| Lone Star
Grand Prix Houston May 12 2006 |
Result : Audi lasts the distance
- only 2 prototypes in the top 10!. Porsche Spyders disappoint, Intersport
take P2 again, GT1s take 2,3,4 & 5 overall, AJR take GT2, story
| Pos |
Team |
Car Make/Model |
Cls |
Driver |
Laps |
Gap |
Notes |
| 1 |
Audi Sport North America |
Audi R8 |
P1 |
Allan McNish |
143 |
0.000 |
-- |
| 2 |
Corvette Racing |
Chevrolet Corvette C6-R |
GT1 |
Oliver Gavin |
138 |
5 Laps |
-- |
| 3 |
Corvette Racing |
Chevrolet Corvette C6-R |
GT1 |
Johnny O`Connell |
138 |
15.811 |
-- |
| 4 |
Aston Martin Racing |
Aston Martin DBR9 |
GT1 |
Tomas Enge |
137 |
6 Laps |
-- |
| 5 |
Aston Martin Racing |
Aston Martin DBR9 |
GT1 |
Stephane Sarrazin |
137 |
12.003 |
-- |
| 6 |
Dyson Racing Team |
Lola B06/10 AER |
P1 |
Butch Leitzinger |
134 |
9 Laps |
-- |
| 7 |
Alex Job Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
GT2 |
Klaus Graf |
134 |
54.188 |
-- |
| 8 |
Flying Lizard Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
GT2 |
Wolf Henzler |
133 |
10 Laps |
-- |
| 9 |
Risi Competizione |
Ferrari 430 GT Berlinetta |
GT2 |
Mika Salo |
132 |
11 Laps |
-- |
| 10 |
Petersen/White Lightning |
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
GT2 |
Patrick Long |
131 |
12 Laps |
-- |
| 11 |
Intersort Racing |
Lola B05/40 AER |
P2 |
Liz Halliday |
128 |
15 Laps |
-- |
| 12 |
B-K Motorsports |
Courage C65 Mazda |
P2 |
Guy Cosmo |
127 |
16 Laps |
-- |
| 13 |
Dyson Racing Team |
Lola B06/10 AER |
P1 |
Guy Smith |
127 |
46.198 |
-- |
| 14 |
Penske Motorsports |
Porsche RS Spyder |
P2 |
Lucas Luhr |
123 |
20 Laps |
-- |
| 15 |
Flying Lizard Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
GT2 |
Lonnie Pechnik |
123 |
26:14.703 |
-- |
| 16 |
van der Steur Racing Inc |
Lola B2K/40 AER |
P2 |
Ben Devlin |
122 |
21 Laps |
-- |
| 17 |
Penske Motorsports |
Porsche RS Spyder |
P2 |
Timo Bernhard |
119 |
24 Laps |
-- |
| 18 |
Multimatic Motorsports Team Pa |
Panoz Esparante GT-LM |
GT2 |
Scott Maxwell |
115 |
28 Laps |
-- |
| 19 |
BMW Team PTG |
BMW M3 E36 |
GT2 |
Joey Hand |
50 |
93 Laps |
Mechanical |
| 20 |
BMW Team PTG |
BMW M3 E36 |
GT2 |
Justin Marks |
26 |
117 Laps |
Gearbox |
| 21 |
Konrad Motorsport |
Saleen S7R |
GT1 |
Paolo Ruberti |
16 |
127 Laps |
Engine |
| 22 |
Autocon Motorsports |
Lola EX257 AER |
P1 |
Chris McMurry |
15 |
128 Laps |
Gearbox |
| 23 |
Multimatic Motorsports Team Pa |
Panoz Esparante GT-LM |
GT2 |
Tom Milner |
6 |
137 Laps |
Engine |
News:-
- Weaver's Dyson Lola on pole, RS Spyders follow,
Audi 4th, Risi Ferrari top in GT2, woes for #20 Dyson & PTG BMWs see full
line up
- Audi heads practice 1, Porsches not far behind
but split by #16 Dyson
- Live practice timing here (BST
times
17:10,
23:20)
- Second Saleen no shows, Konrad in remaining
car (no real time in 1st pracice...)
- Lexus will debut at Lime Rock (Autosport)
- Jaime Melo & Mika Salo for Risi Ferrari
430
- Just 24 entries (2nd Konrad still looking shaky)
- J3 start working
on new chassis (but pull entry)
- Miracle confirm they
will only do Le Mans & PLM this year, no ALMS sprint races
- Fogerty out of Lizards Porsche,
Wolf Henzler in...
- Audi confirms 1 R8 for Rinaldo Capello and
Allan McNish for this round and the next two, then 2 R10s with
Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro joing for the rest of the season.
- Miracle web site no longer showing ALMS schedule...
- Team Lexus will not be ready
in time...will miss Mid-Ohio as well
- Second Rissi Ferrari unlikely
- Darren Turner is the missing 4th driver
for Aston Martin
- Prodrive Aston DBR9s are still in the USA and
will stay till Le Mans, entering Houston & Mid-Ohio - story
- But Highcroft out
- And Konrad entries "at
risk"
- Still some saying there will be TWO Audi R8s
(they do have lot of spare drivers...)
- New car for B-K rumoured from this round...not till summer
- 2nd F430 ready for Risi?
|
| LMP1 / LMP900
/ LMP675 |
| Audi
Sport North America |
|
Audi R8 |
LMP900 |
Dindo Capello, Allan
McNish |
| Dyson Racing |
|
Lola B06/10 AER |
LMP1 |
James
Weaver, Butch Leitzinger |
| Dyson Racing |
|
Lola B06/10 AER |
LMP1 |
Chris Dyson,
Guy Smith |
| AutoCon
Motorsports |
|
Lola EX257 AER |
LMP675 |
Michael Lewis,
Chris McMurry |
| Van
der Steur Racing |
|
Lola B2K/40 AER |
LMP675 |
Ben Devlin, Gunnar Van Der Steur |
| LMP2 |
| Intersport
Racing |
|
Lola B05/40 |
LMP2 |
Clint Field, Liz Halliday |
| Penske Motorsport |
|
Porsche RS Spyder |
LMP2 |
Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard |
| Penske Motorsport |
|
Porsche RS Spyder |
LMP2 |
Sascha Maassen, Lucas Luhr |
| B-K
Motorsport |
|
Courage C65? Mazda |
LMP2 |
Guy Cosmo, Jamie Bach |
| GT1 |
| Aston Martin Racing |
|
Aston Martin DBR9 |
GT1 |
Thomas Enge,
Darren Turner |
| Aston Martin Racing |
|
Aston Martin DBR9 |
GT1 |
Stephane Sarrazin, Pedro Lamy |
| Konrad Motorsport / Carsport America |
|
Saleen SR7 |
GT1 |
Paolo Ruberti, Tom Weickardt, Franz Konrad |
| Corvette
Racing |
|
Corvette C6R |
GT1 |
Oliver Gavin,
Olivier Beretta |
| Corvette
Racing |
|
Corvette C6R |
GT1 |
Ron Fellows,
Johnny O'Connell |
| GT2 |
| Alex Job
Racing |
|
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
GT2 |
Mike Rockenfeller,
Klaus Graf |
| Petersen
/ White Lightning |
|
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
GT2 |
Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Long, Michael Petersen |
| Panoz Motor
Sports / Multimatic
Motorsports |
|
Panoz Esperante GT-LM |
GT2 |
Gunnar Jeannette, Tom Milner
Jr |
| Panoz Motor
Sports / Multimatic
Motorsports |
|
Panoz Esperante GT-LM |
GT2 |
Scott Maxwell, David Brabham |
PTG Racing
|
|
BMW M3 GT |
GT2S |
Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand |
PTG Racing
|
|
BMW M3 GT |
GT2S |
Justin Marks, Martin
Jensen |
| Risi
Competizione |
|
Ferrari 430 GTC |
GT2 |
Jaime Melo,
Mika Salo |
| Flying
Lizard Motorsports |
|
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
GT2 |
Johannes Van Overbeek,
Wolf Henzler |
| Flying
Lizard Motorsports |
|
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR |
GT2 |
Lonnie Pechnik, Seth Neiman |
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