Racing Car Accessories

Le Mans

The American Le Mans Series (also known as ALMS) is a sports car racing series created by Georgia-based businessman Don Panoz in 1999 and is based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Teams are divided into four classes: LMP1 and LMP2 for Le Mans Prototypes, and GT1 and GT2 for Grand Touring cars. Races differ by lengths that may vary from 40 minutes to 12 hours. Each car is driven by several drivers (2 or 3, depending on the length of the race), and all cars compete together simultaneously. Below are overviews of the main teams that take part in ALMS.

Alex Job Racing

Alex Job Racing is a professional sports car racing team based in the United States. Since Alex Job took formed Alex Job Racing in 1988, the team consistently been considered one of the top competitors. These come due to the team's ability to consistently perform well on track. The results speak for themselves: AJR has captured four drivers' championships and three team championships.The team benefits from technology developed by Porsche Motorsport, but the factory assisted team has also undertaken considerable development work on its own.

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Other Performance Porsche Accessories are Intake System - Six Individual Throttle Valves; Gearbox - Xtrac standard, Emco available; Suspension - Twin wishbones and pushrods; Steering - Electric variable power assist rack & pinion;Brakes - Alcon calipers and iron rotors; Fuel Injection - Sequential multi-point Bosch MS 4.0 system with ignition control; Wheels - BBS.

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Andretti Green Racing

Founded in 1993 by Barry Green and Gerry Forsythe as Forsythe Green Racing, they fielded two Atlantic cars for Claude Bourbonnais and Jacques Villeneuve. In 1994 Barry Green and Gerry Forsythe split up and Barry renamed the team Team Green, with his brother Kim Green joining as team manager. In 2006, it was announced that AGR would join Acura as one of the official works teams. The team worked with Highcroft Racing on the development of Acura Accessories for motorsports like the Courage LC75 chassis, etc. The team debuted the newly-renamed Acura ARX-01a at the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring. The AGR team finished second overall, and took the maiden LMP2 for Acura.

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Aston Martin Racing

Aston Martin Racing is an auto racing team established in 2004 as a partnership between Aston Martin company and Prodrive engineering group. The partnership was founded to return Aston Martin to sports car racing using innovative variant of Aston Martin DB9 known as DBR9. Since the DBR9's racing debut in 2005, Aston Martin Racing has expanded to build a variety of cars available to customers, as well as development of Aston Martin's V12 engine for Le Mans Prototype use. Aston Martin Racing has also supplied the DBR9 to numerous private teams who have won international sports car series, including the FIA GT Championship and the Le Mans Series.

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The aerodynamic Aston Martin Accessories has been developed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). That all resulted in a GT racing car with outstanding performance but with the beauty and integrity of an Aston Martin.

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As further endorsement of the standard V8 Vantage underframe, the active safety systems are directly carried over to the Vantage GT4, including: dynamic stability control, traction control, ABS and electronic brakeforce distribution, providing reassurance and enhanced control in slippery conditions.

Champion Racing

Champion Racing is a sports car racing team created in 94 which is now based in Pompano Beach, Florida. Champion Racing's Audi R8 LMP-900 program began in February 2001, when it was announced that Champion would field an R8 Prototype in the full 2001 American Le Mans Series as well as making the team's first-ever appearance at the prestigious Le Mans 24 Hours. The team currently runs a pair of factory supported Audi R15 TDIs in the ALMS, supplied with High-Tech Audi Accessories. The team performs under the name of Audi Sport North America. One of the most dominating teams in the 10-year history of the Series, Audi Sport North America has posted 45 class victories and a record 22 in a row dating back to Sebring in 2006.

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Pratt & Miller

Based out of New Hudson, Michigan, they have been one of General Motors official racing teams since 1999 when they were key in the development of the Chevrolet Corvette C6RS. Today, Pratt & Miller constructs, maintains, and runs the American Le Mans Series Corvette Racing team with Chevrolet Corvette C6.R as well as the Speed World Challenge Team Cadillac CTS-Vs. The company also builds and maintains the Pontiac GTO.Rs and Pontiac GXP.Rs for various teams in the Rolex Sports Car Series. The company also did work on the development of the Qvale Mangusta and Ford GT.

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Conceived, designed, developed and constructed by the championship-winning Pratt & Miller team, the Corvette C6RS bristles with sophisticated materials, advanced Chevy Accessories and race-inspired technology. Pratt & Miller can take your Corvette Z06 and transform it into a C6RS super car.

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As the new CTS sport sedan earns accolades and new owners, Cadillac takes the next leap forward by premiering the 2009 CTS-V, the brand's ultimate expression of performance Cadillac Accessories and professional maintenance.

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The car also feauters with numerous Pontiac Accessories for aerodynamics, performance and steering.

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Dyson Racing

Dyson Racing is a professional sports car racing team based in Poughkeepsie, NY in the United States. Founded by Rob Dyson (former owner of WPDH radio) in 1974, the team is one of the longest-running and most successful privateer racing organizations. The team currently competes in the LMP2 class of the American Le Mans Series with Mazda Lola B08/86. The 2009 B09/86 LMP2 Coupe is a one-piece carbon composite monocoque and is certified to ACO and FIA structural standards through 2012. Mazda Accessories include body panels that are made of lightweight pre-preg carbon composite construction. The suspension is double wishbone with pushrod/rocker-activated coil spring/adjustable damper units all around. The six-speed sequential gearbox is of lightweight cast magnesium and is designed to allow complete changes of gear ratios in ten minutes without losing any oil.

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Primetime Race Group

The Primetime Race Group is a privateer motorsport team from Hollywood, Florida which currently competes in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) Lites Series, a support series of the ALMS. As of 2003, a special, non-street legal Viper SRT-10 Competition Coupe is available from Dodge for race car drivers, picking up where the GTS-R racing variant left off. The power and torque ratings have been improved, along with the vehicle being stripped of Dodge Accessories that are not essential for racing, such as the interior body panels, carpet, instrumentation, air conditioning, and stereo systems which lightened the car by 380 lb (170 kg).

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Schnitzer Motorsport

Schnitzer Motorsport is a successful Motorsport Team based in Freilassing near Munich, Germany in 1967. In the last years, they mainly competed as BMW Team Germany. Apart from having the BMW dealership and Motorsport team based in Southern Germany's Bavaria, they also own a tuning specialist concern for BMW Accessories in the far north near the border of Belgium and the Netherlands. Since the 1960s, the Schnitzer team has been mainly active with BMW and BMW M cars in Touring car racing.

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