American Le Mans Series

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a series of automobile races. It consists of a series of endurance races based on the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

The Aps pharmaceutical and motorsport magnate Don Panoz and quickly attracted racing teams from several of the well known performance car manufacturers including Porsche, Audi and others. The Series has had between 6 and 12 races in each of its last six seasons with races of different lengths up to 1,000 miles.

Over the past few years The American Le Mans Series has grown steadily in popularity and is drawing millions of spectators a year. It is sanctioned by IMSA to continue their former IMSA series. A similar series also drawn from the 24 Hours of Le Mansonly for Le Mans can also be shown in the worlds' largest automobile market. Although a one-off six-hour race known as the "Race of a Thousand Years" was held at Adelaide, Australia, on 31 December 2000, to help usher in the new millennium.

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