{"id":2861,"date":"2010-03-02T22:30:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T03:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2010-03-02T22:30:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T03:30:41","slug":"expansion-to-lmp-challenge-just-fine-with-intersport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/alms\/expansion-to-lmp-challenge-just-fine-with-intersport\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion to LMP challenge just fine with Intersport"},"content":{"rendered":"
Running two classes nothing new for accomplished prototype team<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Intersport Racing continues to write new chapters in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr\u00f3n. Already one of the Series\u2019 longest-tenured teams \u2013 factory or independent \u2013 Intersport is preparing to embark on a groundbreaking effort in 2010 where it will field entries in two prototype classes.<\/p>\n

Intersport\u2019s AER-powered Lola B06\/10 will run for the full season alongside its ORECA FLM09 prototype for the Le Mans Prototype Challenge class, new for 2010. Both cars were on-track last week at the annual Sebring Winter Test with encouraging results.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time the Dublin, Ohio-based team has had a presence in more than one LMP class in the same season. Intersport fielded cars in both LMP900 and LMP675 from 2002-04.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a team, we always want to grow,\u201d said Clint Field, team owner and driver of the team\u2019s LMP1 entry. \u201cWe had an opportunity with the LMPC car to really grow as a team. It\u2019s an easier car to run, so it brings us in a little bit slower than what we usually do, which would be an LMP1. For us, it\u2019s coming in and just getting used to it. But it seems to be a pretty easy car to run.\u201d<\/p>\n

Running two cars in the series does have its benefits and challenges teammate Jon Field acknowledged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe benefits obviously are that we\u2019re already set up as a team to come to the race track, so we get to bring more guys and work the setups together,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a better presence, and we look like a bigger team, which we are now. But the challenge obviously is that it takes a lot more money to get it done and more management.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brian Wong and Mitch Pagerey are Intersport\u2019s primary drivers in the LMPC entry and got their first taste of the ORECA-built racer at last week\u2019s annual Sebring Winter Test.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a new car to everyone so we\u2019re still trying to learn as much as we can,\u201d Wong said. \u201cWe all struggled a little bit with the overall speed. But we\u2019re just trying to get used to the car. It\u2019s all a learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source ALMS \u00a9 RIF<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running two classes nothing new for accomplished prototype team \u00a0 Intersport Racing continues to write new chapters in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr\u00f3n. Already one of the Series\u2019 longest-tenured teams \u2013 factory or independent \u2013 Intersport is preparing to embark on a groundbreaking effort in 2010 where it will field entries …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[840,5264,5334,369,162,5292,138,370,436],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2867,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2861\/revisions\/2867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}