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Five RS Spyders to Race at Road Atlanta
September 17, 2008
Round 10 of the American Le Mans Series will feature one additional RS Spyder when the Petit Le Mans takes place on October 4th at Road Atlanta.
Penske Racing will run three Spyders: the #7 car driven by Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas; the #6 car driven by Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long; and the #5 car driven by Ryan Briscoe and Helo Castroneves. Emmanuel Collard will qualify on all three Penske cars to support the team as a third driver, if needed.
Dyson Racing will run car #16 drive by Chris Dyson and Guy Smith and car #20 driven by Butch Leitzinger and Marino Franchitti.
The fight for the title in LMP2 is still up in the air. The team of Bernhard and Dumas are in the lead, but the Atron Highcroft Racing team of Scott Sharp and David Brabham are only four points behind in their Acura ARX-01b.
In GT2, Jorg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler lead with a comfortable margin in their Flying Lizard Motorsports 911 GT3 RSR, but the second-place team of Dominik Farnbacher and Dirk Mueller in the Tafel Racing Ferrari F430 GTC.
Following the 1,000 mile/10 hour Petit Le Mans Race on October 4th, the final round of the 2008 ALMS season will take place in Monterey on October 18th.
[source: Porsche]
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