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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">12/01/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">ELMS</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">The Prize Fund - And TV</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/ELMSd%20TVAME.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"> The second day of the Autosport Show, and at last some real sportscar news of substance.<BR> <BR> John MacDonald announced that the prize fund for each of the ELMS races will be 150 000 Euros, with additional start money of 5 000 Euros per car. In round figures, this equates to £100 000 and £3 000. <BR> <BR> "We've had something like 143 teams contact us," said MacDonald. Scott Atherton added that, "We needed to announce our package before we could expect the teams to make a commitment to us. But with the prize fund and TV package, everyone will understand that we are playing for keeps."<BR> <BR> Bill Donaldson provided the TV news. "SKY Sports will broadcast all five ELMS races. The ALMS events will be shown in a slightly different format (from last year). We'll have one hour highlights shows a week after each event. That includes Malaysia and Adeliade at the end of the year."<BR> <BR> So there we are. The important news that the teams were waiting for is out. That prize fund seems awfully appealing.<BR> <BR> The ELMS can be contacted on +44 (0) 1869 353720. Teams interested in competing on the series are asked to fill out and fax in a registration form that is available online at www.americanlemans.com. Interested parties should click on the ELMS logo that appears on the home page of the website.<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>