InTTruder

One week before the Sebring Winter Test and exactly two months before the opening race of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season it is time to take a look at the confirmed entries for the season ahead. Planetlemans will keep track on confirmed teams and drivers in the list below, which is updated shortly after an announcement has been made.

LMP1
Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R15 TDI - TBA / TBA
Patrón Highcroft Racing - Acura ARX-02a - David Brabham / Scott Sharp
de Ferran Motorsports - Acura ARX-02a8 - Gil de Ferran / Simon Pagenaud
Corsa Motorsport - Ginetta-Zytek 07S Zytek - Gunnar Jeanette / Johnny Mowlem

LMP2
Lowe's Fernandez Racing - Acura ARX-01c - Adrian Fernandez / Luis Diaz / Michel Jourdain
Dyson Racing Team - Lola B08/86 MZR-R - Chris Dyson / Guy Smith
Dyson Racing Team - Lola B08/86 MZR-R - Butch Leitzinger / Ben Devlin

LMGT1
Corvette Racing - Corvette C6.R - Johnny O'Connell / Jan Magnussen
Corvette Racing - Corvette C6.R - Oliver Gavin / Olivier Beretta

LMGT2
VICI Racing - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - TBA / TBA
VICI Racing - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - TBA / TBA
VICI Racing - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - TBA / TBA
Team Falken Tire - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - TBA / TBA
Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Johannes van Overbeek / Darren Law / Seth Neiman
Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Jörg Bergmeister / Patrick Long
Farnbacher Loles Racing - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - Dirk Werner / Wolf Henzler
Panoz Team PTG - Panoz Esperante GTLM - TBA / TBA
LG Motorsports - Corvette C6 - Lou Gigliotti / TBA
Robertson Racing - Doran Ford GT - Andrea Robertson / David Robertson / David Murry
Risi Competizione - Ferrari F430 GT2 - TBA / TBA
Risi Competizione - Ferrari F430 GT2 - TBA / TBA
BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team - BMW E92 M3 GTR - Bill Auberlen / Joey Hand
BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team - BMW E92 M3 GTR - Dirk Müller / Tom Milner

CarolK

pretty sad compared to other series

InTTruder

Any complexity getting it shipped from POE (port of embarkation)?

Danke!

millertimeFL

No Peugeot this year hu?

Mike S

next year with exodus of top tier teams and sponsors as well as top tier teams

GT2 is not enough to keep a series alive.

The customers weren't happy, so they left.

Team entry fees and sponsors keep the series alive, not ticket sales.

Mike S

CarolK

9 February is the magic day!

jbchinoca

Puke-oh aftaid of the R15 already?

rbt

M3s back in ALMS, eh? that should be good to watch. Now with legal V8s!!

CarolK

No problems at all - took to EH Harms in Munich (due to our short time (only put 330 miles on it) -> took delivery on Wednesday, turned in Friday (all must be done on weekdays). Paperwork was a breeze, they gave us the front plate (rear stays on for id purposes) and took us to the UBahn station nearby. The car was shipped out of Bremen via the Port of Houston then trucked to the dealer in Dallas. Ship's departure was a couple days later than anticipated and stopped at a port in the NE US first. I followed the ship the best I could via maritime tracking. Shipping was already included in the cost. There was a couple from Chicago turning in a Volvo XC90 at the same time, they had a great deal..got two RT airfares free (return was from wherever they wanted). They put about 900 miles on their coming from Stockholm to Munich...they were going by rail to Rome via Milan then home. The Audi personnel were absolutely fantastic. John and I had a one-on-one factory and museum tour, lots of good food and opted for the NH Ambassador for the freebie night based on our specific plans (choice of three hotels). The build date on the car was 6 October and the car arrived in Dallas on 12 January. We've asked ourselves why didn't we do this with the two special order Mercedes! We got a lot of neat items from Audi prior to our departure.

Carol