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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">07/10/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">2002 Cadillac</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Northstar LMP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/llacNortAME.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">It's an entirely new car of course (we knew that).<BR> <BR> “Constructing an entirely new car and creating a totally new team to campaign it is a complex undertaking,” said Herb Fishel, GM Racing Executive Director. “We are competing against teams that have decades of experience and deep financial and technical resources. The performance standard has been raised considerably in the two years since Cadillac launched its endurance racing program, but we are quietly confident that the 2002 Cadillac LMP will be a credible contender.” <BR> <BR> Audi have decades of (rallying) experience, but Panoz? <BR> <BR> The chassis will be assembled at Team Cadillac’s U.S. base near Atlanta, with testing to take place in the USA.<BR> <BR> Cadillac Northstar LMP Program Mmanager Jeff Kettman describes it as "a clean-sheet-of-paper approach.” Which it needed to be. The revised 2001 version has run reliably, but numbers 7 and 8 have often run in P7 and P8 this year.<BR> <BR> Power for the new Cadillac LMP will come from an updated version of the twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter Northstar V8 racing engine. A revised induction system and redesigned cylinder heads will complement the 180-degree crankshaft and upgraded engine management system that were introduced in 2001 - developments to be continued with McLaren Performance Technology.<BR> <BR> A new sequential gearbox and paddles on the steering wheel complete the modernisation process.<BR> <BR> The 2002 Cadillac LMP will make its competition debut at Sebring, then run four more ALMS races, plus Le Mans.<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>