2010 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach

The 2010 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was the second round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Long Beach Street Circuit on April 17, 2010.

Long Beach Street Circuit

Qualifying

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The qualifying session saw Adrian Fernández take the overall pole for Aston Martin Racing. Christophe Bouchut gave Level 5 Motorsports the LMPC pole, Jaime Melo gave Risi Competizione the GT pole and Andy Lally gave TRG the GTC pole after the Black Swan Racing entry was demoted to the back of the grid after it was found they used improper fuel in qualifying.

Qualifying result

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1][2]

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 LMP #007 Aston Martin Racing Adrian Fernández 1:13.213 1
2 LMP #1 Patrón Highcroft Racing Simon Pagenaud 1:13.285 2
3 LMP #16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson 1:14.191 3
4 LMP #6 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport Klaus Graf 1:14.259 4
5 LMP #37 Intersport Racing Jon Field 1:15.136 5
6 LMP #8 Drayson Racing Jonny Cocker 1:17.084 6
7 LMPC #55 Level 5 Motorsports Christophe Bouchut 1:17.273 7
8 LMPC #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar Gunnar Jeannette 1:17.520 8
9 LMP #12 Autocon Motorsports Tomy Drissi 1:17.611 9
10 LMPC #36 Genoa Racing J. R. Hildebrand 1:18.186 10
11 LMPC #11 Performance Tech Kyle Marcelli 1:18.422 11
12 GT #62 Risi Competizione Jaime Melo 1:19.581 12
13 GT #17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler 1:20.179 13
14 GT #3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell 1:20.308 14
15 GT #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long 1:20.424 15
16 GT #4 Corvette Racing Olivier Beretta 1:20.438 16
17 GT #92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Bill Auberlen 1:20.486 17
18 GT #90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Joey Hand 1:20.564 18
19 GT #02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Guy Cosmo 1:20.587 19
20 LMPC #95 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker 1:21.151 20
21 GT #01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp 1:21.346 21
22 GT #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law 1:21.457 22
23 GT #40 Robertson Racing David Murry 1:21.960 23
24 LMPC #89 Intersport Racing Brian Wong 1:22.014 24
25 GT #75 Jaguar RSR Ryan Dalziel 1:22.985 25
26 LMPC #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports Johnny Mowlem 1:23.599 26
27 GTC #54 Black Swan Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:23.857 36
28 GTC #63 TRG Andy Lally 1:24.098 27
29 GTC #32 GMG Racing James Sofronas 1:24.256 28
30 GTC #81 Alex Job Racing Butch Leitzinger 1:24.288 29
31 GTC #23 Alex Job Racing Romeo Kapudija 1:24.462 30
32 GTC #88 Velox Motorsports Shane Lewis 1:24.672 31
33 GTC #48 Orbit Racing Bryce Miller 1:24.730 32
34 GTC #69 WERKS II Racing Galen Bieker 1:24.968 33
35 GTC #28 911 Design Loren Beggs 1:25.952 34
36 GTC #80 Car Amigo/Alex Job Racing Luis Díaz 1:26.771 35

Race

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The race was won by the #1 Highcroft Acura but only by a margin of 0.353 seconds over the #007 Aston Martin. The #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar car was the first LMPC car to cross the line finishing fifth overall, one lap ahead of the next nearest LMPC car. The #45 Flying Lizard Porsche won in the GT class and the #81 Alex Job Racing car took the GTC win.

Race result

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).[3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps
Engine
1 LMP 1   Patrón Highcroft Racing   David Brabham
  Simon Pagenaud
HPD ARX-01C M 67
HPD 3.4 L V8
2 LMP 007   Aston Martin Racing   Harold Primat
  Adrian Fernández
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 M 67
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
3 LMP 6   Muscle Milk Team Cytosport   Greg Pickett
  Klaus Graf
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 67
Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
4 LMP 16   Dyson Racing Team   Chris Dyson
  Guy Smith
Lola B09/86 M 67
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Butanol)
5 LMPC 99   Green Earth Team Gunnar   Elton Julian
  Gunnar Jeannette
Oreca FLM09 M 66
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
6 LMPC 55   Level 5 Motorsports   Scott Tucker
  Christophe Bouchut
Oreca FLM09 M 65
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7 LMPC 36   Genoa Racing   J. R. Hildebrand
  Tom Sutherland
Oreca FLM09 M 65
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
8 GT 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Jörg Bergmeister
  Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 65
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 LMP 12   Autocon Motorsports   Tomy Drissi
  Ken Davis
Lola B06/10 D 65
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
10 GT 3   Corvette Racing   Jan Magnussen
  Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 65
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
11 GT 92   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Bill Auberlen
  Tommy Milner
BMW M3 GT2 D 65
BMW 4.0 L V8
12 GT 62   Risi Competizione   Jaime Melo
  Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430 GTC M 65
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13 GT 90   BMW Rahal Letterman Racing   Dirk Müller
  Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2 D 65
BMW 4.0 L V8
14 GT 17   Team Falken Tire   Bryan Sellers
  Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 65
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 GT 01   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Scott Sharp
  Johannes van Overbeek
Ferrari F430 GTC M 65
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT 02   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Ed Brown
  Guy Cosmo
Ferrari F430 GTC M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17 LMPC 89   Intersport Racing   Mitch Pagerey
  Brian Wong
Oreca FLM09 M 63
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
18 GT 4   Corvette Racing   Olivier Beretta
  Oliver Gavin
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 63
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
19 GTC 81   Alex Job Racing   Juan González
  Butch Leitzinger
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 63
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20 GTC 32   GMG Racing   Bret Curtis
  James Sofronas
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 63
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
21 GTC 23   Alex Job Racing   Bill Sweedler
  Romeo Kapudija
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 63
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22 LMPC 11   Performance Tech   Gerardo Bonilla
  Kyle Marcelli
Oreca FLM09 M 62
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
23 GT 40   Robertson Racing   David Robertson
  David Murry
Ford GT-R Mk. VII D 62
Ford 5.0 L V8
24 GTC 88   Velox Racing   Shane Lewis
  Jerry Vento
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 62
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
25 LMP 8   Drayson Racing   Paul Drayson
  Jonny Cocker
Lola B09/60 M 62
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
26 GTC 48   Orbit Racing   Bryce Miller
  John McMullen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 61
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
27 GTC 69   WERKS II Racing   Robert Rodriguez
  Galen Bieker
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 61
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
28 GTC 80   Car Amigo-Alex Job Racing   Juan González
  Luis Díaz
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 61
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
29 GTC 54   Black Swan Racing   Tim Pappas
  Jeroen Bleekemolen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 60
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
30
DNF
LMP 37   Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Clint Field
Lola B06/10 D 48
AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
31 GTC 63   TRG   Henri Richard
  Andy Lally
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 48
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
32
NC
GT 75   Jaguar RSR   Paul Gentilozzi
  Ryan Dalziel
Jaguar XKRS Y 45
Jaguar 5.0 L V8
33
DNF
GT 44   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Darren Law
  Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 28
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34
DNF
GTC 28   911 Design   Loren Beggs
  Doug Baron
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 6
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
35
DNF
LMPC 52   PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports   Johnny Mowlem
  Tom Papadopolous
Oreca FLM09 M 3
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
DNS LMPC 95   Level 5 Motorsports   Scott Tucker
  Ryan Hunter-Reay
Oreca FLM09 M -
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8

References

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  1. ^ "ALMS Long Beach Qualifying" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2010-04-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  2. ^ "ALMS Long Beach Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2010-04-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  3. ^ "ALMS Long Beach Final Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2010-04-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-04-18.


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