July, 2006› Page 2
Flying Lizard Fifth Consecutive Podium: 3rd and 8th in GT2
Flying Lizard Motorsports further extended its lead in team and driver championship points with a third and eighth in class finish at today’s inaugural Utah Grand Prix. The 2 hour and 45 minute race on the new 4.5 mile road course at Miller Motorsports Park had only one caution and few technical problems across the field — seeming almost placid compared to the chaos of the previous race at Lime Rock on July 1.
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Audi R10 TDI Claims Victory in US Comeback
Only four weeks after its historical victory as the first diesel sportscar at the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Audi R10 TDI celebrated another success: In the comeback in the American Le Mans Series on the new race track at Salt Lake City (US state Utah), Emanuele Pirro (Italy) and Frank Biela (Germany) triumphed in an exciting finish with a gap of only 0.318 seconds ahead of the Porsche drivers Lucas Luhr and Sascha Maassen.
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Corvette Racing Finishes Third in Inaugural Utah Grand Prix
For the first time since October 2003, Corvette Racing didn’t finish first or second in the GT1 class in American Le Mans Series competition. Ron Fellows and Johnny O’Connell had to settle for third place in today’s inaugural Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park as the effects of series-mandated handicaps throttled the Corvettes’ performance at this high-altitude track. The win went to Aston Martin for the second consecutive race as Tomas Enge and Darren Turner claimed victory over Stephane Sarrazin and Andrea Piccini. Corvette drivers Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta were fourth.
Pirro, Biela Triumph in Series Return
Emanuele Pirro withstood a furious charge from Lucas Luhr in the final 20 minutes as the Audi R10 TDI claimed victory its first American Le Mans Series race since March by winning the Utah Grand Prix on Saturday at Miller Motorsports Park.
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In Their Own Words: GT2 Class
Six drivers from the GT2 field, which has featured a different winner in each of the first four rounds of the 2006 American Le Mans Series season, gathered for a press briefing at Miller Motorsports Park to discuss the competition and the youngest circuit in the Series.
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Petersen / White Lighting Moves to Salt Lake City Front Row
Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing will move from third to second on the GT2 class grid for tomorrow’s Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix. The 2005 American Le Mans Series GT2 Class Champions had qualified third for the fifth-round of the American Le Mans Series season but a disqualification by the second-quickest car will move them up one position to 15th overall for Saturday’s start. The change in position also makes the No. 31 MMPIE/PAWS/Market Scan/Michelin Porsche 911 GT3 RSR the fastest Porsche in the class.
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Lucus Luhr Captures LMP2 Pole for Porsche RS Spyder
For the third time since the debut of the Penske Porsche RS Spyder last year at Laguna Seca Raceway, Lucas Luhr, from Monaco, has earned the LMP2 class pole for Saturday’s Utah Grand Prix. It marks the sixth time the RS Spyder has taken the LMP2 pole in its six-race history.
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Flying Lizard Qualifies Fourth and Sixth for Utah Grand Prix
In scorching temperatures today at the new Miller Motorsports Park, Flying Lizard qualified fourth and sixth for Saturday’s Utah Grand Prix, the fifth contest of the ten-race, 2006 American Le Mans Series. Wolf Henzler brought the No. 45 in fourth on the GT2 grid and Darren Law brought the No. 44 in sixth, out of a nine-car GT2 field.
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Third Start, Third Pole for Audi R10 TDI
The new Audi R10 TDI remains the sportscar to beat at its first race after its historic victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans: The two diesel sportscars of Frank Biela (Germany) and Emanuele Pirro (Italy) and their team-mates, Allan McNish (Scotland) and Dindo Capello (Italy), start the fifth round of the American Le Mans Series in Salt Lake City (US state Utah) from the front row once again.
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Saltans of Speed
The newest track in America, Miller Motorsports Park, near the shores of the Great Salt Lake, has one of their twenty-four turns named “Satisfaction.” Butch Leitzinger had the fulfillment of setting a time a second and a half quicker than his weekend’s best to start third tomorrow in the inaugural Utah Grand Prix. “The car is really good,” said Leitzinger. “It has a nice balance and tomorrow we are going to have a nice scrap in the front with six or seven cars on the point.”
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