Round 4 of the ALMS season has come and gone, but the weekend’s action at Lime Rock Park was stupendous and certainly not to be forgotten. Take in some of the sights from northwest Connecticut’s famous track from Thursday, Friday, and Saturday’s action at American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix!
It’s race day here in Lime Rock Park and teams are concerned with the race traffic and the high track temperature here in Lime Rock Park. On Thursday I gave you my initial impressions of the track but if you need to see things to believe them, we have a great onboard lap courtesy of […] More »
I left Boston at 530AM. The streets were empty at holiday daybreak but even my single car on the road showed how the city’s infrastructure simply can’t support the amount of cars that clog the roadways. On the three hour drive to Lime Rock, city streets become a turnpike, the turnpike became state highways. Small […] More »
The last time Formula 1 fans saw what happened in Saturday’s qualifying session was in the year 2007. And no, we’re not talking a sunny day at Silverstone. Not since his rookie season with McLaren had Lewis Hamilton put his car on pole at the Grand Prix of Great Britain. Hamilton was untouchable in Saturday’s […] More »
Heartbreaking news out of the south of France this weekend when the Aston Martin of Allan Simonsen crashed heavily at the Tertre Rouge. Soon after the crash Simonson succumbed to the injuries he sustained. He was 34-years-old. The Dane was a veteran driver, having raced in the previous 24 hours of LeMans. He also had […] More »
Talk of Toyota spoiling the race at LeMans for Audi was prevalent in the months and weeks leading up to this year’s race. The talk never came to fruition as Audi dominated the field to take the win at the Circuit La Sarthe. Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish and Loic Duval were the three men who […] More »
The racing line was dry. Then it was wet. Back to Dry. Back to wet. Drivers were subject to ever-changing conditions and qualifying in Canada was uncertain until the very last moment in an action packed session at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel beat out Mercedes-Benz driver Lewis Hamilton for pole position […] More »