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Johnny Mowlem and Terry Borcheller finished third in class in the ACEMCO Saleen S7R, Mowlem passing the Lamborghini of David Brabham for third place with only minutes left in the race.
FLYING LIZARD SCORES FIRST ALMS WIN
The Flying Lizard Motorsports team, in only its second ALMS race, scored a convincing victory in the GT class with Johannes Van Overbeek and Darren Law driving a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR to a 35.578-second win. Finishing second was the Alex Job Racing Porsche of Timo Bernhard and Jorg Bergmeister.
"You have to give credit to everyone on the Flying Lizard crew," said Van Overbeek, who won his only other ALMS race in 1999 at Road Atlanta in a BMW. "They have been instrumental in getting everything down. They all have something to bring to the table. My co-driver Darren (Law) is great. Everyone on the crew has busted their hump since winter to get us to where we are. No one has let up and the results show."
Law, a longtime veteran of sports car racing, won for the first time in ALMS competition. "It feels great," he said. "This team is unbelievable and I got this win in my second race with them. It was the second race for the team but not for the people on it, they have been doing this for a very long time. They do a great job and we did a lot of testing."
Finishing third in class was the Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Porsche of David Murry and Craig Stanton.
In its race debut, the new Panoz Motor Sports Panoz Esperante GT-LM ran strongly, with David Saelens bringing the car to second before the car was damaged in a tangle with the second Flying Lizard Porsche.
INTERSPORT WINS AT LE MANS AND THEN MID-OHIO
Clint Field and the Intersport Racing Team, based in nearby Dublin, Ohio, wanted to do well at their home track after winning the LMP2 class two weeks ago at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Their wish came true as Field and co-driver Robin Liddell won the class at Mid-Ohio.
"I want to thank Pirelli (Tire) for bringing Robin to the team for this race because he's a great driver," said the 21-year-old Field. "It feels great to win at home. The car was prepared perfectly. I am very happy with the result."
The car that had been the fastest in the class and had started on the pole, the Team Bucknum Racing Pilbeam MP91, fell to the same fate as did the Dyson Lola as it lost its engine on the first lap. Drivers Jeff Bucknum, Chris McMurry and Bryan Willman didn't have the chance to repeat their Mid-Ohio win from 2002.
"Its just too bad," said Field of the retirement of the Bucknum car. "Jeff Bucknum is a great driver and he would have kept the car up there. We could have been
challenging to him this weekend but that's the way it turned out."
Finishing second in class was the Race Car Company Lola-Millington of Ryan Eversley and Andy Lally, while third was the Lola-Nissan of James Gue and Ian James.
ON TO LIME ROCK
ALMS teams will move across the Northeastern U.S. to Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Conn., for the July 2-5 New England Grand Prix. The race will be the first-ever event for the series at the historic track.
FINISH ORDER
Finish with starting position in parentheses, drivers, hometown or country, type car (class position, class), laps completed, reason out (if any), winning time, margin of victory and winner's average speed in miles per hour:
1. (2) Marco Werner, Germany; JJ Lehto, Finland; Audi R8 (1, LMP1), 124, 2:45:13.916, 1 lap, 101.671 mph.
2. (3) Andy Wallace, England; Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, NY; Lola EX257/AER-MG, 257 (2, LMP1), 123.
3. (6) Ron Fellows, Canada; Johnny O'Connell, Flowery Branch, GA; Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (1, GTS), 118.
4. (5) Oliver Gavin, England; Olivier Beretta, Monaco; Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (2, GTS), 118.
5. (8) Clint Field, Dublin, OH; Robin Liddell, Scotland; Lola B2K/40-Judd (1, LMP2), 116.
6. (15) Darren Law, Canada; Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (1, GT), 113.
7. (12) Timo Bernhard, Germany; Jorg Bergmeister, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (2, GT), 113.
8. (7) Terry Borcheller, Phoenix, AZ; Johnny Mowlem, England; Saleen S7R (3, GTS), 113.
9. (11) Peter Kox, The Netherlands; David Brabham, Australia; Lamborghini Murcielogo R-GT (4, GTS), 113.
10. (16) David Murry, Cumming, GA; Craig Stanton, Long Beach, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (3, GT), 112.
11. (19) Cort Wagner, Pacific Palisades, CA; Patrick Long, Oak Park, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (4, GT), 112.
12. (24) Andy Lally, New York, NY; Ryan Eversley, Winder, GA; Lola B2K/40-Millington (2, LMP2), 111.
13. (21) Pierre Ehret, Santa Rosa, CA; Jim Matthews, Boca Raton, FL; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (5, GT), 110.
14. (22) Hugh Plumb, Chadds Ford, PA; Peter Boss, Naragansett, RI; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (6, GT), 109.
15. (14) Marc Lieb, Germany; Romain Dumas, France; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (7, GT), 108.
16. (23) Leo Hindery, New York, NY; Peter Baron, Deerfield Beach, FL; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (8, GT), 107.
17. (9) Ian James, England; James Gue, Athens, GA; Lola B2K/40-Nissan (3, LMP2), 106.
18. (25) Gunnar Van der Steur, Chesapeake City, MD; Eric Van der Steur, Spartanburg, SC; Lola B2K/40-Nissan (4, LMP2), 103.
19. (18) Seth Neiman, Burlingame, CA; Lonnie Pechnik, Pacific Grove, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RS (9, GT), 99.
20. (26) Jon Field, Dublin, OH; Duncan Dayton, North Salem, NY; Lola B160-Judd (3, LMP1), 80.
21. (17) Justin Jackson, Buford, GA; Tim Sudgen, England; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (10, GT), 76, Electrical.
22. (13) David Saelens, Belgium; Gunnar Jeannette, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Panoz Esperante GT-LM (11, GT), 69, Mechanical.
23. (20) Ralf Kelleners, Germany; Anthony Lazzaro, Acworth, GA; Ferrari 360 Modena (12, GT), 53, Engine.
24. (1) Butch Leitzinger, State College, PA; James Weaver, England; MG Lola/EX 257 (4, LMP1), 0, Engine.
25. (4) Jeff Bucknum, Lake Havasu City, AZ; Chris McMurry, Phoenix, AZ; Bryan Willman, Kirkland, WA; Pilbeam MP91-Nissan (5, LMP2), 0, Engine.
26. (10) Jean-Philippe Belloc, France; Tom Weickardt, Whitefish Bay, WI; Dodge Viper GTS-R (5, GTS), 0, DNS.
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