We showed up just in time for the IMSA Lites races, which seem to have taken a cue from the AMA in their class naming conventions. Regardless, it was good fun to watch these guys race around and made me wish I could try it. And it just got better from there.
Action shot!
Next was qualifying for the SPEED Challenge series. Mostly Porsche 911s and Corvettes in this class.
The KPax Porsches were quite nice looking and pretty fast.
There were some nice looking Corvettes also.
Close Racing
Next was ALMS practice and qualifying. Last year we got to watch these guys race. Alas, this year the race was on Sunday so we did not get to see it.
Right as ALMS practice was about to start, Dave and my dad showed up. We watched the remainder of the events with them.
Here's a shot of one of the awesome, eerily-silent-running Audi LMP1 turbodiesel prototypes.
Like last year, this year one of the yellow Penske Porsche LMP2 prototypes won the overall, even beating the LMP1s which are supposed to be faster.
My favorite cars in all of ALMS are these yellow Corvettes - they sound AWESOME!
Here an Acura prototype has just completed a pass on a Ferrari 430 .
That yellow LMP2 Porsche wasn't behind these other two cars for long.
Next was the Star Mazda series race. I didn't get to see them last year so I was kinda looking forward to it.
There was some pretty close racing in Star Mazdas. Notice the paint job on the red car in front - it looks a lot like F1 Ferraris did a few years ago, when Vodafone still sponsored them.
The last race of the day was the IMSA Challenge series - all Porsche 911s.
My favorite shot - four Porsches in one photo!
