2006 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio

The 2006 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio was the third race for the 2006 American Le Mans Series season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. It took place on May 21, 2006.

This was the first time since the 2003 Grand Prix of Sonoma that the smaller Le Mans Prototype class was able to win the race overall, with both LMP2 class Penske Porsches finishing ahead of the LMP1 Audi R8.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP2 7 Penske Racing Timo Bernhard
Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder M 119
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
2 LMP2 6 Penske Racing Sascha Maassen
Lucas Luhr
Porsche RS Spyder M 119
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
3 LMP1 2 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello
Allan McNish
Audi R8 M 119
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
4 LMP2 37 Intersport Racing Clint Field
Liz Halliday
Lola B05/40 G 116
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
5 LMP1 16 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger
James Weaver
Lola B06/10 M 116
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
6 GT1 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin
Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 116
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
7 GT1 3 Corvette Racing Ron Fellows
Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 116
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8 GT1 007 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Tomáš Enge
Aston Martin DBR9 P 115
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
9 GT1 009 Aston Martin Racing Stéphane Sarrazin
Pedro Lamy
Aston Martin DBR9 P 115
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
10 LMP2 8 B-K Motorsports Guy Cosmo
James Bach
Courage C65 G 112
Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor
11 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Wolf Henzler
Johannes van Overbeek
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 111
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Chris McMurry
Mike Lewis
MG-Lola EX257 D 111
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
13 GT2 50 Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz David Brabham
Scott Maxwell
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 110
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
14 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman
Darren Law
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 109
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 GT2 21 BMW Team PTG Bill Auberlen
Joey Hand
BMW M3 Y 109
BMW 3.2L I6
16 GT2 22 BMW Team PTG Justin Marks
Bryan Sellers
BMW M3 Y 107
BMW 3.2L I6
17 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo
Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 105
Ferrari 4.0L V8
18 LMP2 19 Van der Steur Racing Gunnar van der Steur
Ben Devlin
Lola B2K/40 D 104
AER (Nissan) 3.0L V6
19 GT2 31 Petersen Motorsports
White Lightning Racing
Patrick Long
Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20
DNF
GT2 51 Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Gunnar Jeannette
Tommy Milner
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 57
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
21
DNF
LMP1 20 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson
Guy Smith
Lola B06/10 M 3
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
22
DNF
GT2 23 Alex Job Racing Mike Rockenfeller
Klaus Graf
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 0
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #6 Penske Racing - 1:12.815
  • Fastest Lap - #6 Penske Racing - 1:13.774
  • Distance - 269.993 miles (434.512 km)
  • Average Speed - 97.974 mph (157.674 km/h)

"Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-10. (43.4 KiB)

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