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ESM Patrón adds David Brabham and Rob Bell for Petit Le Mans for the American Le Mans series finale at Road Atlanta
Published: Oct 10, 2013, 6:38 PM
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STUART, Fla. – Oct. 10, 2013 – Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) enlists two additional world-class championship drivers for 16th Annual Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda – the season and series finale of the American Le Mans Series presented Tequila Patrón (ALMS) at Road Atlanta on Oct. 19.
David Brabham returns to co-drive the No. 01 Tequila Patrón Honda Performance Development (HPD) ARX-03b with Scott Sharp and Anthony Lazzaro.
The last time Brabham drove for ESM was at the season-opening 12 Hours of Sebring, where he helped ESM earn a fifth-place finish. Brabham, the two-time ALMS champion (2009, 2010), has 23 ALMS wins on his résumé, including two victories at Petit Le Mans in 1999 and 2010.
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Rob Bell will co-drive the No. 02 Tequila Patrón Honda Performance Development ARX-03b with Ed Brown and Johannes van Overbeek.
Bell, the two-time Le Mans Series champion (2007, 2008), returns to ESM for the first time since 2011, where he competed in the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans in a GT-class Ferrari.
The 1,000-mile/10-hour race is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, Oct 19.
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