2006 New England Grand Prix

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The 2006 New England Grand Prix was the fourth race for the 2006 American Le Mans Series season at Lime Rock Park. It took place on July 1, 2006.

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This race was marked by the final running of the Audi R8 in competitive motorsports. The car carried a special paintjob dedicated to its multiple ALMS championships, multiple 24 Hours of Le Mans wins, and the names of every driver to run an Audi R8, as well as every track that the Audi R8 won at. The R8 was replaced by the new Audi R10 TDI for the next race in Utah.

Official results

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP12 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Audi R8 M 177
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2LMP27 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard
Porsche RS Spyder M 177
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
3LMP26 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Porsche RS Spyder M 174
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
4GT1009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy
Aston Martin DBR9 P 166
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
5GT13 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ron Fellows
Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 166
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
6GT1007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge
Aston Martin DBR9 P 166
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
7GT231 Flag of the United States.svg Petersen Motorsport
Flag of the United States.svg White Lightning Racing
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 162
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
8GT245 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Porsche 911 GT3 M 161
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9GT221 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team PTG Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
BMW M3 Y 160
BMW 3.2L I6
10GT222 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team PTG Flag of the United States.svg Justin Marks
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers
BMW M3 Y 158
BMW 3.2L I6
11GT262 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Spain.svg Marc Gené
Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Dominguez
Ferrari F430GT M 158
Ferrari 4.0L V8
12GT250 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Maxwell
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 157
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
13GT251 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar Jeannette
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 156
Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
14LMP112 Flag of the United States.svg Autocon Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Chris McMurry
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Lewis
MG-Lola EX257 D 156
AER P07 2.0L I4
15GT14 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 142
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
16GT244 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Lonnie Pechnik
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 142
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17
DNF
LMP237 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Clint Field
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liz Halliday
Lola B05/40 G 136
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
18GT223 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Flag of Germany.svg Mike Rockenfeller
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 129
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19
NC
LMP116 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Weaver
Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Lola B06/10 M 122
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
20
DNF
LMP19 Flag of the United States.svg Highcroft Racing Flag of the United States.svg Duncan Dayton
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Wallace
MG-Lola EX257 D 81
AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
21
DNF
GT261 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Finland.svg Toni Vilander
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Kelleners
Ferrari F430GT M 32
Ferrari 4.0L V8
22
DNF
LMP219 Flag of the United States.svg Van der Steur Racing Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar van der Steur
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Devlin
Lola B2K/40 D 32
AER (Nissan) 3.0L V6
23
DNF
LMP120 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Lola B06/10 M 21
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
24
DNF
LMP28 Flag of the United States.svg B-K Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Flag of the United States.svg James Bach
Courage C65 G 21
Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor

Statistics

"Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-07-04. Retrieved 2006-08-22. (45.0  KiB)

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