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Riding High Duncan Dayton's DUNCAN DAYTON’S HIGHCROFT TEAM RIDING HIGH HEADS FOR HOME SOIL THE News From The American Le Mans Series - Lime Rock Park 2010 RISI RED 2 Risi Competizione fter stringing together one of the most impressive series of Avictories in the ALMS class history, the red rockets from Risi Competizione Ferrari are starting over. Beginning at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008 and continuing for an amazing span of 24 months, Risi prevailed for wins at the Houston-based Risi the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the After starting at the back Ferrari F430GT rolled to the 10 Hour/1000mile Petit Le of the !eld and surging to and 2007 ALMS Team grid for the start of the major Mans and the Twelve Hours the lead, the Risi Ferrari championships. international endurance of Sebring. "en, incredibly, driven by Jaime Melo, A victory here at Lime races six times. they repeated the cycle. Gianmaria Bruni and Pierre Rock would be a major step. Racing against a strong "e combination of a Ka#er, fought an exciting In fact, Risi Competizione international GT2 class !eld veteran crew, top engineers, battle with the Corvette !rst ALMS win was at Lime of top manufacturers, teams race strategists and Racing team before !nally Rock back in 2004, the and drivers, in races that managers, and top drivers falling to a broken gearbox. !rst of 19 victories to date, sometimes see attrition rates was on an historic roll. "en, "e streak was over. including the team’s most approaching 50 percent, just when it looked like the Now, returning to the recent win two weeks ago at they ended the race atop the Risi Ferraris may never lose American Le Mans Series, Salt Lake City. podium each time. one of the majors, the streak Team principal Giuseppe "e second goal is ended where it began, at Le Risi says, “we have just one obvious: when the ALMS Mans this June. aim in mind-reclaim the returns to Road Atlanta for American Le Mans Series Petit Le Mans this October, championship titles.” the Risi team will look to "ey have been here start another streak. before, capturing the 2006 (Cover Photo - L to R - Jaime Melo, Giuseppe Risi, Gianmaria Bruni) THE Highcroft Racing 3 uncan Dayton is a Premier drivers David Brabham, compete there will make the team far man with a history of Simon Pagenaud and Marino Franchitti better prepared for the future. We will success and a plan to have already delivered 2010 victories at be so much stronger next time because continue that success Long Beach, Mazda Raceway Laguna everyone will know what to expect,” in 2010 and well Seca and Salt Lake City in the Highcroft continued Dayton. Dbeyond. team’s quest to defend its ALMS title. “For all of us, we really want to come A 10-time winner of the prestigious Last month the team made an back, put our best foot forward and Monaco Historic Vintage GP, Dayton impressive !rst appearance at the 24 ultimately win the thing,” said Dayton. built his Danbury, Connecticut Hours of Le Mans and is already laying Dayton’s vision includes a charity team into one of the most respected the groundwork for a return in 2011. partner, Malaria No More. Fans can visit organizations in sports car racing “One of the biggest takeaways from www.milestoendmalaria.org to donate worldwide. He assembled a team led Le Mans for the team is the realization of or bid on special Highcroft team items by former Indycar stalwart Robin Hill, how big and important an event the 24 and race opportunities. "e program has technical director, Dave Luckett and Hours of Le Mans is. "e guys had been already raised more than $70,000. partnerships with Honda Performance working toward this race for a long time Buoyed by a new relationship with Development for engines and the but most of them had never done the GE that provides access to one of the UK-based Wirth Research on chassis race previously,” said Dayton. world’s greatest research centers, the development. “Several of the guys had never been Highcroft team is well positioned to After claiming the overall race overseas and one hadn’t even been on a continue its march to an overall victory victory at Lime Rock for Acura in 2008, plane before. at Le Mans just as it has conquered the the Patrón Highcroft Acura claimed “To get them over there and to Vintage racing scene and the American the 2009 American Le Mans Series experience the race and give them a Le Mans Series. Prototype championship. full understanding of what it takes to After all, Duncan Dayton has a plan. RIDING HIGH THE 4 LMPC ON THE LEVEL new feature of the winning regional championships, Tucker Salt Lake City to currently lead the Team American Le Mans Series targeted an entry into the ALMS and the and Driver Championships. for 2010 is an exciting new GT category for 2010. Being the only team currently running class providing a truly Instead, he became intrigued by the two cars in the LMPC class allows the level !eld of identical prospect of the one-make LMPC class, Level 5 engineers to maximize track time Aprototypes o#ering a sophisticated Le that he felt was better suited for his goals and data. Mans Prototype at a more a#ordable cost and Level 5. “Everything about our team and my to teams. Few drivers and owners in the racing career is an exercise in e$ciency,” Each purpose built Oreca-Courage paddock match the ambitions and Tucker said. carbon !ber prototype chassis includes a passion of the Leawood, Kansas native. Besides ALMS, Tucker also made his 430 horsepower Chevrolet LS3 V8 engine, Tucker has several di#erent racing debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. a six speed-paddle shifting Xtrac gearbox commitments, but his prime focus is the He became the !rst and only American to and MICHELIN® single speci!cation tires. new two-car e#ort in the ALMS LMP- race the Audi R10 TDI prototype, which "e LMP-C class has already attracted Challenge category. won Le Mans overall in 2006, ’07, and ’08. a number of new and current ALMS Tucker owns and also drives both the Led by popular young ace Gunnar teams including Level 5 Motorsports; #55 and #95 cars. Level 5 Motorsports #55, Jeannette, Green Earth Team Gunnar #99 Genoa Racing; Green Earth Team with co-drivers Christophe Bouchut, Scott sits directly behind Level 5 Motorsports Gunnar; PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports; Tucker and Mark Wilkins, won the !rst in the latest ALMS standings. Genoa Intersport Racing and Primetime Racing. LMPC race of the season at the Twelve Racing #36 has three podium !nishes in One of those new team owners is Hours of Sebring. the !rst four races, while PR1/Mathiasen Scott Tucker of Level 5 Motorsports "ey followed up that victory with Motorsports #52 secured its !rst podium (pictured above). After racing Ferraris and wins at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and at Salt Lake City. THE Dijyano 5 !e ALMS cars are so fast around Lime Rock Park that its like they are "ying low. !e track added two chicanes and the lap times are still incredible. Sam Posey (pictured right with Paul Newman), Lime Rock legend and the first driver to break the one-minute barrier at Lime Rock in 1967. DID YOU KNOW? Drayson’s unique helmet The youngest young gun Paul Drayson has a truly one-of-a- Intersport Racing’s kind crash helmet that celebrates Clint Field was the his life, science and his work in youngest driver to win biotechnology. Several personal an American Le Mans items are painted on the Series race when he chrome and multi-color joined his father Jon in carbon helmet including the victory at the inaugural dates of family birthdays Washington, DC Grand and his racing licence Prix (2002) at 19 years, 35 days old. In addition, the Fields were number but, along the the !rst two ALMS drivers to agree to experiment with a driver bottom edge is an image of helmet camera for television that same year. the column-type polymerase "e cameras have been on the Fields, rather than their chain reaction (PCR) readout of DNA, the nucleic acid molecule helmets in 2010, as the father-son duo have led three races for that carries the genetic code to all living organisms. 80 laps. Higher-up, the double helix spiral structure of DNA encircles the crown of the helmet and then on top there is a scanning Very multi-talented electron micrograph image of a T-lymphocyte cell. T-cells play While many of the European drivers participating a vital role in the human immune system, protecting the body in the ALMS are multi-lingual, Flying Lizard Motorsports against disease. American Ace, Patrick Long, is not only %uent in four Paul’s life and his work in genetic vaccine development are languages (English, French, Italian and German), all wrapped up in the design of his helmet - colored in the red but he also can ride a UNICYCLE. So, the question white and blue of his national %ag - the Union Jack. is, can your favorite driver ride a unicycle? Defending series GT2 champion Joerg Its a bird, its a Bergmeister is attempting to plane - no its win here at Lime Rock Park Gunnar! for the !fth LMP-Challenge class driver and Salt consecutive year. Lake City pole position winner, Gunnar If he LIKES Jeannette, is an avid Skydiver and BASE Lime Rock, then it may Jumper.
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