Series, Autoweek launch second Autoweek Insiders Dream Giveaway

The American Le Mans Series has joined with partners AutoWeek, Michelin, Audi and Lowe's Home Improvement Stores to launch the 2008 "American Le Mans Series / AutoWeek Insiders Dream Giveaway." Officials of the Series and AutoWeek announced the sweepstakes event Friday at Belle Isle in Detroit, the home of AutoWeek and site of this weekend's Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch for the American Le Mans Series.

Series fans, AutoWeek readers and automotive enthusiasts have the opportunity to win trips to three of the world's most prestigious races - the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Petit Le Mans, and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring as well as valuable prizes from Lowe's Home Improvement Centers and Michelin.

The entry period will begin Monday, September 3 and end at midnight on Sunday, March 16.

To enter the contest, visit www.americanlemans.com  and www.autoweek.com . Not only will entrants find the entry form and rules, they can also read a blog of the trip written and photographed by the 2007 Grand Prize winner. There is a limit of one entry per person per email address and a limit of one prize per person per household.

"The first American Le Mans Series / AutoWeek Insider's Dream Giveaway proved to be a tremendous success," said American Le Mans Series President and CEO Scott Atherton. "Our relationship with AutoWeek and Audi helping sponsor this contest for the fans has been great. We're very pleased that both Lowe's and Michelin are joining with great prizes for the lucky fans. AutoWeek has helped us expand awareness of the American Le Mans Series and delivered an outstanding opportunity to their readers. Winning a dream trip to Le Mans captures the aspirations and dreams of every American Le Mans Series and motorsports fan."

The Grand Prize is an eight-day trip for two to the 76th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans complete with round-trip airfare, first to Munich, Germany for a tour of the Audi factory in Ingolstadt. There, the winner will receive the keys to an Audi for transportation from Munich to Le Mans. In addition, the Le Mans Trip Prize winner will receive a travel allowance, a set of four Michelin Passenger or Light Truck tires, a Lowe's gift card and a one-year subscription to AutoWeek.

Another winning pair also will receive the Second Prize which includes airfare and accommodations to the 2008 Petit Le Mans and the 2009 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Third Prize includes an expense-paid trip to the 2008 Petit Le Mans race. Also part of the packages are sets of Michelin tires, AutoWeek subscriptions and a Lowe's gift cards.

The American Le Mans Series is the premium brand of motorsport in North America, featuring high-tech, relevant sports cars from the most prestigious automobile manufacturers in the world. Its unique four classes of competition showcase exotic, open-top prototypes and sophisticated production-based GT cars, all competing on the track at the same time. The American Le Mans Series competes at the premier road racing tracks across North America and at selected temporary street circuits in major urban markets.

With a 2007 television package that includes five network broadcasts on CBS and NBC as well as seven telecasts on SPEED, plus live broadcasts across Europe, the Series delivers a global marketing platform that is unmatched in motorsports.

The Series, founded in 1999 by Georgia entrepreneur Don Panoz, represents a mirror image to the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most famous and authentic automobile race. The American Le Mans Series features elite marques such as Acura, Audi, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari, Maserati and Panoz, and premium brands such as Michelin, Yokohama, Kumho, Lowe's, EPIC, Shell, DHL, Hyatt Hotels and many others.

The American Le Mans Series is the only motorsports body in the world that features multiple street-legal alternative energy sources - clean diesel and E10. Through partnerships with diesel fuel supplier Shell and EPIC (Ethanol Promotion and Information Council), the American Le Mans Series has taken the leadership role in motorsports for the furthering of alternative fuel technology and use.

It also illustrates deeper the Series' relevance to its list of prestigious manufacturers and affluent consumer base.

. Bob Dickinson-