3/31/2007

Audis Win Again

The unstoppable Audi R-10s won the ALMS race in St. Petersburg, Florida on Saturday March 31.  Most notable however was the Penske Porsches bested the Andretti Acuras.  This is from motorsports.com:
In the end, the reliability and the Audi organization with its finely-tuned team work earned the inaugural event on the 1.8-mile temporary street circuit. Allan McNish and Rinaldo "Dindo" Capello landed the overall victory as the reigning co-champions aim to win back-to-back LM P1 titles at the season ender in Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. "This was a difficult one to win," said Capello. "After the final restart, the first turn and again, the second, were like ice and with three laps to go, I knew I had to do it keep the lead). It was the most difficult last three laps of a race I have ever had."