Petit Le Mans Entry List Thread

[Deleted]

Originally Posted by JAG

The ILMC will be a last hurrah for the GT1 Saleens unless the ACO grandfather the cars into GTE for 2011.

Umm thanks, old news. But I strongly doubt we see S7Rs anywhere after this season (they're even too old for GT1WC, lol). Time for this girl to retire.

[fieldodreams79]

The entry deadline is now closed from what I understand, so when will IMSA release the entries?

Reports of now Euro GT2 teams coming...

But expect a 2nd Jag

[fieldodreams79]

Some additions and some subtractions, but still looking strong!

LMP1

# Audi Sport Team Joest / Audi R15+ / TBA

# Audi Sport Team Joest / Audi R15+ / TBA

# Team Peugeot Total / Peugeot 908/ Pedro Lamy, Stephane Sarrazin, Franck Montagny

# Team Peugeot Total / Peugeot 908 / Anthony Davidson, Marc Gene, Alex Wurz

# Signature Plus / Lola Aston Martin / Franck Mailleux, Pierre Ragues

8 Drayson Racing / Lola B09/10 Judd / Paul Drayson?, Jonny Cocker, Emanuele Pirro

12 Autocon Motorsports / Lola B06/10 AER / Bryan Willman, Tony Burgess, Pierre Ehret

37 Intersport Racing / Lola B06/10 AER / Jon Field, Clint Field

LMP2

1 Highcroft Racing Ltd / HPD ARX-01c / David Brabham, Simon Pagenaud, Marino Franchitti

5 Libra Racing / Radical SR9 IES / Andrew Prendeville, Jose Balibiani

6 Cytosport / Porsche RS Spyder / Klaus Graf, TBA

16 Dyson Racing / Lola B09/80 Mazda / Guy Smith, Chris Dyson

# Oak Racing / Pescarolo Judd / TBA

? Oak Racing / Pescarolo Judd / TBA

LMPC

36 Genoa Racing / ORECA FLM Chevrolet / Christian Zugel ,Frankie Montecalvo

52 PR1/ Mathiasen Motorsports / ORECA FLM Chevrolet / Ricardo Guanzolez, Luis Diaz

55 Level 5 Motorsports / ORECA FLM Chevrolet / Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut

89 Intersport Racing / ORECA FLM Chevrolet / Kyle Marcelli

95 Level 5 Motorsports / ORECA FLM Chevrolet / Andy Wallace, TBA

99 Green Earth Team Gunner / ORECA FLM Chevrolet / Gunnar Jeanette, Elton Julian

?? Woodard Racing / Riley? Lola? ORECA? / TBA

GT1

?? Atlas eFX-Team FS / Saleen SR7 / TBA

GT2

3 Corvette Racing/Pratt & Miller / Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 / Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen

4 Corvette Racing/Pratt & Miller / Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 / Olivier Beretta, Oliver Gavin

17 Team Falken Tire / Porsche 911 GT3 RSR / Bryan Sellers, Wolf Henzler

?? Team Falken Tire / Porsche 911 GT3 RSR / TBA

40 Robertson Racing / Doran-Ford GT David & Andrea Robertson, Craig Stanton

04 Robertson Racing / Doran-Ford GT / David Murry, Rob Bell, Anthony Lazzaro

44 Flying Lizards Motorsports / Porsche 911 GT3 RSR / Darren Law, Seith Neiman

45 Flying Lizards Motorsports / Porsche 911 GT3 RSR / Joerg Bergmeister, Patrick Long

61 Risi Competizione / Ferrari 430 GT / Mika Salo, Peirre Kaffer

62 Risi Competizione / Ferrari 430 GT / Jaime Melo, Gianmaria Bruni

75 Rocketsports Jaguar / Jaguar XKR / Paul Gentilozzi, Marc Goossens, Ryan Dalziel

## Rocketsports Jaguar / Jaguar XKR / Scott Pruitt, Tomy Drissi

90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team BMW M3 GT Dirk Muller, Joey Hand

92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team BMW M3 GT Bill Auberlan, Tommy Milner

01 Extreme Speed Motorsports / Ferrari 430 GT / Scott Sharp, Johannes van Overbeek

02 Extreme Speed Motorsports / Ferrari 430 GT / Ed Brown, Guy Cosmo

?? ACS Express-Davis Racing / Doran Ford GT / Brendon Davis, Boris Said

?? Panoz Abruzzi

GTC

28 911 Design / Porsche 911 GT3 Cup / Loren Beggs, Doug Baron

32 GMG Racing / Porsche 911 GT3 Cup / Bret Curtis, James Sofronas

48 ORBIT/Paul Miller / Porsche 911 GT3 Cup / Bryce Miller, Luke Hines

54 Black Swan Racing / Porsche 911 GT3 Cup / Timoty Pappas, Jeroen Bleekemolen

63 TRG / Porsche 911 GT3 Cup / Duncan Ende, Andy Lally

69 WERKS II Racing / Porsche 911 GT3 Cup / Robert Rodriguez, Galen Beiker

88 Velox Motorsports / Porsche 911 GT3 Cup / Shane Lewis, Vic Rice

GT Class of its Own

# Porsche / Porsche 911 GT3 R-Hybrid / TBA

[joeb]

That is too bad no lms gt2 teams will be making it. I'm hoping the panoz shows, haven't heard anything about it since june

[nissangtrfan]

I am not feeling confident about the Signature Plus Aston making the trip. Hopefully I am wrong. They need to post the entry already...haha.

[cbbrit]

I have heard that hotel rooms have been booked for Team Oreca Matmut and that would mean another Peugeot 908 HDi, making three!

[dj4monie]

Originally Posted by joeb

That is too bad no lms gt2 teams will be making it. I'm hoping the panoz shows, haven't heard anything about it since june

Why would you think no LMS GT2 teams would come? It depends on how tight the manufacturers title is. If the BMW's can find their way to victory lane that will not upset the apple cart but make it much more interesting.

All the Ferrari's really have to do is keep the Porsche behind them which with three strong running cars (#61, #62 and #02) is more than likely but hasn't quite worked out this way. Extreme will be strong here, both drivers are very good around RA.

If there's a title to be won at Petit, you will see another Porsche here....

If there's a title to be won, you'll see a 4th Ferrari.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by dj4monie

Why would you think no LMS GT2 teams would come? It depends on how tight the manufacturers title is. If the BMW's can find their way to victory lane that will not upset the apple cart but make it much more interesting.

All the Ferrari's really have to do is keep the Porsche behind them which with three strong running cars (#61, #62 and #02) is more than likely but hasn't quite worked out this way. Extreme will be strong here, both drivers are very good around RA.

If there's a title to be won at Petit, you will see another Porsche here....

If there's a title to be won, you'll see a 4th Ferrari.

Because someone who follows such things very closely (for a living) has hinted, no pretty much said so, thats why.




L.P.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Because someone who follows such things very closely (for a living) has hinted, no pretty much said so, thats why.




L.P.

Exactly, I failed to mention the source, which was from Dagys.

[fieldodreams79]

So Scott Atherton just alluded to 50+ cars at PLM on the SPEED broadcast from RA.

[HORNDAWG]

Most everybody has alluded to that, even Dagys.



L.P.

[NightStalk3r]

I dont see it myself, dagys also says no European GT2 teams are going over, and i can't see 20 European Prototypes going over.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

I dont see it myself, dagys also says no European GT2 teams are going over, and i can't see 20 European Prototypes going over.

Full GTC class, growth of a few GT cars and then you only need 8 to ten cars from across the Pond to reach that # of entries. Also remember that some FLM cars are expected to be at making LMIC rounds also, will that include Petit? And Bobs your uncle!



L.P.

[fieldodreams79]

With the current ALMS crowd, and the "normal" PLM crowd, plus the others shown in the list above, I still come up with only about 44 or 45.

[WMUCarGuy]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

With the current ALMS crowd, and the "normal" PLM crowd, plus the others shown in the list above, I still come up with only about 44 or 45.

There may be some FLM/LMPC cars from Europe too.

[dj4monie]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

With the current ALMS crowd, and the "normal" PLM crowd, plus the others shown in the list above, I still come up with only about 44 or 45.

I count only that many and regardless of "people that follow such things" say that doesn't mean the entry can't be changed. The race itself is over a month off.

So where are these 50 cars coming from? By your calculations you need 5-6 cars more. How and Why would Formula Le Mans cars becoming over? That makes little to no sense.

I agree with FD, something is afoot.

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by dj4monie

I count only that many and regardless of "people that follow such things" say that doesn't mean the entry can't be changed. The race itself is over a month off.

So where are these 50 cars coming from? By your calculations you need 5-6 cars more. How and Why would Formula Le Mans cars becoming over? That makes little to no sense.

I agree with FD, something is afoot.

Why focus on the numbers? Only 44 or 45 cars is still mega!!

[vogelmann4]

it is just too bad it isn't 44 real and true sports cars, instead of 30-35 sports cars and 10-15 spec racers to get in the way

[Purist]

Get over it.

Now then, we're sitting at 34 cars. Fully-subscribed LMPC and GTC classes pushes that to 40. A 2nd Robertson Ford GT, 2nd Rocketsports Jaguar, and the PTG Panoz Abruzzi adds up to f3. The Porsche 911 hybrid comes to 44. Then, we have two Audis, two Peugeots, at least one Oak Pescarolo, and it sounds like Oreca is coming to the party. That's 50 right there.

If Oak bring a second, there's 51. A third Audi, if Oreca is bolstering Peugeot, brings us to 52. An ACS Ford GT puts us on 53 entries. A third Flying Lizard puts u on 54, and an added Ferrari from one of the squads puts us at 55 cars.

[vogelmann4]

Originally Posted by Purist

Get over it.

Now then, we're sitting at 34 cars. Fully-subscribed LMPC and GTC classes pushes that to 40. A 2nd Robertson Ford GT, 2nd Rocketsports Jaguar, and the PTG Panoz Abruzzi adds up to f3. The Porsche 911 hybrid comes to 44. Then, we have two Audis, two Peugeots, at least one Oak Pescarolo, and it sounds like Oreca is coming to the party. That's 50 right there.

If Oak bring a second, there's 51. A third Audi, if Oreca is bolstering Peugeot, brings us to 52. An ACS Ford GT puts us on 53 entries. A third Flying Lizard puts u on 54, and an added Ferrari from one of the squads puts us at 55 cars.

Sorry, but i can't get over it. Just wait until some unknown guy in GTC takes out some big name in the Esses. With 50 cars on that track for that long a mistake is going to be made, and the filler classes are my bet to do it.

Does the Oreca arrangements include just the Pug or will they bring over their prototype as per last year.

[Gingers4Justice]

Considering we're in a global economic recession, the situation is really not too poor.

I wasn't alive then, so this is from what my dad tells me and from what I've read, but didn't Le Mans get entries in the low thirties in the early 1990s? Certainly, sports car racing is in far better health than it was then.

[Speed-King]

Fully-subscribed LMPC

Which remains to be seen. But yes, 50 is possible, nonetheless.

[fieldodreams79]

What are the chances of some the LMPCs that haven't been entering some of the races this season showing at PLM? Comprent is just down the road a piece, but if they don't have the funds, they aren't going anywhere, from what I understand.

Mariantic has stated that the ORECA Pug is NOT coming to PLM.
NO Euro GT2 cars coming has been reported
With "FULL" Challenge classes and all the "ifs" included, I get 55. Too many ifs and buts for my liking to "count" on it.

I believe we are splitting hairs here; we need additional Euro teams coming to get us over the big 5-0.

But who cares, right? It's quality, not quantity, man, and with all that are confirmed so far, we got both, no?

[joeb]

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

I dont see it myself, dagys also says no European GT2 teams are going over, and i can't see 20 European Prototypes going over.

I was wondering about that too. Maybe it is a simple scenario of Mr Atherton knowing more than us? or optimism?

[joeb]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

What are the chances of some the LMPCs that haven't been entering some of the races this season showing at PLM? Comprent is just down the road a piece, but if they don't have the funds, they aren't going anywhere, from what I understand.

I don't know how the LMPC chassis have changed hands since landing on US soil, or how many are here for that matter. The car that Primetime ran is presumably available, and I thought I heard on SPEED yesterday that the Intersport car was a new chassis for that race, what happened to the old one? And like you said, Comprent may have one and there was a rumor prior to Sebring of a chassis sitting in Alex Job's shop. So I guess what I'm getting at is there might already be 10 lmpc cars in the States and you're right, they could be entered.