Audi last the distance in Houston
Allan McNish and Dindo Capello took victory for the second time this season as they outlasted their rivals in the Lone Star Grand Prix in Houston, Texas
The race looked set for a battle between the Audi and the two Porsches in the closing stages before drivetrain problems hit both Porsches, possibly as a result of the street course's bumpy surface.
The R8's legendary reliability was what was needed and shone through as McNish and Capello took the win, having won the opening round at Sebring in the diesel-powered R10.
With the fast but fragile Lolas also striking trouble, it was a pair of Corvettes that completed the podium placings.
Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin finished second overall as they won for the seventh straight time in GT1, their second place the highest ever finish in the series for a GT1 car. Johnny O'Connell and Ron Fellows took third in the sister Corvette.
A lap behind the two Corvettes were the two Aston Martin DBR9s of Tomas Enge and Darren Turner, and Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin, making it four GT1 cars in the top five placings.
GT2 was won by the Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR of Mike Rockenfeller and Klaus Graf, winning the class by a lap. Along with two more Porsches and a Ferrari F430, these GT2 cars all finished ahead of the first P2 car, showing that strength is sometimes more important than outright speed.
That P2 car was the Intersport Racing Lola of Clint Field and Liz Halliday, which had to be nursed to the line to edge out the Courage C65 Mazda of Guy Cosmo and Jamie Bach.
Pos Drivers Car Class Laps 1. McNish/Capello Audi R8 P1 143 2. Gavin/Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6-R GT1 138 3. Fellows/O'Connell Chevrolet Corvette C6-R GT1 138 4. Enge/Turner Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 137 5. Lamy/Sarrazin Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 137 6. Weaver/Leitzinger Lola B06/10 AER P1 134 7. Rockenfeller/Graf Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 134 8. van Overbeek/Henzler Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 133 9. Melo/Salo Ferrari 430 GT Berlinetta GT2 132 10. Bergmeister/Petersen/Long Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 131 11. C.Field/Halliday Lola B05/40 AER P2 128 12. Bach/Cosmo Courage C65 Mazda P2 127 13. Dyson/G.Smith Lola B06/10 AER P1 127 14. Maassen/Luhr Porsche RS Spyder P2 123 15. Neiman/Pechnik Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 123 16. van der Steur/Devlin Lola B2K/40 AER P2 122 17. Bernhard/Dumas Porsche RS Spyder P2 119 18. Maxwell/Brabham Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 115 19. Auberlen/Hand BMW M3 E36 GT2 50 20. Marks/Jensen BMW M3 E36 GT2 26 21. Ruberti/Weickardt/Konrad Saleen S7R GT1 16 22. McMurry/Willman Lola EX257 AER P1 15 23. Jeannette/Milner Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 6
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