Motorsports Update – April 9, 2012
American Le Mans Series
Next race: Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at
Long Beach, April 13-14
MotoGP
Commericalbank Grand Prix of Qatar
Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) claimed a victory at the
Losail circuit, finally claiming his first Grand Prix of Qatar
win in the MotoGP class. Lorenzo took the lead from the start and
held off rival and reining World Champion Casey Stoner (Repsol
Honda) for the first few laps before conceding the lead and
tucking into second. He then played the waiting game, never
letting Stoner more than two second ahead. With seven laps to go
he stared to close the distance as Stoner’s pace dropped, holding
off a determined Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) on his tail to take
the lead. Lorenzo crossed the line 0.852 seconds ahead of
Pedrosa. Stoner finished third.
AMA Pro Racing
Next race: Tiumph Big Kahuna Atlanta, Road Atlanta,
April 18-20
GRAND-AM Road Racing
Next race: Grand Prix of Miami, April 27-29
Formula 1
Next race: UBS Chinese Grand Prix, April 15
IndyCar
Next race: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 15
NASCAR
Next race: Samsung Mobile 500, Texas Motor Speedway,
April 14
NHRA
Next race: NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, zMax Dragway, April
13-15
World Superbike
Next race: Assen, April 22



