Video: Muscle Milk Racing behind the scenes from Sebring

Muscle Milk's new HPD ARX 03a (Photo: John Dagys)

 Check out this video courtesy of Sports Illustrated and Muscle Milk Racing documenting the team's promising yet ultimately disappointing start to the 2012 season.

Video: In the Cockpit with Dyson Racing

See what its like to be "in the zone" onboard of Dyson Racing's Championship winning Lola Mazda LMP1 Car.

Video: A Day in the Life of an Audi Driver

 Very cool commercial by Audi ahead of this year's running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Preview: Audi vs Peugeot 2011

Sebring left many questions unanswered (Photo: John Dagys)

   Every sport needs a good, hard-fought rivalry to fuel the passion and emotions of competitors and fans alike. Baseball has the long lasting feud between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, soccer has Manchester United vs Liverpool and college football has the heated Ohio State and Michigan game. Motor racing has seen its fair share of rivalries, just as fierce as the ones mentioned above. Ferrari vs Porsche in sports cars and Ferrari vs McLaren in Formula One are two famous battles that spring to mind, but recently Audi vs Peugeot at Le Mans has been the one to watch.

Sebring Preview: LMP1

Photo: John Dagys

Its never too early for predictions and with the entry list for next month's 12 Hours of Sebring being released last week, we figured now is the perfect time to state our predictions. We'll kick things off with the LMP1 category. At the moment, a strong entry of 12 to 13 cars is set to take the green flag and a total of 5 diesels headline the bid for the overall victory.

Photos: Oreca 03 LMP2

Photo: Oreca

   French racing manufactuer, Oreca debuted their new LMP2 challenger, the Oreca 03, earlier this week at Paul Ricard. Drivers Nicolas Lapierre and Soheil Ayari ran a trouble-free 1000km test program with power coming from a Nissan V8.

Ayari described the 03 as being "perfectly reliable and very well balanced." He went on to say that he was very impressed with the braking and the front end grip the car was able to deliver. Front grip being something manufacturers often struggle to develop in the LMP machines. Hopefully we are lucky enough to see the car cross the Atlantic for Sebring in March. Fingers crossed.

News: Level 5 to LMP2 with Lola and HPD

Level 5 will trade their Oreca FLM's for a pair of Lola roadsters (Photo: John Dagys)

  2010 LMPC Champoions, Level 5 Motorsports, have announced that they will move up to LMP2 next season and campaign a pair of HPD powered Lola B11/40 open topped roadsters.

   Team owner and 2010 LMPC rookie of the year Scott Tucker is looking forward to the new partnership,  “We took our time to evaluate who the best partners would be,” Tucker said. “Both Lola and Honda are very strong, professional motorsports organizations that have proven winning traditions and goals that align very well with ours for the 2011 season.”

 Sharing the driving duties along with Tucker will be Christophe Bouchut and Luis Diaz. A fourth driver for the endurance races has yet to be named.

(Photo: www.lola-group.com)

News: Audi R18 unveiled

Nervous Peugeout? (Photo: Audi Motorsport)

    Audi has unveiled their replacement to the Audi R15+, with their latest Le Mans Prototype, the R18 and for the first time since the Audi R8C, in 1999, Audi will race a closed cockpit LMP.

    The R18 will be powered by a 3.7-liter V6 TDI with a possible hybrid system integrated into the power plant for 2012. The V6 engine has been worked on since early summer, with the car completing its first shake down at the end of November with Scottish ace, Allan McNish behind the wheel.

Race Preview: LMP Laguna Seca

After an exciting showing at the Long Beach Grand Prix, the American Le Mans Series remains on the west coast for a six-hour test of endurance at one of America’s most famous tracks; Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
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photo: John Dagys