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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">23/09/2005</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Audi Goes Hunting Records In The USA</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Audi Unbeaten At Petit Le Mans</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/Audi-petit-lemans-05.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"><B>Audi Goes Hunting Records In The USA</B> <BR> <BR> Audi does not only have its first "match ball” on the opening weekend of October in the DTM: At the "Petit Le Mans” race in Road Atlanta (US state of Georgia) the Audi works drivers Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro could clinch the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) title early. Biela/Pirro lead Lola driver Andy Wallace by 18 points with just two ALMS races to go, they can not be ousted from the head of the drivers championship if they arrive at the finale in Laguna Seca (15 October) with a lead of more than 20 points. <BR> <BR> For Audi it is not only a matter of winning the title with a race to spare. Petit Le Mans is the last important endurance race of the year and, alongside the 12 Hours of of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the three sportscar highlights. The Audi R8 has never been beaten at Petit Le Mans and, if possible, this successful run should continue at its sixth appearance.<BR> <BR> The American Audi importer team ADT Champion Racing competes with two Audi R8 prototypes, which are driven by JJ Lehto/Marco Werner and Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro. Dave Maraj’s team has won the US endurance classic twice in succession and could, as a result, score a second hat-trick: Champion Racing has already won at Sebring and Le Mans this year. In 2002, the Audi factory team Joest Racing was the last team to win all three long distance classics in the same year. Furthermore, JJ Lehto and Marco Werner have the chance to become the first drivers in the history of Petit Le Mans to win the race three times in succession.<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>