August, 2006› Page 2
First in Gasoline
Last year, Chris Dyson came in second at Road America in the closest finish ever in an American Le Mans series race here with a 3.2 seconds margin. This year, Butch Leitzinger came in third in the #16 car, .713 seconds behind the leaders. It was one of the more exciting races of the year. “On the restarts, I would get a good jump and I could get under Allan (McNish),” said Leitzinger. “But whenever you got up under their wing, you lost all downforce off the front end. The car was right on and the team did a great job getting the most out of the car and we gave it all we had today.”
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Flying Lizard 5th and 10th in Tough Race at Road America but Retains Championship Lead
Today’s Generac 500 at Road America was a struggle for the Lizards, who hit problem after problem with both team Porsches in what became a slugfest of off-track excursions and yellows for the entire field. After many challenges for both crew and drivers, the team and crew together fought to finish in the points and keep a nine-point lead in both the ALMS GT2 driver and team championships.
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Pirro, Biela Lead Audi 1-2 Finish at Road America
A terrific restart with 15 minutes left sent Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela to victory for the second straight year in the Generac 500 at Road America on Sunday. It was the second American Le Mans Series win in three races for the Audi Sport North America duo following their triumph at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
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Audi, Dyson Run 1-2 After First Lap
It was Audi vs. Dyson at the start of the Generac 500 at Road Atlanta …literally. Allan McNish has driven his pole-sitting Audi R10 TDI to an early-race lead over James Weaver in the No. 16 Dyson Racing Lola with Lucas Lurh in the No. 7 Penske Porsche RS Spyder a close third.
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Smith, Dyson Lola Fastest in Sunday Warmup
Guy Smith turned in the fastest time of Sunday morning’s warmup session for the Generac 500 at Road America, a 1:52.882 in Dyson Racing’s No. 20 Lola B06/10-AER. The Brit is making his first visit to Road America in American Le Mans Series and has grown quite fond of the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit.
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Records Fall as McNish Dominates at Road America
It seems there is no satisfying Allan McNish. The Scot turned in fast lap after fast lap in qualifying Saturday, finally settling on a 1:49.181 for Sunday’s Generac 500 at Road America, the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series. McNish’s time was one of four qualifying records that were broken in the 20-minute sessions.
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Alex Job Racing Qualifies Second in GT at Road America
Alex Job Racing qualified second for round seven of the American Le Mans Series Generac 500 to be run at Road America tomorrow.
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Petersen/White Lightning Sweeps Major Activities at Road America
Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing swept the two major events today here at Road America. The No. 31 MMPIE/PAWS/Michelin Porsche 911 GT3 RSR won the GT2 class pole position for Generac 500 at Road America and the Semi-Finals of the Klein Pit Crew Challenge. Jörg Bergmeister (Langenfeld, Germany) looked deep within himself to capture the quick time on the 4.048-mile Road America facility after it looked like his best time would not be good enough. The lap of two minutes, 7.355 seconds, turned on his fifth and final qualifying lap, set a track record for the historic Wisconsin track bettering Bergmeister’s own lap time of 2:07.577 set in 2004. The lap, the quickest of the weekend, barely edged the No. 23 Porsche by only 0.13 seconds. Patrick Long (Las Vegas, Nev.) will start the No. 31 13th overall in the 22 car field of the two hour and 45-minute “sprint” race. This is the team’s third pole start of the 2006 season but its first at Road America.
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Risi Competizione Takes Third in Qualifying for This Sunday’s Road America
In the qualifying round on Saturday August 19th, Stephane Ortelli qualified third for Risi Competizione #62 F430 in the GT 2 Class at the Generac 500 at Road America to be run 2 pm CST Sunday August 20th.
Flying Lizard Qualifies 4th and 5th in GT2 for Road America
Under cloudy skies and with unseasonably cool weather, the Lizards qualified fourth and fifth in GT2 for tomorrow’s Generac 500 at Road America race. Wolf Henzler clocked the fourth fastest lap of the session on the 4 plus mile track and Lonnie Pechnik had the fifth fastest time out of the ten GT2 competitors. The race line up will be Henzler and Johannes van Overbeek in the No. 45 Porsche and Pechnik and Seth Neiman in the No. 44 Porsche.
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