****GTLM/GTD Pro Racing Talk-NO SPOILERS PLEASE!
01-19-2012, 12:39 PM
#82
Arg.
Would be nice if they let privateers run the cars:
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120118/ALMS/120119828
Would be nice if they let privateers run the cars:
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120118/ALMS/120119828
01-20-2012, 03:02 PM
#83
Instructor
There is a French privateer team who runs the previous generation Peugeot cars - they won Sebring last year (Team ORECA Matmut), and have raced LeMans. Wonder if they will get the latest 908 and continue to race?
02-13-2012, 08:16 PM
#86
My wife and I are avid fans of the ALMS Corvette Racing Team. Over the past several years we have been at Road Atlanta, Sebring, Elkhart Lake, and last year Baltimore. We were at the Rolex 24 hrs at Daytona a few weeks ago and talked to Oliver Gavin, Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, and Richard Westbrook (Westy) they were driving the Spirit of Daytona, # 90 PD vette. We also spoke to Tommy Milner, and the new kid on the block, Jordan Taylor. Tommy and Jordan were driving the # 88 Camaro. All the drivers were exited with the upcoming 2012 ALMS season in there new #3 and #4 Corvette C6.R. They did quite well at the winter testing last week at Sebring.
We have several couples from our Corvette Club, http://www.4cccc.org/ who will be attending races this year at Sebring, Road America, and Road Atlanta.
We have several couples from our Corvette Club, http://www.4cccc.org/ who will be attending races this year at Sebring, Road America, and Road Atlanta.
02-13-2012, 08:39 PM
#87
My wife and I are avid fans of the ALMS Corvette Racing Team. Over the past several years we have been at Road Atlanta, Sebring, Elkhart Lake, and last year Baltimore. We were at the Rolex 24 hrs at Daytona a few weeks ago and talked to Oliver Gavin, Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, and Richard Westbrook (Westy) they were driving the Spirit of Daytona, # 90 PD vette. We also spoke to Tommy Milner, and the new kid on the block, Jordan Taylor. Tommy and Jordan were driving the # 88 Camaro. All the drivers were exited with the upcoming 2012 ALMS season in there new #3 and #4 Corvette C6.R. They did quite well at the winter testing last week at Sebring.
We have several couples from our Corvette Club, http://www.4cccc.org/ who will be attending races this year at Sebring, Road America, and Road Atlanta.
We have several couples from our Corvette Club, http://www.4cccc.org/ who will be attending races this year at Sebring, Road America, and Road Atlanta.
02-15-2012, 12:49 PM
#88
This should be a very, very interesting race at Sebring 2012 . A few new entries and a few rule changes should make it even better. Having 4 Corvettes should make us feel better too !!
jerry
jerry
02-25-2012, 11:39 AM
#89
Le Mans Master
2 Teams drop out of series
03-14-2012, 01:21 PM
#94
Sebring gets underway this weekend!
New cars, new driver. Should be fun to watch it all go down this Saturday.
New cars, new driver. Should be fun to watch it all go down this Saturday.
03-14-2012, 02:25 PM
#96
You may also be able to find it online at Justin TV:
http://www.justin.tv/rampageturke2
03-14-2012, 02:26 PM
#98
Sebring to Celebrate Corvette's Racing Heritage in Hall of Fame Ceremony
Sebring to Celebrate Corvette's Racing Heritage in Hall of Fame Ceremony
Chevrolet Corvette to Be Honored as First American Manufacturer in Sebring Hall of Fame
SEBRING, Fla., March 14, 2012 – Corvette's racing history runs deep at Sebring International Raceway. On Friday, March 16, Chevrolet Corvette will be honored as the first American manufacturer in the Sebring Hall of Fame. The timing of Corvette's induction is fitting, as Chevrolet celebrates 60 years of Corvette production in 2012 and Sebring stages the milestone 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday, March 17.
The Sebring road course is the crucible where Corvette’s racing reputation was forged. Once a training field for B-17 bomber pilots, the Hendricks Field airstrip circuit became a proving ground for legendary road racers. It was on Sebring's punishing concrete runways that Chevrolet’s fiberglass sports car first seriously challenged the European marques. On March 24, 1956, John Fitch and Walt Hansgen raced to a Class B victory at Sebring in a Corvette wearing America's traditional blue and white racing colors – the first step onto the world stage that established Chevrolet as a contender in top-level competition.
A total of 231 Corvettes have competed in the Sebring 12-hour race, and 24 of them have scored class or category victories in this legendary test of endurance. Just as Sebring evolved from a makeshift 5.2-mile airfield circuit into a 3.7-mile permanent road course, Corvette made the transition from boulevard cruiser to world-class sports car.
Victories in Sebring played a crucial role in recasting Chevrolet’s image from a producer of conservative automobiles to a company that appealed to youthful, performance-minded customers. Introduced in 1953 with a six-cylinder engine and a two-speed automatic transmission, Corvette made a great leap forward with the debut of the Chevrolet small-block V-8 in 1955. Legendary racer/engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov continually expanded Corvette's performance envelope with the development of dual four-barrel carburetors, fuel injection, Duntov-designed solid lifter camshafts, four-speed transmissions, and heavy-duty suspension packages.
Duntov was frequently at odds with the ban on corporate racing enacted by the Automobile Manufacturers Association in 1957, launching a number of unofficial programs to ensure that independent Corvette racers had the equipment they needed to compete successfully. In an era of drum brakes and three-speed gearboxes, Corvette drivers enjoyed the advantages of factory-designed performance packages.
Fresh from a record-setting session on the sands of Daytona Beach (where Duntov set the flying mile speed record at 150.583 mph), the Corvette crew hastily prepared a trio of Corvettes for the 1956 12-hour Sebring endurance race. The untested Corvettes predictably encountered teething problems, but Fitch and Hansgen persevered to finish first in Class B and ninth overall.
That first Sebring victory became the cornerstone of the Corvette legend. Chevrolet's advertising agency trumpeted the triumph with ads that declared Corvette was "The Real McCoy" and lauded Corvette as "a tough, road-gripping torpedo-on-wheels with the stamina to last through the brutal 12 hours of Sebring." Further iterations of the first-generation Corvette scored class wins at Sebring in 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, and 1962. Notable Corvette drivers of this era included Dr. Dick Thompson, Briggs Cunningham, Jim Jeffords, 1960 Indianapolis 500 winner Jim Rathmann., Jerry Grant, Jim Hurtubise, and Don Yenko.
The Sebring Corvettes eventually sired a trio of SR Corvettes – the acronym standing for “Sebring Racer” or alternatively “Sports Racing.” Based on a Sebring Corvette chassis, the SR-2 sprouted a tail fin, racing windscreens, air scoops on the side coves, and an extended front end with driving lights that gave the machine a purposeful appearance. Corvette repeated as the GT class champion at the 1957 Sebring enduro – although it was a production model driven by Dick Thompson, "The Flying Dentist," and Gaston Andrey that took the honors.
The 1957 Corvette SS that made its competition debut in Sebring was Duntov’s technical tour de force. Conceived to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Corvette SS was a stunning machine, both visually and mechanically. A featherweight magnesium body cloaked a tubular steel space frame that featured coil-over-shock front suspension, a de Dion rear axle and inboard-mounted aluminum drum brakes. A fuel-injected small-block V-8 resided under the long, sloping hood.
A Corvette SS mule car was tested at Sebring by five-time Formula 1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio and British ace Stirling Moss, running quick lap times in practice for the 12-hour race. Fitch and Piero Taruffi were to drive the Corvette SS in its maiden race, but suspension problems forced its retirement after only 23 laps. There was worse news in store: the Automobile Manufacturers Association announced its opposition to factory involvement in motorsports. The Corvette SS project was shelved – although the SS was resurrected long enough for Duntov to lap Daytona International Speedway at 155 mph during opening-day ceremonies in 1959.
Five lightweight Grand Sport Corvettes constructed in 1962-63 bore the unmistakable mark of Zora. Built behind closed doors when racing was officially discouraged at GM, the handful of featherweight Grand Sports kept the flame of performance alive for the Corvette faithful. Plans for a limited production run of Grand Sports were dashed when the program was canceled to comply with the AMA’s racing ban. Duntov subsequently distributed the Grand Sports to independent racers. Roger Penske and Jim Hall teamed up to win the GT Prototype class at Sebring in 1964 in a Grand Sport, with A.J. Foyt and John Cannon finishing second in Mecom Racing's Grand Sport. Two of the Grand Sports were eventually converted to roadsters, and today the five examples are among the most prized Corvettes on the planet.
Independent racers also recognized the potential of the Corvette’s small-block powertrain. Chevrolet V-8s became the preferred power source for Lister-Corvettes, Scarabs, Cheetahs and other road racing specials. Jim Hall and Hap Sharp scored an overall victory in the 1965 Sebring 12-hour in a Chaparral equipped with a Chevy small-block V-8 and automatic transmission that traced their roots to Chevrolet R&D. It was the last Sebring overall win by an all-American entry – an American car driven by American drivers.
The arrival of the third-generation Corvette in 1968 sparked a racing revival in Sebring. Now armed with big-block Chevrolet V-8 engines, drivers like John Greenwood (teamed with entertainer Dick Smothers), Tony DeLorenzo, Jerry Thompson, David Heinz, and Bob Johnson put Corvette in the Sebring winner's circle. Corvettes won the GT class at Sebring in 1968, 1970, 1971, and 1972.
Corvette participation peaked in 1973 when18 Corvettes started the Sebring 12-hour race. In the 1973 enduro, Ron Grable, John Greenwood, and Mike Brockman finished third overall, Corvette's highest finishing position until Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen duplicated the feat by finishing third overall in 2006 in a Corvette C6.R.
The 1980s saw the advent of the IMSA GTP era and a battle royal among manufacturers. Chevrolet's entry in the Camel GT wars was the Corvette GTP, based on a Lola chassis and powered by a turbocharged Chevy V-6 that pumped out more than 1,000 horsepower at full boost. The Corvette GTP proved to be fast but fragile at Sebring, recording a best finish of ninth in 1988 with drivers Sarel Van der Merwe and Elliott Forbes-Robinson in Hendrick Motorsports' entry.
Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and John Jones scored the only class win by a fourth-generation Corvette in the Sebring 12-hour in 1988, taking the GTO trophy in a Corvette built by Protofab. One of the principals of Protofab was Gary Pratt, who would later become the co-owner of Pratt & Miller Engineering, Chevrolet's technical partner in the Corvette Racing program.
Corvette Racing notched the first of its seven Sebring class victories in 2002 with a Corvette C5-R driven by Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Oliver Gavin. With wins the previous year in the Daytona and Le Mans 24-hour races, the Chevrolet team added the third jewel in endurance racing's Triple Crown at Sebring. O'Connell became the most prolific racer in Sebring history when he tallied his eighth career class win (and fifth with Corvette Racing) at Sebring in 2009. O'Connell also will be inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame on Friday.
Corvette Racing will write another page in Corvette's racing history at Sebring on Saturday with the latest evolution of the Corvette C6.R and an all-star team of drivers. The 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida will begin at 10:30 a.m. EDT, with live video on ESPN3.com. ABC will televise the race at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 18.
Pics when this posted on the site: http://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/...olet/news.html
Chevrolet Corvette to Be Honored as First American Manufacturer in Sebring Hall of Fame
SEBRING, Fla., March 14, 2012 – Corvette's racing history runs deep at Sebring International Raceway. On Friday, March 16, Chevrolet Corvette will be honored as the first American manufacturer in the Sebring Hall of Fame. The timing of Corvette's induction is fitting, as Chevrolet celebrates 60 years of Corvette production in 2012 and Sebring stages the milestone 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday, March 17.
The Sebring road course is the crucible where Corvette’s racing reputation was forged. Once a training field for B-17 bomber pilots, the Hendricks Field airstrip circuit became a proving ground for legendary road racers. It was on Sebring's punishing concrete runways that Chevrolet’s fiberglass sports car first seriously challenged the European marques. On March 24, 1956, John Fitch and Walt Hansgen raced to a Class B victory at Sebring in a Corvette wearing America's traditional blue and white racing colors – the first step onto the world stage that established Chevrolet as a contender in top-level competition.
A total of 231 Corvettes have competed in the Sebring 12-hour race, and 24 of them have scored class or category victories in this legendary test of endurance. Just as Sebring evolved from a makeshift 5.2-mile airfield circuit into a 3.7-mile permanent road course, Corvette made the transition from boulevard cruiser to world-class sports car.
Victories in Sebring played a crucial role in recasting Chevrolet’s image from a producer of conservative automobiles to a company that appealed to youthful, performance-minded customers. Introduced in 1953 with a six-cylinder engine and a two-speed automatic transmission, Corvette made a great leap forward with the debut of the Chevrolet small-block V-8 in 1955. Legendary racer/engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov continually expanded Corvette's performance envelope with the development of dual four-barrel carburetors, fuel injection, Duntov-designed solid lifter camshafts, four-speed transmissions, and heavy-duty suspension packages.
Duntov was frequently at odds with the ban on corporate racing enacted by the Automobile Manufacturers Association in 1957, launching a number of unofficial programs to ensure that independent Corvette racers had the equipment they needed to compete successfully. In an era of drum brakes and three-speed gearboxes, Corvette drivers enjoyed the advantages of factory-designed performance packages.
Fresh from a record-setting session on the sands of Daytona Beach (where Duntov set the flying mile speed record at 150.583 mph), the Corvette crew hastily prepared a trio of Corvettes for the 1956 12-hour Sebring endurance race. The untested Corvettes predictably encountered teething problems, but Fitch and Hansgen persevered to finish first in Class B and ninth overall.
That first Sebring victory became the cornerstone of the Corvette legend. Chevrolet's advertising agency trumpeted the triumph with ads that declared Corvette was "The Real McCoy" and lauded Corvette as "a tough, road-gripping torpedo-on-wheels with the stamina to last through the brutal 12 hours of Sebring." Further iterations of the first-generation Corvette scored class wins at Sebring in 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, and 1962. Notable Corvette drivers of this era included Dr. Dick Thompson, Briggs Cunningham, Jim Jeffords, 1960 Indianapolis 500 winner Jim Rathmann., Jerry Grant, Jim Hurtubise, and Don Yenko.
The Sebring Corvettes eventually sired a trio of SR Corvettes – the acronym standing for “Sebring Racer” or alternatively “Sports Racing.” Based on a Sebring Corvette chassis, the SR-2 sprouted a tail fin, racing windscreens, air scoops on the side coves, and an extended front end with driving lights that gave the machine a purposeful appearance. Corvette repeated as the GT class champion at the 1957 Sebring enduro – although it was a production model driven by Dick Thompson, "The Flying Dentist," and Gaston Andrey that took the honors.
The 1957 Corvette SS that made its competition debut in Sebring was Duntov’s technical tour de force. Conceived to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Corvette SS was a stunning machine, both visually and mechanically. A featherweight magnesium body cloaked a tubular steel space frame that featured coil-over-shock front suspension, a de Dion rear axle and inboard-mounted aluminum drum brakes. A fuel-injected small-block V-8 resided under the long, sloping hood.
A Corvette SS mule car was tested at Sebring by five-time Formula 1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio and British ace Stirling Moss, running quick lap times in practice for the 12-hour race. Fitch and Piero Taruffi were to drive the Corvette SS in its maiden race, but suspension problems forced its retirement after only 23 laps. There was worse news in store: the Automobile Manufacturers Association announced its opposition to factory involvement in motorsports. The Corvette SS project was shelved – although the SS was resurrected long enough for Duntov to lap Daytona International Speedway at 155 mph during opening-day ceremonies in 1959.
Five lightweight Grand Sport Corvettes constructed in 1962-63 bore the unmistakable mark of Zora. Built behind closed doors when racing was officially discouraged at GM, the handful of featherweight Grand Sports kept the flame of performance alive for the Corvette faithful. Plans for a limited production run of Grand Sports were dashed when the program was canceled to comply with the AMA’s racing ban. Duntov subsequently distributed the Grand Sports to independent racers. Roger Penske and Jim Hall teamed up to win the GT Prototype class at Sebring in 1964 in a Grand Sport, with A.J. Foyt and John Cannon finishing second in Mecom Racing's Grand Sport. Two of the Grand Sports were eventually converted to roadsters, and today the five examples are among the most prized Corvettes on the planet.
Independent racers also recognized the potential of the Corvette’s small-block powertrain. Chevrolet V-8s became the preferred power source for Lister-Corvettes, Scarabs, Cheetahs and other road racing specials. Jim Hall and Hap Sharp scored an overall victory in the 1965 Sebring 12-hour in a Chaparral equipped with a Chevy small-block V-8 and automatic transmission that traced their roots to Chevrolet R&D. It was the last Sebring overall win by an all-American entry – an American car driven by American drivers.
The arrival of the third-generation Corvette in 1968 sparked a racing revival in Sebring. Now armed with big-block Chevrolet V-8 engines, drivers like John Greenwood (teamed with entertainer Dick Smothers), Tony DeLorenzo, Jerry Thompson, David Heinz, and Bob Johnson put Corvette in the Sebring winner's circle. Corvettes won the GT class at Sebring in 1968, 1970, 1971, and 1972.
Corvette participation peaked in 1973 when18 Corvettes started the Sebring 12-hour race. In the 1973 enduro, Ron Grable, John Greenwood, and Mike Brockman finished third overall, Corvette's highest finishing position until Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen duplicated the feat by finishing third overall in 2006 in a Corvette C6.R.
The 1980s saw the advent of the IMSA GTP era and a battle royal among manufacturers. Chevrolet's entry in the Camel GT wars was the Corvette GTP, based on a Lola chassis and powered by a turbocharged Chevy V-6 that pumped out more than 1,000 horsepower at full boost. The Corvette GTP proved to be fast but fragile at Sebring, recording a best finish of ninth in 1988 with drivers Sarel Van der Merwe and Elliott Forbes-Robinson in Hendrick Motorsports' entry.
Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and John Jones scored the only class win by a fourth-generation Corvette in the Sebring 12-hour in 1988, taking the GTO trophy in a Corvette built by Protofab. One of the principals of Protofab was Gary Pratt, who would later become the co-owner of Pratt & Miller Engineering, Chevrolet's technical partner in the Corvette Racing program.
Corvette Racing notched the first of its seven Sebring class victories in 2002 with a Corvette C5-R driven by Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Oliver Gavin. With wins the previous year in the Daytona and Le Mans 24-hour races, the Chevrolet team added the third jewel in endurance racing's Triple Crown at Sebring. O'Connell became the most prolific racer in Sebring history when he tallied his eighth career class win (and fifth with Corvette Racing) at Sebring in 2009. O'Connell also will be inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame on Friday.
Corvette Racing will write another page in Corvette's racing history at Sebring on Saturday with the latest evolution of the Corvette C6.R and an all-star team of drivers. The 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida will begin at 10:30 a.m. EDT, with live video on ESPN3.com. ABC will televise the race at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 18.
Pics when this posted on the site: http://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/...olet/news.html
03-14-2012, 02:55 PM
#99
Sebring Media Schedule
2012 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, USA
March 14 - 17, 2012
ESPN3 Qualifying Stream: 3/16/12 - 3:15 PM EDT
ESPN3 Race Stream: 3/17/12 - 10:15 AM EDT
ABC TV Broadcast: Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 12:00 PM EDT
U.S. residents: http://espn.go.com/espn3/index
http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/source/espn3/
non-U.S. residents: http://americanlemans.com/index.php
http://www.alms.com/alms-tv
Justin TV link: http://www.justin.tv/rampageturke2
Sebring Area: WHRT-17
Sebring Comcast: Channel 7 ?
LIVE TIMING:
http://www.imsaracing.net/2003/lt/ltc.html
http://scoring.alms.com/
Live Timing for mobile device:
http://scoring.alms.com/mobile.html
SEBRING PIT NOTES:
http://twitter.com/almsnotes
RADIO ALMS
http://www.americanlemans.com/
Sebring Entry List
http://www.imsaracing.net/2012/event...try%20List.pdf
Spotters Guide:
http://www.andyblackmoredesign.com/
Corvette Corral:
http://www.alms.com/sites/default/fi...e%20Corral.pdf
Sebring Schedule:
SCHEDULE:
http://www.imsaracing.net/2012/event...20Schedule.pdf
ALMS forums:
(must sign up)
ALMS Fans:
http://www.americanlemansfans.com/vi...350df215e63d0e
10 Tenths Motorsport:
http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132268
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida, USA
March 14 - 17, 2012
ESPN3 Qualifying Stream: 3/16/12 - 3:15 PM EDT
ESPN3 Race Stream: 3/17/12 - 10:15 AM EDT
ABC TV Broadcast: Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 12:00 PM EDT
U.S. residents: http://espn.go.com/espn3/index
http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/source/espn3/
non-U.S. residents: http://americanlemans.com/index.php
http://www.alms.com/alms-tv
Justin TV link: http://www.justin.tv/rampageturke2
Sebring Area: WHRT-17
Sebring Comcast: Channel 7 ?
LIVE TIMING:
http://www.imsaracing.net/2003/lt/ltc.html
http://scoring.alms.com/
Live Timing for mobile device:
http://scoring.alms.com/mobile.html
SEBRING PIT NOTES:
http://twitter.com/almsnotes
RADIO ALMS
http://www.americanlemans.com/
Sebring Entry List
http://www.imsaracing.net/2012/event...try%20List.pdf
Spotters Guide:
http://www.andyblackmoredesign.com/
Corvette Corral:
http://www.alms.com/sites/default/fi...e%20Corral.pdf
Sebring Schedule:
SCHEDULE:
http://www.imsaracing.net/2012/event...20Schedule.pdf
ALMS forums:
(must sign up)
ALMS Fans:
http://www.americanlemansfans.com/vi...350df215e63d0e
10 Tenths Motorsport:
http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132268
03-14-2012, 03:28 PM
#100
Yes, but not live and only an abridge version on Sunday at 12:00 pm on ABC. Later American viewers will be able to watch it entirety on ALMS.com. Of course, if you have ESPN3 then you can watch it live online.
You may also be able to find it online at Justin TV:
http://www.justin.tv/rampageturke2
You may also be able to find it online at Justin TV:
http://www.justin.tv/rampageturke2
- Live timing and scoring.
- Eight in-car cameras for teams http://www.americanlemans.com/articl...r-extravaganza
- Viewers can toggle between the in-car audio featuring driver-to-pit radio communication and the ALMS Radio feed featuring John Hindhaugh and Jeremy Shaw.
- “Snoop Cam” allows you to check on John and Jeremy during their call of the race.
Is the justin tv feed live and does it include all the additional features listed above?
RANT
...don't bother reading unless you want to understand my frustration...
Last year trying to figure out where to get the feed for CDA from the americanlemans.com site was problematic. I ended up relying on somebody's (maybe your's) post on this Forum to get set up to watch.
ALMS needs to make it easier for viewers to determine what and how they can access live programming...http://www.alms.com/races/60th-anniv...-hours-sebring
No mention about alms.com live feed for outside US.
Searched the ALMS site to find what the heck was happening in 2012 and looked in the FAQ's....http://www.americanlemans.com/alms101/how-watch-faqs#1 for Canada. The FAQ stated:
"Q. I live in Canada. Can I get the races?
A. ABC is distributed in Canada and available to Canadians. ESPN2 is available in some locations. ESPN3.com, while not currently available in Canada, may be able to access via a variety of global web-based platforms such as ESPN360, ESPN Player or americanlemans.com. Additionally, ALMS is actively working on a separate international television rights agreements with a number of Canadian networks and/or distribution outlets and will confirm 2011 distribution plans prior to the start of the season in March."
"may be able to access via....americanlemans.com" Either we are getting it or we aren't. Maybe "may" was just a bad choice of word and should have been "will". Anyway this looks like a 2011 FAQ.
Note that the FAQ refers to 2011 distrubution plans. FAQ needs updating.
After alot of searching the alms site found this:
http://www.alms.com/articles/alms-wa...r-extravaganza
"The 2012 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón begins with the 60th Anniversary Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida on Saturday on March 17. The race, set for 10:30 a.m. ET, will be broadcast at noon March 18 on ABC and shown live on ESPN3.
The race is available to international audiences on MotorsTV in Europe, Fox Latin America, Rogers Sportnet in Canada, ESPN International, Fox Mideast and on ALMS.com."
OK, finally found it on the ALMS site above but that was a fluke as I found it when I was looking at the in-car camera addition.
and from Autoweek...
http://www.autoweek.com/article/2012...n=awdailydrive
"To be clear: All ALMS races and qualifying sessions will be broadcast live and in their entirety on ESPN3.com, and for viewers outside the U.S., via ALMS.com. The lone exception will be the Mid-Ohio race, which ESPN3.com will not carry during ABC’s live broadcast."
END OF RANT...HOPE ALMS READS THIS.