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ALMS Video: Inside the New Mazda Lola LMP2 Coupe
Written by: Marshall Pruett   
10/03/2008
Braselton, GA
 
Mazda's bold new step forward with the coupe has re-energized their ALMS program. (Photo: Marshall Pruett) » More Photos


With their sponsorship of the Petit Le Mans event this weekend at Road Atlanta, Mazda chose the perfect weekend to debut their radical new Mazda-powered Lola closed-top coupe. The car, designated the Mazda-Lola B08/86, represents the Japanese manufacturers greatest hopes to join the fiercely competitive battles at the front of the LMP2 category in the American Le Mans Series.

Mazda gave SPEEDtv.com an exclusive first look inside the exciting coupe and driver Gerardo Bonilla takes us for an in-depth technical tour of the car before narrating his fastest laps in practice with in-car footage only available on our site. We follow those two narrated laps with four more, albeit minus narration and at full volume.
The powertrain is the same while the chassis is completely new. (Photo: Marshall Pruett) » More Photos

Those final laps give great insights into the traffic concerns all of the drivers will face in
the 10hrs/1000Mile Petit Le Mans race on Saturday.

Click Here to watch Inside the New Mazda Lola LMP2 Coupe

Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New MAZDA6 is the 10th round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series. The 1,000-mile/10-hour race is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. Saturday, October 4 from Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga. SPEED will televise the race live with online video available from 1 to 6:30 p.m. ET on americanlemans.com. XM Satellite Radio will air live race coverage throughout the day on XM Channel 166. Live coverage from American Le Mans Radio will be available at americanlemans.com, which also will feature IMSA’s Live Timing & Scoring.
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