October 7, 2009
(Al Merion)
Rounds 9 & 10 of the 2009 SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Championship took place at VIRginia International Raceway last weekend. Todd Lamb (No. 84 AMG/Traqmate/Luna-C Racing MX-5, above), of Atlanta, Ga., took his eighth-consecutive race win and strengthened his lead in the championship in the first half of the doubleheader. Todd Buras (No. 14 AMG MX-5), of Melbourne, Fla., and Lyonel Kent (No. 13 ALARA Racing/eData Solutions MX-5), of Powell, Tenn., completed the Round Nine podium, part of the Bosch Engineering Octoberfest weekend. Lamb won by 0.803-second, averaging 86.570 mph during the 20-lap, 65.4-mile race on the 17-turn, 3.27-mile road course. Lyonel Kent won Round 10 with Justin Piscitell (No. 89 ALARA/DAMG Racing/MAZDASPEED MX-5), of Patterson, N.Y., and Mark Jenkins (No. 25 Team MER/JBR/Traxxas/BFG/Simpson/Amsoil MX-5), of Fairview, Texas, completing the podium at the 2009 season finale. In the final Championship standings - with the lowest scoring race from each drivers’ total dropped - Lamb claimed the Championship by 51 points over Marc Miller (530 to 479). Pisctell ended the season in third (475) followed by Jenkins (394) and Kent (390).
(RSR)
RSR will run its Jaguar XKR GT2 race car at the 2009 American Le Mans Series' finale at Laguna Seca, October 10. The team tested last week at GingerMan Raceway (South Haven, MI). This weekend marks the start of the team's 2010 season with extensive testing planned in the upcoming months leading up to the 12 Hours of Sebring in March. Paul Gentilozzi will team with veteran endurance sports car racer Marc Goossens, from Belgium at Laguna Seca. The Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California, will kick off with event testing on Thursday. Two practice sessions will lead to qualifying on Saturday. The four-hour race is scheduled to start at 2:45 p.m. PDT on Saturday, October 10. Live coverage will be available on American Le Mans Radio via americanlemans.com, which also will feature Living Timing & Scoring on Racehub. Live coverage also can be heard on Sirius 126 and XM 242. SPEED will televise the race on Sunday, October 11 at 2:30 p.m. EDT. For more information, go to www.americanlemans.com.
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