A RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES FOR 2010 SEBRING WINTER TEST

Sports Car Racing News

The 2010 American Le Mans Series Winter Test at Sebring International Raceway will feature a number of historic moments as the countdown continues to the 58th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida. A total of 27 cars – a record for the annual test – are on the initial entry with additions likely prior to the February 22-23 session.

In all, 10 different manufacturers will have their wares on display for the two-day test on Sebring’s historic 3.7-mile, 17-turn circuit.

The roster contains any number of eye-raising highlights. Among them are…

• Aston Martin Racing’s Lola-Aston Martin prototype with Adrian Fernandez as one of the drivers.
• Last year's LMP1 champion Patrón Highcroft Racing and its HPD ARX-01c with the trio of David Brabham, Simon Pagenaud and Marino Franchitti
• Eleven entries in GT2 from the likes of BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Porsche - including defending class champion Flying Lizard Motorsports - and of course Jaguar
• Five of the new ORECA FLM09 prototypes for the new Le Mans Prototype Challenge class
• Six Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars for the Grand Touring Challenge class.
• Intersport Racing running its FLM09 alongside its Lola B06/10-AER for LMP1
• Porsche entries in three of the five classes – Porsche RS Spyder in LMP2, four 911 GT3 RSRs for GT2 and the six GTC entrants.

Six Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars for the GT Challenge class are entered so far along with five ORECA FLM09s for the new LMP Challenge class.

American Le Mans Series cars will be on track from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. both days. Tickets are $10 per day with no public paddock access or overnight camping. Live Timing & Scoring will be available on americanlemans.com.

The American Le Mans Series will open its 12th season with America’s greatest sports car race, the 58th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida from March 17-20. The green flag will fall at 10:35 a.m. on Saturday, March 20 with live coverage on SPEED.