Archive for September, 2009
McNish denied provisional pole in Atlanta
Dumfries racer Allan McNish was denied provisional pole position for today’s 1000-mile Petit Le Mans race in Atlanta when his Audi R15TDI was pipped by the lead Peugeot of Frenchman Stephane Sarrazin by just 0.162s. The Scot, a former winner of the American Le Mans Series, posted his fastest lap of the week in the [...]
McNish tops Petit Le Mans timesheets
Scots racer Allan McNish topped the timesheets in the first practice for this weekend’s 1000-mile Petit Le Mans, the latest round of the American Le Mans Series near Atlanta in Georgia. The 39-year-old from Dumfries powered his turbodiesel Audi R15TDI round the demanding 2.54-mile road course in 1min 08.308secs to outpace the Peugeot of Stephane [...]
Hot Rods at Knockhill
Scots gunning for BTCC success
While former champ Jason Plato bagged his fourth pole position of the British Touring Car Championship season for the opener at Rockingham, Kirkcaldy youngster Jonathan Adam qualified on the front row of the grid for the first time in his career. “I’m chuffed, dead chuffed,” BMW ace Adam said after lapping the 1.94-mile Northamptonshire circuit [...]
Di Resta targets back-to-back DTM wins
Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta will start from the front row of the grid in Barcelona as he bids for back-to-back victories in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM). The 23-year-old Scot, who started from pole as he dominated the last round at Brands Hatch a fortnight ago, was just 0.064-seconds slower than Tom Kristensen’s Audi [...]