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Originally Posted by Caplax40
Okay fill me in on this last race business. Are they out for the season or is the program over? A few friends and I are going to the Salt Lake Grand Prix in two weeks. I'm just getting into ALMS so I don't quite know the story behind the R8 other than the technical aspects of it. Why is it no longer going to race?
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The R8 is done with, Audi has a new car to replace it, the R10. The R8 cannot be raced anymore since it no longer meets the new rules in place for the LMP1 class.
The new R10's will be at the Salt Lake race.
Here is some good reading on the R8 and R10:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_R8_Race_Car
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_R10
BTW, the Pedro Lamy's Aston Martin took the class win over Corvettes Johnny O'Connel by .033 seconds! It also stopped the Corvettes winning streak at 12 races in a row!