Autodrómo Internacional de Las Américas is a paved circuit built in 1998, located near the capital city of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Este. While only an 11 turn, road course, it is considered to be highly challenging as well as equally rewarding. The circuit is on the Caribbean Coast, which can be seen just behind Turn One.
History
In 2005, the circuit played host to the Second Round of the Grand-Am Cup (now Michelin Pilot Challenge), the Miller Grand-Am Cup 200. It is currently used as a local proving grounds for the best of Caribbean talent, through weekly races and almost a day-by-day usage in race-training purposes.
Racing
Miller Grand-Am Cup 200 [GS Class Only] Results Pos No. Class Class Pos. Driver Team/Car Laps Best Lap On Lap 1 96 GS 1 Marks/ Auberlen Turner Motorsport / BMW M3 111 01:24.454 4 2 05 GS 2 Jeannette/ Gue Multimatic Motorsports / Mustang 111 01:24.436 7 3 11 GS 3 Knowles/ Powell Powell Motorsport / Cadillac CTS-V 111 01:25.903 2 4 60 GS 4 Finlay/ McDowell Finlay Motorsports / BMW M3 110 01:23.836 3 5 09 GS 5 Russell/ Thornton/ Riddle Automatic Racing / BMW M3 110 01:24.783 6 6 6 GS 6 McCalmont/ Law Zoom Motorsports / Porsche 996 110 01:25.299 7 7 16 GS 7 Wortzman/ Wilden Zoom Motorsports / BMW M3 110 01:25.410 4 8 37 GS 8 B Seafuse/ J Seafuse JBS Motorsports / Mustang GT 110 01:25.898 11 9 55 GS 9 Maxwell/ Empringham Multimatic Motorsports / Mustang 110 01:24.908 5 10 9 GS 10 J Sandridge/ M Sandridge/ Varde Team Salad Racing / BMW M3 110 01:25.905 11 11 44 GS 11 Wi Nonnamaker/ Gonzalez Jr Team Sahlen / Porsche 996 110 01:26.120 3 12 31 GS 12 Ellis/ Bavaro Bodymotion Racing / Porsche 997 110 01:26.539 5 13 18 GS 13 Pickett/ Lally/ Pumpelly Race Prep Motorsports / Porsche 996 109 01:25.944 3 14 93 GS 14 Foster/ Skelton Anchor Racing / BMW M3 109 01:24.671 22 15 43 GS 15 Murry/ Rosser Team Sahlen / Porsche 996 109 01:26.383 5 16 81 GS 16 Martini/ Collins Synergy Racing / Porsche 997 109 01:26.386 3 17 5 GS 17 James/ Nastasi Blackforest Motorsports / Mustang GT 109 01:24.861 4 18 79 GS 18 M Sandridge/ J Sandridge/ Ham Team Salad Racing / Cadillac CTS-V 109 01:26.385 2 19 89 GS 19 Grande/ Fox/ Wellon LNS Motorsports / Porsche 996 108 01:25.954 3 20 40 GS 20 Wa Nonnamaker/ J Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Porsche 996 108 01:26.301 7 21 90 GS 21 Wilson/ Riddle/ Thornton Automatic Racing / BMW M3 108 01:25.027 5 22 42 GS 22 Sahlen/ Wi Nonnamaker/ Wa Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Porsche 996 108 01:26.793 4 23 28 GS 23 Lally/ Gaffney/ Pickett Race Prep Motorsports / Porsche 996 108 01:26.263 9 24 52 GS 24 Ackley/ Rehagen Rehagen Racing / Mustang Cobra SVT 107 01:26.819 14 25 07 GS 25 Guindon/ Camirand Powell Motorsport / Cadillac CTS-V 107 01:25.710 3 26 88 GS 26 Ellis/ Rossi Knobel Racing / Porsche 996 106 01:26.482 2 27 47 GS 27 Smith/ Kohler/ DeFontes TF Racing / Mustang 105 01:27.195 6 28 69 GS 28 Krohn/ Jonsson Krohn Racing/ TRG / Porsche 996 104 01:26.582 4 29 41 GS 29 Levy/ Alvarez Team Sahlen / Porsche 996 92 01:26.715 3 30 58 GS 30 Martin/ MacAlpine Rehagen Racing / Mustang Cobra SVT 89 01:24.704 3 31 99 GS 31 Hainer/ Said Anchor Racing / BMW M3 80 01:24.922 3 32 78 GS 32 R Lopez/ J Lopez/ Pickett Race Prep Motorsports / Porsche 996 71 01:26.911 22 33 38 GS 33 Plummer/ Cosmo BGB Motorsports / Porsche 996 68 01:25.958 4 34 92 GS 34 Munson/ Sofronas Anchor Racing / BMW M3 18 01:27.059 0 35 17 GS 35 Wilkins/ Lacey Doncaster Racing / Porsche 996 13 01:26.664 0 http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2005/gamcup2.html | 3
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