Dyson Score 1-2 at Mid-Ohio

As other teams struggled, the Dyson Lolas were near flawless all day, the pair of Lolas finishing a lap ahead of the Audi of Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela, while the winner of the last two ALMS races, the JJ Lehto and Marco Werner Audi pairing, finished down the order in 18th after getting caught up in an incident early in the race and making repairs.

However, it had been the fourth-placed Zytek of Hayanari Shimoda and Tom Chilton that the Lolas spent most of the day racing against, who had started the race from pole position and set the fastest lap of the race. A spin onto the grass and into the wall in the closing minutes cost them a place on the podium.

The P2 class was won by the Jamie Bach and Guy Cosmo Courage Mazda despite going off course in the closing laps. They had been trailing Jeff Bucknum and Chris McMurry in another Courage until Bucknum was disqualified for exceeding the maximum time allowed per driver.

GT1 saw Johnny O'Connell and Ron Fellows take the win in their Chevrolet Corvette C6-R after their teammates Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta, who had crossed the line ahead of them, were assessed a 20 second penalty for a violation at their final pit stop, the factory Corvettes scoring a 1-2 finish in their class.

Finally, the GT2 class saw Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas take the win in their Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, less than a lap ahead of Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister in another 911 GT3 RSR.

Result of American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio:

Pos  Drivers                  Make                   Class Laps
 1.  Leitzinger/Weaver        Lola EX257 AER         P1     117
 2.  Dyson/Wallace            Lola EX257 AER         P1     117
 3.  Pirro/Biela              Audi R8                P1     116
 4.  Shimoda/Chilton          Zytek 04S              P1     113
 5.  O'Connell/Fellows        Corvette C6-R          GT1    112
 6.  Gavin/Beretta            Corvette C6-R          GT1    112
 7.  Mowlem/Borcheller        Saleen S7R             GT1    112
 8.  Dalziel/Figge            Corvette C5-R          GT1    110
 9.  Bernhard/Dumas           Porsche 911 GT3 RSR    GT2    109
10.  De Simone/Bertolini      Maserati MC12          GT1    109
11.  Long/Bergmeister         Porsche 911 GT3 RSR    GT2    109
12.  Jackson/Sudgen           Porsche 911 GT3 RSR    GT2    107
13.  Liddell/Franchitti       Panoz Esperante eGTLM  GT2    106
14.  Burgess/Rockenfeller     Porsche 911 GT3 RSR    GT2    105
15.  Bach/Cosmo               Courage Mazda          P2     105
16.  Pechnik/Neiman           Porsche 911 GT3 RSR    GT2    105
17.  Van Overbeek/Fogarty     Porsche 911 GT3 RSR    GT2     97
18.  Lehto/Werner             Audi R8                P1      96
19.  Rugulo/Weickardt/Belloc  Dodge Viper            GT1     96
20.  Field/Field              Lola B05/40/AER        P2      85
21.  Sellers/Maxwell          Panoz Esperante eGTLM  GT2     85
22.  Baas/Pobst               Porsche 911 GT3 RSR    GT2     14
23.  Bucknum/McMurry          Courage C-65           P2       0