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\n\tSeen here taking the LMP2 class victory at Sebring, the team was the overall LMP winner at the ALMS race at Lime Rock.<\/p><\/div>\n
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LAKEVIEW, Cn — Getting the aid of the “Racing Gods of Lime Rock” the Muscle Milk Porsche Spyder driven by Klaus Graff (along with Greg Pickett) survived a late stop-and-go penalty at Lime Rock Race Park to earn\u00a0its first overall victory in the American Le Mans Series and a break a three-win streak by\u00a0pole-setter Patron Highcroft Honda, driven at the time by David Brabham (along with Simon Pagenaud).<\/p>\n
The Patron Team with Brabham at the wheel had just reeled in the Porsche and was\u00a0within striking distance.\u00a0As\u00a0they passed the start-finish line, Brabhad saw an opening and\u00a0tried to move along side the Muscle Milk car, which would have ostensibly blocked Klaus with a slower GT car directly in front of him. \u00a0Klaus reacted to the traffic a little slower than Brabham, and confessed that he did not know that Brabham\u00a0and the Honda were that closeto him \u00a0in\u00a0a post race\u00a0interview.<\/p>\n
When Klaus moved to his right, he made contact with the Honda and push Brabham into the weeds at around 150 mph. While Klaus got a stop-and-go penalty for not\u00a0paying attention, the Honda’s right rear tire, which had apparently\u00a0been problematic during the last 20 minutes,\u00a0deflated. Brabham limped back to the pits\u00a0to replace the tire. Klaus sped back to the pits to serve the stop-and-go and left the pits just as the Honda arrived.<\/p>\n
Klaus had a 30 second lead with less than five minutes to go in the race and that was it.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the race, the Drayson Racing Team with Jonny Cocker at the wheel\u00a0 jumped into the lead, showing a burst of brilliance before a combination of niggling five and dime problems cost it too much time in the pits for repairs. Once the Lola Judd was out of the picture the race between the Honda and Porsche.<\/p>\n
In the GT class it was a Germanic day, with a Porsche and two BMWs topping the podium as Patrick Long and Joerg Bergmeister took victory. It was a hard-fought battle with their teutonic counterparts that put the Long-Bermeister team back on top of the points race in the GT class. Fourth place went to Pierre Kaffer and Mika Salo, in a Ferrari 430 GT. They were a lap down to the Porsche when the checkered flag dropped.<\/p>\n
American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix \u00a0 LAKEVIEW, Cn — Getting the aid of the “Racing Gods of Lime Rock” the Muscle Milk Porsche Spyder driven by Klaus Graff (along with Greg Pickett) survived a late stop-and-go penalty at Lime Rock Race Park to earn\u00a0its first overall victory in the American Le Mans Series and a break a three-win streak by\u00a0pole-setter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1957"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1959,"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions\/1959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tertrerougetimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn.
\nSaturday\u2019s results<\/strong>
\n1. (2) Greg Pickett, Crystal Bay, NV; Klaus Graf, Germany; Porsche RS Spyder (1, LMP), 171.
\n2. (1) Simon Pagenaud, France; David Brabham, England; HPD ARX-01c (2, LMP), 171.
\n3. (29) Elton Julian, Santa Monica, CA; Gunnar Jeannette, Salt Lake City, UT; Oreca FLM09 (1, LMPC), 162.
\n4. (9) Tom Papadopoulos, Long Island, NY; Alex Figge, Denver, CO; Oreca FLM09 (2, LMPC), 162.
\n5. (8) Patrick Long, Bellaire, FL; Joerg Bergmeister, Langenfield; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (1, GT), 161.
\n6. (18) Tommy Milner, Leesburg, VA; Bill Auberlen, Redondo Beach, CA; BMW E92 M3 (2, GT), 161.
\n7. (25) Dirk Mueller, Monte Carlo; Joey Hand, Sacramento, CA; BMW E92 M3 (3, GT), 161.
\n8. (13) Pierre Kaffer, Germany; Mika Salo, Finland; Ferrari 430 GT (4, GT), 160.
\n9. (14) Olivier Beretta, Monaco; Oliver Gavin, England; Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (5, GT), 159.
\n10. (17) Andy Wallace, England; Scott Tucker, Leawood, KS; Oreca FLM09 (3, LMPC), 158.
\n11. (15) Scott Sharp, Jupiter, FL; Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco, CA; Ferrari 430 GT (6, GT), 157.
\n12. (22) Seth Neiman, Burlingame, CA; Darren Law, Phoenix, AZ; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (7, GT), 157.
\n13. (10) Wolf Henzler, Germany; Bryan Sellers, Braselton, GA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (8, GT), 156.
\n14. (24) Henri Richard, Los Altos Hills, CA; Andy Lally, New York, NY; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (1, GTC), 152.
\n15. (21) Marc Goossens, Huntersville, NC; Ryan Dalziel, Orlando, FL; Jaguar XKRS (9, GT), 152.
\n16. (23) Tim Pappas, Boston, MA; Jeroen Bleekemolen, Netherlands; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (2, GTC), 151.
\n17. (16) Ed Brown, Las Vegas, NV; Guy Cosmo, West Palm Beach, FL; Ferrari 430 GT (10, GT), 150.
\n18. (26) Jerry Vento, West Palm Beach, FL; Shane Lewis, Jupiter, FL; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (3, GTC), 149.
\n19. (20) Christian Zugel, Holmdel, NJ; Tom Sedivy, Raleigh, NC; Oreca FLM09 (4, LMPC), 146.
\n20. (27) Bret Curtis, Valencia, CA; James Sofronas, Newport Beach, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (4, GTC), 146.
\n21. (30) Luke Hines, England; Bryce Miller, Summit, NJ; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (5, GTC), 140.
\n22. (5) Jon Field, Dublin, OH; Clint Field, Dublin, OH; Lola B06\/10 AER (3, LMP), 140, Mechanical.
\n23. (28) Bill Sweedler, Westport, CT; Romeo Kapudija, Lincolnwood, IL; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (6, GTC), 123.
\n24. (4) Paul Drayson, England; Jonny Cocker, England; Lola B09 60\/Judd (4, LMP), 113.
\n25. (19) David Murry, Atlanta, GA; Andrea Robertson, Ray, MI; Doran Design Ford GT (11, GT), 110.
\n26. (7) Brian Wong, Newport Beach, CA; Kyle Marcelli, Barrie, ON; Oreca FLM09 (5, LMPC), 108.
\n27. (12) Johnny O’Connell, Flowery Branch, GA; Jan Magnussen, Denmark; Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (12, GT), 35, Accident.
\n28. (11) Jaime Melo, Milan; Gianmaria Bruni, Italy; Ferrari 430 GT (13, GT), 22, Accident.
\n29. (3) Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, NY; Guy Smith, England; Lola B09 86\/Mazda (5, LMP), 7, Mechanical.
\n30. (6) Scott Tucker, Leawood, KS; Christophe Bouchut, France; Oreca FLM09 (6, LMPC), 0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"