American Le Man's Series posts 2010 schedule

October 14, 1:25 PMSF Classic Sports Car ExaminerDoug McDonald

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Patrick Long slams through the bottom of the "corckscrew" at Laguna Seca on the way to class win.

This past weekend retiring Gil de Ferran ended his driving career with an overall victory at Laguna Seca’s Monterey Sports Car Championship. De Ferran beat Adrian Fernadez to the winner’s circle by only 0.662 seconds in the final race of the series for 2009.

Jorg Bergmeister and Patrick Long won the GT2 class for Flying Lizard Motorsports in their 911 GT3 RSR which also brought a drivers championship to the pair.

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ALMS (American Le Mans Series) announced the schedule for 2010 and Laguna Seca will host a six-hour race next May. Moving from its current October date to May along with the elimination of the St. Petersburg event will allow for Monterey to host the third endurance race for the 2010 series. Currently Laguna Seca’s race lasts for four hours and ALMS wanted to extend the race for a “true” endurance race that will test the mettle of drivers and teams next to the 12 hours of Sebring and Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta.This change makes sense as it will be the last race before the 24 hour race takes place in France in June.

As with all professional automotive racing teams the economic downturn has taken a heavy toll and having one less race to contend with might not be such a bad idea. St Petersburg was eliminated for 2010 due to a scheduling and logistical conflict with the Indy Car series and is tentatively scheduled to be back on the racing schedule in 2011.

2010 American Le Mans Racing Schedule:

March 20: Sebring, Fla.
April 17: Long Beach, CA.
May 22:Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA
July 10: Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah.
July 24: Lime Rock, Lakeville, Conn.
August 7: Mid-Ohio, Lexington, Ohio.
August 22: Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
August 29: Mosport, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.
Oct 2: Petit Le Mans Road Atlanta, Braselton, Ga.