CytoSport dominates at Mosport
CytoSport Porsche duo Romain Dumas and Klaus Graf dominated the Mosport Park round of the American Le Mans Series, which was halted 26 minutes early when a barrier was damaged in a massive accident
The incident happened after Jonny Cocker's Drayson Lola made contact with the GTC class-leading Orbit Porsche of Luke Hines, sending the GT car heavily into the wall. Hines was unhurt but the barrier required substantial repairs, resulting in first a long yellow, then a stoppage of nearly an hour, and finally the abandonement of the race when it became clear that permanent repairs would take too long.
Dumas and Graf controlled the race throughout, leading by over a lap at one stage, although pitstop and yellow flag timing meant the Simon Pagenaud/David Brabham Highcroft HPD was back within sight of the Porsche in the safety car queue when the race was stopped for good. The result means Graf goes into the season-closing Petit Le Mans next month 16 points behind the Highcroft duo in the title fight.
Even before the late collision, Elkhart Lake winner Drayson was out of contention - owner/driver Paul Drayson having fallen away from the leaders in his opening stint and then damaged the car in an incident in traffic.
Having missed qualifying and changed tyres after the session respectively, the Intersport Lola and Dyson Lola-Mazda started from the back and tore through the field in Jon Field and Chris Dyson's respective hands early on, reaching second and third. But a transmission issue in the pits for Intersport and contact between Dyson and a Corvette wrecked their races and allowed the improving Autocon team to take third overall - new driver Johnny Mowlem having kept within range of Highcroft for a while.
The Flying Lizard Porsche of Jorg Bergmeister and Patrick Long came out on top of another breathtaking GT battle with the Toni Vilander/Gianmaria Bruni Risi Ferrari and the Bill Auberlen/Tommy Milner Rahal Letterman BMW. Both Corvettes were delayed by incidents, and the second BMW had a spectacular clash with the Doran Ford.
The Elton Julian/Gunnar Jeanette Green Earth Gunnar squad won LMPC, while Hines and team-mate Bryce Miller had GTC totally under control before the Cocker incident, which handed a maiden class win to Velox duo Shane Lewis and Lawson Aschenbach.
Pos Cl Drivers Car Time/Gap 1. P Dumas/Graf Porsche 2h19m01.795s 2. P Brabham/Pagenaud HPD + 4.620 3. P Mowlem/Burgess Lola + 1 laps 4. PC Jeannette/Julian ORECA + 4 laps 5. PC Tucker/Bouchut ORECA + 4 laps 6. P Drayson/Cocker Lola + 4 laps 7. P Dyson/Smith Lola-Mazda + 5 laps 8. PC Montecalvo/Zugel ORECA + 6 laps 9. PC Tucker/Wallace ORECA + 6 laps 10. PC Gonzalez/Diaz ORECA + 7 laps 11. GT Bergmeister/Long Porsche + 7 laps 12. GT Vilander/Bruni Ferrari + 7 laps 13. GT Auberlen/Milner BMW + 7 laps 14. GT Magnussen/Gavin Corvette + 7 laps 15. GT Beretta/O'Connell Corvette + 7 laps 16. GT Sharp/van Overbeek Ferrari + 8 laps 17. PC Marcelli/Ducote ORECA + 8 laps 18. GT Sellers/Henzler Porsche + 8 laps 19. GT Brown/Cosmo Ferrari + 9 laps 20. GT Law/Neiman Porsche + 9 laps 21. GT Gentilozzi/Goossens Jaguar + 12 laps 22. GTC Lewis/Aschenbach Porsche + 13 laps 23. GTC Pappas/Bleekemolen Porsche + 13 laps 24. GTC Sweedler/Pagerey Porsche + 13 laps Retirements: GTC Miller/Hines Porsche 78 laps GT Muller/Hand BMW 48 laps GT Murry/Robertson/Robertson Doran Ford 48 laps P Field/Field Lola 43 laps GTC Richard/Lally Porsche 32 laps
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