2 will televise the ModSpace American Le Mans Series Monterey on Sunday, September 18, at 1 p.m. ET.



ModSpace American Le Mans Series Monterey GT Qualifying (Top 10):

Pos./Car No./Drivers/Car/Time

1. 56 Mueller/Hand, BMW M3 GT, 1:22.226

2. 4 Gavin/Magnussen, Corvette C6.R, 1:23.124

3. 55 Auberlen/Werner, BMW M3 GT, 1:23.132

4. 02 Brown/Cosmo, Ferrari F458 Italia, 1:23.367

5. 45 Bergmeister/Long, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 1:23.368

6. 01 Sharp/van Overbeek, Ferrari F458 Italia, 1:232.386

7. 62 Melo/Vildander, Ferrari F458 Italia, 1:23.518

8. 3 Beretta/Milner, Corvette C6.R, 1:23.566

9. 17 Henzler/Sellers, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 1:23.758

10. 48 Miller/Maasen, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 1:24.133

dvandentop

nuts how good the dirvers in the 56 car is

redtopz

Yeah, 1 second faster than everyone else is no joke. Those bmw's are pretty amazing cars too. I can't wait, in 2 weeks I'll be at LS racing my T1 corvette!

ZoomFreakinZoom

I guess having a push to pass button is nice . The BMW's have a system set up now where the A/C turns off after X amount of throttle, which according to Pat Long is about a 5 MPH difference on a long straight. I don't know how IMSA hasn't done anything about it, but after talking to a lot of the drivers, it looks like there isn't a rule in place that says you can't, but it isn't legal either. Loop hole I guess. Would be nice to see the Corvettes and the Lizards do well this weekend.

jimtway

Me too! I'm sure we'll be putting down 1:23 sec laps as well.

dvandentop

if the bmw is running that then why havent others installed!

KBow_Photo

Easy to be the best drivers when you are allowed to have the best car by the sanctioning body.