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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. [1]
Pos | Class | Team | Driver | Lap Time | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LMP1 | #16 Dyson Racing Team | Guy Smith | 1:12.727 | 1 |
2 | LMP1 | #6 Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing | Klaus Graf | 1:12.892 | 2 |
3 | LMP1 | #20 Oryx Dyson Racing | Steven Kane | 1:13.607 | 3 |
4 | LMP1 | #12 Autocon | Chris McMurry | 1:17.035 | 4 |
5 | LMPC | #06 CORE Autorsport | Gunnar Jeannette | 1:17.281 | 5 |
6 | LMPC | #89 Intersport Racing | Kyle Marcelli | 1:17.332 | 6 |
7 | LMPC | #37 Intersport Racing | Jon Field | 1:17.670 | 7 |
8 | LMPC | #63 Genoa Racing | Eric Lux | 1:17.972 | 8 |
9 | LMPC | #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | Javier Echeverria | 1:18.540 | 9 |
10 | LMPC | #05 CORE Autosport | Frankie Montecalvo | 1:18.684 | 10 |
11 | LMPC | #18 Performance Tech Motorsports | Anthony Nicolosi | 1:19.032 | 11 |
12 | GT | #56 BMW Team RLL | Joey Hand | 1:20.539 | 12 |
13 | GT | #55 BMW Team RLL | Dirk Werner | 1:20.655 | 13 |
14 | GT | #62 Risi Competizione | Jaime Melo | 1:20.745 | 14 |
15 | GT | #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister | 1:20.917 | 15 |
16 | GT | #4 Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 1:20.944 | 16 |
17 | GT | #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Guy Cosmo | 1:21.068 | 17 |
18 | GT | #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek | 1:21.256 | 18 |
19 | GT | #3 Corvette Racing | Tommy Milner | 1:21.280 | 19 |
20 | GT | #17 Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers | 1:21.921 | 20 |
21 | GT | #04 Robertson Racing | Anthony Lazzaro | 1:22.128 | 21 |
22 | GT | #99 Jaguar RSR | Bruno Junqueira | 1:22.569 | 22 |
23 | GT | #98 Jaguar RSR | P. J. Jones | 1:22.971 | 23 |
24 | GT | #48 Paul Miller Racing | Sascha Maassen | 1:23.084 | 24 |
25 | GT | #40 Robertson Racing | Melanie Snow | 1:23.854 | 25 |
26 | GT | #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman | 1:24.712 | 26 |
27 | GTC | #66 TRG | Spencer Pumpelly | 1:26.602 | 27 |
28 | GTC | #23 Alex Job Racing | Leh Keen | 1:26.614 | 28 |
29 | GTC | #54 Black Swan Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen | 1:26.741 | 29 |
30 | GTC | #77 Magnus Racing | Craig Stanton | 1:27.336 | 30 |
31 | GTC | #68 TRG | Dion von Moltke | 1:27.429 | 31 |
32 | GTC | #11 JDX Racing | Nick Ham | 1:27.784 | 32 |
33 | GTC | #34 Green Hornet/Black Swan Racing | Andrew Davis | 1:27.791 | 33 |
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.
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC). [2]
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