Sports Car Forum - MotorWorld.net - Porsche to build a new Le Mans prototype for 2006

It's been floating around, but now we know it's true. Porsche, with Penske, will make race cars for ALM, but since ALM has same regulations as LM, might as well try that too.

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1629/
http://www.penskeracing.com/news.asp?chaid=81070

Quote:

ATLANTA, GA, April 15, 2005 – In response to increasing customer demand and to raise the excitement level in American sports cars racing, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), and Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA), today revealed they will embark on a new racing program created for customers in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The two organizations have commissioned their parent company, Porsche AG, to design and construct a racecar that will be eligible to compete in the LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2) class of the ALMS. It will be the first purpose-built Porsche factory racecar since the 1998 Porsche 911 GT1.