The 2011 race schedule of the American Le Mans Series was released earlier today, with a few changes to shake things up. Though most of the venues look familiar, some of their dates do not.

Notable changes include Mosport International Raceway’s Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport, which will be run a month earlier from July 22nd – 24th, and Mazda Raceway’s American Le Mans Series Monterey presented by Patron, which will return to the fall, racing the weekend of Sep 15th – 17th.

Added to the schedule this season includes the ALMS’ first running of the Baltimore Grand Prix. Running along the city’s Inner Harbor should make a great backdrop for what’s bound to be a great weekend of racing.

2011 ALMS Schedule:

February 9-10: Sebring International Raceway’s Winter Test
March 19: Sebring International Raceway
April 16: Long Beach Street Circuit
July 9: Lime Rock Park
July 31: Mosport International Raceway
August 6: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
August 21: Road America
September 3: Baltimore Street Circuit
September 17: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
October 1: Road Atlanta

A more detailed 2011 ALMS Schedule can be found here.

Mazda driver, Michael Galati, came out victorious in Sunday’s Speed World Challenge Touring Car race at Mosport International Raceway. He crossed the finish line far ahead of the field with over six seconds separating him from the second place Mazda driven by rookie, Jason Saini. Following Saini was Peter Cunningham, whose third place finish moved him up to first in the championship points standings.

Rounding out the Top-5 were Cunningham’s teammate, Kuno Wittmer who currently sits in second in the championship points, and Chip Herr. Pierre Kleinubing, who had to make a hard charge to the front after facing a stop-and-go penalty for movement prior to the standing start, finished an impressive sixth.

Complete race results:

2008 SPEED Touring Car Results from Mosport

Updated standings:

2008 Standings for SPEED Touring Car (as of Aug. 24, 2008 Mosport)

Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner won their third American Le Mans Series victory in as many races Sunday at Mosport International Raceway. Right behind them was their Audi Sport North America teammates Dindo Capello and Emanuele Pirro.

Class winners included the No. 2 Audi of Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner for P1, the No. 9 Highcroft Acura driven by David Brabham and Scott Sharp in P2, the No. 3 Corvette of Johnny O’Connell and Jan Magnussen in GT1, while the No. 62 Risi Ferrari driven by Mika Salo and Jaime Melo took the GT2 class victory.

For the full results from the Grand Prix of Mosport, please see this page:

2008 ALMS Grand Prix of Mosport Results

Current standings can by found here:

American Le Mans Series Standings (As of Aug. 24, 2008 Mosport)

Porsche driver Randy Pobst, may have dominated the early portions of the race, but it was the pole-sitter, Eric Curran, and his Chevrolet Corvette that managed to take over and maintain the lead, giving him his first chance to pull into victory circle this season following the SPEED World Challenge GT race at Mosport International Raceway. Not that getting to victory circle was a simple task for Curran however, as he lost control of his car while celebrating in the victory lap and hit one of the containing walls surrounding the circuit. Pobst, the current series leader, finished second.

The Top-5 Finishers Included:

1. Eric Curran
2. Randy Pobst
3. Michael Galati
4. Tommy Archer
5. Michael McCann

For the full results from the GT race at Mosport, please see the following link:

2008 SPEED World Challenge GT Mosport Results

For the updated standings, please see this page:

2008 Standings for the SPEED World Challenge GT (as of Aug. 23, 2008 Mosport)