HENZLER, PORSCHE TAKES GT2 HONORS AT LE MANS

Photo Credit: Rick DolePorsche wins in class for first time since 2007

Porsche factory driver Wolf Henzler won at the 24 Hours of the Le Mans for the first time Sunday, the German winning in GT2 for Team Felbermayr Proton and its Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Henzler - who drives for Team Falken Tire with Bryan Sellers in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron - won by two laps with Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz.

Porsche won at Le Mans in GT2 for the first time since 2007. As was the case throughout the race, GT2 was a battle of attrition. The leading Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 fell out in the 10th hour, and Corvette Racing’s two factory Corvette C6.Rs retired within three hours of each other.

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SCi Five Questions: Scott Sharp

I’m not sure Scott Sharp looked up the definition of the word “extreme” when he named his new American Le Mans Series race team. Talk about being careful what you wish for. In the last five months Scott’s life has become, in a word, EXTREME. Teaming up with the American Le Mans Series’ new presenting sponsor, Tequila Patrón, Scott formed Extreme Speed Motorsports, a two Ferrari effort that will compete in the Series’ highly competitive GT division. To say Scott’s been going flat out ever since would be an understatement.

Lucky for us, we caught up with Scott and put him on the hot seat for SCi’s Five Questions.

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Sports Car Insider Five Questions: Doug Fehan

Little did our SCi Five Questions’ guest know he’s had a bullseye on his back since I first started thinking about this deal. And why not? He’s charismatic, motivated and knows how to run a race program. Doug Fehan is not only well liked within the racing community, he’s won the American Le Mans Series “From The Fans” award so many times, they might as well call it the Doug Fehan Award.

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Corvette Racing lives on to fight another day

Photo by John Thawley Peter M. De Lorenzo is a national columnist who founded Autoextremist.com, a highly-regarded website devoted to news, commentary and analysis of the auto industry. He is considered to be one of the most influential voices commenting on the business today.Last week, while toasting the tremendous success of Corvette Racing (see: Toasting A Decade of Excellence For Corvette Racing ), I also pointed out that it hadn’t come easy, as internal political squabbles within GM marketing had plagued the program from the beginning, threatening to derail it many times during its existence. This was especially true last week when GM marketing and racing operatives traveled to Charlotte to deliver the bad news about the realities of its financial cutbacks to its NASCAR teams. It’s no secret that certain individuals within GM marketing are openly biased toward the company’s NASCAR programs and were willing to throw Corvette Racing under the bus in no uncertain terms if it meant “protecting” its sacred NASCAR involvement.

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