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LA's Best The 10 race season started at Sebring in March and included two long distance races (12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans), one four race (Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca), and seven two hour and four-five minute races. The American Le Mans Series races test a car under all conditions and over different time periods. From the start, Team Manager Franco LaPaul, said, 'We knew we had a good shot a good season. The car was fast out of the box at testing in Sebring prior to the 12 Hour race, and we were in contention for the lead throughout the year.'
Development never stopped on the mid-engine Ferrari F430GT; 'After Sebring,' LaPaul notes, 'we knew we had the potential but we had to continue to develop the car in all areas. Porsche and Panoz do not stand still—they are both brilliant competitors with massive technical resources. In this series, if you're standing still, you're going backward. It is ultra-competitive, as one can see from the sheer number of lead changes.'
Risi Competizione ran one car at Sebring, Houston, and Mid-0hio. At Lime Rock, the stablemate No. 27H Ferrari F430GT, owned by HUGHES Racing USA. Ferrari Milano Italy, joined the team to race under the HUGHES Racing banner. That car, too, was fast out of the box, as newcomer to ALMS racing Richard J. Hughes grabbed the pole in his first weekend in a 430GT. Regrettably, Hughes was taken out of the race with an on-course incident and No.27H was sidelined for repairs, not rejoining the team and replaced by a new car No. 50 Motorola
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