2006 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio

The layout of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

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

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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 United States Penske Racing Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Porsche RS Spyder M 119
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
2 LMP2 6 United States Penske Racing Germany Sascha Maassen
Germany Lucas Luhr
Porsche RS Spyder M 119
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
3 LMP1 2 United States Audi Sport North America Italy Rinaldo Capello
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Audi R8 M 119
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
4 LMP2 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Clint Field
United Kingdom Liz Halliday
Lola B05/40 G 116
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
5 LMP1 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom James Weaver
Lola B06/10 M 116
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
6 GT1 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 116
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
7 GT1 3 United States Corvette Racing Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 116
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8 GT1 007 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Aston Martin DBR9 P 115
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
9 GT1 009 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing France Stéphane Sarrazin
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Aston Martin DBR9 P 115
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
10 LMP2 8 United States B-K Motorsports United States Guy Cosmo
United States James Bach
Courage C65 G 112
Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor
11 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Wolf Henzler
United States Johannes van Overbeek
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 111
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 LMP1 12 United States Autocon Motorsports United States Chris McMurry
United States Mike Lewis
MG-Lola EX257 D 111
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
13 GT2 50 Canada Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Australia David Brabham
Canada Scott Maxwell
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 110
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
14 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Seth Neiman
United States Darren Law
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 109
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 GT2 21 United States BMW Team PTG United States Bill Auberlen
United States Joey Hand
BMW M3 Y 109
BMW 3.2L I6
16 GT2 22 United States BMW Team PTG United States Justin Marks
United States Bryan Sellers
BMW M3 Y 107
BMW 3.2L I6
17 GT2 62 United States Risi Competizione Brazil Jaime Melo
Finland Mika Salo
Ferrari F430GT M 105
Ferrari 4.0L V8
18 LMP2 19 United States Van der Steur Racing United States Gunnar van der Steur
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Lola B2K/40 D 104
AER (Nissan) 3.0L V6
19 GT2 31 United States Petersen Motorsports
United States White Lightning Racing
United States Patrick Long
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20
DNF
GT2 51 Canada Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz United States Gunnar Jeannette
United States Tommy Milner
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 57
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
21
DNF
LMP1 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Lola B06/10 M 3
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
22
DNF
GT2 23 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Germany Klaus Graf
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 0
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

Statistics

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


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