2011 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge

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The 2011 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge was held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on August 5, 2011. It was the fifth round of the 2011 American Le Mans Series season.

Contents

Qualifying

Qualifying Result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. [1]

PosClassTeamDriverLap TimeGrid
1LMP1#16 Dyson Racing Team Guy Smith 1:12.7271
2LMP1#6 Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing Klaus Graf 1:12.8922
3LMP1#20 Oryx Dyson Racing Steven Kane 1:13.6073
4LMP1#12 AutoconChris McMurry1:17.0354
5LMPC#06 CORE Autorsport Gunnar Jeannette 1:17.2815
6LMPC#89 Intersport Racing Kyle Marcelli1:17.3326
7LMPC#37 Intersport Racing Jon Field1:17.6707
8LMPC#63 Genoa Racing Eric Lux 1:17.9728
9LMPC#52 PR1 Mathiasen MotorsportsJavier Echeverria1:18.5409
10LMPC#05 CORE AutosportFrankie Montecalvo1:18.68410
11LMPC#18 Performance Tech MotorsportsAnthony Nicolosi1:19.03211
12GT#56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand 1:20.53912
13GT#55 BMW Team RLL Dirk Werner 1:20.65513
14GT#62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 1:20.74514
15GT#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister 1:20.91715
16GT#4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin 1:20.94416
17GT#02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Guy Cosmo 1:21.06817
18GT#01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek 1:21.25618
19GT#3 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:21.28019
20GT#17 Team Falken Tire Bryan Sellers 1:21.92120
21GT#04 Robertson Racing Anthony Lazzaro 1:22.12821
22GT#99 Jaguar RSR Bruno Junqueira 1:22.56922
23GT#98 Jaguar RSR P. J. Jones 1:22.97123
24GT#48 Paul Miller Racing Sascha Maassen 1:23.08424
25GT#40 Robertson RacingMelanie Snow1:23.85425
26GT#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman 1:24.71226
27GTC#66 TRG Spencer Pumpelly 1:26.60227
28GTC#23 Alex Job Racing Leh Keen 1:26.61428
29GTC#54 Black Swan Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:26.74129
30GTC#77 Magnus Racing Craig Stanton 1:27.33630
31GTC#68 TRG Dion von Moltke 1:27.42931
32GTC#11 JDX RacingNick Ham1:27.78432
33GTC#34 Green Hornet/Black Swan RacingAndrew Davis1:27.79133

Race

The race was red flagged with around 10 minutes to go due to heavy rain conditions. Team Falken Tire had very good wet weather tires which earned them their first win in ALMS. Driver Wolf Henzler was fifth in class before the rain started falling and made his way up to first place in just one lap.

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). [2]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
Engine
1LMP16 Flag of the United States.svg Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Lola-Aston Martin B08/62 M 96
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
2LMP116 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Team Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Lola B09/86 D 96
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
3LMPC89 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli
Flag of the United States.svg Tomy Drissi
Oreca FLM09 M 93
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
4LMPC37 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jon Field
Flag of the United States.svg Clint Field
Oreca FLM09 M 93
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
5LMPC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg David Cheng
Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Echeverría
Oreca FLM09 M 93
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
6GT17 Flag of the United States.svg Team Falken Tire Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 92
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7GT4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 92
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
8GT55 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Werner
BMW M3 GT2 D 92
BMW 4.0 L V8
9GT56 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2 D 92
BMW 4.0 L V8
10GT01 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 92
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
11GT3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 92
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12LMPC06 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Gunnar Jeannette
Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo González
Oreca FLM09 M 91
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
13GT04 Flag of the United States.svg Robertson Racing Flag of the United States.svg David Murry
Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Lazzaro
Ford GT-R Mk.VII M 91
Élan 5.0 L V8
14LMPC63 Flag of the United States.svg Genoa Racing Flag of the United States.svg Eric Lux
Flag of the United States.svg Christian Zugel
Oreca FLM09 M 91
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
15GT48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Miller
Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Y 91
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16GT45 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 91
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17LMPC05 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Montecalvo
Oreca FLM09 M 90
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
18GT44 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Darren Law
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 89
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19LMP112 Flag of the United States.svg Autocon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Burgess
Flag of the United States.svg Chris McMurry
Lola B06/10 D 88
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
(Isobutanol)
20GT98 Flag of the United States.svg Jaguar RSR Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Moran, Jr.
Jaguar XKR GT D 88
Jaguar 5.0 L V8
21GT99 Flag of the United States.svg Jaguar RSR Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kenny Wilden
Jaguar XKR GT D 88
Jaguar 5.0 L V8
22GTC66 Flag of the United States.svg TRG Flag of the United States.svg Duncan Ende
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 87
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23GTC54 Flag of the United States.svg Black Swan Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tim Pappas
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 87
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24GTC77 Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Racing Flag of the United States.svg John Potter
Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stanton
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 87
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25LMPC18 Flag of the United States.svg Performance Tech Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Nicolosi
Flag of the United States.svg Jarrett Boon
Oreca FLM09 M 87
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
26GTC11 Flag of the United States.svg JDX Racing Flag of the United States.svg Nick Ham
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Cumming
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 87
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27
DNF
GT62 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of Finland.svg Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 86
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
28GTC23 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bill Sweedler
Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 86
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29GT40 Flag of the United States.svg Robertson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Robertson
Flag of the United States.svg Melanie Snow
Ford GT-R Mk.VII M 86
Élan 5.0 L V8
30GTC34 Flag of the United States.svg Green Hornet
Flag of the United States.svg Black Swan Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Peter LeSaffre
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Davis
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 85
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31GTC68 Flag of the United States.svg TRG Flag of South Africa.svg Dion von Moltke
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Bunting
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 82
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32
DNF
GT02 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Ed Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 78
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
33
DNF
LMP120 Flag of the United States.svg Oryx Dyson Racing Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Humaid Al Masaood
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steven Kane
Lola B09/86 D 38
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)

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