{"id":427593,"date":"2010-03-14T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/14\/american-le-mans-series-2010-season-preview\/"},"modified":"2010-03-14T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T17:02:00","slug":"american-le-mans-series-2010-season-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/427593","title":{"rendered":"American Le Mans Series 2010 season preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/motorsports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Motorsports<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2009-alms-monterey-sports-car-championships\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" height=\"418\" border=\"1\" align=\"top\" alt=\"ALMS at Laguna Seca\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/alms_mrls_2009_lead.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">2009 ALMS Monterey Sports Car Championships &#8211; Click above for a high-res image gallery<\/small><\/div>\n<p>\nSpring is nearly upon us, and that means it&#8217;s time for the races. Here in North America, the top rung of the sports car ladder is the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), which, as always, kicks off its season with the 12-hour <span class=\"misspell\" suggestions=\"endure,endue,endured,endures,endued\">enduro<\/span> at Sebring. For 2010, however, ALMS organizers have made some changes to the class structure with the old LMP1 and GT1 classes falling by the wayside. <\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago we had the chance to sit down with ALMS CEO Scott Atherton and get the state of the series. Everything you need to know about ALMS and the changes for 2010 is compiled after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2009-alms-monterey-sports-car-championships\/low\/\">2009 ALMS Monterey Sports Car Championships<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2009-alms-monterey-sports-car-championships\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/alms_mrls_2009_01_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2009-alms-monterey-sports-car-championships\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/alms_mrls_2009_02_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2009-alms-monterey-sports-car-championships\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/alms_mrls_2009_03_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2009-alms-monterey-sports-car-championships\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/alms_mrls_2009_04_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2009-alms-monterey-sports-car-championships\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/alms_mrls_2009_05_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<strong><em><font size=\"1\">Photos copyright (C)2009 <\/font><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drewphillipsphotography.com\/\"><strong><em><font size=\"1\">Drew Phillips<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><font size=\"1\"> \/ Weblogs, Inc.<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/14\/american-le-mans-series-2010-season-preview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>American Le Mans Series 2010 season preview<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/14\/american-le-mans-series-2010-season-preview\/\">American Le Mans Series 2010 season preview<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:02:00 EST.  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