The Primetime Race Group is a

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team from

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which currently competes in the

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(ALMS) and the

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(IMSA) Lites Series, a support series of the ALMS. The team was founded in 2007 by owner and driver Joel Feinberg. In addition to Feinberg, the team consists of driver Chris Hall and team manager and crew chief Brent O’Neill. In 2009, the team runs a Dodge Viper Competition Coupe in the GT2 class of the ALMS series, the only team to feature this vehicle. The team also runs an

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DP02 in the

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series.

2007 season

The team's debut in the ALMS series was at the 2007 Detroit Sports Car Challenge. Drivers Joel Feinberg and Chapman Ducote also competed at the

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and the Monterey Sports Car Championships for a total of 3 races during the season. The Primetime team also competed in the SPEED World Challenge and the IMSA Lites series. They finished third in the L1 class in 2007.

2008 season

2008 was the team's first full season of racing. During the 2008 American Le Mans Series season, the team raced with

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tires. The best result was a 5th-place finish in the GT2 class at the season opening race of

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. The team finished tied for 10th place in the GT2 standings.

2009 season

For the 2009 season, the team expanded into

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, entering into the

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series with the acquisition of 2008 championship-winning No. 8 car and the No. 88 car from Brooks Associates Racing. The team still competes with the Viper in the American Le Mans Series, now using Dunlop tires, and also in IMSA Lites where Joel won the 2009 L1 drivers championship.http://www.imsa-lites.com/2009/lites/Imsa%20Lites%201%20Points.pdf{{dead link, date=March 2018 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes

References

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