The grid for the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge grew
to 34
cars Friday with the addition of Libra Racing’s Radical
SR9-IES to the LMP class. And in LMP Challenge, Luis Diaz
and Ricardo Gonzalez will make their return to the Series
driving PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports’ ORECA FLM09.
Libra Racing, owned by Ian Dawson, will debut the
Radical-IES in competition. Andrew Prendeville is the
primary driver with his teammate to be announced at
a later day. The car will compete on Dunlop rubber
and is powered by a 4.0-liter V8 powerplant built by
IES Engineering.
The Diaz/Gonzalez pairing will make its first start in
LMPC, a class that will race at Mid-Ohio for the first
time. The duo competed in the first four rounds in
GT Challenge, and Diaz returns to Mid-Ohio after
winning in LMP2 last year for Acura with Adrian
Fernandez. He also set the fastest LMP2 race lap.
This year’s two-hour, 45-minute race – Round 6 of
the 2010 championship – is set for 3 p.m. ET on
Saturday, August 7. Live race and qualifying video
will be streamed online at americanlemans.com –
race coverage will start at 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday
and qualifying at 1:45 p.m. ET on Friday. Live radio
coverage will be available on American Le Mans
Radio presented by Porsche – a production of
Radio Show Limited – as well as Sirius Channel
127 and XM Channel 242. The race will be
broadcast at 12:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 15
on CBS Sports.
Visit the Series’ schedule page for ticket and
accommodation information. Live Timing and
Scoring, track schedule, entry list and much,
much more will be available on Racehub at
americanlemans.com.