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Le Mans, France – With just over 7 hours of the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans completed, Lucas Luhr has crashed the No. 2 Audi R15 TDI in the Porsche Curves. Lucas is ok, however the car is very badly damages, with substantial damage to the rear end, and has been retired officially from the race.

Le Mans, France – With just a little over six hours of the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans completed, we have entered the quarter mark. The last hour has seen a lot of action. Contact between the No. 009 Aston Martin and the No. 26 Radical just after the Ford Chicane, bringing out the Safety car, and a round of pit stops for all of the front runners. The No. 3 Audi R15 TDI was running slowly, and returned to the pits, where it was taken into the garage. Currently the front and rear is off of the car, and the crew is busily working on it. The Navi Team Goh from Japan in their Porsche RS Spyder has taken over the lead of LMP2.

In LMGT2 Ferrari has a One, Two, Three after problems with the No. 76 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Team IMSA Performance Matmut of France. Currently the No. 82 Ferrari F430 GT Risi Compitizione is leading, with No. 92 JMW Motorsports Ferrari F430 Second. The No. 78 Team AF Corse Ferrari of Italy is Third.

Current Running order by Class:

Pos # Team Driver in Pit Laps

LMP1
1 9 Peugeot Sport Total WURZ Alexander  99
2 1 Audi Sport Team Joest CAPELLO Rinaldo  98
3 2 Audi Sport North America LUHR Lucas  98
4 008 Aston Martin Racing DAVIDSON A  97
5 17 Pescarolo Sport TRELUYER Benoit  97
6 8 Team Peugeot Total BOURDAIS Sebastien  97
7 007 AMR Eastern Europe CHAROUZ Jan  96
8 14 Kolles ZWOLSMAN Charles  96
9 15 Kolles MONDINI Giorgio  95
10 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM AYARI Soheil  95

LMP2
1 5 Navi Team Goh KUNIMOTO Keisuke  93
2 31 Team Essex COLLARD Emmanuel  93
3 33 Speedy Racing Sebah KANE Jonny  91
4 25 RML DYSON Chris  89
5 41 G.A.C. Racing Team GOSSELIN Claude-Yves  88
6 32 Team Barazi Epsilon BARAZI Juan  88
7 30 Racing Box BOBBI Matteo  88
8 35 OAK Racing AJLANI Karim  87
9 24 OAK Racing HEIN Richard  85
10 26 Bruichladdich Bruneau GREAVES Tim  65

LMGT1
1 63 Corvette Racing MAGNUSSEN Jan  88
2 64 Corvette Racing GAVIN Olivier  88
3 72 Alphand Aventures ALPHAND Luc  86
4 73 Alphand Aventures CLAIRAY Yan  86
5 66 Jetalliance Racing Gmbh MULLER Alex  56
6 68 JLOC YAMAGISHI Yutaka  1

LMGT2
1 82 Risi Competizione KAFFER Pierre  85
2 78 AF Corse BRUNI Gianmaria  84
3 92 JMW Motorsport KIRKALDY Andrew  84
4 76 Imsa Performance Matmut NARAC Raymond  84
5 97 BMS Scuderia Italia RUBERTI Paolo  83
6 80 Flying Lizard Motorsport LAW Darren  83
7 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron BLEEKEMOLEN Jeroen  83
8 89 Hankook-Farnbacher FARNBACHER Dominik  83
9 83 Risi Competizione KROHN Tracy  83
10 99 JMB Racing RODRIGUES Manuel  82

Le Mans, France – With three hours completed of the most challenging distance race in the world, it is still anyones race. All of the teams know, that not only are they racing against one another, but they are also battling Le Mans, which always has a way of throwing a wrench into the best plans. The races have already covered more than 450 Miles, in the first 3 hours, approximatly the same distance it is frome Seattle, WA, to Medford, OR.

Current Running Order by Class:

Pos # Team Driver in Pit Laps

LMP1
1. 8 Team Peugeot Total SARRAZIN Stephane  57
2. 9 Peugeot Sport Total BRABHAM David  56
3. 2 Audi Sport North America WERNER Marco  56
4. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest CAPELLO Rinaldo  56
5. 008 Aston Martin Racing VERSTAPPEN Jos  56
6. 007 AMR Eastern Europe ENGE Thomas  56
7. 17 Pescarolo Sport PAGENAUD Simon  55
8. 15 Kolles BAKKERUD Christian  55
9. 14 Kolles LOTTERER Andre  55
10. 3 Audi Sport Team Joest BERNHARD Timo  55

LMP2
1. 31 Team Essex ELGAARD Casper  53
2. 5 Navi Team Goh ARA Seiji  53
3. 33 Speedy Racing Sebah LEUENBERGER Benjamin  52
4. 25 RML NEWTON Mike  51
5. 41 G.A.C. Racing Team OJJEH Karim  51
6. 35 OAK Racing LAHAYE Matthieu  50
7. 32 Team Barazi Epsilon MOSELEY Stuart  50
8. 30 Racing Box BIAGI Thomas  49
9. 26 Bruichladdich Bruneau GREAVES Tim  48
10. 24 OAK Racing NICOLET Jacques  47

LMGT2
1. 63 Corvette Racing GARCIA Antonio  50
2. 64 Corvette Racing FASSLER Marcel  50
3. 73 Alphand Aventures MAASSEN Xavier  49
4. 72 Alphand Aventures GREGOIRE S  49
5. 66 Jetalliance Racing Gmbh GRUBER Thomas  23
6. 68 JLOC YAMAGISHI Yutaka  1

LMGT2
1. 80 Flying Lizard Motorsport BERGMEISTER Jorg  49
2. 76 Imsa Performance Matmut PILET Patrick  49
3. 82 Risi Competizione KAFFER Pierre  48
4. 92 JMW Motorsport BELL Robert  48
5. 89 Hankook-Farnbacher SIMONSEN Allan  48
6. 78 AF Corse RUSSO Matias  48
7. 87 Drayson Racing COCKER Jonny  47
8. 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron CORONEL Tom  47
9. 97 BMS Scuderia Italia BABINI Fabio  47
10. 83 Risi Competizione KROHN Tracy  47