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ALFA ROMEO RETURNS TO LE MANS.(Competition)
Alfa Romeo will end a three-decade absence from the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008. The Italian manufacturer revealed it will develop its forthcoming 8C sports car into a GT2 racer. Alfa president Antonio Baravalle made a brief reference to the project at the end of a speech at the Bologna motor show in December but did not confirm details.
It is almost certain that the 8C project will be masterminded from the Maserati motorsport facility built in Modena, Italy, for Maserati's MC12. It is likely that the 8C and a successor to the MC12 will be developed in parallel.
Alfa's last Le Mans participation came in 1973 when it entered a trio of 33TT3 prototypes.
Making tracks
At 6.26 miles, it might be the modern world's longest road-race circuit, and it is coming to the plains of eastern Colorado. Land and zoning permits have been secured, and design work is under way for Genoa Motorsports Park, a multi-faceted complex on 2700 acres of rolling terrain near Genoa on I-70, about 95 miles from Denver International Airport.
Another in the growing number of country club-type motorsports facilities, GMP is designed primarily for private enjoyment but will have the potential to host sanctioned car and motorcycle races. Another such project, recently approved by the Merced County, California, Board of Supervisors but still facing neighborhood opposition, is the 1200-acre Riverside Motorsports Park outside Atwater. Their websites are www.genoamotorsports.com and www.rmpracing.com.
Along the same lines, Moroso Motorsports Park, a rather rustic drag strip and road course near West Palm Beach, Florida, that has been owned by the racing Moroso family for 25 years, announced that the facility will undergo a multi-million-dollar makeover beginning this year. It will emerge as "Velocita,'' described as a "lifestyle club of speed and style'' that will include a fitness spa, theme restaurants, a boutique inn, specialty retail, exotic automotive dealership complexes, a collector museum, custom garages and a conference center. Memberships will be available.
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