Author Archives: Tim DeLong

New Series, New Season, New Car for Flying Lizard Motorsports

Flying Lizard Motorsports has had a long association with Porsche. Since the team’s beginning over a decade ago, they have found great success campaigning Porsches in the ALMS series. Porsche pulled their factory backing at the end of the 2012 ALMS season to focus on their return to Le Mans with a Factory based LMP1 [...]

The Final Flag Falls on the ALMS at Road Atlanta

Saturday’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta was the final round of the 2013 ALMS championship and also the last race for the series. The ALMS and the Grand Am Sportscar series will combine to form the United Sports Car Championship starting with the inaugural 24 Hours of Daytona in January. In P1, Lucas Luhr [...]

14 Years and 148 Races: 1 More to go for the ALMS

by Tim DeLong photo EGarage After 14 years of racing, it all comes down to this. The 10 hour, 1000 mile, Petit Le Mans will be held Saturday at Road Atlanta, bringing the ALMS season and series to a close. (Thanks for the memories Dr. Panoz!) In P1, 2013 Champions, Muscle Milk/Pickett Racing, with driver [...]

ALMS Round 9, VIR Oak Tree Grand Prix recap

Tim DeLong The ALMS took to the track Saturday at the beautiful Virginia International Raceway circuit for the Oak Tree Grand Prix. Records were broken, championships were clinched, and Porsches were wrecked before the day was over. In P1 the victory went to Muscle Milk / Pickett Racing who extended their consecutive race win streak [...]

ALMS Heads to Virginia for the Oak Tree Grand Prix.

Even though the most iconic tree in North American motor sports fell to the ground in early July of this year, the next ALMS event will keep its name. A thirty-five car field will take the green flag at Virginia International Raceway for the Oak Tree Grand Prix this weekend. In P1, Muscle Milk/Pickett Racing [...]

A Look Back: The End of ALMS and the Rise of USCC

The American Le Mans series started in 1999 by Dr. Don Panoz. Born from the ashes of the IMSA GT series of the 1980’s and later the American Sportscar Series of the 1990’s, Panoz used his love of racing, and clout, to form an ally in Automobile Club de L’Ouest (ACO), the sanctioning body that [...]

Porsche to contend the 2014 USCC with CORE Autosport

Porsche has confirmed that they will partner with CORE Autosport for the 2014 TUDOR United Sportscar Championship. Porsche has not had a factory backed effort in either the American Le Mans series or the Rolex Sportscar Series since their contractual obligations with Flying Lizard Motorsports ended at the end of the 2012 ALMS season. Porsche [...]