2006 New England Grand Prix

Track map of Lime Rock Park

The 2006 New England Grand Prix was the fourth race for the 2006 American Le Mans Series season at Lime Rock Park. It took place on July 1, 2006.

This race was marked by the final running of the Audi R8 in competitive motorsports. The car carried a special paintjob dedicated to its multiple ALMS championships, multiple 24 Hours of Le Mans wins, and the names of every driver to run an Audi R8, as well as every track that the Audi R8 won at. The R8 was replaced by the new Audi R10 TDI for the next race in Utah.

Official results[]

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi R8	M	177
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard	Porsche RS Spyder	M	177
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
3	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Porsche RS Spyder	M	174
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
4	GT1	009	Aston Martin Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin DBR9	P	166
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
5	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	166
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
6	GT1	007	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Tomáš Enge	Aston Martin DBR9	P	166
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
7	GT2	31	Petersen Motorsport White Lightning Racing	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	162
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
8	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Wolf Henzler Johannes van Overbeek	Porsche 911 GT3	M	161
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9	GT2	21	BMW Team PTG	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand	BMW M3	Y	160
					BMW 3.2L I6
10	GT2	22	BMW Team PTG	Justin Marks Bryan Sellers	BMW M3	Y	158
					BMW 3.2L I6
11	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Marc Gené Mario Dominguez	Ferrari F430GT	M	158
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
12	GT2	50	Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	David Brabham Scott Maxwell	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	157
					Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
13	GT2	51	Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz	Gunnar Jeannette Tommy Milner	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	156
					Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
14	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry Mike Lewis	MG-Lola EX257	D	156
					AER P07 2.0L I4
15	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	142
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
16	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	142
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17 DNF	LMP2	37	Intersport Racing	Clint Field Liz Halliday	Lola B05/40	G	136
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
18	GT2	23	Alex Job Racing	Klaus Graf Mike Rockenfeller	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	129
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19 NC	LMP1	16	Dyson Racing	James Weaver Butch Leitzinger	Lola B06/10	M	122
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
20 DNF	LMP1	9	Highcroft Racing	Duncan Dayton Andy Wallace	MG-Lola EX257	D	81
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
21 DNF	GT2	61	Risi Competizione	Toni Vilander Ralf Kelleners	Ferrari F430GT	M	32
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
22 DNF	LMP2	19	Van der Steur Racing	Gunnar van der Steur Ben Devlin	Lola B2K/40	D	32
					AER (Nissan) 3.0L V6
23 DNF	LMP1	20	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Lola B06/10	M	21
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
24 DNF	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsport	Guy Cosmo James Bach	Courage C65	G	21
					Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor

Statistics[]

• Pole Position - #7 Penske Racing - 0:45.588
• Fastest Lap - #7 Penske Racing - 0:47.074
• Distance - 272.58 miles (438.67 km)
• Average Speed - 98.656 mph (158.771 km/h)

External links[]

"Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-07-04. Retrieved 2006-08-22. (45.0 KiB)