May, 2006› Page 2
Flying Lizard Wins in GT2 at Mid-Ohio; First and Third in Team’s First Double Podium Finish
May 21, 2006–Lexington, Ohio–In today’s American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio race, the Lizards finished first and third in GT2 for the team’s first double podium finish. Wolf Henzler and Johannes van Overbeek finished first in the No. 45 and Darren Law and Seth Neiman finished third in the No. 44. With this finish, the PortalPlayer-sponsored team further extends their lead in the ALMS GT2 team and driver championship points.
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Fifth Taken
The cold front that moved through the mid-west this weekend also brought a cold shoulder to Dyson Racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. A repeat of their one-two finish at last year’s American Le Mans race was not to be. James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger in the # 16 Thetford/Norcold car finished fifth today and second in LMP1, while the #20 AER-powered Lola of Chris Dyson and Guy Smith retired three laps into the race after being sidelined by transmission problems.
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Pole Position for Aston Martin at Mid-Ohio
Tomas Enge took pole position in the GT1 class at the third round of the American Le Mans Series at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio today. The Czech driver drove his number 007 Aston Martin DBR9 around the 2.25 mile circuit in a time of 1m18.857s, a little under two tenths of a second ahead of team-mate Pedro Lamy, who will line up third in GT1 in the 009 Aston Martin DBR9 with a time of 1m19.041s.
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Mid-Ohio Smoothie
The blue and white racers of Dyson Racing qualified third and fifth this afternoon on the newly repaved thirteen-turn Mid-Ohio course for tomorrow’s American Le Mans race. “The track is real smooth, much more like a European track,” commented Guy Smith. “Especially coming from the street track at Houston last weekend, it is a great pleasure to drive.”
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Alex Job Qualifies Seventh in GT2 at Mid-Ohio
Alex Job Racing qualified seventh today in GT2 for round three of the American Le Mans Series to be run and Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course tomorrow. Mike Rockenfeller nursed an ailing car to post a time that will see he and co-driver Klaus Graf start from the fourth row in GT2.
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Penske Porsche To Start on Mid-Ohio Overall Pole
Lexington, Ohio – Admittedly, this wasn’t how Sascha Maassen wanted to win his first overall pole position in the American Le Mans Series. Nevertheless, that’s where his Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder will start in the American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio.
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Audi R8 Starts From Front Row at Mid-Ohio
Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) will start the third round of the American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio (US state of Ohio) from the front row of the grid with their near five-year old Audi R8 (built in 2002). In Saturday’s Qualifying, Allan McNish was second fastest overall and quickest in the LM P1 cars. The Audi “factory” driver missed pole position by just 0.160 seconds.
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Split Decision for Corvette Racing in Mid-Ohio Qualifying
The battle lines have been drawn for Sunday’s American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio, and the combatants in the GT1 class are as evenly matched as possible. Corvette Racing drivers Oliver Gavin and Johnny O’Connell qualified second and fourth respectively, splitting the Aston Martins of Tomas Enge and Pedro Lamy in the first and third spots. Less than three tenths of a second separated the two quickest qualifiers, while the third and fourth cars were split by three thousandths of a second.
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Risi Competizione Takes Second in Qualifying at Mid-Ohio
Lexington, Mid Ohio - Risi Competizione’s Mika Salo put the number 62 Ferrari 430GT into second spot in qualifying for the Mid-Ohio ALMS race to be run Sunday, May 21st. The second place slot continues a team run of being either 1st (Houston) or 2nd (Sebring) in qualifying in the ALMS race series for 2006. Continue Reading…
Penske Porshes Show Way in Morning Practice
For the second straight session, Penske Racing’s No. 7 Porsche RS Spyder set the pace in practice for the American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio. Timo Bernhard turned a best lap of 1:12.907 on Saturday morning to beat out the No. 6 sister car during the one-hour practice.
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