Briscoe and Maassen win for Porsche
Ryan Briscoe and Sascha Maassen took their second consecutive overall victory in the American Le Mans Series at Lime Rock on Saturday
Briscoe took advantage of fresher tyres in the final stint of the race to pass the other Penske Porsche RS Spyder which had led throughout in the hands of Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard.
The two LMP2 cars had made their final stops at the same time during a caution period, but Briscoe's team opted for new tyres, while Bernhard only took on fuel.
"It was clear that taking new tires during the stop was a big advantage," said Briscoe. "After the stop, we were much quicker.
"I got a great run down the hill and Timo was held up by a GT2 car and I sailed down the front straight. It was a very safe pass and we needed it for the championship."
Highcroft Racing completed an all-LMP2 podium with their Acura, while the Dyson Racing Porsche took fourth ahead of the leading LMP1 car.
Allan McNish and Dindo Capello took class honours in their R10, which had run as high as second in the early stages before both drivers had a spin during the race at the tight circuit.
"I could feel after a few laps that it could have been so easy to make a mistake," said Capello. "We had two options: cruise around to the end or push hard for the win.
"We tried to take the second approach. From the lap after the spin I tried to take care the rest of the way."
The second Audi was classified in 23rd place overall after Marco Werner suffered a suspension failure and crashed heavily at the final turn.
Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta took a narrow victory in GT1 ahead of their Corvette teammates Johnny O'Connell, while Flying Lizard Motorsports took their first GT2 win of the season, and the first ALMS victory for the new 997-type Porsche 911.
Pos Cl Drivers Car Time
1. P2 Maassen/Briscoe Porsche RS Spyder 2h45:16.615
2. P2 Dumas/Bernhard Porsche RS Spyder + 7.481
3. P2 Brabham/Johansson/Dayton Acura ARX-01a + 16.095
4. P2 Dyson/Smith Porsche RS Spyder + 1 Laps
5. P1 Capello/McNish Audi R10 TDI + 1 Laps
6. P2 Wallace/Leitzinger Porsche RS Spyder + 2 Laps
7. P2 Herta/Franchitti Acura ARX-01a + 4 Laps
8. GT1 Beretta/Gavin Corvette C-6R + 9 Laps
9. GT1 O'Connell/Magnussen Corvette C-6R + 9 Laps
10. P2 van der Steur/Pecorari Radical SR9 + 12 Laps
11. P1 Field/Field/Berry Creation CA06H + 14 Laps
12. GT2 van Overbeek/Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3 + 17 Laps
13. GT2 Kelleners/Milner Porsche 911 GT3 + 18 Laps
14. P1 Lewis/McMurry Creation CA06H + 19 Laps
15. GT2 Helary/Jonsson Ferrari 430 GT + 19 Laps
16. GT2 Neiman/Law Porsche 911 GT3 + 20 Laps
17. GT2 Pappas/Borcheller Porsche 911 GT3 + 20 Laps
18. P2 Bach/Devlin Lola B07-46 Mazda + 23 Laps
19. GT2 Tafel/Farnbacher Porsche 911 GT3 + 30 Laps
20. GT2 Petersen/Enge/Turner Ferrari 430 GT + 36 Laps
21. GT2 Auberlen/Hand Panoz Esperante + 37 Laps
22. GT2 Salo/Melo Ferrari 430 GT + 41 Laps
23. P1 Pirro/Werner Audi R10 TDI + 51 Laps
24. GT2 Henzler/Liddell Porsche 911 GT3 + 79 Laps
Retirements
P2 Fernandez/Diaz Lola B06-43 51 laps
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