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Corvette Racing recorded its 100th race victory at Lime VICTORIES Rock Park with and leading a C7.R 1-2 finish. ALMS GT1 70 The No. 4 Corvette crossed the line less than a second ahead of the No. 3 Corvette of and Antonio ALMS GT2/GT 12 Garcia to also record Corvette Racing’s 60th 1-2 result. IMSA GT LM 9 The victory also was the 75th scored with Michelin as the team’s tire partner. GRAND-AM 1 “This was a great day today for this team,” Milner said. “I’m honored to be a part of it. I just feel fortunate to 24 8be in this program and be a part of the 100th win. There was some talk about it after Sebring, but it was pretty quiet TOTAL WINS 100 about it around our camp. “But the monkey kept getting bigger and bigger, so I’m happy to get the monkey off our back.”

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As the 2006 season drew to a close, Silvia Mammone, the newly named marketing manager for Michelin Motorsport North America had an idea. What if Michelin produced a newsletter for each event to help tell some of the stories and introduce teams and drivers to fans? The publication must be all- inclusive, recognizing both Michelin

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n 1961, the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine featured a talented young driver named , the SCCA Driver of Ithe Year. SI had the right idea, but despite his driving skills, Penske was not to become a legendary driver. He parked himself shortly thereafter to buy his first car dealership. His leadership skills and passion for racing have made “RP” the most successful team owner in American motorsports history with 14 Indy 500 wins and more than 400 wins in Indy Magic cars, Sports cars, NASCAR and . The most recent additions to the Penske Racing effort are a pair of Penske Porsche RS Spyders in the American Le Mans Series. The team debuted with a victory in the final race of the Man 2005 season. After capturing the 2006 ALMS team and driver championships in the LMP2 class, the Penske have dominated much of the 2007 ALMS season, taking the outright, overall race wins at Long Beach; Houston; Salt Lake City; Lime Rock; Mid-Ohio and Road America. After knocking everyone’s socks off with his tireless News From The American Le Mans Series - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2012 leadership of the 2006 Super Bowl XL host committee, • 2009 • NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES

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4 Through the first 99 issues of The Alley we’ve tried to cover a lot of interesting people and cars. Audi’s Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and were the first drivers to be featured on the cover of The Alley. Along the road we’ve profiled stars like Adrian Fernandez, Patrick Long, , Simon Pagenaud, , , Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, , , Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin, Joerg Bergmeister and many others. One of the most popular covers featured a seated Jordan Taylor with his News From The American Le Mans Series - Circuit of The Americas 2013 mullet about to be chopped by his brother, Ricky. 12 HOURS OF SEBRING, 2016 BMW’s California beach boy was pictured with a surf board. Viper’s appeared with a hockey stick and jersey. David Brabham seemingly made his helmet levitate. Porsche’s and appeared on opposite covers of an expanded issue. Giancarlo Fisichella sipped

The an espresso. posed balancing Unleash the act Corvette’s with a movie clapperboard, while Mazda’s michelinalley.com michelinalley.com “closer” Scotsman! Jonathan (JBom) Bomarito reluctantly CORVETTE DEFENDS tossed a basketball photo shopped into a www.michelinalley.com SEBRING TITLE News From the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship - Long Beach 2014 the News From “WE ARE AN AMERICAN RACING TEAM” News From the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship - Twelve Hours of Sebring 2015 Twelve TUDOR United SportsCar Championship - the News From cartoon like bomb. Life’s a beach Joey Hand’s Cars are often the stars of The Alley for BMW Bill return flight covers with everything from , to AUBERLEN OUT TO REPEAT HOME TOWN VICTORY SWITCHING FROM THE DTM TO CHARGING ON FOR FORD , Aston Martins, BMWs, Corvettes, Ferraris, Fords, Porsches, Hondas, Mazdas, Vipers, the DeltaWing, and even 2013 2014 2015 2016 featured. The Alley takes a positive approach to the series and its key players, and even got IMSA’s Geoff Carter to explain the current world of Balance of Performance (BoP). Guest writers along the way have included Marshall Pruett, John Dagys, Tony DiZinno, Steven Cole Smith, Brian Wagner and Rick Voegelin. In earlier days we caught up with with principles, engineers and other motorsports personalities including Muscle Milk’s Greg Pickett, Highcroft’s Duncan Dayton, Flying Lizards’ Seth Neiman, Dyson Racing’s Chris Dyson and . More recently, we’ve gone behind the scenes with Corvette Racing’s Doug Fehan, BMW Team RLL’s , CORE’s Jon Bennett, Mazda’s John Doonan and last week helped introduce Ford’s Mark Rushbrook. 5 FASTFACTS

Watch us THE now on FOX SPRAY Don’t miss the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar ZONE Championship as the series competes at the Road Race Showcase at Road America.

Ford Chip Ganassi Racing’s and Saturday, August 6 (All times EDT) have been spraying a lot of champagne in recent weeks. Qualifying The pair has been on the podium in each of their last five 3:50 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. IMSA.com (Live) races with WeatherTech Championship victories in Monterey, (IMSA App) Watkins Glen and Canada, and third place finishes at Le Mans and Lime Rock. Sunday, August 7 4:00 p.m. FOX Sports 1 BIG NEWS Watch online on www.FOXSportsGo.com, Fans, teams, drivers, sponsors, or download the FOX Sports Go app. manufacturers and media are all invited to attend the big 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule announcement on Friday, August 5, here at Road America. Next year may seem a long way away, but testing is expected to begin in November and December for the new 2017 Prototypes and some projected 2017 GT entries are already testing as well.

2016 Schedule SHOWER TIME Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner, Antonio Jan. 30-31: Daytona International Speedway – All classes Garcia and Jan Magnussen wasted no time sprinting from March 19: Sebring International Raceway – All classes the Lime Rock stage to blast Pratt & Miller boss, Gary Pratt, April 16: Long Beach Street Circuit – P/GTLM/PC in celebration of the team’s 100th win. Cagey program manager, Doug Fehan, made a perfectly timed exit. May 1: Mazda Raceway – All classes June 4: The Raceway at Belle Isle Park – P/PC/GTD July 3: Watkins Glen International – All classes July 10: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – All classes ‘TIL NEXT YEAR fans will look forward to the Rolex 24 At Daytona July 23: Lime Rock Park – GTLM/PC/GTD for the competition debut of the 2017 Lexus RC F GT3 as Aug. 7: Road America – All classes Lexus and the led F Performance Racing Aug. 28: VIRginia International Raceway – GTLM/GTD have decided to focus on development of the new 2017 GT Sept. 17: Circuit of The Americas – All classes Daytona entry. Scott Pruett and Sage Karam are slated to Oct. 1: – All classes drive.

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Chris Baker, Motorsports Director, Michelin North America Game on for Prototypes The Prototype class returns to action here at Road America with and looking to build on their win at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Their Action Express teammates, Christian Fittipaldi and Joao Barbosa, and Racing’s Ricky and Jordan Taylor are all FRIDAY, AUgust 5, 2016 in the WeatherTech Championship mix with just the Circuit 8:00 am - 8:45 am Practice #1 - CTSCC of The Americas and Road Atlanta on the Prototype class 9:00 am - 9:30 am Practice #1 - Porsche GT3 Cup schedule after Road America. 9:45 am - 10:25 am Practice #1 - Lamborghini Trofeo 10:40 am - 11:25 am Practice #2 - CTSCC 12:40 pm - 1:40 pm Practice #1 - WeatherTech (All Classes) 1:55 pm - 2:35 pm Practice #2 - Porsche GT3 Cup 2:50 pm - 3:30 pm Practice #2 - Lamborghini Trofeo 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Qualifying - CTSCC ST 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Qualifying - CTSCC GS 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm Practice #2 - WeatherTech (All Classes) 6:00 pm Tour de Road America GTLM FIVE SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2016 8:00 am - 8:20 am Qualifying - Porsche GT3 Cup FOR FIVE? 8:35 am - 9:05 am Qualifying - Lamborghini Trofeo Road America always produces fantastic and competitive 9:25 am -10:25 am Practice #3 - WeatherTech (All Classes) racing and that is especially evident in the GTLM class. Over the past four years, four different manufacturers 11:35 am - 2:05 pm Race - CTSCC have taken the top spot of the GTLM podium at Road 2:50 pm - 3:05 pm Qualifying - WeatherTech (GTD) America. Porsche, Ferrari, Dodge SRT Viper and BMW 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Qualifying - WeatherTech (GTLM) have all had wins at Road America. Will Ford or 3:40 pm - 3:55 pm Qualifying - WeatherTech (PC) Corvette join the group this weekend and make it five? 4:05 pm - 4:20 pm Qualifying - WeatherTech (P) 4:40 pm - 5:25 pm Race #1 - Porsche GT3 Cup GT WONDERLAND 5:50 pm - 6:40 pm Race #1 - Lamborghini Trofeo GT fans will be in a happy place SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2016 at VIRginia International Raceway 9:40 am -10:00 am Warm Up - WeatherTech (All Classes) for the Michelin GT Challenge at 11:15 am - 12:00 pm Race #2 - Porsche GT3 Cup VIR. In addition to the WeatherTech 12:00 pm -12:45 pm WeatherTech Driver Autograph Session Championship race featuring the GT 12:25 pm - 1:15 pm Race #2 - Lamborghini Trofeo Le Mans and GT Daytona class races, fans will have a wide range of car corrals, 3:05 pm - 5:45 pm Race - Road Race Showcase for support events, displays and hot lap the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar opportunities. Championship - 2 Hours and 40 Minutes

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